Company name: Promex Technologies
Company hometown: Birmingham, Alabama.
Leadership team: Javier Saldana, CEO; Edgar Ortiz, CCO.
What is your company's overall focus and mission?
Javier Saldana: Our mission is bold but simple: to unlock humanity's next chapter of development by delivering energy that is abundant, renewable, clean, cheap and storable. At the core of this vision are compact, modular and autonomous reactors that transform CO2 , one of the planet's biggest challenges, into synthetic fuels. We're starting with methane, but the ambition is much larger: to turn carbon into a resource and fuel an actual energy revolution. We are young, driven and convinced this is not just possible but necessary. For us, this isn't about making small improvements, it's about building the foundation for a future where energy is not a limit but a catalyst for human progress.
What inspired you to start this company? How do you want to contribute to the future of energy and tech?
Saldana: We started Promex because we couldn't settle for the ordinary. We didn't want to spend our lives building "just another company." From day one, the idea was to create a real turning point in energy, the before-and-after moment where people will look back and say, "That's when everything changed." Humanity has always advanced by unlocking new forms of energy, and right now we believe the missing piece is a revolution that makes clean energy cheaper and more reliable than fossil fuels. That's the contribution we want to make: to push the world past its current limits.
What attracted you to the Techstars Alabama EnergyTech Accelerator?
Saldana: Techstars is the strongest startup network in the world, and that global reach matters for a company with ambitions like ours. But Alabama was just as important in our decision. It's at an inflection point, and you can feel how energy, industry and community are coming together here. We wanted to be in a place where innovation isn't just talked about, it's happening.
What is the No. 1 thing you'd like potential investors to understand about your company?
Saldana: We're not just another cleantech company. We're building the next chapter of energy itself, solutions that are not only clean but also cheaper, more reliable and designed to scale. What we're creating isn't incremental; it's a step-change that can redefine how industries, communities and entire economies power themselves. And most importantly, we're a team of young, prepared people working relentlessly to make it happen.
What takeaways do you hope to gain for your company by taking part in the Techstars Alabama EnergyTech Accelerator?
Saldana: The biggest value for us is becoming part of the Techstars community, connecting with founders, mentors, and investors who've already walked this path. We want to learn from their experiences, good and bad, and use that knowledge to move faster and smarter. For us, Techstars is about transforming perspective into real momentum.
What is your opinion of Alabama/Birmingham so far?
Saldana: Birmingham feels like a city that's about to take off. It's growing fast, it's collaborative, and you can feel the energy of people building something bigger than themselves. That's the kind of environment we want to be part of.
We are profiling the cohort companies of the 2025 Techstars Alabama EnergyTech Accelerator.
