Recoolit

What Recoolit does

Recoolit, Inc. is a private US-incorporated climate technology company founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, with operational infrastructure in Indonesia through its subsidiary PT Recoolit Bumi Lestari. The company operates a digital platform that coordinates the full lifecycle of refrigerant gas—training and equipping AC technicians through a mobile app to recover waste refrigerant during maintenance and end-of-life service, transporting it via GPS-tracked third-party logistics, sampling and analyzing each cylinder at commercial laboratories to confirm gas type and GWP, and routing the gas to partner destruction facilities for permanent high-temperature incineration in compliance with UN technical standards. Recoolit monetizes this physical operation by issuing and selling carbon credits for each tonne of CO2-equivalent refrigerant permanently destroyed, with the platform's distinguishing feature being a per-cylinder, per-technician directed acyclic graph (DAG) audit trail that traces every credit from a specific recovery device through transport, consolidation, and destruction.

The company's product surface comprises the Recoolit Registry (a self-serve storefront at registry.recoolit.com), the Refrigerant Recovery Program (a field operation spanning recruitment, training, equipment provisioning, and per-kilogram payment to AC technicians), the Digital Audit Trail System that powers credit-level traceability via DAG and depth-first search allocation, and the carbon credits themselves. Customers span individual consumers and small and mid-sized businesses subscribing to monthly tiers at an effective ~$6.25 per tonne CO2e (Consumer: $95/month for 15.2 tonnes CO2e/year; Business: $300/month for 48 tonnes CO2e/year), and enterprise buyers negotiating custom multi-year offtake agreements—most notably Google, which committed to 250,000 carbon credits (CO2e at GWP100) in a partnership announced May 8, 2025.

Recoolit's go-to-market is multi-modal: product-led growth through self-onboarding technicians, community-led expansion within Indonesia's AC technician base, channel partnerships with manufacturers, distributors, contractors, and building owners, and direct enterprise sales for large-volume offtake. The company has captured 27,253 tonnes CO2e to date and states a mission of preventing 1 billion tonnes CO2e emissions by 2050, with plans to expand into Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and India. Regulatory recognition includes the co-founders' leadership positions at COPA and TEAP, and third-party validation through Project Drawdown's #1 climate solution ranking and PIVA Capital's additionality standard.

Name

Recoolit

Legal name

Recoolit, Inc.

Website

https://recoolit.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Recoolit operates a digital platform that coordinates refrigerant recovery, logistics, laboratory verification, and permanent destruction, selling high-integrity carbon credits to enterprise buyers (notably Google), small businesses, and consumers. Operations are anchored in Indonesia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Carbon Credit Registry

NAICS

Business Support Services (5614), Waste Management and Remediation Services (562)

SIC

Refrigeration & Service Industry Machinery (3580), Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Refrigerant Leak Detection, Recovery & Recharge Services (HSAOAHAL)

Keywords

• Carbon credit registry
• Refrigerant lifecycle management
• Greenhouse gas destruction
• Climate tech platform
• Sustainable cooling services

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Carbon Credit Sales (Consumer & SMB): Recoolit sells high-integrity refrigerant destruction carbon credits directly to individuals and small businesses via its website and registry platform. Credits are offered as monthly subscriptions (Consumer: ~$95/mo for 15.2 tonnes CO2e; Business: ~$300/mo for 48 tonnes CO2e) or one-time purchases. Each credit represents a specific, verifiable quantity of refrigerant gas permanently destroyed, backed by a full digital audit trail from recovery to destruction.
2. Enterprise Carbon Credit Offtake Agreements: Recoolit enters into multi-year offtake agreements with enterprise buyers (e.g., Google's 250,000 carbon credit purchase) to secure upfront capital for scaling refrigerant recovery and destruction operations. Enterprise pricing is custom and negotiated directly.
3. Enterprise Sustainability Partnerships: Recoolit partners with cooling industry enterprises (manufacturers, building owners, contractors) to provide refrigerant management services, proprietary emissions datasets, and sustainability certifications, potentially generating fees for custom programs and reporting.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Recoolit operates a digital refrigerant lifecycle management platform that collects end-of-life refrigerants (primarily HFCs) through a technician network, destroys them at licensed facilities, and tokenizes the avoided global warming potential as verifiable carbon credits on its registry. These credits are then sold to consumers, SMBs (especially HVAC contractors), and enterprises seeking high-integrity offsets for their cooling-related emissions.

