What C2CNT does

C2CNT LLC is a privately held cleantech company founded in March 2017 by Dr. Stuart Licht, a chemistry professor at George Washington University, and headquartered in Venice, Florida. The company develops and commercializes the proprietary Genesis Device®, a process that converts carbon dioxide gas into solid carbon nanomaterials through high-yield electrolysis in molten salts, producing carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, and carbon nano-onions (CNOs) without requiring CO2 concentration. The technology is protected by U.S. Patent No. 11,401,212 B2 (granted 2022) and operates with CO2 captured directly from industrial flue stacks or atmospheric air, positioning CO2 as a no-cost feedstock rather than a disposal liability.

The commercial product portfolio centers on carbon nanomaterials marketed as performance-enhancing additives that, when blended into cement, steel, aluminum, plastics, paper, and rubber, deliver substantial strength gains per unit of material (the company cites that 1 ton of additive in cement can match the strength contribution of 3,021 tons of traditional cement) while avoiding significant CO2 emissions versus incumbent material production. Pricing economics are positioned as disruptive: CNTs are offered an order of magnitude below the prevailing $100k+/ton market rate, and CNOs are estimated at $1,000/ton against a market value above $1 million/ton.

The go-to-market is sales-led, B2B, targeting heavy-industrial manufacturers across six horizontal verticals globally, with potential distribution through direct nanomaterial sales and licensing of the Genesis Device® technology to industrial emitters for on-site CO2 conversion. Revenue is not disclosed; the only known capital event is a $3.5 million Sustainable Development Technology Canada grant in August 2019. Recognition includes finalist status and the X-Factor Award in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE competition and peer-reviewed validation in Materials Today Sustainability, ACS Accounts of Chemical Research, and Materials Today Energy. The company is pre-commercial in scale, with 11-50 employees and no publicly named customers.

Name

C2CNT

Legal name

C2CNT LLC

Website

https://c2cnt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

C2CNT LLC is a Florida-based cleantech company that converts CO2 into carbon nanotubes, graphene, and carbon nano-onions via its proprietary Genesis Device® molten-salt electrolysis process, selling these nanomaterials as strength-enhancing additives to heavy-industrial manufacturers in cement, steel, aluminum, plastics, paper, and rubber.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Carbon Nanomaterials

NAICS

Carbon and Graphite Product Manufacturing (335991)

SIC

Industrial Organic Chemicals (2860)

akta.pro primary industry

Carbon‑Based Carbon Materials (graphite, carbon black, CNTs, graphene from CO₂/CO) (EUABAIAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Functional Carbon Fillers (Carbon Black, Graphite) (IMAEAFAO), Black Masterbatch & Carbon Black-Filled Rubber Mixing (IMANAJAD)

Keywords

• Carbon nanomaterial production
• CO2 conversion technology
• Molten salt electrolysis
• Carbon nanotube composites
• Industrial emissions reduction

Headquarters

HQ city

Calgary

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Carbon Nanomaterial Sales (CNTs, Graphene, CNOs): Revenue generated from selling carbon nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes, carbon nano-onions, graphene) produced from captured CO2. Currently CNTs cost over $100k per ton in the market; C2CNT provides CNTs priced an order of magnitude lower. Materials are sold for use in cement composites, structural materials, batteries, and nano-electronics applications.
2. Licensing of Genesis Device Technology: The company may generate revenue through licensing its proprietary Genesis Device technology to industrial emitters who wish to convert their CO2 emissions into valuable carbon nanomaterials on-site.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

C2CNT manufactures and sells carbon nanomaterials — carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, and carbon nano-onions (CNOs) — produced by transforming captured carbon dioxide through its proprietary Genesis Device® molten salt electrolysis technology. The nanomaterials are sold as property-enhancing additives for industrial composites in cement, steel, aluminum, plastics, paper, and rubber manufacturing, with optional licensing of the underlying Genesis Device technology to industrial emitters.

Product overview

C2CNT (Carbon Dioxide to Carbon Nanomaterial Technology) operates as a cleantech company offering a unified technology platform centered on the Genesis Device®, which transforms CO2 gas into solid, valuable carbon nanomaterials. The product portfolio includes carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, and carbon nano-onions (CNOs) as core outputs, with Graphite Nano Carbon (GNC) serving as an application-focused additive for material enhancement. The Genesis Device® serves as the foundational technology enabling all product variations through high-yield electrolysis in molten salts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Genesis Device®: Proprietary technology that transforms carbon dioxide into carbon nanotubes, graphene, or carbon nano-onions via high-yield electrolysis in molten salts.

