Business
TDK Ventures Invests in Tulum Energy to Advance Scalable Low-Carbon Hydrogen Production
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 08, 2025--TDK Corporation (TSE: 6762) announced today that subsidiary TDK Ventures, Inc. has co-led the $27 million seed round of Tulum Energy, a pioneering startup producing clean hydrogen solutions for industrial applications through methane pyrolysis (aka: turquoise hydrogen) and by repurposing the designs of already mature industrial equipment. TDK Ventures’ investment will be used to accelerate the development of Tulum’s innovative clean hydrogen production technology
About this update from Tdk Corporation
[{"type":"image","alt":"","displaySize":"","headline":null,"caption":"","credit":null,"className":"","disableSlideshowImg":false,"size":{"original":{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https://media.zenfs.com/en/business-wire.com/6c0dff2384f8f557f1bef3c8ef873cd6"},"resized":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/M75CixA86iTFdhjC._GqXA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/business-wire.com/6c0dff2384f8f557f1bef3c8ef873cd6","width":480,"height":270}},"lazy":false},{"type":"list","items":[{"val":[{"type":"text","content":"Tulum plans to operate methane pyrolysis plants that produce and sell both clean hydrogen and solid carbon co-products","length":118,"tagName":"p","attribs":{}}]},{"val":[{"type":"text","content":"Tulum’s novel technology addresses these barriers and enables wider adoption of clean hydrogen by today’s largest existing users of hydrogen such as steel producers, chemical plants, and refineries","length":197,"tagName":"p","attribs":{}}]},{"val":[{"type":"text","content":"The existing hydrogen market is valued at approximately $125B USD with clean hydrogen representing only about 1% of the market due to high costs and complex project requirements","length":177,"tagName":"p","attribs":{}}]}],"tagName":"ul","bulletedList":true,"length":492,"olType":false},{"type":"text","content":"SAN JOSE, Calif., July 08, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TDK Corporation (TSE: 6762) announced today that subsidiary TDK Ventures, Inc. has co-led the $27 million seed round of Tulum Energy, a pioneering startup producing clean hydrogen solutions for industrial applications through methane pyrolysis (aka: turquoise hydrogen) and by repurposing the designs of already mature industrial equipment. TDK Ventures’ investment will be used to accelerate the development of Tulum’s innovative clean hydrogen production technology, which leverages commercially available electric-arc plasma reactor technology to achieve cost parity with traditional hydrogen production methods, while also significantly reducing carbon emissions. With support from TDK Ventures and additional co-investment partners, Tulum expects to reach commercial operations directly following the first pilot and achieve hydrogen production costs matching or beating fossil fuel-based alternatives without relying on incentives or the sale of the potentially valuable carbon co-product."...