Enabling clean cooking through smart biogas and smart electric cookstoves
Decarbonising cooking for 4 billion people will contribute more to the global economy than the GDP of Italy and offset more emissions than the global airline industry. ATEC* is a market leader in solving this problem at scale through it's patented IoT modern cookstoves - delivering superior quality, affordable paygo plans, then the ability to generate data-validated carbon credits off each stove for up to 15 years post-sale. ATEC* currently has cookstoves in over 13 countries with a team of 50 doing sales and distribution in Bangladesh & Cambodia headquartered in Australia. With its unique flywheel business model, ATEC's mission is to become the global leader in the sector across Asia & Africa and leading the charge in solving clean cooking and climate change.
Notable Achievements
- Over 13,000 people now have access to clean, modern cooking thanks to ATEC* products
- Closed 3 seed rounds of US$3.6m, raised US$2m in paygo debt
- Winner of the Global PFAN social enterprise award, Sankalp Award, Google Impact Challenge, WE4F and DFAT Frontier Innovators
Currently Operating in 13 Regions
Press Mentions

August 31, 2021
Aquaculture sector helped to use sustainable clean energy - Khmer Times
Cambodian company EnergyLab is cooperating with a series of other domestic firms including ATEC Biodigesters to facilitate a change to green energy for the aquaculture sector.
Read on Khmer Times - Insight into Cambodia »
May 9, 2022
ATEC's mission to provide clean cooking solutions to all 'base of pyramid' households - Meaningful Business Community
Ben Jeffreys, Founder & CEO, ATEC, on his mission to be the global leader in clean cooking products for Base of Pyramid households by 2030.
Read on Meaningful Business Community »
September 16, 2021
How to Solve Clean Cooking for 4 Billion People: The Disruptive Potential of the ‘Impact Flywheel’
How the flywheel business model could unlock the disruptive potential of clean cooking technologies to create sustainable change.
Read on NextBillion »More Ventures in Energy & Environment
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