CarbonQuest
CarbonQuest designs and operates modular, distributed carbon capture systems using solid sorbents and VPSA technology for biogas, food and beverage, low-carbon power, and building applications, selling equipment, turnkey installations, and a financed Carbon Capture-as-a-Service model.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2019
- HeadquartersNew York, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What CarbonQuest does
CarbonQuest is a private, venture-backed cleantech company founded in 2019 that designs, manufactures, and operates modular distributed carbon capture systems for small and medium-scale CO2 emitters. Its core platform is the Distributed Carbon Capture System (DCCS), a containerized unit that uses vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) with non-toxic solid sorbents to capture CO2 from point sources such as boilers, combined heat and power (CHP) systems, fuel cells, RNG upgrading reject streams, and food and beverage process equipment. The system is offered in six standard sizes from 500 to 16,800 metric tons per year, combinable to over 300,000 MTPA, and is paired with a proprietary on-site liquefaction module that produces ISBT beverage-grade CO2 and a cloud-based monitoring platform called CarbonCore that supports carbon credit generation, 45Q tax credit claims, LCFS/RIN reporting, and ESG disclosures.
The company sells through three commercial models: direct equipment purchase, turnkey EPC installation, and a Carbon Capture-as-a-Service (CaaS) offering financed by C2Zero (a SER Capital Partners portfolio company) and structured with Daroga Power, which eliminates upfront capital for end customers. CarbonQuest targets biogas and RNG operators, food and beverage manufacturers, low-carbon power users including data centers and critical infrastructure, and commercial and multifamily buildings subject to emissions regulations such as New York City's Local Law 97. Customers include Glenwood Management (Manhattan multifamily buildings), a Washington State beverage facility (first food and beverage deployment), Tourmaline Oil (first Canadian natural gas compressor project in Alberta), and Glenwood Mason Supply (concrete mineralization offtaker). The company maintains offices in New York City, Spokane (manufacturing and primary engineering), Washington (West region sales), Washington, DC, and an R&D center in India, with 37 employees following 85% headcount growth in the past year.
CarbonQuest firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- CarbonQuest
- Legal name
- CarbonQuest, Inc.
- Website
- https://carbonquest.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2019
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- CarbonQuest designs and operates modular, distributed carbon capture systems using solid sorbents and VPSA technology for biogas, food and beverage, low-carbon power, and building applications, selling equipment, turnkey installations, and a financed Carbon Capture-as-a-Service model.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
CarbonQuest industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Carbon Capture Systems
- NAICS
- Industrial Gas Manufacturing (32512), Industrial Gas Manufacturing (325120)
- SIC
- Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment (3533), Chemicals & Allied Products (2800)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Post-combustion Capture Systems (Solid Sorbents & Structured Adsorbents) (EUABAGAB)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Biomass Carbon Removal & Storage (BECCS/Bioenergy with CO₂ Capture) (EUABAFAB), CO₂ Utilization from Bioenergy (CCU: Fuels, Chemicals, Building Materials) (EUAAALAG), Carbon Removal Credits Trading (DAC, BECCS, Biochar, Mineralization) (EUAGAIAL)
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Where CarbonQuest is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- New York
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices6 records
Markets served
CarbonQuest business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- DCCS Equipment and System Sales: Customers purchase DCCS hardware outright under the Equipment Purchase or Turnkey Install commercial models. CarbonQuest delivers full EPC and commissioning, then provides ongoing O&M services.
- Carbon Capture-as-a-Service: CarbonQuest's financing partner (C2Zero) finances and owns the equipment. Customers pay nothing upfront and earn revenue based on CO2 captured. CarbonQuest manages design, installation, operations, and maintenance. Suitable for customers prioritizing speed and zero capital outlay.
- Sustainable CO2 Sales: Captured and liquefied CO2 (Sustainable CO2™) is sold to commercial and industrial offtakers including food and beverage producers, concrete manufacturers, SAF producers, and chemical/plastics companies. CarbonQuest manages the complete CO2 lifecycle including transport and end-use, with pre-built offtake agreements eliminating the need for customers to find their own buyers.
- Operations & Maintenance Services: CarbonQuest provides ongoing O&M service agreements for all installed systems under Equipment Purchase and Turnkey Install models, with a standard 10-year worry-free operations and maintenance contract.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| One time/ perpetual license | Multi-year contract | Equipment Purchase — maximum control for capex-ready customers |
| One time/ perpetual license | Multi-year contract | Turnkey Install — single-vendor design through delivery |
| Outcome Based/ Performance | Multi-year contract | Carbon Capture-as-a-Service — zero upfront capital, fully managed |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels7 records
CarbonQuest product offering
Product offeringCore offering
CarbonQuest designs, manufactures, and deploys modular Distributed Carbon Capture Systems (DCCS™) that use non-toxic solid sorbents and vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) to capture CO2 from point sources (boilers, fuel cells, CHP, biogas upgrading) and convert it into ISBT beverage-grade Sustainable CO2™ for sale or sequestration. The containerized systems scale from 500 to 300,000 MTPA across biogas/RNG, food and beverage, and onsite low-carbon power segments, sold under equipment purchase, turnkey install, or no-upfront-capital Carbon Capture-as-a-Service commercial models.
