Fuel cell technology developer Bramble is based on UCL and ICL intellectual property and previously worked with Parkwalk’s parent IP Group in January 2018.
Bramble Energy, a UK-based fuel cell technology spinout from University College London (UCL) and Imperial College London (ICL), has received an undisclosed sum from fund management firm Parkwalk Advisors.
Founded in 2015, Bramble Energy builds protein exchange membrane fuel cells primarily used to yield electricity from fuel-derived chemical energy for applications such as stationary installations, portable electronics or automotive and mobility products.
Bramble’s fuel cell design limits manufacturing costs and complexity by importing the form and features of printed circuit boards (PCB). The spinout claims this enables production from most PCB factories, massively widening its potential manufacturing capacity.
The fuel cells commercialise research from ICL led by Anthony Kucernak, professor of chemical physics, and from UCL by then-post-doctoral researcher Tom Mason and Dan Brett, a professor of electrochemical engineering.
Bramble Energy received an unspecified amount of venture capital and grant funding in January 2018 for undertaking a brief for the now-retired Investment Accelerator Pilot feasibility study scheme funded by IP Group and government-owned grant body Innovate UK.