Products and services

• Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) High-value carbon nanomaterials produced from CO2 using the Genesis Device® technology, sold as lightweight, ultra-strong composite additives and replacements for metals across cement, aluminum, plastics, paper, steel, and rubber industrial applications.
• Graphene Carbon nanomaterial produced from CO2 using the Genesis Device® technology, sold as a portfolio addition alongside carbon nanotubes for industrial composite, catalysis, battery, and nano-electronics applications.
• Carbon Nano-Onions (CNOs) Nested concentric buckyball carbon nanomaterials synthesized from CO2 through high-yield, low-energy electrolysis in molten carbonate; priced at an estimated $1,000/ton against a market value of over $1 million per ton.
• Graphite Nano Carbon (GNC) Application-focused carbon nanomaterial additive used to enhance the strength of concrete, cement, steel, aluminum, plastics, paper, and rubber composites; 1 ton of GNC added to cement enhances strength equal to 3,021 tons of traditional cement while preventing 844 tons of CO2 emissions.
• Genesis Device® Proprietary technology platform that transforms carbon dioxide into carbon nanotubes, graphene, or carbon nano-onions via high-yield electrolysis in molten salts; available for licensing to industrial emitters (e.g., power plants, cement, steel producers) seeking on-site CO2 utilization.

Quantifiable outcome

• C2CNT's CNT composites demonstrate several hundred-fold advance in stopping the release of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, per peer-reviewed study in Materials Today Sustainability
• +4 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Capital PowercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCapital Power is referenced as an example of a power plant that could inexpensively produce carbon nanotubes using the Genesis Device technology. Rather than emitting carbon dioxide, Capital Power could intercept CO2 directly from flue stacks and transform it into valuable carbon nanotubes, CNOs, or graphene.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CarbonCure Technologies: Canadian cleantech that injects captured CO2 into fresh concrete to reduce cement's carbon footprint. Directly comparable to C2CNT because both sell decarbonization solutions into the cement value chain using CO2 as a feedstock, targeting the same cement-industry buyers and competing for the same sustainability mandates.
• OCSiAl: World's largest producer of single-wall carbon nanotubes (Tuball brand) for elastomer, battery, and composite applications. Directly comparable because both companies sell CNT-based additives into rubber, plastics, and composite markets — OCSiAl is the incumbent C2CNT aims to undercut on price.

Emerging players

• SkyNano Technologies: Early-stage Vanderbilt University spin-out developing electrochemical processes to convert CO2 into carbon nanotubes — same fundamental CO2-to-CNT value proposition as C2CNT. Comparable as an emerging technology competitor pursuing the same end-market opportunity from a university-research base.
• Graphenea: Spanish graphene materials manufacturer supplying high-quality graphene for research, electronics, and composites. Comparable because both companies sell graphene into industrial and electronics applications; Graphenea represents an alternative supply source for the same end markets C2CNT targets.
• Carbios: French biotech developing enzymatic recycling of PET and bio-based monomer production. Comparable because Carbios, like C2CNT, is building a carbon-to-materials business around sustainability and circularity, and competes for the same pool of strategic capital and industrial offtake partnerships.
• Adnano Technologies: India-based graphene and carbon nanomaterial producer serving energy storage, composites, and industrial applications. Comparable as another emerging supplier of graphene and carbon additives to the same downstream markets (rubber, plastics, composites) C2CNT targets.
• CarbonOrO: German cleantech developing CO2 utilization into chemicals and carbon-based products. Comparable as another early-stage European player pursuing CO2-to-value with a similar philosophy that captured carbon is a feedstock rather than a disposal liability.

Broad incumbents

• Cabot Corporation: Global specialty chemicals company and one of the largest producers of carbon black and other performance carbon materials for rubber, plastics, and battery applications. Comparable because Cabot is the entrenched supplier of carbon fillers that C2CNT's CNTs and graphene are designed to replace or augment in rubber and polymer composites.
• LanzaTech: Public-markets-adjacent carbon capture and utilization company that gas-ferments CO2/CO into ethanol and specialty chemicals. Comparable because LanzaTech shares C2CNT's core thesis that CO2 is a valuable feedstock rather than a waste, but addresses a different product category (fuels/chemicals via biology vs. solid carbons via electrochemistry).
• Climeworks: Swiss direct-air-capture (DAC) company that captures CO2 from ambient air for sequestration or utilization. Comparable because Climeworks addresses the same CO2-capture problem C2CNT's Genesis Device® targets from the upstream side; both compete for the same industrial-offtaker and carbon-credit customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=kQBlpENiFzo
• Xx.com/CarbonCorpAB
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/carbon-corp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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