Product overview
CarbonQuest offers a modular, distributed carbon capture platform centered on its proprietary Distributed Carbon Capture System (DCCS™), which uses non-toxic solid sorbents and vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) to capture CO2 from point sources before atmospheric release. The core platform is complemented by CarbonCore™ (cloud-based monitoring software for real-time CO2 tracking and verification) and Sustainable CO2™ (the captured and liquefied CO2 end-product sold to offtakers). CarbonQuest serves multiple market verticals including biogas/RNG facilities, food and beverage manufacturers, low-carbon power (fuel cells and CHP), and commercial/industrial buildings. The company offers three commercial models: equipment purchase, turnkey installation, and Carbon Capture-as-a-Service (no upfront capital). The technology scales from 500 to 300,000 MTPA capacity with containerized, stackable modules.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Sustainable CO2™: CarbonQuest's brand name for its sustainably produced CO2 that is recycled from building exhaust and other industrial sources for use in food and beverage, concrete, and other applications.
- Distributed Carbon Capture System (DCCS™)
- Building Carbon Capture™
- CarbonCore™
- Carbon Capture-as-a-Service
Products and services
- Distributed Carbon Capture System (DCCS™) CarbonQuest's core modular carbon capture technology using non-toxic solid sorbents and vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) to capture CO2 from industrial point sources before it reaches the atmosphere. Six standard product sizes from 500 to 16,800 MTPA are combinable for over 100,000 MTPA; containerized modules install in 6-9 months with minimal site disruption. Sold to industrial operators, building owners, and infrastructure operators.
- Biogas & RNG Carbon Capture Solution DCCS systems integrated with biogas upgrading equipment, anaerobic digesters, and combustion systems to capture CO2 from reject streams at 85-99% purity. Includes an optional methane recycle module that recovers up to 99% methane slip and recycles CH4 back into pipeline RNG production, increasing pipeline gas output and improving LCFS carbon intensity scores. For biogenic CO2 permanently sequestered, projects qualify as BECCS for the highest-value voluntary carbon market tier. For dairy/agricultural digesters, landfill gas collection, food-waste digesters, and wastewater treatment plants.
- Food & Beverage CO2 Capture and Reuse Technology Point-source carbon capture system that captures CO2 from boilers, fermentation, or onsite power equipment at food and beverage facilities, purifies the CO2 to ISBT beverage-grade standards using CarbonQuest's proprietary liquefaction system, and delivers it back into production for carbonation, chilling, bottling, and modified atmosphere packaging. Reduces beverage-grade CO2 procurement costs by 25-50% and achieves 2-4 year ROI. For breweries, carbonated beverage producers, and food processing plants.
- Low Carbon Power Solutions Distributed carbon capture integrated with fuel cells and combined heat and power (CHP) systems for data centers, manufacturing facilities, hospitals, universities, and critical infrastructure. Modular 8' x 20' containerized systems support 1-100 MW power generation capacity. Achieves up to 95% CO2 capture at the source with no compromise to uptime, response time, or continuous power delivery, and can reduce standalone PPA cost by 25% via CO2 monetization.
- Building Carbon Capture System™ Carbon capture technology designed for commercial buildings, multifamily properties, campus settings, and district heat systems with boilers, fuel cells, or CHP. Containerized systems install in basements, rooftops, or parking garages and capture 500 to 16,800 tons of CO2 per year per unit, with stackable combinations to over 100,000 MTPA. Reduces Scope 1 emissions and supports SBTi and other sustainability reporting. Designed for large multifamily buildings (larger than 150,000 sq ft), commercial buildings, universities, and hospitals.
- Sustainable CO2™ CarbonQuest's brand for captured and liquefied CO2 that is recycled from building exhaust and other industrial point sources and purified to ISBT beverage-grade standards. Sold to commercial and industrial offtakers including concrete manufacturers (e.g., Glenwood Mason Supply for mineralization), food and beverage producers, sustainable aviation fuel producers, chemical and plastics companies, algae producers, and geological sequestration operators. CarbonQuest manages the complete CO2 lifecycle, with pre-built offtake agreements eliminating the need for customers to find their own buyers.
