What Carbotura does

Carbotura, Inc. is a Delaware C-Corporation that has developed an Advanced Circular Manufacturing (ACM) platform to convert heterogeneous manufacturing feedstock into critical materials without combustion. The proprietary four-protocol system comprises Pregenesis™ (feedstock preparation including shredding, magnetic separation, and Liquifact™ liquid extraction), Regenesis™ (the Recyclotron™ multiphase microwave reactor operating at 915 MHz and 550°C in anoxic conditions to break feedstock to the molecular level, producing OmniCrude™), Regenesis MAX™ (high-temperature refining at 1,800–3,000°C producing synthetic graphite, graphene, recovered metals, and rare earth elements with PFAS destruction at 1,200°C+), and Exogenesis™ (urban and landfill mining precursor for legacy deposits). The platform produces 116 materials across 8 families on a five-tier RevCon™ valorization ladder and is deployed in modular Regenesis™ Center facilities ranging from 100 to 6,000+ tonnes per day, with flagship 400 TPD sites generating 857 MWh daily via hydrogen PEM fuel cells in Island Mode.

The company's commercial model is the 30-year Circular Supply Agreement (CSA), under which Carbotura finances, builds, owns, and operates each facility while the host community delivers feedstock and receives Circular Royalty™ payments beginning 13 months after delivery. The royalty scales from 120% of Year 1 TMC (Beneficiation) Fee in Year 1 to 150% by Year 30, providing the community with a $112/ton average earnings stream over the contract term against disposal costs of $75–$85/ton. Revenue to Carbotura flows from material sales into industrial markets (battery manufacturing, precision casting, advanced materials), TMC Fees of $75–$150 per ton escalating 2.5% annually, and §45Q/§45V carbon credits. The primary customer segment is municipal governments, served through direct enterprise field sales supplemented by a territory-based independent agent portal; the secondary segment is industrial manufacturers purchasing recovered materials.

The company maintains regional headquarters in Wilmington (NA), Stockholm (EU), and Riyadh (MEA), targets an addressable market of 2.1 billion tonnes/year of global manufacturing feedstock, and currently reports 27 engaged communities and one contracted CSA (York County, PA). Leadership comprises CEO/Chairman Allen Witters, COO Tom Pitlanish, CDO John Arciero, EVP Capital Markets Paul Camp, EVP Investor Relations Shannon Law, and senior advisors including Pelle Malmhagen and Jonas Wastberg covering global and AMEA markets. The company operates under a Rule 506(c) Regulation D private securities offering targeting verified accredited investors.

Name

Carbotura

Legal name

Carbotura, Inc.

Website

https://carbotura.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Carbotura deploys an Advanced Circular Manufacturing platform that uses microwave catalytic reforming (Recyclotron™) to convert manufacturing feedstock into 116 critical materials, serving municipalities via 30-year Circular Supply Agreements and industrial buyers of recovered graphite, metals, and rare earths.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Advanced Circular Manufacturing / Waste-to-Materials

NAICS

Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing (325194), Carbon and Graphite Product Manufacturing (335991)

SIC

Industrial Organic Chemicals (2860)

akta.pro primary industry

Material Reuse & Upcycling Services (Non-recycling Transformation) (EUAIANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Plastic-to-Fuel/Oil & Feedstock Upgrading (Naphtha/Cracker Feed) (EUAIAKAL)

Keywords

• Advanced circular manufacturing
• Waste feedstock conversion
• Critical materials production
• Synthetic graphite manufacturing
• Microwave catalytic reforming

