Carbon Capture Innovation Hub
Discover the startups and breakthrough technologies transforming our fight against climate change through innovative carbon removal solutions
120+
Active Startups
$668M
Total Funding
20
Countries
Inside the Carbon Capture Boom
We have listed innovative startups advancing the global carbon capture industry. These companies are developing breakthrough solutions spanning Direct Air Capture (DAC), mineralization, biochar utilization, and carbon-to-value pathways.
- Leading Countries: United States (34 startups), United Kingdom (14), France (5), Germany (4), and India (3).
- Many startups are leveraging electrochemical COâ‚‚ capture, low-carbon cement, and carbon-negative materials to accelerate net-zero transitions.
- A surge in carbon-to-value startups indicates a growing shift from COâ‚‚ storage to commercial utilization, including fuels, construction materials, and chemicals.
Explore Startups
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Total Funding
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Supply Chain Management Venture Capital Firm
Winkle provides an all-in-one carbon management platform for businesses and individuals to measure, reduce, and offset their carbon footprint. Our patented technology features blockchain-enabled carbon credit transactions, AI-driven emissions monitoring,...
Technology Focus
Winkle’s solution integrates advanced technologies to simplify and enhance carbon management for businesses. Their platform uses blockchain-enabled APIs to ensure transparency and traceability in carbon credit transactions, while AI-based tools help predict and monitor emissions in real-time. Additionally, Winkle has developed an incentive-based system that connects consumer actions, such as sustainable shopping, to corporate climate goals, allowing companies to reward low-carbon behaviours. This all-in-one solution enables businesses to track, reduce, and offset emissions efficiently, making climate action measurable, accessible, and engaging for both companies and individuals.
Winkle’s solution integrates advanced technologies to simplify and enhance carbon management for businesses. Their platform uses blockchain-enabled APIs to ensure transparency and traceability in carbon credit transactions, while AI-based tools...
South Korea
2022
AgTech Crop Production Process and Equipment
Azolla Projects is a NatureTech company promoting sustainable agriculture by paying farmers for carbon capture and ecosystem restoration. Our innovative solution helps companies reduce emissions by funding regenerative farming within...
Technology Focus
Azolla Projects offers a regenerative insetting solution that helps companies reduce Scope 3 emissions by funding regenerative agriculture within their value chains. They co-design projects with farmers, implement outcome-based practices, and issue verified regenerative certificates based on carbon removal, biodiversity, water conservation, and social impact, using robust monitoring through remote sensing, soil sampling, and field data.
Azolla Projects offers a regenerative insetting solution that helps companies reduce Scope 3 emissions by funding regenerative agriculture within their value chains. They co-design projects with farmers, implement outcome-based practices,...
Spain
2020
Construction and Mining Materials
CarbonBuilt develops Reversa® Binder, a patented, low-carbon alternative to cement that uses industrial byproducts and captured CO₂ to create concrete with a 70–100% lower carbon footprint, reducing costs by 10–30%...
Technology Focus
CarbonBuilt addresses the carbon-intensive nature of traditional concrete production by introducing its Reversa® Binder, a proprietary blend of industrial byproducts that replaces most of the high-emission Portland cement. This binder reacts with captured CO₂ during curing, permanently storing it as solid calcium carbonate, which is designed for seamless integration. The technology can be retrofitted into existing concrete plants, enabling rapid and scalable decarbonization of the construction industry.
CarbonBuilt addresses the carbon-intensive nature of traditional concrete production by introducing its Reversa® Binder, a proprietary blend of industrial byproducts that replaces most of the high-emission Portland cement. This binder...
United States
2020
Construction and Mining Waste Management
Vaulted Deep offers innovative technology for permanent carbon removal, preventing pollution by securely storing organic waste deep underground using slurry injection. Our solution removes COâ‚‚ for over 10,000 years with...
Technology Focus
Vaulted Deep uses proven slurry injection technology, originally from the oil and gas industry—to securely inject and permanently store organic waste deep underground in geological formations, preventing pollution and removing carbon from the atmosphere for over 10,000 years.
