Our Story
The Idea
The Technion research team: Dr. Hen Dotan, Dr. Avigail Landman-Varveri, Prof. Avner Rothschild, and Prof. Gideon Grader
In 2012, a team of researchers at the Technion were working to improve water electrolysis.
They asked a simple but radical question: what if hydrogen and oxygen could be produced at different times, rather than separated by a fragile membrane? That Eureka moment sparked the invention of what would become Decoupled Water Electrolysis (DWE).
At the same time, serial entrepreneur Talmon Marco and his team, best known for founding Viber, Juno and iMesh, were seeking a way to channel their success into tackling climate change. When Talmon met the Technion researchers, vision and science clicked.
In 2019, they co-founded H2Pro to transform that scientific breakthrough into a scalable, commercial technology and accelerate the clean energy transition.
H2Pro has since grown to over 100 employees and raised funding from leading investors and strategic partners, including majority shareholder Bill Gates’ climate fund Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
Building on strong global collaborations and MOUs with key energy and industrial partners, H2Pro is now scaling and commercializing our technology. The clean energy economy depends on it.
The Scale-up
H2Pro signs MOU with Sumitomo
The Venture
Talmon Marco, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board
Leadership
H2PRO was founded in 2019 by leading hydrogen experts from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology: Dr. Hen Dotan, Prof. Gideon Grader and Prof. Avner Rothschild in collaboration with the team that founded Viber, Juno and iMesh.
Today, under the leadership of CEO Tzahi Rodrig, H2Pro’s management brings deep expertise in engineering, large-scale manufacturing, and technology commercialization, as they guide the company through scale-up to global industrial deployment.
Partners & Investors
H2Pro is backed by leading investors and strategic partners who provide valuable insights from various sectors, ensuring we deeply understand our customers needs as they transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.
Recognition & Awards
Shell New Energy Challenge
Winner - 1 out of 3000
Time & Statista
Winner Top Greentech Company
BloombergNEF Pioneer
Award recipient
ADIPEC Awards
Winner - Transformative Hydrogen Project
Proud to Be Part of
Scientific Journals
Different Together
At H2Pro, we believe that diversity in gender, faith, ethnicity, and life experience leads not only to a richer company culture, but ultimately to a more effective team and product. We actively recruit from under-represented communities in the Israeli tech sector, and are intentional about creating an inclusive organizational culture.
