AirCapture
AirCapture develops modular microwave-based Direct Air Capture systems that produce 99.999%-pure on-site CO2 for breweries, concrete producers, fertilizer plants, and food processors via a recurring CO2-as-a-Service subscription model.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2019
- HeadquartersBerkeley, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What AirCapture does
AirCapture is a Berkeley, California-based climate technology company founded in 2019 by Matt Atwood that develops modular Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems for on-site production of ultra-pure CO2 by commercial and industrial customers. The company's flagship Lightswing™ platform uses a patented microwave-based mechanism to target energy directly at the CO2-sorbent bond, a design the company positions as reducing both capital and operational costs per tonne captured relative to conventional thermal-electric DAC approaches. Modular units capture CO2 directly from ambient air or industrial waste streams at customer facilities and deliver it in liquid or gas form at 99.999% purity—exceeding beverage-grade specifications.
The company operates a "CO2 as a Service®" subscription/recurring revenue model, installing modular DAC units at customer sites and supplying CO2 on demand under long-term supply contracts. Named deployments include a 50-100 tCO2-per-year unit at Almanac Beer Co.'s Alameda brewery (supporting Flow – Clean Air Edition, the world's first DAC-carbonated commercial beer), Japan's first commercial DAC facility at Aizawa Concrete Corporation's Fukushima plant (launched September 2025), and a U.S. DOE-funded CO2 capture and formic acid conversion project at Nutrien's fertilizer plant in Kennewick, Washington. AirCapture also partners with 44.01 on permanent geological CO2 mineralization in the UAE (Fujairah), with Corning on advanced DAC pathways, and with CarbonBuilt on DAC-integrated concrete production. Target customer segments span breweries and beverage manufacturers, concrete and construction, fertilizer and chemicals, food processing, greenhouse agriculture, and general industrial manufacturing.
AirCapture pursues direct enterprise field sales globally and operates a 12,000-19,000 sq ft prototyping and production facility in West Berkeley, with active or planned deployments across North America, the Middle East (UAE), East Asia (Japan, China, Serbia), South Asia (Maldives), and Africa (Kenya). The company has raised approximately $53 million in equity, grants, and awards to date—including a $50 million Series A in June 2025 led by the Larsen Lam Climate Change Foundation, a $2.93 million U.S. Department of Energy grant in April 2022, a $1 million XPRIZE XFACTOR award in April 2025, and catalytic funding through Tencent's CarbonX 2.0 program in June 2026. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; case evidence indicates approximately 15% per-pound CO2 cost savings for the brewery customer versus conventional supply.
AirCapture firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- AirCapture
- Legal name
- AirCapture LLC
- Website
- https://aircapture.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2019
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- AirCapture develops modular microwave-based Direct Air Capture systems that produce 99.999%-pure on-site CO2 for breweries, concrete producers, fertilizer plants, and food processors via a recurring CO2-as-a-Service subscription model.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
AirCapture industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Direct Air Capture / CO2 Supply Services
- NAICS
- Industrial Gas Manufacturing (32512)
- SIC
- Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip (3585), Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Direct Air Capture (DAC) Systems & Plants (EUABAFAA)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Direct Air Capture (DAC) Project Development (EUABABAJ)
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Where AirCapture is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Berkeley
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices2 records
Markets served
AirCapture business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- CO2 as a Service®: Company provides modular DAC units installed at customer sites to supply ultra-pure CO2 on-demand. Revenue generated through CO2 supply contracts with commercial and industrial customers. Customers receive CO2 in their preferred form (liquid or gas) for various industrial uses including beverage carbonation, food packaging, indoor agriculture, dry ice, concrete production, and other applications.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels5 records
AirCapture product offering
Product offeringCore offering
AirCapture designs, builds, installs and operates modular Direct Air Capture (DAC) units at customer manufacturing sites under a "CO2 as a Service®" model, delivering ultra-pure atmospheric CO2 on-demand in liquid or gas form to commercial and industrial customers. Its patented Lightswing™ microwave-based DAC technology targets the CO2-sorbent bond to reduce operational and capital costs per tonne captured, serving breweries, beverage makers, concrete producers, food processors, greenhouse operators and other industrial CO2 users.
Product overview
Aircapture offers a modular Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology platform centered on its proprietary CO2 as a Service® model. The core product portfolio includes modular DAC units and the patented Lightswing™ microwave-based direct air capture system, which can be installed on-site at customer facilities to capture CO2 directly from the atmosphere. The company serves commercial and industrial customers across breweries, beverage, concrete, food processing, manufacturing, and greenhouse agriculture markets. Aircapture provides ultra-pure CO2 in liquid or gas form on-demand, enabling customers to produce their own CO2 supply independent of volatile fossil-fuel-based supply chains.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Lightswing™: Microwave-based direct air capture system developed by Aircapture that targets microwave energy directly at the CO2-sorbent bond to reduce operational and capital costs per tonne captured.
Products and services
- CO2 as a Service® Subscription-based service providing modular DAC units installed on-site at customer manufacturing facilities, delivering ultra-pure CO2 on-demand in liquid or gas form for industrial and commercial applications. Targets breweries, beverage producers, concrete manufacturers, food processors, greenhouse operators and other industrial CO2 users globally.
- Lightswing™ Microwave Direct Air Capture System Aircapture's patented microwave-based DAC system that directs microwave energy at the CO2-sorbent bond to reduce both operational and capital costs per tonne captured. Designed for modular, on-site deployment at customer facilities producing beverage-grade 99.999% pure CO2.
- Modular Direct Air Capture (DAC) Units Compact, modular DAC units designed to integrate directly into commercial and industrial manufacturing processes at any scale. Units draw ambient air or industrial waste streams on location to capture and store CO2 for immediate application or longer-term use.
