C2C NewCap was founded in 2014 by Andre Mao de Ferro and Rui Pedro Silva. Based in Portugal, the team focuses on high-performance and impact technologies.

C2C NewCap uses supercapacitors to enable more efficient energy storage. Their first product GO-START is tailor-made for EU trucks and directly replaces the lead-acid batteries, reducing fuel cost by €2,000per truck per year and with an 11% CO2 emission reduction.

In 2022, Ocean Exchange awarded them $100,000 for their emissions reduction in ports. In that same year, they were also awarded €6 million from the EIC Accelerator Program. In 2025, they represented EU green tech as an EIC-supported innovator at GITEX Europe.

In addition to their work with supercapacitors, C2C is known for its engineering expertise. In 2025, C2C NewCap completed the installation of four solar-powered backup systems in the city of Lviv, Ukraine, ensuring traffic lights continue to operate safely even during power outages. The project was a team effort between C2C NewCap, Cascais (Portugal), InnoEnergy, and the Schreder Together Fund.

“Developing this system was like solving a puzzle,” said Andre Mão de Ferro. “We had to bring together expertise in batteries, mechanics, solar energy, and electronics—and make it all work within the city’s existing infrastructure. Our ability to work across multiple engineering areas gave us the flexibility and speed to meet the challenge.”

Winning Formula: Launching a startup took a mix of a sense of disruptiveness, motivation, and conviction to move forward with our own ideas.

Discover more about their mission and technology: https://www.c2cnewcap.com