The problem

The Earth is getting hotter every year. Deserts are the focal points of this extreme heat, covering around 20% of the Earth’s surface and growing in size. 

These environments are increasingly uninhabitable and hugely restrictive to any productive human activity. Agriculture, for instance, is becoming increasingly hard to manage, as desert farms struggle to grow crops and achieve reasonable yields. Current cooling techniques are expensive, and require lots of energy or fresh water to operate. Even solar energy farms here are inefficient, as they lose up to 25% of their efficiency due to solar panel overheating. 

Life in hot desert climates involves devoting exorbitant amounts of money and energy to running air conditioners continuously. Take the UAE, where AC accounts for a staggering 70% of energy usage in many homes.

The solution

AtmoCooling has a bold vision to transform coastal deserts into thriving hubs of agriculture, clean energy, and climate resilience. Their technology can influence ambient temperatures to create scalable, sustainable evaporative cooling.

AtmoCooling is addressing these challenges by building a climate adaptation technology. AtmoCooling replicates and supercharges natural atmospheric cooling affordably at scale. Their algorithmically-driven cooling system dynamically controls droplet size and is the first system to enable precise evaporation of saline waters like seawater or desalinization brine reject. This gives the ability to create and cool the natural environment by up to 15 ℃ from 10 to 10,000 hectares in size without using any fresh water.

Why we’re excited to invest

Olivia Brooks, investor at Founders Factory, says: “AtmoCooling’s innovative approach to cooling technology will allow ordinarily arid environments to thrive as agricultural and renewable energy zones. With the demand for food and energy only increasing and the growing effects of global warming, this technology is a very exciting sustainable way for us to focus on these critical issues. Above all, we’re so excited to back the founding team with their previous experience at SpaceX and Renault and deep knowledge of this space.”