Lowercarbon Capital

Epoch Biodesign develops natural solutions to scale and industrialize biology to address climate challenges. The company designs and develops enzymes by combining biology, artificial intelligence, and engineering to break down plastics into reusable chemicals, enabling biorecycling as a tunable enzymatic process that converts plastic waste into everyday chemicals. It provides industrial biotechnology services aimed at reducing plastic waste and advancing sustainability.

Biosphere engages in manufacturing commercial-scale fermentation products and robotic greenhouses.

Gridware is focused on enhancing and safeguarding the electrical grid, a critical infrastructure that, when compromised, can lead to severe consequences such as wildfires, property damage, and loss of life. The company has developed an advanced monitoring system that employs high-precision sensor arrays, including microphones and other sensing technologies, to continuously analyze the electrical and mechanical behavior of grid assets. This system incorporates an artificial intelligence processing unit that detects anomalies in the environment around power poles, enabling utilities to proactively address potential faults. By facilitating timely repairs and rapid responses to climatic anomalies, Gridware's technology improves safety, reliability, and reduces outage durations for utility companies. Headquartered in the Bay Area of Northern California, Gridware is privately held and supported by notable climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors, positioning itself to meet the growing demand for power while contributing to the future resilience of the electrical grid.

Heirloom is a carbon capture company developing direct air capture technology that accelerates the natural absorption of carbon dioxide. Its approach uses a limestone-based process to increase CO2 uptake and stores the captured carbon permanently underground, powered by renewable energy. The company also applies carbon capture and utilization techniques to enhance natural CO2 removal. By offering a scalable, renewable-energy driven solution, Heirloom aims to help businesses meet sustainability goals with a cost-effective path to significant carbon removal.

Vaulted Deep specializes in innovative waste management solutions. It employs patented geologic slurry injection technology to permanently sequester organic wastes underground, achieving significant carbon dioxide removal while promoting local environmental health.

Formo is Europe's first cellular agriculture company developing animal-free dairy products. It uses precision fermentation to derive real, nature-identical milk proteins, offering sustainable and ethical alternatives for consumers.

Carbyon is a Dutch company specializing in direct air capture (DAC) technologies. It filters CO2 from the atmosphere, purifies it, and supplies it to produce kerosene for aircraft, enabling the existing fossil industry to repurpose storage and transport facilities for renewable hydrocarbons.

Arca is a leading carbon dioxide removal (CDR) company. Arca accelerates natural process of carbon mineralization, by reacting atmospheric carbon dioxide with ultramafic mine tailings rich in magnesium silicate minerals, such as serpentine and brucite. By leveraging partnerships with mining companies, Arca transforms mine waste into a carbon sink, permanently storing CO₂ as stable carbonate minerals. The company is at the forefront of scaling carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions by integrating geochemical expertise, real-time monitoring, and verification methodologies. Arca collaborates with major buyers of carbon removal credits, such as Shopify, Stripe, Watershed and MaRS, and has established formal methodologies for recognizing and quantifying mineralization in voluntary and compliance carbon markets.

Xcimer Energy is an innovative company focused on developing laser-driven fusion technology to deliver affordable, abundant, and carbon-free energy. Founded in 2021 and based in Redwood City, California, Xcimer integrates low-cost excimer laser technology with the HYLIFE reaction chamber concept to create a scalable Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) system. This approach addresses significant challenges that have historically hindered the viability of fusion power, enabling the application of experimentally proven controlled fusion reactions for electrical power generation. By transforming the energy marketplace, Xcimer aims to provide a sustainable energy solution that can meet growing global demands.

BurnBot specializes in wildfire mitigation and vegetation management services. It combines expertise in forestry with advanced fire technology to systematically treat fuel sources, preventing destructive wildfires.

Clairity Technology is a climate startup focused on developing low-cost, scalable technology aimed at harvesting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The company has designed an air capture system that effectively reduces carbon dioxide levels, contributing to a more sustainable environment. By addressing the growing challenge of atmospheric CO2, Clairity Technology offers innovative solutions that support both individual and collective efforts in combating climate change.

Eli is a digital platform that simplifies access to incentives, rebates, and low-interest financing for contractors, installers, and retailers involved in consumer decarbonization projects. These projects encompass a range of technologies, including heat pumps, electric vehicle chargers, heat pump water heaters, solar energy systems, and battery storage solutions. Eli’s technology is built upon extensive user testing and real-world data, aiming to assist individuals facing significant barriers to access these programs. The platform effectively screens and qualifies applicants for various incentives by navigating complex eligibility rules, verifying income, and collecting necessary documentation, all while providing personalized information about incentive eligibility. This approach ensures that users receive comprehensive support without the need to visit multiple third-party websites, enabling businesses to maximize the incentives available to them.

