What Airhive does

Airhive is a UK-based direct air capture (DAC) technology company founded in 2022 and headquartered in London. The company has developed a fluidised-bed DAC system that uses a calcium-based mineral sorbent to capture CO2 from ambient air in under one second, paired with an electric calciner and proprietary heat recovery that fully electrifies the system for renewable energy compatibility. Modular 1,000-tonne-per-year units are primarily made of steel, fit in shipping containers for transport and siting, and are designed to operate across diverse climatic conditions with minimal water and land use. Core proprietary innovations include the fluidised-bed capture architecture, a tailored mineral sorbent reusable more than ten times, and a November 2025 patent filing on a calcium-based sorbent mixed with a natural additive that delivers 50% more CO2 captured per unit of sorbent.

Airhive generates revenue through four streams: sale of high-quality permanent carbon removal credits certified by Isometric, sale of captured CO2 for industrial utilisation (food-grade CO2 for beverage carbonation, sustainable aviation fuel feedstock, industrial gas integration), sale or licensing of modular DAC units, and technology licensing and maintenance agreements. Customers include enterprise carbon buyers with net-zero commitments (Frontier members Stripe, Shopify, Google, Meta, plus Microsoft and JPMorgan), industrial manufacturers (Coca-Cola Europacific Partners via Project Skyscraper), DAC hub operators (Deep Sky in Alberta), and governments/regulatory bodies tied to compliance carbon markets. Project pipeline includes the operational 1,000 t/yr Deep Sky Alpha system in Alberta (Q4 2025), the 60 t/yr Project Tenet pilot in Teesside (commissioning March 2026), the 1,000 t/yr CCEP bottling plant integration (2026), the planned 10,000 t/yr Project Carpenter (2027), and the 60,000 t/yr UnionDAC consortium facility at Teesside targeting 2032.

The company employs approximately 17 people across co-founders Rory Brown (CEO) and Jasper Wong (CTO), CFO Chris Adams, a commercial lead, a sorbent development lead, heads of supply chain, energy systems, and engineering project staff. It is venture-backed by AP Ventures, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Collaborative Fund, Eka Ventures, Siemens Financial Services, Kiatt Group, Voyagers, and Frontier, with additional public funding support from Innovate UK, UKRI, Tees Valley Combined Authority, and Invest Alberta. The company operates across the UK (London headquarters, Teesside pilot), Canada (Alberta), and is developing projects across the UK, Europe, Canada, and Australia.

Name

Airhive

Legal name

Airhive Ltd

Website

https://airhive.earth

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Airhive is a UK-based direct air capture company developing modular fluidised-bed DAC systems that capture CO2 from ambient air using mineral sorbents, selling carbon credits, captured CO2 for industrial use, and licensing its technology to enterprise carbon buyers and industrial manufacturers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Direct Air Capture Technology

NAICS

Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower and Air Purification Equipment Manufacturing (333413), Industrial Gas Manufacturing (32512), Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (325180)

SIC

Industrial & Commercial Fans & Blowers & Air Purifing Equip (3564), Industrial Inorganic Chemicals (2810)

akta.pro primary industry

Direct Air Capture (DAC) Systems & Plants (EUABAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Direct Air Capture (DAC) Project Development (EUABABAJ), Carbon Removal Project Development, Financing & Offtake (Developers, Aggregators, Buyers Clubs) (EUABAFAL), Carbon Removal Credits Trading (DAC, BECCS, Biochar, Mineralization) (EUAGAIAL)

Keywords

• Direct air capture
• Carbon removal
• DAC technology
• Carbon capture systems
• Carbon removal credits

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Carbon Removal Credits: Sale of high-quality, permanent carbon removal credits certified by Isometric. These are the primary revenue driver as the DAC industry expands. Prices will be below $500/tonne once ramp-up is complete, compared to ~$1,000/tonne from existing DAC facilities. Credit purchasers include Frontier members such as Stripe, Shopify, Google, and Meta, as well as Microsoft and JPMorgan.
2. CO2 for Industrial Utilisation: Sale of captured CO2 for industrial applications including beverage carbonation (e.g., Coca-Cola's DAC-derived CO2 for fizzy drinks), sustainable aviation fuel feedstock, and industrial gas integration. Provides recurring revenue from industrial customers embedded in production processes.
3. Modular DAC Unit Sales: Sale of modular DAC units that can integrate with industrial plants. Units capable of capturing 1,000 tonnes of CO2 per year fit in shipping containers. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is a flagship customer embedding a 1,000-tonne/year DAC unit within a bottling plant.
4. Technology Licensing and Maintenance: System or unit sales, licensing agreements, and maintenance agreements for Airhive's DAC technology. The company is developing technology partnerships to expand deployment through licensing the modular system design.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Airhive develops and manufactures modular direct air capture (DAC) systems that use fluidised beds and a calcium-based mineral sorbent to capture CO2 from ambient air. The company generates revenue from selling carbon removal credits (certified by Isometric), supplying captured CO2 for industrial uses such as beverage carbonation and sustainable aviation fuel feedstock, selling/licensing modular DAC units, and providing maintenance and technology partnerships. Its 1,000-tonne-per-year units fit in shipping containers and target sub-$500/tonne capture costs.

