8 companies · 9 sourced backers · 50 milestones on record
This frontier covers capturing carbon dioxide directly from air and keeping carbon-rich biomass or waste in long-term storage. Companies aim to make these processes dependable and repeatable at industrial scale, while related work seeks to make recycled-carbon chemicals and fuels cost-competitive with fossil-based alternatives.
Where the 8 companies stand today, from their profiles and 10-year milestones. Tap a phase to see who is there.
- ▸Scaling from pilot systems to dependable industrial operation
- ▸Keeping stored carbon contained for the long term
- ▸Making carbon removal commercially viable
- ▸Making recycled-carbon products cost-competitive with fossil-based alternatives
Publicly listed: 2 companies (owned by public shareholders).
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- Carbon Engineering (1PointFive)
To capture carbon dioxide directly from ambient air at industrial scale.
Trials
- CarbonCapture Inc.
To make direct air capture deployable through modular equipment.
Some users · backed by Breakthrough Energy, Microsoft
- Charm Industrial
To remove atmospheric carbon by turning biomass into bio-oil and placing it into long-term underground storage.
Some users · backed by Breakthrough Energy, General Catalyst
- Graphyte
To remove carbon by preserving carbon-rich biomass in durable storage through its carbon-casting process.
Some users · backed by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Prelude Ventures
- Heirloom Carbon
To remove carbon dioxide from ambient air using a limestone-based process.
Some users · backed by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Microsoft
- LanzaTech
To make recycled-carbon chemicals and fuels cost-competitive with those made from fossil sources, displacing virgin petroleum in everyday products.
Some users · publicly listed
- Occidental (1PointFive)
To deploy direct air capture at industrial scale (millions of tonnes of CO2 removed per year) at a cost low enough to be commercially viable.
Trials · publicly listed
- Vaulted Deep
To remove carbon by placing carbon-rich waste into durable geological storage.
Some users · backed by Mediobanca
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