Name

Atoco

Legal name

Atoco

Website

https://atoco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Carbon Capture and Atmospheric Water Harvesting Systems

NAICS

Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use (334512), Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (333415)

SIC

Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip (3585)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Post-combustion Capture Systems (Solvent-based Amine & Advanced Solvents) (EUABAGAA), Direct Air Capture (DAC) Project Development (EUABABAJ)

Keywords

• Atmospheric water harvesting
• Carbon capture technology
• Metal-organic frameworks
• Direct air capture
• Climate technology solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Irvine

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Atmospheric Water Harvesting Systems: Sale of AWH systems for water generation in arid regions, data centers, industrial facilities, remote communities, and disaster relief. Systems are available in both on-grid (requiring minimal electricity) and off-grid (powered by ambient energy) configurations.
2. Carbon Capture Modules (PCC and DAC): Solid-state carbon capture modules sold to industrial facilities, power plants, and data centers for post-combustion capture and direct air capture applications. Captured CO2 can be stored or utilized.
3. CO2 Utilization and Carbon Credits: Captured CO2 can be sold for industrial use or converted into carbon removal credits for sale to companies seeking to offset emissions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Atoco designs, manufactures, and commercializes climate technology hardware systems built on proprietary reticular chemistry. Its product portfolio includes solid-state Post-Combustion Carbon Capture (PCC) modules and Direct Air Capture (DAC) modules for capturing CO2 from industrial emissions and ambient air, and Atmospheric Water Harvesting (AWH) systems (both off-grid and on-grid) that generate clean drinking water from air at humidity levels as low as 20%.