Heart Aerospace AB, established in 2018 with headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden, and operations in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing electric regional airliners certified for passenger flight. The company's mission is to facilitate swift, affordable, and sustainable travel for regional journeys worldwide. Their flagship aircraft, the ES-19, is a nineteen-passenger electric airliner designed with an operating range of 400 km, aiming to reduce fuel and maintenance costs compared to traditional aircraft while emitting zero operational emissions. Heart Aerospace targets commercial operation certification for the ES-19 by 2026.

Vaulted Deep specializes in innovative waste management solutions. It employs patented geologic slurry injection technology to permanently sequester organic wastes underground, achieving significant carbon dioxide removal while promoting local environmental health.

Yard Stick develops a handheld device that measures soil carbon levels in real-time. This enables evidence-based regenerative farming practices, improving soil health, increasing farmer income, and combating climate change by sequestering carbon.

Dioxycle develops electrolyser solutions that convert captured carbon dioxide into valuable chemical products. Its technology enables businesses to treat carbon dioxide as a resource, reducing reliance on fossil feedstocks and lowering industrial emissions.

Gridware is focused on enhancing and safeguarding the electrical grid, a critical infrastructure that, when compromised, can lead to severe consequences such as wildfires, property damage, and loss of life. The company has developed an advanced monitoring system that employs high-precision sensor arrays, including microphones and other sensing technologies, to continuously analyze the electrical and mechanical behavior of grid assets. This system incorporates an artificial intelligence processing unit that detects anomalies in the environment around power poles, enabling utilities to proactively address potential faults. By facilitating timely repairs and rapid responses to climatic anomalies, Gridware's technology improves safety, reliability, and reduces outage durations for utility companies. Headquartered in the Bay Area of Northern California, Gridware is privately held and supported by notable climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors, positioning itself to meet the growing demand for power while contributing to the future resilience of the electrical grid.

Charm Industrial develops carbon removal technology that converts agricultural residues into bio-oil via fast pyrolysis and injects the bio-oil into deep geological formations for permanent underground storage, enabling long-term carbon offsetting and contributing to climate change mitigation.

UNDO is a world-leading carbon dioxide removal project developer specialising in enhanced rock weathering. UNDO focuses on permanent carbon removal by utilizing enhanced rock weathering to capture CO2 from the atmosphere. The company spreads crushed silicate rock on agricultural land, accelerating the natural weathering process and enriching soil health.

Pledge is a company that enables businesses to easily implement climate solutions for their customers. Founded in 2021 by former employees of Revolut and the co-founder of Freetrade, Pledge provides a streamlined and automated infrastructure that integrates climate solutions into customer interactions. Their tools assist supply chain leaders and freight forwarders in measuring, reporting, and reducing logistics emissions, facilitating a more climate-conscious approach. By offering solutions for greenhouse gas measurement, offsetting, and reporting, Pledge supports businesses in their efforts to transition to net zero emissions effectively.

Woodoo transforms substandard wood into sustainable, high-performance biomaterials, offering eco-friendly alternatives to steel, glass, leather, and plastics. Its products serve diverse industries such as automotive, luxury goods, and construction, providing durable, cost-effective solutions while reducing emissions.

Novalith Technologies is a climate technology company that uses carbon dioxide in its LiCAL™ lithium extraction process. This innovative method significantly reduces equipment, chemical reagents, water, and energy usage compared to conventional processing, lowering capital and production costs. Additionally, it minimizes emissions by directly using and sequestering CO2.

Noya develops carbon capture technology that enables industrial facilities to remove CO2 from the atmosphere by retrofitting existing equipment. The company adds a non-toxic CO2 absorbing chemical blend to current cooling towers, allowing simultaneous cooling and carbon capture without major mechanical changes to the towers. The captured CO2 is then sold to companies that use it as a raw material, supporting other industries' climate initiatives. Noya's approach is aimed at accelerating the world’s transition toward a carbon-negative economy by providing a modular, retrofit-based solution that tackles emissions from industrial cooling processes.

Arca is a leading carbon dioxide removal (CDR) company. Arca accelerates natural process of carbon mineralization, by reacting atmospheric carbon dioxide with ultramafic mine tailings rich in magnesium silicate minerals, such as serpentine and brucite. By leveraging partnerships with mining companies, Arca transforms mine waste into a carbon sink, permanently storing CO₂ as stable carbonate minerals. The company is at the forefront of scaling carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions by integrating geochemical expertise, real-time monitoring, and verification methodologies. Arca collaborates with major buyers of carbon removal credits, such as Shopify, Stripe, Watershed and MaRS, and has established formal methodologies for recognizing and quantifying mineralization in voluntary and compliance carbon markets.