Vaulted Deep uses proven slurry injection technology, originally from the oil and gas industry—to securely inject and permanently store organic waste deep underground in geological formations, preventing pollution and removing...
United States
2023
Hydrogen Industrial Manufacturing
Mission Zero Technologies is a DAC startup developing modular, energy-efficient, and scalable direct air capture systems. Their electrochemical methods remove COâ‚‚ from the atmosphere, consuming 3-5 times less energy than...
Technology Focus
Mission Zero Technologies conducts research and development in direct air capture (DAC), focusing on electrochemical methods to remove COâ‚‚ from the atmosphere. Their niche lies in creating modular, energy-efficient DAC systems that are versatile, mobile, and scalable for diverse industrial applications and geographic locations.
Mission Zero Technologies conducts research and development in direct air capture (DAC), focusing on electrochemical methods to remove COâ‚‚ from the atmosphere. Their niche lies in creating modular, energy-efficient DAC...
United Kingdom
2020
Industrial Manufacturing Construction and Mining
Paebbl creates carbon-negative building materials by transforming COâ‚‚ into solid construction materials using patented, accelerated mineralization technology. We offer on-site production and verifiable carbon sequestration, rapidly scaling our solution to...
Technology Focus
Paebbl uses an accelerated COâ‚‚ mineralisation technology that mimics a natural Earth process, turning carbon dioxide into stable minerals. Their solution enables on-site production, eliminating the need for costly COâ‚‚ transport or underground storage. It offers a fully verifiable, permanent carbon sequestration method that combines sustainability with strong, durable building performance, helping industries reduce their carbon footprint effectively.
Paebbl uses an accelerated COâ‚‚ mineralisation technology that mimics a natural Earth process, turning carbon dioxide into stable minerals. Their solution enables on-site production, eliminating the need for costly COâ‚‚...
Sweden
2021
Industrial Manufacturing Automotive
Fairmat transforms carbon fiber waste into high-performance recycled composites using patented Infinity Recycling technology, a cold plasma process. This innovative method, enhanced by robotics and AI, significantly reduces environmental impact...
Technology Focus
Fairmat addresses the challenge of carbon fiber waste by employing its proprietary Infinity Recycling technology, a cold atmospheric plasma process that selectively removes resin from composite materials, preserving the integrity of carbon fibers for reuse. This method, combined with advanced robotics and AI-driven systems, enables the transformation of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) waste into high-performance, sustainable materials. These recycled composites maintain the strength and lightweight properties of virgin carbon fiber, making them suitable for applications across industries such as sports, energy, automotive, and electronics, while significantly reducing environmental impact and promoting a circular economy.
Fairmat addresses the challenge of carbon fiber waste by employing its proprietary Infinity Recycling technology, a cold atmospheric plasma process that selectively removes resin from composite materials, preserving the integrity...
France
2020
Waste Management Oils (e.g. Lab Grown Oils)
COLIPI transforms CO2 and organic waste into sustainable Climate Oilâ„¢ using patented biotechnology. Our low-carbon alternative to traditional oils significantly reduces emissions, tackles deforestation, and supports climate-neutral manufacturing.
Technology Focus
COLIPI solves the problem of high carbon emissions and unsustainable oil production by using a patented precision fermentation process that converts CO₂ and organic waste streams into Climate Oil™, a sustainable, low-carbon alternative to vegetable and fossil oils. Their innovative technology harnesses specialized yeasts and hydrogen-oxidising bacteria in advanced bioreactors to produce high-quality oils for cosmetics, surfactants, sustainable aviation fuels, and bioplastics—eliminating reliance on agricultural land, reducing greenhouse gases, and enabling industrial partners to turn emissions into valuable, climate-neutral products.
COLIPI solves the problem of high carbon emissions and unsustainable oil production by using a patented precision fermentation process that converts COâ‚‚ and organic waste streams into Climate Oilâ„¢, a...
Germany
2022