# Carbon Removal Market Map 2026: 104 Startups in 7 Segments

> Market map of 104 carbon removal startups worldwide in 7 segments, from point-source capture, direct air capture and biochar and biomass on.

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

## Point-source capture

42

- [1PointFive](https://millionrounds.com/company/1pointfive)
- [Trace Midstream](https://millionrounds.com/company/trace-midstream)
- [Summit Carbon Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/summit-carbon-solutions)
- [*H* Heirloom](https://millionrounds.com/company/heirloom)
- [NextChem](https://millionrounds.com/company/nextchem)
- [Carbon Direct](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbon-direct)
- [Isometric](https://millionrounds.com/company/isometric)
- [*R* Rivan](https://millionrounds.com/company/rivan)
- [Deep Sky](https://millionrounds.com/company/deep-sky)
- [Mangrove Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/mangrove-systems)
- [Mantel](https://millionrounds.com/company/mantel)
- [*R* Resolve](https://millionrounds.com/company/resolve)
- [Cool Planet Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/cool-planet-technologies)
- [CarbonQuest](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbonquest)
- [Andes](https://millionrounds.com/company/andes)
- [Helix Earth](https://millionrounds.com/company/helix-earth)
- [CCm Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/ccm-technologies)
- [ROTOBOOST](https://millionrounds.com/company/rotoboost)
- [*CU* Carbon Upcycling Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbon-upcycling-technologies)
- [Carbon Ridge](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbon-ridge)
- [Carbon Alpha](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbon-alpha)
- [Reduciner](https://millionrounds.com/company/reduciner)
- [Mitico](https://millionrounds.com/company/mitico)
- [CarbonOrO](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbonoro)

+18 more

## Direct air capture

26

- [Prometheus](https://millionrounds.com/company/prometheus)
- [Avnos](https://millionrounds.com/company/avnos)
- [280 Earth](https://millionrounds.com/company/280-earth)
- [Climeworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/climeworks)
- [Spiritus](https://millionrounds.com/company/spiritus)
- [Capture6](https://millionrounds.com/company/capture6)
- [Noya](https://millionrounds.com/company/noya)
- [Phlair](https://millionrounds.com/company/phlair)
- [Brineworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/brineworks)
- [AirMyne](https://millionrounds.com/company/airmyne)
- [Clairity Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/clairity-technology)
- [Sirona Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/sirona-technologies)
- [MOVA Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/mova-technologies)
- [Octavia Carbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/octavia-carbon)
- [Mission Zero Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/mission-zero-technologies)
- [Parallel Carbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/parallel-carbon)
- [NeoCarbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/neocarbon)
- [*KE* Kilimanjaro Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/kilimanjaro-energy)
- [Holy Grail](https://millionrounds.com/company/holy-grail)
- [Planet Savers](https://millionrounds.com/company/planet-savers)
- [CarpeCarbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/carpecarbon)
- [TerraFixing](https://millionrounds.com/company/terrafixing)
- [Southern Green Gas](https://millionrounds.com/company/southern-green-gas)
- [Susteon](https://millionrounds.com/company/susteon)

+2 more

## Biochar and biomass

18

- [Novocarbo](https://millionrounds.com/company/novocarbo)
- [Carbo Culture](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbo-culture)
- [Terraton](https://millionrounds.com/company/terraton)
- [Firefly Green Fuels](https://millionrounds.com/company/firefly-green-fuels)
- [ReCarber](https://millionrounds.com/company/recarber)
- [Rosy Soil](https://millionrounds.com/company/rosy-soil)
- [BIOSORRA](https://millionrounds.com/company/biosorra)
- [Kinava](https://millionrounds.com/company/kinava)
- [Cotierra](https://millionrounds.com/company/cotierra)
- [Airex Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/airex-energy)
- [autarkize](https://millionrounds.com/company/autarkize)
- [SAGAVA](https://millionrounds.com/company/sagava)
- [*BI* Biochar Industrial Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/biochar-industrial-group)
- [Husk](https://millionrounds.com/company/husk)
- [Carbon CryoCapture](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbon-cryocapture)
- [Biochar Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/company/biochar-innovations)
- [Nina Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/nina-energy)
- [*FC* Full Circle Biochar](https://millionrounds.com/company/full-circle-biochar)

