# CREW Carbon funding: rounds and investors

> CREW Carbon has raised $30M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Connecticut Innovations, Burnt Island Ventures and Sony Innovation Fund.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/crew-carbon (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *CREW Carbon*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 6 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Climate Tech

Raised 5 months ago

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Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026

**$30M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 3 sources

**$5.3M** Seed **$25M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $25M May 2026
- **Led by:** Burnt Island Ventures
- **Step-up i:** 4.7×
- **Investors:** 6 (1 led)

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2025 2026

**$5.3M** Seed

**$25M** Series A

- **First round:** Seed, $5.3M
- **Biggest round:** $25M
- **Between rounds:** 20 months

## The rounds

- **May 2026** Series A **$25M** *5 new* *1 returning* [Burnt Island Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burnt-island-ventures) Lead [Connecticut Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/fund/connecticut-innovations) [Sony Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sony-innovation-fund) [Ponderosa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ponderosa-ventures) [AP Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ap-ventures) [Builders Vision](https://millionrounds.com/fund/builders-vision) Reported by Ventureburn and 1 other
- **Oct 2024** Seed **$5.3M** *1 new* [Connecticut Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/fund/connecticut-innovations) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From CREW Carbon's own website: 1 founder, 12 on the team.

**Dr. Joachim Katchinoff** Co-founder & CEO

- **Eli Fadil** Head of Finance
- **Erik Adcock** Head of Commercial Development
- **Steve Swanson** Head of Mineral Sourcing and Strategy
- **Aryeh Canter** Technical Account Manager
- **Brittany Swanson** Commercial Strategy Senior Associate
- **Chris Leber** Data Engineering Lead
- **Dr. Brian Saccardi** Carbon Operations Scientist
- **Dr. Chris Reinhard** Senior Scientist
- **Julia Kossakowski** Senior Carbon Removal Scientist
- **Mason Burgess** Senior Process Engineer
- **Odie Kotagama** Carbon Removal Associate Scientist
- **Quentin Loth** Senior Project Manager

Advisers *Prof. Noah Planavsky*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2024 **Series A** 2026 [Connecticut Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/fund/connecticut-innovations) [Burnt Island Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burnt-island-ventures) L [Sony Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sony-innovation-fund) [Ponderosa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ponderosa-ventures) [AP Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ap-ventures) [Builders Vision](https://millionrounds.com/fund/builders-vision)

## Everyone who backed them

[Connecticut Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/fund/connecticut-innovations) Government **2** rounds

[Burnt Island Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burnt-island-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Sony Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sony-innovation-fund) Corporate VC **1** round

[Ponderosa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ponderosa-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[AP Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ap-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Builders Vision](https://millionrounds.com/fund/builders-vision) Family office **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists CREW Carbon as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Echo River Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/echo-river-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about CREW Carbon

### Who invested in CREW Carbon?

CREW Carbon's investors include Connecticut Innovations, Burnt Island Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, Ponderosa Ventures and AP Ventures, and 1 more on record. Burnt Island Ventures led its latest round.

### How much has CREW Carbon raised?

CREW Carbon has raised $30M across 2 rounds since 2024.

### When did CREW Carbon last raise?

CREW Carbon's most recent round was a Series A of $25M in May 2026, led by Burnt Island Ventures.

### What was CREW Carbon's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $25M in May 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed CREW Carbon first?

CREW Carbon's first round on record, in Oct 2024, was backed by Connecticut Innovations.

### What stage is CREW Carbon at?

CREW Carbon's latest named round is a Series A, in May 2026.

### Where is CREW Carbon based?

CREW Carbon is based in the United States.

### Who led CREW Carbon's rounds?

Burnt Island Ventures led the Series A in 2026.

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