Eli is a digital platform that simplifies access to incentives, rebates, and low-interest financing for contractors, installers, and retailers involved in consumer decarbonization projects. These projects encompass a range of technologies, including heat pumps, electric vehicle chargers, heat pump water heaters, solar energy systems, and battery storage solutions. Eli’s technology is built upon extensive user testing and real-world data, aiming to assist individuals facing significant barriers to access these programs. The platform effectively screens and qualifies applicants for various incentives by navigating complex eligibility rules, verifying income, and collecting necessary documentation, all while providing personalized information about incentive eligibility. This approach ensures that users receive comprehensive support without the need to visit multiple third-party websites, enabling businesses to maximize the incentives available to them.

Sublime Systems develops cement decarbonization technology that reduces cement emissions while co-producing green hydrogen. The system relies on clean, renewable energy and an electrochemical process that eliminates carbon dioxide emissions without altering the cement’s properties or chemistry. The technology enables builders to use lower-emission cement as part of a broader move toward a sustainable, renewable future.

Living Carbon is a public benefit corporation based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2019 by Maddie Hall and Patrick Mellor. The company leverages advanced biotechnology to enhance the natural ability of plants, particularly trees, to capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2). By improving photosynthesis, inhibiting photorespiration, increasing growth rates, and shortening tree growing cycles, Living Carbon aims to create more durable wood for building and manufacturing applications while addressing climate change. The company's ultimate goal is to restore balance to the planet's metabolic processes through innovative forest biotechnology solutions.

BurnBot specializes in wildfire mitigation and vegetation management services. It combines expertise in forestry with advanced fire technology to systematically treat fuel sources, preventing destructive wildfires.

Urban Machine is a construction company that designs and manufactures machines for reclaiming wood waste from demolition and new construction sites. The equipment uses precision end‑effectors, high‑speed gantries, and vision systems to remove nails, screws, and staples, enabling the conversion of salvaged timber into high‑volume, locally sourced premium lumber products. By applying robotics and artificial intelligence, the company reduces waste and lowers the environmental impact of the construction industry.

Solugen, Inc. is a specialty chemicals company based in Houston, Texas, founded in 2016. It focuses on producing industrial chemicals through the application of biotechnology and green chemistry, specifically utilizing plant-derived substitutes to replace petroleum-based products. The company offers a range of products, including BioPeroxide, a carbon-negative hydrogen peroxide, and BioChelate, a biodegradable chelant. Other offerings include ScavSol, a multivalent metal sequestrant for energy applications, ScaleSol, an alternative to phosphonates for scale control, and CorrSol, which addresses corrosion and fouling. Solugen's innovative approach combines fermentation and petrochemical processing along with advancements in synthetic biology and enzymatic technology, enabling it to create environmentally friendly chemicals from bio-based feedstocks. Its solutions cater to diverse industries such as agriculture, cleaning, energy, and water, contributing to reduced costs and lower carbon emissions while promoting sustainability.

Lemon Energy is a Brazilian company based in São Paulo, founded in 2019, that specializes in renewable energy solutions. It operates solar plants that generate photovoltaic energy, enabling customers to save on electric bills while promoting sustainable energy practices. Through a fully digital platform, Lemon Energy facilitates a seamless user experience, connecting consumers with various clean energy sources, including solar, wind, biogas, and small hydroelectric plants. By creating a renewable energy marketplace, the company simplifies the process of choosing green energy options, allowing businesses and individuals to utilize environmentally friendly energy sources effectively.

Seabound is a developer of innovative carbon capture systems aimed at reducing CO2 emissions from cargo ships. The company's technology integrates seamlessly with existing vessels, equipping them with an onboard device that captures emissions from exhaust and converts carbon dioxide into a solid form. This solidified carbon can be stored for future utilization or sequestration, significantly mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and pollution associated with maritime transport. Additionally, Seabound's carbon capture method enables the processing of carbon dioxide on land, producing limestone that can be sold directly or transformed into calcium oxide for secondary recycling. Through its advancements, Seabound contributes to the sustainability of shipping operations and supports efforts to combat climate change.

Heirloom is a carbon capture company developing direct air capture technology that accelerates the natural absorption of carbon dioxide. Its approach uses a limestone-based process to increase CO2 uptake and stores the captured carbon permanently underground, powered by renewable energy. The company also applies carbon capture and utilization techniques to enhance natural CO2 removal. By offering a scalable, renewable-energy driven solution, Heirloom aims to help businesses meet sustainability goals with a cost-effective path to significant carbon removal.

Living Carbon is a public benefit corporation based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2019 by Maddie Hall and Patrick Mellor. The company leverages advanced biotechnology to enhance the natural ability of plants, particularly trees, to capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2). By improving photosynthesis, inhibiting photorespiration, increasing growth rates, and shortening tree growing cycles, Living Carbon aims to create more durable wood for building and manufacturing applications while addressing climate change. The company's ultimate goal is to restore balance to the planet's metabolic processes through innovative forest biotechnology solutions.