Product overview

Airhive is a UK-based direct air capture (DAC) technology company that has developed a modular, fluidised bed-based DAC system. The core product offering consists of Modular DAC Units that capture CO2 from ambient air using mineral sorbents, combined with Carbon Credits for permanent carbon removal. The company also supplies captured CO2 for industrial applications including Food Grade CO2 for beverage carbonation (notably with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners) and Sustainable Aviation Fuel Feedstock. Technology Partnerships enable licensing and maintenance of the DAC systems. The product portfolio includes multiple commercial projects: Deep Sky Alpha (Project DSA, operational Q4 2025, 1,000 tonnes/year), Project Skyscraper (Coca-Cola partnership, 2026, 1,000 tonnes/year), Project Carpenter (2027, 10,000 tonnes/year), and Project Tenet (pilot, 60 tonnes/year in UK). The modular systems are designed for industrial plant integration, shipping container transport, and operation across diverse climates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Modular DAC Units Modular, shipping-container-sized direct air capture units primarily made of steel, capable of capturing 1,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. The system uses fluidised bed technology, a calcium-based mineral sorbent, and an electric calciner with proprietary heat recovery. Units can be embedded at industrial plants (e.g., Coca-Cola bottling plants) and operate across diverse climate conditions.
• Carbon Removal Credits

Quantifiable outcome

• Costs below $500/tonne vs. $1,000+/tonne industry average DAC cost
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and supporting.

• Mission Zero TechnologiesflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 June 2026UK's leading electrochemical DAC technology developer with operating experience. Partner in the UnionDAC consortium with Airhive and Progressive Energy to build one of the world's largest DAC facilities (60,000 tonnes/year) at Teesside, UK. Mission Zero brings complementary DAC technology and operational experience from its plants in Sheffield, Norfolk, and Alberta.
• Progressive EnergyflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 June 2026Expert in developing and implementing projects that bring new, often technically challenging technologies to market. Originated the HyNet carbon capture, power generation, and low-carbon hydrogen project in northwest England. Partner in UnionDAC consortium providing project development and infrastructure expertise for large-scale DAC deployment.
• Deep SkycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeep Sky operates the Deep Sky Alpha cross-technology DAC hub in Innisfail, Alberta, where Airhive operates its 1,000-tonne-per-year DAC system. Deep Sky provides shared balance of plant, post-processing, and CO2 storage infrastructure. Deep Sky recently sequestered its first volumes of CO2 and is one of the world's most important DAC facilities.
• Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNEP provides carbon capture and storage infrastructure (pipelines running over 100km to the North Sea) that UnionDAC will connect to for transporting and permanently sequestering CO2 in undersea storage chambers. Critical infrastructure enabling cost-competitive DAC in the UK.
• Teesside University (Net Zero Industrial Innovation Centre)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAirhive's Project Tenet pilot DAC system is located at Teesside University's Net Zero Industrial Innovation Centre. The university partnership has supported Airhive's technology development and provided access to the Teesside industrial decarbonisation ecosystem.
• University research partners (UCL, Cambridge, Teesside University)supportingTechnology or IntegrationAirhive has research partnerships with Europe's leading universities including UCL, Cambridge, and Teesside University for R&D collaboration on DAC technology development. The company welcomes outreach from research organisations interested in collaborating on DAC development.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Climeworks: Climeworks is a Swiss DAC pioneer operating commercial-scale solid-sorbent DAC plants (Mammoth, Orca) and selling carbon removal credits. It is the most directly comparable competitor to Airhive, targeting the same voluntary CDR market with similar embedded industrial partnerships and credit-offtake customers.
• Heirloom Carbon Technologies: Heirloom is a US-based DAC company using calcium-based mineral sorbents (limestone) in a cyclic capture/regeneration process, conceptually very close to Airhive's approach. Both compete in the voluntary CDR market targeting <$100/tonne long-term costs and both sell into Frontier-style offtake agreements.
• Mission Zero Technologies: Mission Zero is a UK-based DAC developer using electrochemical capture technology. It is Airhive's partner in the UnionDAC consortium targeting 60,000 tonnes/year at Teesside but is also a direct competitor pursuing the same UK national DAC opportunity with a different capture approach.
• Global Thermostat: Global Thermostat is a US-based DAC developer using a solid amine sorbent contactor system, pursuing commercial DAC deployments and industrial CO₂ utilisation. It is a direct competitor targeting overlapping industrial gas and CDR credit customers.

Broad incumbents

• 1PointFive (Occidental / Stratos): 1PointFive is Occidental's DAC business operating the Stratos plant in Texas — currently the world's largest planned DAC facility. As an industrial incumbent with project-finance scale and geological storage via Occidental's EOR assets, it represents the scaled incumbent benchmark against which Airhive's modular, distributed model competes.

Emerging players

• CarbonCapture Inc. CarbonCapture Inc. is an emerging US DAC developer focused on solid sorbent technology and large-scale plant development. It competes for the same corporate CDR offtake and government funding pools as Airhive but with US geographic focus and a different sorbent architecture.
• Avnos: Avnos is an emerging US DAC developer using a hybrid CO₂ and water capture system. It targets similar voluntary CDR customers with a differentiated energy/water output profile and represents an early-stage competitor at similar funding maturity to Airhive.
• CarbonOrO: CarbonOrO is an engineered carbon removal developer combining biochar with DAC technologies. While its primary focus is biochar rather than DAC alone, it competes in the same high-quality CDR credit market that Airhive serves and pursues similar corporate offtake customers.

Others

• Deep Sky: Deep Sky operates a cross-technology DAC hub in Alberta where Airhive's 1,000-tonne/year system is deployed. Deep Sky is an infrastructure partner rather than competitor — it provides shared balance-of-plant, transport, and storage that enable Airhive's Alberta operations.
• CarbonCure (part of CarbonCure Technologies / now Heirloom-adjacent): CarbonCure is a Canadian carbon utilisation company injecting captured CO₂ into concrete. While not a DAC operator, it is an adjacent carbon removal technology developer in Canada and a potential partner/competitor in monetising captured CO₂ via industrial utilisation pathways.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors5 records

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M&A1 record

Investments

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