CullBeck

Steel, minus the coal.

Glenbrook, New Zealand · climate · deep tech · energycullbeck.com

The people behind it

Martin Hacon — co-founder & CEO

Martin leads CullBeck as CEO, declaring the company's intent to take the lead on steel decarbonisation after decades of industry exploration.

Chris Jansen — co-founder

Chris co-founded CullBeck in 2025 to commercialise its hydrogen direct reduction process spun out of Victoria University of Wellington.

Bavinesh Maisuria — co-founder

Bavinesh co-founded CullBeck in 2025 to bring its breakthrough low-carbon ironmaking technology from lab to demonstration plant.

Chris Bumby — co-founder

Chris co-founded CullBeck in 2025, part of the team that spun its hydrogen DRI process out of Victoria University of Wellington.

Matt Watson — co-founder

Matt co-founded CullBeck in 2025 to help unlock multi-billion tonne titanomagnetite resources with hydrogen-based ironmaking.

Mission

Commercialising a 100% hydrogen DRI process that turns TTM ironsand into green iron in ~150 seconds — cutting CO2 from steelmaking.

Beginnings

Founded in 2025 by five founders, spinning a hydrogen DRI process out of Victoria University of Wellington to unlock TTM ore.

Why people join

$20M raised, 2.5 years runway, a funded demo plant at Glenbrook, and a veteran heavy-industry team backed by top NZ climate investors.

The bigger picture

Steel drives ~8% of global CO2 emissions — CullBeck's modular hydrogen process offers a scalable path to decarbonise it worldwide.

Open roles

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