Verdox is dedicated to reversing climate change through the development and deployment of advanced technology. The company’s proprietary electro-swing process, developed at MIT, enables carbon dioxide and other acid gases to be captured with up to 80% less energy and 70% less cost than conventional approaches.

Epoch Biodesign develops natural solutions to scale and industrialize biology to address climate challenges. The company designs and develops enzymes by combining biology, artificial intelligence, and engineering to break down plastics into reusable chemicals, enabling biorecycling as a tunable enzymatic process that converts plastic waste into everyday chemicals. It provides industrial biotechnology services aimed at reducing plastic waste and advancing sustainability.

Pledge is a company that enables businesses to easily implement climate solutions for their customers. Founded in 2021 by former employees of Revolut and the co-founder of Freetrade, Pledge provides a streamlined and automated infrastructure that integrates climate solutions into customer interactions. Their tools assist supply chain leaders and freight forwarders in measuring, reporting, and reducing logistics emissions, facilitating a more climate-conscious approach. By offering solutions for greenhouse gas measurement, offsetting, and reporting, Pledge supports businesses in their efforts to transition to net zero emissions effectively.

GenoMines is a company focused on sustainable mining through innovative biological methods. It specializes in using plant-based technologies to extract critical metals from soils that are below traditional cut-off grades. By genetically enhancing hyperaccumulator plants, GenoMines leverages nature's ability to absorb metals, thereby not only sustainably mining these resources but also depolluting soils and increasing the availability of agricultural sites. This approach addresses significant environmental and societal challenges associated with conventional mining methods, aiming to support the transition to green energy in a responsible manner.

Normative.io is a software company that specializes in assessing the social and environmental impact of companies by analyzing their purchases. Utilizing artificial intelligence and the world's largest sustainability research database, Normative's platform provides an emission accounting engine that helps organizations calculate their total carbon dioxide emissions. The software also offers visual analytics and generates comprehensive sustainability reports, processing both internal and external data to automate carbon reporting. By making the social and environmental costs of purchases transparent, Normative aims to facilitate progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and assist businesses in reducing their environmental footprint.

Yard Stick develops a handheld device that measures soil carbon levels in real-time. This enables evidence-based regenerative farming practices, improving soil health, increasing farmer income, and combating climate change by sequestering carbon.

Formo is Europe's first cellular agriculture company developing animal-free dairy products. It uses precision fermentation to derive real, nature-identical milk proteins, offering sustainable and ethical alternatives for consumers.

Heart Aerospace AB, established in 2018 with headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden, and operations in Palo Alto, California, specializes in developing electric regional airliners certified for passenger flight. The company's mission is to facilitate swift, affordable, and sustainable travel for regional journeys worldwide. Their flagship aircraft, the ES-19, is a nineteen-passenger electric airliner designed with an operating range of 400 km, aiming to reduce fuel and maintenance costs compared to traditional aircraft while emitting zero operational emissions. Heart Aerospace targets commercial operation certification for the ES-19 by 2026.

Heirloom is a carbon capture company developing direct air capture technology that accelerates the natural absorption of carbon dioxide. Its approach uses a limestone-based process to increase CO2 uptake and stores the captured carbon permanently underground, powered by renewable energy. The company also applies carbon capture and utilization techniques to enhance natural CO2 removal. By offering a scalable, renewable-energy driven solution, Heirloom aims to help businesses meet sustainability goals with a cost-effective path to significant carbon removal.

Noya develops carbon capture technology that enables industrial facilities to remove CO2 from the atmosphere by retrofitting existing equipment. The company adds a non-toxic CO2 absorbing chemical blend to current cooling towers, allowing simultaneous cooling and carbon capture without major mechanical changes to the towers. The captured CO2 is then sold to companies that use it as a raw material, supporting other industries' climate initiatives. Noya's approach is aimed at accelerating the world’s transition toward a carbon-negative economy by providing a modular, retrofit-based solution that tackles emissions from industrial cooling processes.

Yard Stick develops a handheld device that measures soil carbon levels in real-time. This enables evidence-based regenerative farming practices, improving soil health, increasing farmer income, and combating climate change by sequestering carbon.

Dendra Systems is an environmental technology company focused on restoring natural ecosystems globally. It develops tools and capabilities to power scalable ecosystem restoration, combining data analytics and automation to support restoration and reporting requirements for enterprises. The company addresses degraded land worldwide where restoration has lagged behind habitat destruction, offering an integrated approach that helps organizations plan, monitor, and execute restoration projects. By providing technology that enables data-driven decisions and automation, Dendra Systems aims to improve the efficiency and scale of restoration efforts, contributing to rebalancing human impact on the natural world.

Mombak is a carbon removal company based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, focused on reforestation of the Amazon. The team brings together experts in science, technology, forestry, and carbon markets to advance large-scale, nature-based climate solutions.