## Storage and utilisation

7

- [Loam Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/loam-bio)
- [Applied Carbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/applied-carbon)
- [Concrete4Change](https://millionrounds.com/company/concrete4change)
- [InSoil](https://millionrounds.com/company/insoil)
- [Enoflex](https://millionrounds.com/company/enoflex)
- [Treeconomy](https://millionrounds.com/company/treeconomy)
- [Earthbanc](https://millionrounds.com/company/earthbanc)

## Ocean carbon removal

5

- [*P* Planetary](https://millionrounds.com/company/planetary)
- [Gigablue](https://millionrounds.com/company/gigablue)
- [Samudra Oceans](https://millionrounds.com/company/samudra-oceans)
- [Brilliant Planet](https://millionrounds.com/company/brilliant-planet)
- [Equatic](https://millionrounds.com/company/equatic)

## Enhanced weathering and minerals

3

- [CREW Carbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/crew-carbon)
- [*EC* Exterra Carbon Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/exterra-carbon-solutions)
- [Cella](https://millionrounds.com/company/cella)

## Carbon removal marketplaces and MRV

3

- [Supercritical](https://millionrounds.com/company/supercritical)
- [CarbonPool](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbonpool)
- [CO280](https://millionrounds.com/company/co280)

## Segment by segment

### Point-source capture

42 startups · $2.0B raised

- [**1PointFive**](https://millionrounds.com/company/1pointfive) 1PointFive is a multi-solution platform for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) that provides decarbonization solutions. United States $500M
- [**Trace Midstream**](https://millionrounds.com/company/trace-midstream) Trace Midstream focuses on the development of carbon capture and sequestration projects. United States $400M
- [**Summit Carbon Solutions**](https://millionrounds.com/company/summit-carbon-solutions) Summit Carbon Solutions (SCS) is a U.S.-based decarbonization platform headquartered in Ames, Iowa. United States $300M
- [*H* **Heirloom**](https://millionrounds.com/company/heirloom) United States $203M
- [**NextChem**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nextchem) NextChem develops energy transition solutions for industries through sustainable technology. Italy $128M
- [**Carbon Direct**](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbon-direct) Carbon Direct is a provider of a carbon management platform that helps clients meet their climate goals. United States $60M
- [**Isometric**](https://millionrounds.com/company/isometric) Isometric is a London-based certification platform focused on the industrial economy, specializing in carbon removal registry and United Kingdom $50M
- [*R* **Rivan**](https://millionrounds.com/company/rivan) United Kingdom $47M

### Direct air capture

26 startups · $12B raised

- [**Prometheus**](https://millionrounds.com/company/prometheus) Prometheus is a clean-energy company based in Santa Cruz, California, founded in 2019. United States $12B
- [**Avnos**](https://millionrounds.com/company/avnos) Avnos, Inc. United States $53M
- [**280 Earth**](https://millionrounds.com/company/280-earth) 280 Earth is scaling carbon removal technology to meet the climate crisis head on. United States $50M
- [**Climeworks**](https://millionrounds.com/company/climeworks) Climeworks AG is a Swiss environmental technology company specializing in Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) through its innovative Dire Switzerland $34M
- [**Spiritus**](https://millionrounds.com/company/spiritus) Spiritus is a climate technology company based in White Rock, New Mexico, specializing in Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology aime Croatia $30M
- [**Capture6**](https://millionrounds.com/company/capture6) Capture6 is a climate technology company based in Berkeley, California, and Rotorua, New Zealand. United States $28M
- [**Noya**](https://millionrounds.com/company/noya) Noya, also known as Noya Labs, is a climate technology company founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. United States $22M
- [**Phlair**](https://millionrounds.com/company/phlair) Phlair is a Munich-based climate technology company founded in 2022, specializing in Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology. Germany $22M