Headquarters

HQ city

Naples

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Material Sales (RevCon Products): Carbotura manufactures and sells critical materials derived from feedstock transformation — including synthetic graphite, graphene, recovered metals (copper, aluminum, steel), rare earth elements, and other commodities. Materials are sold into industrial markets (battery manufacturing, precision casting, advanced materials sectors). Revenue is consumption-based and volume-dependent on facility throughput.
2. Beneficiation Fee (TMC Fee): Fee charged to municipalities for transforming their feedstock into usable materials. Priced at $75–$150 per ton of material content, escalating at 2.5% annually. This is the primary service revenue stream from municipal Circular Supply Agreements.
3. Circular Royalty™ Payments: Ongoing royalty payments to communities calculated as 120% of Year 1 TMC Fee in Year 1, growing by 1 percentage point annually up to 150% of baseline. These are outbound payments to municipalities, representing the value-sharing mechanism of the Circular Supply Agreement rather than direct revenue to Carbotura.
4. Carbon Credits (§45Q / §45V): Carbotura generates carbon capture credits under U.S. tax code Section 45Q (carbon oxide sequestration) and Section 45V (clean hydrogen production credits). The process captures carbon from manufacturing waste streams and converts it into useful products, enabling credit monetization through carbon markets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Carbotura builds, owns, and operates modular Advanced Circular Manufacturing facilities under 30-year Circular Supply Agreements with municipalities. The platform converts heterogeneous manufacturing feedstock into 116+ critical materials (synthetic graphite, graphene, recovered metals, rare earths, ultrapure water) using proprietary microwave catalytic reforming (Recyclotron) and a four-protocol transformation system, generating revenue through material sales, per-ton Beneficiation Fees, and §45Q/§45V carbon credits.

Product overview

Carbotura's Advanced Circular Manufacturing (ACM) platform is a modular industrial manufacturing system that converts traditionally classified waste materials into critical manufactured products. The platform operates through four integrated protocol modules: Pregenesis™ (feedstock preparation), Regenesis™ (Recyclotron microwave catalytic reforming), Regenesis MAX™ (materials refining), and Exogenesis™ (urban/landfill mining precursor). Supporting infrastructure includes the APS atmospheric capture system and RevCon™ valorization ladder spanning 5 refinement tiers (RC0-RC5). The platform produces 116 products across 8 material families including carbon products (synthetic graphite, graphene, CNTs), metals (ferrous, non-ferrous, precious metals, rare earths), glass, water, gases, and aromatics. Commercial deployment occurs through 30-year Circular Supply Agreements (CSA) where Carbotura builds, owns, and operates Regenesis™ Center facilities, with communities receiving Circular Royalty™ payments. The RevCon™ 2027 Materials Catalog lists the complete product portfolio, while the Community Intelligence Portal tracks global deployment across 27 engaged communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Regenesis™: Microwave Catalytic Reforming protocol using Recyclotron for molecular-level feedstock conversion
• Regenesis MAX™
• Pregenesis™
• Exogenesis™
• RevCon™
• Recyclotron™
• Liquifact™
• OmniCrude™
• Circular Supply Agreement (CSA)
• Circular Royalty™
• Regenesis™ Center
• Regenesis™ Protocol

Products and services

• Advanced Circular Manufacturing (ACM) Platform The primary industrial manufacturing platform that converts manufacturing feedstock into critical materials through Total Material Conversion. Operates via four protocol modules — Pregenesis, Regenesis, Regenesis MAX, and Exogenesis — producing 100+ manufactured materials from unsorted feedstock without combustion. Targeted at municipalities providing feedstock and industrial manufacturers consuming output materials.
• Circular Supply Agreement (CSA) A 30-year manufacturing partnership agreement where Carbotura finances, builds, owns, and operates facilities while communities supply feedstock and receive Circular Royalty payments beginning 13 months after corresponding feedstock delivery. Sold to municipal governments under multi-year contracts.
• Circular Royalty™ An increasing monthly payment derived from the manufactured value of feedstock, paid to communities for 30 years. Grows over time with Royalty Multiplier escalating from 120% to 150% (+1pp/year). Sold to municipalities as the contractual value-sharing component of Circular Supply Agreements.
• Regenesis™ Center The modular Advanced Circular Manufacturing facility staffed and operated locally by Carbotura. Each 400 TPD facility generates 857 MWh daily via hydrogen PEM fuel cells, operates grid-independently, and produces 100+ manufactured products. Sold to municipalities as the physical deployment of the CSA.
• RevCon™ 2027 Materials Catalog Complete portfolio of 116 circular-manufactured materials across 8 material families (water, carbon, metals, glass, gas, aromatics, minerals) and 5 RevCon levels (RC0-RC5). Sold to industrial buyers including battery manufacturers, precision casting operations, and advanced materials producers.
• Community Intelligence Portal (CIP) Global deployment program portal showing communities engaged, feedstock volumes identified, and intelligence documents. Currently tracks 27 communities engaged with 18,370 tonnes/day identified across the program. Provided to municipal prospects as part of community engagement.
• Industrial Campuses Carbotura-anchored industrial campus model where the ACM facility serves as anchor tenant supplying neighbors with bulk materials, fuel-cell water, and industrial gases through co-location capture of freshness and specification premiums. Sold to industrial manufacturers as a tenancy and feedstock supply proposition.
• Digital Triplet Engineering Framework First-principles deterministic engineering doctrine establishing closed-loop design principles, FMEA verification protocols, and the Digital Triplet architecture unifying Engineering, OEM Module Manufacturing, and Facility Operations through CAFI integration. Provided as Carbotura's technical operating system to engineering vendors and partners.