Product overview

Atoco offers a portfolio of climate technology solutions built on Nobel Prize-winning reticular chemistry. The company's product ecosystem comprises two core technology lines: (1) Carbon Capture Solutions including Post-Combustion Capture (PCC) modules and Direct Air Capture (DAC) modules, both using proprietary solid-state reticular materials (MOFs and COFs); and (2) Atmospheric Water Harvesting (AWH) Solutions including Off-Grid and On-Grid systems that generate clean water from air even at humidity levels below 20%. Supporting these products is an AI-Driven R&D Platform that accelerates material discovery and a Mixed Gas Characterization Lab for testing adsorption performance. All technologies leverage nano-engineered reticular materials with atomic precision for selective gas adsorption and water capture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Post-Combustion Carbon Capture (PCC) Modules Solid-state carbon capture modules using nano-engineered reticular materials (MOFs/COFs) to capture CO2 from industrial point-source emissions, including low-concentration streams as low as 1% CO2, across energy, industrial, and commercial sectors. Operates at room temperature using pressure swing (no heating required) and can leverage waste heat from industrial processes; designed to withstand tens of thousands of adsorption/desorption cycles.
• Direct Air Capture (DAC) Modules Solid-state carbon capture modules that capture CO2 directly from ambient air at ~400 ppm using COF-999 reticular material. Operates at temperatures as low as 40°C, leveraging low-grade waste heat or ambient thermal energy without requiring air pre-drying or heating; engineered for low-concentration capture and lower regeneration temperatures.
• Off-Grid Atmospheric Water Harvesting (AWH) System Utility-scale, off-grid atmospheric water harvesting system powered by ambient energy (solar/wind/low-grade thermal) that generates clean water from air at humidity levels below 20% without requiring external power, producing up to 4,000 liters per day in commercial prototype form. Designed for remote, disaster-stricken, and water-scarce regions with zero carbon emissions; suitable for drinking, irrigation, agriculture, livestock, emergency response, and refugee-camp deployment.
• On-Grid Atmospheric Water Harvesting (AWH) System Atmospheric water harvesting system with high energy efficiency for low-humidity environments, available from handheld to portable unit sizes for indoor/outdoor use with low electricity consumption. Targeted at industrial, urban, pharmaceutical, medical, laboratory, commercial, and emergency-response applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4,000 liters of water produced daily from atmospheric water harvester prototype
• +5 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Berkeley Bakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet (BIDMaP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProf. Omar Yaghi, founder of Atoco and James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley, is part of the leadership team at BIDMaP. This research institute focuses on digital materials for environmental applications and provides ongoing academic collaboration supporting Atoco's R&D.
• Prof. Fraser StoddartcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNobel Laureate collaboration on scaling and commercialization of CD-MOFs (Cyclodextrin-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks), the only edible and biodegradable MOF known to date. Led by Dr. Samer Taha (Atoco CEO) from 2018-2020, including development of manufacturing facility in Irvine, California.
• University of California BerkeleycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary academic partner. Prof. Omar Yaghi is James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley. The company leverages Berkeley research infrastructure and maintains close ties with university laboratories and researchers.
• Northwestern UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration established by Dr. Samer Taha during his work with Nobel Laureate Prof. Fraser Stoddart's team on nanotechnology commercialization.
• University of Texas DallasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration established through Dr. Taha's work on nanotechnology commercialization and CD-MOF technology development.
• BASF (California Research Alliance)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProf. Yaghi serves as Co-Director of the California Research Alliance by BASF, facilitating industry-academia collaboration in materials science and supporting technology development relevant to Atoco's commercial applications.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Climeworks: Climeworks is the most established direct air capture (DAC) specialist, operating commercial-scale DAC plants and competing head-to-head with Atoco's DAC modules for the same industrial carbon removal offtake customers. Both rely on solid sorbent capture and are pursuing the same corporate voluntary and compliance carbon credit buyers.
• 1PointFive (Occidental / Carbon Engineering): 1PointFive operates the STRATOS DAC facility in Texas using licensed Carbon Engineering liquid-solvent technology. It is the largest-scale DAC competitor globally and a direct rival to Atoco for industrial Scope 1 carbon removal contracts and 45Q-backed offtake.
• Heirloom Carbon: Heirloom uses calcium-looping DAC technology (limestone-based) and has raised significant capital to scale commercial DAC plants. It competes with Atoco for the same corporate carbon removal offtake market and is also targeting the 45Q credit regime.
• CarbonCapture Inc. CarbonCapture Inc. is a US-based DAC developer that has launched commercial DAC systems and is partnering with major engineering and oil & gas firms. It is a direct competitor to Atoco for industrial and atmospheric CO2 capture, including in the data center and power generation verticals.
• SOURCE Global (formerly Zero Mass Water): SOURCE Global is the leading atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) company, producing drinking water from air using solar thermal technology. It is the most direct comparator to Atoco's AWH systems for off-grid, low-humidity deployments in arid and remote communities.

Emerging players

• Transaera: Transaera is a climate tech startup applying MOF-based materials to rooftop air conditioning, demonstrating 40% cooling energy reduction. It uses a closely related MOF technology platform to Atoco's and is an adjacent emerging player in the same reticular chemistry ecosystem.
• Avnos: Avnos is an emerging climate tech company developing hybrid direct air capture with water generation, combining CO2 capture and atmospheric water production in a single system. It is an emerging peer with significant conceptual overlap with Atoco's dual carbon-and-water thesis.
• Mission Zero Technologies: Mission Zero Technologies is a UK-based emerging DAC developer using electrochemical capture technology. It is an emerging peer in the DAC market, targeting similar industrial and corporate offtake customers and competing for the same set of climate-aligned funding and grants.

Broad incumbents

• Honeywell UOP (Sustainable Technology Solutions): Honeywell UOP is a leading licensor of post-combustion carbon capture (amine-based solvents) and large-scale industrial process equipment, serving the same industrial customers Atoco targets with its PCC modules. It is the broad incumbent Atoco must displace in industrial carbon capture retrofits.
• BASF (Carbon Capture / MOF Partnerships): BASF is both a strategic partner of Atoco (via the California Research Alliance co-directed by Prof. Yaghi) and a broad incumbent in industrial carbon capture, hydrogen, and climate materials. It is comparable as a peer in target customers and a partner/competitor hybrid in MOF-based materials.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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