On September 8, 2022, Zero Emission Industries (ZEI), announced the initial closing of its Series A funding round. Headquartered in Alameda, California, ZEI is a hydrogen technology company that is working to decarbonizing maritime.
ZEI’s Series A funding round was led by Chevron New Energies, which launched in 2021 to focus on establishing lower carbon businesses in CCUS, hydrogen, renewable fuels and products, offsets, and other emerging areas. Additional funding was provided by a US-based shipping and logistics company, Crowley.
The WilmerHale team advising ZEI in the Series A funding round consisted of Daniel Zimmermann, Ariel Soiffer, Frances Mosley, Nare Aleksanyan, Elijah Soko, and Cindy Sullivan.