Lavoit raises €1.2M to accelerate its green hydrogen production system

Stockholm, Sweden – 24/09/25 – Swedish hydrogen startup Lavoit, founded by 19-year-old Nils Samrud, has raised €1.2 million to accelerate development of its AI-driven hydrogen production system.

Nils built his first electrolyzer at age 16 in his grandparents' farm in Gothenburg, funded by a €2,500 school grant. That early experiment laid the foundation for Lavoit's vision: making green hydrogen radically cheaper, smarter, and scalable.

Building the Next Generation

Lavoit is building the next generation of green hydrogen infrastructure, combining intelligent system design with real-time optimisation to make hydrogen scalable and cost-competitive. Lavoit is developing a fully integrated hydrogen system designed to cut the levelised cost of hydrogen (LCOH) through real-time software that optimises performance and adapts to electricity prices and system feedback.

The Round

Lavoit has raised a €1.2 million round from Project Europe, ReGen Ventures, Starship Ventures and Wave Ventures.

"Lavoit's ambition is to become the world's largest producer of green hydrogen by 2030. By focusing relentlessly on cost optimisation, Lavoit aims to push the frontier of energy consumption and make green hydrogen a competitive backbone of global industry."

— Nils Samrud, Founder & CEO

Investor Perspectives

Kitty Mayo from Project Europe shares:

"We've interviewed thousands of founders, and Nils stands out as uniquely ambitious—pairing that drive with a maverick approach that acts as a complete magnet for young talent. He has built an outrageously ambitious team: understated missionaries who are tackling a long-standing, complex industrial problem with a radically straightforward approach. We've been totally blown away by the purity, clarity, and scale of the vision this team is pursuing."

Sam Tidswell from ReGen Ventures adds:

"Most hydrogen companies have been built around a single piece of hardware IP, optimising for efficiency or capex within a novel electrolyser design. Lavoit's approach is fundamentally different: an AI-first company tackling the biggest cost driver, electricity, while rethinking stack design with the single goal to deliver the cheapest most abundant hydrogen supply. Their full-stack approach will cement green hydrogen as an essential building block of the global industrial production system. Nils is exceptional, has uncapped ambition, and is assembling a world-class team to make green hydrogen the base molecule of industry."