Quantifiable outcome

• Municipal net benefit of $187/tonne for 100 TPD feedstock processing
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• LanzaTech: LanzaTech uses proprietary gas fermentation to convert waste carbon streams into fuels and chemicals, sharing Carbotura's circular chemistry approach to producing commodity-equivalent outputs from non-traditional feedstocks. Both companies monetize carbon reduction alongside material sales and target industrial off-takers seeking low-carbon inputs.
• Origin Materials: Origin Materials converts waste biomass and carbon feedstocks into sustainable chemicals and materials, mirroring Carbotura's waste-to-critical-materials platform and serving similar industrial customers seeking domestic, low-carbon inputs. Both companies pursue proprietary thermochemical conversion at commercial scale.
• Agilyx: Agilyx operates a proprietary plastic-to-feedstock conversion technology producing naphtha-grade intermediates, directly comparable to Carbotura's OmniCrude and Liquifact outputs. Both companies target industrial customers seeking circular hydrocarbon alternatives to virgin petrochemicals.
• Plastic Energy: Plastic Energy converts end-of-life plastics into recycled oils and feedstock using thermal conversion, closely aligned with Carbotura's chemical recycling pathway for producing hydrocarbon intermediates. Both companies serve petrochemical off-takers seeking circular feedstocks.
• Brightmark Energy: Brightmark converts plastic waste into fuels and chemicals via pyrolysis, sharing Carbotura's waste-to-products business model and serving similar municipal and industrial customer segments. Both companies pursue circular feedstock partnerships with material recovery.
• Mura Technology: Mura Technology operates supercritical steam-based plastic-to-feedstock conversion producing cracker-ready hydrocarbons, directly comparable to Carbotura's plastic-to-OilniCrude pathway. Both companies partner with petrochemical incumbents and brand owners to scale circular polymer chains.
• Cirba Solutions: Cirba Solutions recycles end-of-life batteries and electronics to recover critical materials including lithium, cobalt, nickel, and rare earths, overlapping with Carbotura's synthetic graphite and rare earth output portfolio. Both companies serve battery and advanced materials manufacturers seeking domestic critical materials supply.

Broad incumbents

• Eastman Chemical: Eastman operates one of the largest chemical recycling programs (polyester renewal) converting waste plastic into molecular intermediates, representing a scaled, established version of Carbotura's feedstock-to-chemical model. Both companies serve industrial off-takers and target circular economy value chains.
• Veolia: Veolia is a global environmental services leader operating waste management, recycling, and resource recovery at municipal scale, providing both a comparable customer base (cities/municipalities) and a competitive threat for feedstock contracts. Both companies target municipal circular economy partnerships.
• SUEZ: SUEZ operates large-scale waste management, recycling, and resource recovery infrastructure globally with deep municipal relationships, directly comparable to Carbotura's Circular Supply Agreement customer segment. Both companies convert municipal waste streams into valuable secondary materials.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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