- Carbon Capture-as-a-Service (CaaS) A financing and service model where CarbonQuest's financing partner (C2Zero, a portfolio company of SER Capital Partners) finances and owns the DCCS equipment, and customers pay no upfront capital and earn revenue based on CO2 captured. CarbonQuest handles full lifecycle: design, installation, operations, and maintenance. Suitable for customers prioritizing speed to deployment and zero capital outlay, and provides the same multi-year O&M service agreement as the Equipment Purchase and Turnkey Install models.
- Operations & Maintenance Service Agreement Ongoing operations and maintenance service agreement offered across all installed DCCS systems under the Equipment Purchase and Turnkey Install commercial models. Standard 10-year worry-free contract covers system uptime (99.9%+), 24/7 operations center support, and remote monitoring via CarbonCore™ for fully automated, unattended operation in RNG/biogas applications.
Quantifiable outcome
- Up to 95% of CO2 emissions captured from targeted sources per installation
- +8 more outcomes
Companies that use CarbonQuest
Customer profileNamed customers4 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
CarbonQuest technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature5 records
CarbonQuest partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and major.
- Tourmaline OilflagshipCarbonQuest contracted with Tourmaline Oil (Canada's largest natural gas producer) to deploy its distributed carbon capture technology on a natural gas compressor at the Banshee facility near Edson, Alberta. First deployment on gas compression engines and first Canadian project. $4.1 million project, half-funded by Alberta government. Captured CO2 transported via pipeline for permanent underground sequestration in Alberta. This project marks CarbonQuest's expansion into the North American natural gas infrastructure market.
- Cielo Carbon SolutionscoreCanadian partner in the Tourmaline Oil Banshee project. Cielo Carbon Solutions supports the deployment of CarbonQuest's technology in Canada as part of the partnership structure for the first carbon capture and sequestration project on Canadian gas compressors.
- Captivate TechnologymajorTechnology partner providing metal-organic framework (MOF) adsorbents for the Tourmaline Oil Banshee project. First-ever deployment of Captivate's MOF adsorbents integrated with CarbonQuest's DCCS system, marking a new application for CarbonQuest's technology and validating integration with third-party sorbent technologies.
- CarbfixmajorMOU signed in December 2024 to pursue distributed carbon capture and mineralization projects in North America. Carbfix is an Icelandic venture specializing in CO2 mineral storage, converting injected CO2 into rock through mineralization within two years. Partnership aims to identify sites prime for carbon capture and mineralization, advancing CarbonQuest's sequestration capabilities beyond its existing utilization network.
- Daroga PowerflagshipStrategic partnership to offer CarbonQuest's distributed carbon capture combined with Daroga's power project development capabilities. First joint carbon capture-as-a-service financing project launched at a Washington State beverage facility. Daroga Power is a New York-based clean energy infrastructure firm focused on distributed generation. Co-Founder Ory Moussaieff noted the partnership transforms an overlooked resource (captured CO2) into a valuable asset.
Scale indicators13 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights7 records
CarbonQuest competitors and assessment
Company assessmentMarket position
Competitive moat5 records
Key highlights4 records
Customer concentration
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CarbonQuest leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles10 records
CarbonQuest funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds2 records
Investors3 records
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CarbonQuest M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about CarbonQuest
What does CarbonQuest do?
CarbonQuest designs, manufactures, and deploys modular Distributed Carbon Capture Systems (DCCS™) that use non-toxic solid sorbents and vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) to capture CO2 from point sources (boilers, fuel cells, CHP, biogas upgrading) and convert it into ISBT beverage-grade Sustainable CO2™ for sale or sequestration. The containerized systems scale from 500 to 300,000 MTPA across biogas/RNG, food and beverage, and onsite low-carbon power segments, sold under equipment purchase, turnkey install, or no-upfront-capital Carbon Capture-as-a-Service commercial models.
Is CarbonQuest a public or private company?
CarbonQuest is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was CarbonQuest founded?
CarbonQuest was founded in 2019. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is CarbonQuest based?
CarbonQuest is headquartered in New York, United States, in the North America region.
How does CarbonQuest make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. DCCS Equipment and System Sales are the primary driver. The others are carbon Capture-as-a-Service, sustainable CO2 Sales and operations & Maintenance Services.
Does CarbonQuest have an API?
No public API is recorded for CarbonQuest.
What industry is CarbonQuest in?
CarbonQuest's product category is Industrial Carbon Capture Systems. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUABAGAB, Post-combustion Capture Systems (Solid Sorbents & Structured Adsorbents), with a secondary code of EUABAFAB, Biomass Carbon Removal & Storage (BECCS/Bioenergy with CO₂ Capture). Its NAICS code is 32512 and its SIC code is 3533.