Quantifiable outcome
- Beverage-grade CO2 purity of 99.999%, exceeding industry standards
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use AirCapture
Customer profileNamed customers3 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
AirCapture technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
AirCapture partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.
- CorningcorePartnership to advance commercial pathways for direct air capture technology. Collaboration aimed at developing and scaling DAC solutions.
- Almanac Beer Co.flagshipLaunched world's first commercial beer (Flow – Clean Air Edition) carbonated with CO2 captured directly from the atmosphere using DAC technology. DAC unit installed at Almanac's Alameda brewery producing 50-100 tCO2 per year. A portion of proceeds donated to carbon removal policy nonprofit Carbon180.
- Aizawa Concrete CorporationcoreAizawa Concrete Corporation to install Aircapture direct air capture system at Fukushima concrete plant in Japan, marking Japan's first DAC plant. Testing method to harness atmospheric CO2 in concrete production.
- 44.01corePartnership to launch world's second DAC-to-sequestration project in Fujairah, UAE, where captured CO2 is mineralized into rock underground within 12 months. Won $1M XPRIZE XFACTOR Prize together.
- CarbonBuilt / 4 Corners Carbon CoalitioncoreFirst-of-its-kind project to turn air into concrete at scale. Partnership funded by 4 Corners Carbon Coalition to integrate DAC technology with concrete production.
- OCOchemcorePartnership to develop a 2-in-1 carbon capture and conversion system at Nutrien's fertilizer plant in Kennewick, Washington. Project utilizes waste steam from the fertilizer plant to capture CO2 and convert it to formic acid for green electro-fuel production.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
AirCapture competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Climeworks: Climeworks is the most prominent direct air capture company, operating large-scale DAC plants paired with geological sequestration (e.g., Mammoth in Iceland). It competes with AirCapture in the DAC technology race and shares the same target end markets for CO2 utilization and carbon removal credits.
- Heirloom Carbon Technologies: Heirloom uses limestone-based DAC technology and is one of the largest DAC startups by funding raised. It is a direct peer in delivering carbon removal as a service, with overlapping customers (corporate credit buyers) and competing for the same DOE grants and XPRIZE recognition.
- 1PointFive (Occidental): 1PointFive is building STRATOS, one of the world's largest DAC facilities in Texas, based on Carbon Engineering's liquid solvent technology acquired by Occidental. It is a direct competitor for DAC-based carbon removal credits and large-scale deployment contracts.
Emerging players
- CarbonCapture Inc. CarbonCapture Inc. develops DAC systems for permanent carbon removal, with partnerships for geological sequestration. It is an emerging peer with overlapping technology and customer profile, though at an earlier commercial scale than AirCapture.
- RepAir Technology: RepAir Technology builds modular electrochemical DAC units for distributed deployment. It is comparable to AirCapture in targeting on-site, smaller-scale DAC installations with a focus on cost reduction and modularity.
- CarbonOrO: CarbonOrO is developing DAC technology with a focus on utilizing captured CO2 in industrial applications, including concrete and chemicals. It overlaps with AirCapture in the CO2 utilization value chain and target customers.
Broad incumbents
- Linde plc: Linde is the world's largest industrial gas company and supplies the bulk of conventional food-grade and industrial CO2 to breweries and other customers AirCapture targets. Its existing supply contracts and distribution network make it the dominant incumbent AirCapture's on-site model is disrupting.
- Air Liquide: Air Liquide is a global industrial gas major supplying beverage-grade CO2 to many of the same brewery and food customers AirCapture pursues. It is the legacy supplier whose supply volatility and pricing AirCapture's on-site model is designed to bypass.
Others
- 44.01: 44.01 is a direct partner of AirCapture for the UAE mineralization project and Kenya pilot, providing permanent CO2 sequestration via mineralization in peridotite. It is comparable as an ecosystem participant enabling the sequestration half of AirCapture's DAC-to-storage value chain.
Regional players
- Chart Industries: Chart Industries manufactures cryogenic equipment and CO2 processing/distribution infrastructure used by industrial gas suppliers. It is adjacent to AirCapture's DAC hardware and CO2 conditioning needs and could be either a supplier or potential competitor as it expands into carbon capture equipment.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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AirCapture leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles10 records
AirCapture funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds3 records
Investors3 records
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AirCapture M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about AirCapture
What does AirCapture do?
AirCapture designs, builds, installs and operates modular Direct Air Capture (DAC) units at customer manufacturing sites under a "CO2 as a Service®" model, delivering ultra-pure atmospheric CO2 on-demand in liquid or gas form to commercial and industrial customers. Its patented Lightswing™ microwave-based DAC technology targets the CO2-sorbent bond to reduce operational and capital costs per tonne captured, serving breweries, beverage makers, concrete producers, food processors, greenhouse operators and other industrial CO2 users.
Is AirCapture a public or private company?
AirCapture is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was AirCapture founded?
AirCapture was founded in 2019. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is AirCapture based?
AirCapture is headquartered in Berkeley, United States, in the North America region.
How does AirCapture make money?
One revenue line is on record: CO2 as a Service®.
Who are AirCapture's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Climeworks, Heirloom Carbon Technologies and 1PointFive (Occidental). Emerging players are CarbonCapture Inc., RepAir Technology and CarbonOrO. Broad incumbents are Linde plc and Air Liquide. 44.01 is listed as an others. Chart Industries is listed as a regional player.
Does AirCapture have an API?
No public API is recorded for AirCapture.
What industry is AirCapture in?
AirCapture's product category is Direct Air Capture / CO2 Supply Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUABAFAA, Direct Air Capture (DAC) Systems & Plants, with a secondary code of EUABABAJ, Direct Air Capture (DAC) Project Development. Its NAICS code is 32512 and its SIC code is 3585.