### Biochar and biomass

18 startups · $93M raised

- [**Novocarbo**](https://millionrounds.com/company/novocarbo) Novocarbo GmbH is a German sustainability technology company based in Hamburg, founded in 2017 by Caspar Ziegner. Germany $27M
- [**Carbo Culture**](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbo-culture) Carbo Culture is a Finnish-American climate technology company focused on carbon dioxide removal through the production of stable biochar. Finland $18M
- [**Terraton**](https://millionrounds.com/company/terraton) Terraton, also known as Terraton Industrial, Inc., is a climate technology company based in San Francisco, founded in July 2024. United States $12M
- [**Firefly Green Fuels**](https://millionrounds.com/company/firefly-green-fuels) Firefly Green Fuels is a British developer focused on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). United Kingdom $6.2M
- [**ReCarber**](https://millionrounds.com/company/recarber) ReCarber is a Swedish climate technology company founded in 2023, based in Stockholm. Sweden $5.3M
- [**Rosy Soil**](https://millionrounds.com/company/rosy-soil) Rosy Soil is a gardening and consumer soil company based in New York. United States $5.0M
- [**BIOSORRA**](https://millionrounds.com/company/biosorra) BIOSORRA is a female-led climate-tech company based in Nairobi, Kenya, founded in 2021-2022. United States $3.5M
- [**Kinava**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kinava) Based on advanced hybrid hydrothermal carbonization technology,we provide technology and equipment that can produce compost, bio s South Korea $3.1M

### Storage and utilisation

7 startups · $163M raised

- [**Loam Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/loam-bio) Loam Bio is an Australian biotechnology company founded by farmers, focused on developing microbial seed treatments to enhance car Australia $77M
- [**Applied Carbon**](https://millionrounds.com/company/applied-carbon) Applied Carbon is a Houston-based climate technology company founded in 2020, specializing in innovative solutions for carbon sequ United States $73M
- [**Concrete4Change**](https://millionrounds.com/company/concrete4change) Developing novel technology for carbon sequestration into concrete United Kingdom $5.9M
- [**InSoil**](https://millionrounds.com/company/insoil) InSoil is a climate finance company that provides farmers with financial solutions to increase their soil carbon sequestration. Lithuania $4.2M
- [**Enoflex**](https://millionrounds.com/company/enoflex) Enoflex Limited is a UK-based manufacturer specializing in cost-effective composite pipes for the energy transition. United Kingdom $2.1M
- [**Treeconomy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/treeconomy) Treeconomy is a London-based greentech company founded in 2018, dedicated to combating climate change and restoring biodiversity. United Kingdom $633K
- [**Earthbanc**](https://millionrounds.com/company/earthbanc) Earthbanc is a climate and agricultural technology company based in Stockholm, Sweden. Sweden $350K

### Ocean carbon removal

5 startups · $93M raised

- [*P* **Planetary**](https://millionrounds.com/company/planetary) Planetary develops ocean-based carbon removal technology to accelerate the natural carbon cycle. Switzerland $35M
- [**Gigablue**](https://millionrounds.com/company/gigablue) Gigablue is a marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) company based in New York, NY, founded in 2022. United States $20M
- [**Samudra Oceans**](https://millionrounds.com/company/samudra-oceans) Samudra Oceans is a London-based climate technology startup founded in 2022, focused on advancing ocean farming and blue carbon capture. United Kingdom $14M
- [**Brilliant Planet**](https://millionrounds.com/company/brilliant-planet) Brilliant Planet is a climate technology company based in London, founded in 2013. United Kingdom $12M
- [**Equatic**](https://millionrounds.com/company/equatic) Equatic uses a seawater electrolysis process that enhances the ocean's capacity to absorb and store large quantities of carbon dioxide. United States $12M

### Enhanced weathering and minerals

3 startups · $48M raised

- [**CREW Carbon**](https://millionrounds.com/company/crew-carbon) CREW Carbon is a climate technology company founded in 2022 and based in Hamden, Connecticut. United States $30M
- [*EC* **Exterra Carbon Solutions**](https://millionrounds.com/company/exterra-carbon-solutions) Exterra is a negative emissions technology company developing a world class solution for durable CO2 storage using mineral waste. Canada $15M
- [**Cella**](https://millionrounds.com/company/cella) Cella is a New York-based climate technology startup founded in 2022, focused on permanent carbon dioxide removal through geologic United States $3.3M

### Carbon removal marketplaces and MRV

3 startups · $26M raised

- [**Supercritical**](https://millionrounds.com/company/supercritical) Supercritical Tech Ltd., based in London, is a carbon removal marketplace founded in 2021. United Kingdom $13M
- [**CarbonPool**](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbonpool) CarbonPool is an environmental services and InsurTech startup based in Zurich, founded in 2023. Switzerland $12M
- [**CO280**](https://millionrounds.com/company/co280) CO280 Solutions Inc. Canada $727K

**How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in carbon removal, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its best-funded first. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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