What Vertimass does

Vertimass LLC is a privately held, US-based (Irvine) renewable energy and environmental technology company founded in 2013. It operates with a micro headcount of 1-10 employees and remains in a pre-commercial development stage. The company is structured as a technology licensor focused on converting biobased alcohols and agricultural/forestry residues into drop-in liquid transportation fuels.

The company's single core asset is its proprietary CADO (Consolidated Alcohols Deoxygenation and Oligomerization) process, a chemical conversion route that transforms biobased alcohols into sustainable fuels compatible with existing vehicles and aircraft, removing the need for new fuel distribution infrastructure. CADO is described in source material as a 'novel method architecture.' Vertimass is pursuing two primary end-markets: (a) energy producers and sustainable fuel manufacturers converting agricultural waste into biogas, biochar, RNG, and bio-oils (circular bioeconomy), and (b) the aviation fuel industry, where CADO underpins Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) pathways for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production.

Vertimass's commercial model is best characterized as B2B technology licensing enabled by strategic partnership. In March 2026, the company entered a core-tier collaboration with Clariant, leveraging Clariant's 60+ years of zeolite catalyst expertise for industrial scale-up, characterization, and sample provision. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; no revenue figures, funding amounts, or named customers are reported in available sources. Ownership, investors, and capitalization details are likewise undisclosed, representing a notable data gap.

Name

Vertimass

Legal name

Vertimass LLC

Website

https://vertimass.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Vertimass LLC is a US-based renewable energy startup developing a proprietary CADO catalytic process that converts biobased alcohols into drop-in sustainable transportation fuels, including sustainable aviation fuel, for energy producers and aviation fuel manufacturers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Technology

NAICS

Basic Chemical Manufacturing (3251)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Production (HEFA, FT, ATJ) (EUAAAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) & Alternative Fuels (e-fuels, biofuels, hydrogen) (THABANAA), Green Methanol & E‑Alcohols (e‑methanol, ethanol, higher alcohols) (EUABAIAB)

Keywords

• Sustainable aviation fuel
• Biofuel technology
• Alcohol-to-jet process
• Biobased alcohol conversion
• Renewable fuel catalysts

Headquarters

HQ city

Irvine

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

Vertimass develops and licenses the proprietary CADO (Consolidated Alcohols Deoxygenation and Oligomerization) process, a chemical conversion technology that transforms biobased alcohols into drop-in liquid transportation fuels compatible with existing vehicles and aircraft. The company focuses on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production via Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) pathways and partners with catalyst providers such as Clariant for industrial scale-up.

Product overview

Vertimass offers a single core technology: the CADO (Consolidated Alcohols Deoxygenation and Oligomerization) Process. This proprietary technology converts biobased alcohols into drop-in liquid transportation fuels suitable for use in existing vehicles and aircraft. The company collaborates with catalyst partners like Clariant to scale this technology from development to commercial production. Vertimass operates as a technology licensing company focused on the conversion of agricultural waste and biobased alcohols into clean energy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CADO (Consolidated Alcohols Deoxygenation and Oligomerization) Process

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ClariantcoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic collaboration to accelerate development and commercialization of advanced zeolite catalysts for Vertimass's CADO process. Clariant provides technical support including catalyst development expertise, industrial scale-up guidance, sample provision, characterization services, and ongoing consultation to help scale the technology to commercial production. The partnership combines Vertimass's CADO technology with Clariant's 60+ years of zeolite catalyst development expertise.

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Aemetis: Renewable fuels producer building cellulosic ethanol and SAF capacity from agricultural residues — directly comparable feedstock base and downstream renewable-fuels target.
• Gevo: US-based alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) SAF developer that converts biobased alcohols (isobutanol, ethanol) into renewable jet, gasoline, and diesel — the closest direct competitor to Vertimass's CADO/ATJ pathway.
• Velocys: SAF technology company focused on Fischer-Tropsch (FT) pathway using biomass and waste feedstocks; competes with Vertimass in the broader low-carbon jet fuel technology space.
• Infinium: Developer of e-fuels (eSAF) and other synthetic fuels from captured CO₂ and green hydrogen; competes with Vertimass for SAF offtake and policy-driven project development.
• Sunfire: German e-fuel producer focused on Power-to-X SAF and synthetic fuels; competes in the same low-carbon aviation fuel market though via power-to-liquids rather than bio-alcohol routes.
• LanzaTech: Carbon capture-to-fuels company using gas fermentation and proprietary catalysts to produce ethanol and other alcohols that can be upgraded to SAF via ATJ — directly comparable as an alcohol-to-jet feedstock/technology developer.

Broad incumbents

• Neste: World's largest producer of renewable diesel and SAF (via HEFA from waste oils); sets the cost benchmark and scale standard that Vertimass's technology must match to win offtake.
• Honeywell UOP: Established licensor of the Ecofining™ HEFA-to-SAF process and Fischer-Tropsch technologies; competes as a dominant incumbent route for SAF production that Vertimass's ATJ chemistry must displace.

Emerging players

• Prometheus Fuels: Startup developing alcohol-to-jet and electrofuel pathways for SAF and gasoline, with a direct air capture component; comparable as an emerging alcohol/e-fuel SAF technology developer.

Others

• Clariant: Strategic catalyst partner to Vertimass and one of the largest specialty catalyst producers globally; directly comparable as an enabling industrial partner in the SAF value chain and supplier of zeolite catalysts.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vertimass-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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