Product overview

Recoolit operates as a unified refrigerant lifecycle management platform consisting of the Recoolit Registry (for purchasing carbon credits), a Refrigerant Recovery Program (for recruiting and managing AC technicians), and Carbon Credits (the tradable offset product). The platform also includes a proprietary Digital Audit Trail System that uses directed acyclic graph data structures to provide granular, verifiable tracking of each credit's journey from technician recovery through destruction, enabling unprecedented transparency in the carbon credit market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Recoolit Registry A web-based carbon credit registry built on a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) data structure that records immutable issuance and retirement of carbon credits generated from HFC refrigerant recovery and destruction, with GPS-based chain-of-custody for each collection. It is sold primarily to enterprises, SMB subscribers, and consumer subscribers.
• Refrigerant-Destruction Carbon Credits Verifiable carbon credits representing one metric ton of CO2-equivalent avoided emissions from the recovery and destruction of high-GWP refrigerant gases (HFCs). Credits are sold to enterprise buyers (e.g., via custom offtake agreements such as the reported 250,000-credit commitment) and to SMB/consumer subscribers.
• Refrigerant Recovery Service End-to-end refrigerant collection and destruction service delivered through a technician network (including field operations in Indonesia), capturing HFCs from end-of-life air conditioners and refrigeration equipment for transport to licensed destruction facilities. Available to enterprise buyers and SMB subscribers as the upstream input that generates the carbon credits.

Quantifiable outcome

• 27,253 tonnes of CO2e permanently prevented through refrigerant destruction
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GooglecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 8 May 2025Recoolit and Google partnered to tackle superpollutants (refrigerants). Google committed to a multi-year purchase of 250,000 carbon credits (CO2e at GWP100) from Recoolit, supporting the mission to find and destroy refrigerant gas worldwide. This partnership represents a major enterprise validation of Recoolit's approach and a significant revenue offtake. Google's market-building activities around carbon credits have catalyzed new climate technology development.
• WrenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWren is listed as a partner logo on Recoolit's website. Nature of partnership not explicitly detailed in available sources.
• TerrasetminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a partner logo on Recoolit's website homepage, indicating a partnership relationship in the cooling/sustainability ecosystem.
• BomaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a partner logo on Recoolit's website homepage.
• GreenTrademinorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a partner logo on Recoolit's website homepage.
• CarbonplaceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a partner logo on Recoolit's homepage. Carbonplace is a carbon credit marketplace/registry platform.
• ForminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a partner logo on Recoolit's homepage.
• ESGentleminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a partner logo on Recoolit's homepage.
• Cooling Industry Partners (Contractors, Manufacturers, Distributors, Building Owners)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRecoolit partners with AC/refrigeration contractors (who recover refrigerant), manufacturers (for emissions data and ESG programs), distributors, engineering services companies, energy efficiency consultants, and building owners. Partners receive training, tools, payment infrastructure, and sustainability certifications in exchange for participating in the refrigerant recovery network.
• Destruction Facility PartnerscoreTechnology or IntegrationRefrigerant gases are safely and permanently destroyed at partner destruction facilities. Destruction is done in full compliance with local waste management regulations and UN technical standards. This is the final step in Recoolit's process.
• Third-Party Logistics ProviderscoreTechnology or IntegrationThird-party logistics providers handle transportation of refrigerant cylinders across Indonesia as part of Recoolit's supply chain operations. GPS tracking is employed during transport to maintain chain of custody.
• Commercial Laboratories (Gas Analysis)coreTechnology or IntegrationEvery cylinder of gas is sampled and analyzed by a commercial laboratory before destruction to confirm gas type and GWP. Portable upstream identifiers are also used in the field for initial testing.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Climeworks: Leading direct air capture company selling carbon removal credits to enterprise buyers; competes in adjacent voluntary carbon credit markets though via removal rather than refrigerant avoidance.
• South Pole Group: Large established carbon credit developer and consultancy with a global portfolio of avoidance and removal projects; competes broadly with Recoolit for enterprise offtake dollars and project origination.
• Stripe Climate: Stripe's carbon removal and avoidance funding layer that allocates a percentage of Stripe revenue to high-integrity carbon sellers; competes with platforms like Recoolit for enterprise buyer attention and capital allocation.

Direct peers

• Pachama: Carbon credit marketplace with quality verification using remote sensing and ML; competes for enterprise buyers seeking high-integrity nature- and climate-based credits similar to Recoolit's positioning.
• Carbonplace: Carbon credit registry and trading marketplace infrastructure used by enterprise buyers and project developers to issue and transact credits; functionally adjacent to Recoolit's own registry platform.
• Wren: Subscription personal carbon-offset platform selling high-integrity credits directly to individuals and SMBs on recurring plans, mirroring Recoolit's consumer and SMB subscription pricing structure.
• Boma: Climate-action platform distributing carbon credits and climate solutions to consumers and businesses through subscription models overlapping with Recoolit's SMB tier pricing.
• Tradewater: Tradewater collects and destroys refrigerants and other ozone-depleting substances and issues carbon credits for the avoided emissions, operating in the same niche of refrigerant destruction crediting that Recoolit targets.
• Terraset: Non-profit high-integrity carbon credit marketplace curating avoidance and removal credits for enterprise buyers; competes for the same enterprise offtake deals as Recoolit.

Others

• Verra: Operator of the VCS carbon credit standard registry and the registry infrastructure used by most voluntary carbon market participants — including, potentially, Recoolit's credits — making it a critical enabling infrastructure peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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