What is Nitricity?
Renewable nitrogen fertilizer made from air, water, clean energy, and agricultural residues.
- Category
- Low-carbon fertilizer
- Headquarters
- Fremont, CA
- Founded
- 2018
- Employees
- Private; growth-stage agtech team
- Total funding
- About $90M reported, including $50M Series B and $10M project funding
- Valuation
- Not disclosed
What is Nitricity?
Nitricity produces low-carbon and organic nitrogen fertilizer using renewable electricity, air, water, and agricultural waste such as almond shells.
Nitricity replaces fossil-fuel-intensive Haber-Bosch fertilizer supply chains with localized electrified fertilizer production. Revenue and ARR are not publicly disclosed; customer count is not publicly disclosed. Its public positioning is distributed renewable nitrogen fertilizer for organic and specialty agriculture.
As of June 2026, Nitricity is best read as a Series B fertilizer startup building first-of-a-kind production capacity in California and expanding toward Europe. The most important operating signals are $20M Series A, $10M FOAK project funding, $50M Series B, Delhi California plant, and European pilot expansion plans. Nitricity remains private company, so exact margins, revenue mix, and customer contract values are not publicly reported unless stated by the company.
What does Nitricity offer?
Nitricity offers Ash Tea organic fertilizer, distributed nitrogen production, FOAK fertilizer plants, and field trials.
- Ash Tea· Fertilizer
- Renewable nitrogen production· Process
- FOAK organic fertilizer plant· Infrastructure
- Field trials· Validation
- European pilot trials· Expansion
How does Nitricity make money?
Nitricity makes money by producing and selling fertilizer, developing production plants, and partnering with growers and strategic capital providers.
No public list pricing; commercial pricing is quoted by deployment, customer scale, geography, and service scope. Pricing is not public; economics depend on fertilizer nutrient content, crop value, local feedstock, renewable power, plant utilization, and distribution costs.
Growth depends on organic fertilizer demand, nitrogen price volatility, agricultural waste availability, plant financing, grower trials, and emissions reduction claims. For sellers, the most relevant budget owners are growers, agricultural cooperatives, fertilizer distributors, farm operations, sustainability teams, and project-finance partners; procurement maturity should be treated as startup or growth-stage, with technical founders and operators close to vendor decisions.
Who leads Nitricity?
Nitricity is led by Nicolas Pinkowski, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer; Joshua McEnaney, Co-founder, President and Chief Technology Officer; Jay Schwalbe, Co-founder and Chief Science Officer.
- Nicolas PinkowskiCo-founder and Chief Executive OfficerCo-founder since 2018Leads Nitricity's commercial and plant strategy.
- Joshua McEnaneyCo-founder, President and Chief Technology OfficerCo-founder since 2018Technical founder focused on electrified nitrogen production.
- Jay SchwalbeCo-founder and Chief Science OfficerCo-founder since 2018Scientific founder tied to fertilizer process development.
How do you contact Nitricity's leadership?
Nitricity publishes official company contact routes, but reviewed public sources do not verify personal executive email addresses. Use the company route below or a verified LinkedIn/workflow enrichment step before sending individual outreach.
Official routes at nitricity.co; personal executive pattern not verifiedHow much funding has Nitricity raised?
About $90M reported, including $50M Series B and $10M project funding; latest disclosed financing: $50M Series B in September 2025. Not disclosed
Oct 2022: Series A, $20M, led by Khosla Ventures and Fine Structure Ventures, valuation not disclosed; Mar 2025: Project funding, $10M, led by Elemental Impact and Trellis Climate, project/non-dilutive or strategic funding; Sep 2025: Series B, $50M, led by World Fund-led syndicate reported in coverage, valuation not disclosed.
The company has not publicly disclosed every valuation or all small non-dilutive awards, so totals should be read as disclosed funding rather than a fully audited capitalization table. The latest financing signal matters because it funds California fertilizer plant buildout, global expansion, European trials, and strategic hiring.
How did Nitricity get here?
Nitricity's path is defined by founding, technical validation, financing, and commercialization milestones.
- 2018FoundedNitricity is founded by Stanford-linked technical team.
- Oct 2022$20M Series AKhosla Ventures and Fine Structure Ventures co-lead Series A.
- Mar 2025$10M project fundingElemental Impact and Trellis Climate back FOAK organic fertilizer plant.
- Sep 2025$50M Series BNitricity raises Series B to go global.
- 2025Delhi plant groundbreakingCompany prepares first-of-a-kind organic fertilizer facility in California.
Who are Nitricity's competitors?
Nitricity competes with companies in undefined.
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