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Airlines and Safran Back New SAF Production Process

A Series B funding round raised $28 million for the Oxford University start-up

OXCCU SAF production — UK start-up OXCCU is preparing to start demonstrating its new SAF production process in a larger plant at Oxford Airport.

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

September 30, 2025

International Airlines Group and aircraft engines and systems group Safran are among the main investors in the Series B funding round that raised £20.75 million ($28 million) for sustainable aviation fuel innovator OXCCU. The capital will support development of the UK start-up’s OX2 fuel manufacturing demonstration plant located at Oxford Airport, which is expected to be fully operational in 2026.

OXCCU is developing a process to support mass production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by converting biogenic waste carbon and hydrogen by the end of the 2020s. The company, which was founded by Oxford University chemical engineers in 2021, is already producing small quantities of its SAF blend in the smaller OX1 demonstration plant.

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