Carbon Finance Labs

What Carbon Finance Labs does

Carbon Finance Labs Inc (operating as Carbon Finance Lab LLC) is a private carbon markets research and advisory firm founded in 2020 and headquartered in Darien, Connecticut. The company builds products, standards, and market mechanisms intended to scale carbon capture and enable clean commerce, and is financially backed by Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV), a subsidiary of Occidental (NYSE: OXY). Its leadership comprises two Managing Directors — David Ungar (three decades of energy-sector senior management, advisor to the UN, World Bank, and UNFCCC) and Nick Gogerty (two decades applying finance and technology to climate markets, author of "The Nature of Value," advisor to the G-20 and UN) — whose combined experience underwrites the firm's regulatory and institutional access.

The company operates three core products alongside a research platform. 1PointFive is a market development platform for the world's largest Direct Air Capture facility, creating demand-side infrastructure for gigatonne-scale carbon removal. CarbonSIG is a software platform that tracks, manages, and declares the CO2e of products and services via digital labels across global supply chains. CCS+ is a global initiative developing environmental accounting methodology and measurement standards for the carbon removals market. In parallel, the Wright's Law Explorer is an interactive research tool analyzing 155 technologies across 168 years of cost data, applying experience-curve methodology (with a 20.9% median learning rate and an 89.2% GPU compute learning rate per doubling) to forecast technology cost trajectories for carbon removal and AI.

Carbon Finance Labs monetizes through bespoke B2B advisory engagements, research mandates, and standards-related work targeting corporates, governments, compliance and voluntary carbon market participants, and institutional investors. It reaches buyers via thought-leadership publications, an interactive data tool, and direct engagement at COP forums (COP27-COP30), IETA events, Climate Week NYC, the European Climate Summit, and the Asia Climate Summit. No public pricing, subscription, or disclosed revenue figures exist; the firm operates as a relationship-driven advisory and product-innovation shop rather than a self-serve SaaS business.

Name

Carbon Finance Labs

Legal name

Carbon Finance Lab LLC

Website

https://carbonfinancelab.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Carbon Finance Labs builds carbon market infrastructure — including the 1PointFive DAC market-development platform, CarbonSIG product CO2e software, and CCS+ removal accounting standards — serving corporates, governments, and carbon market participants via advisory, research, and standards work, backed by Oxy Low Carbon Ventures.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Carbon Markets Advisory and Research

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

akta.pro primary industry

Market Standards & Methodology Infrastructure (Standards bodies, methodologies, program rule systems) (EUABAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Emissions Factors, LCA & Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Platforms (EUABAEAD), Carbon Hedging, Risk Management & Analytics (Pricing, VaR, Scenario Analysis) (EUABADAG), Carbon Offtake Structuring & Contracting (ERPA, Long-term Offtakes, Price Floors) (EUABADAE)

Keywords

• Carbon markets
• Carbon removal
• Carbon accounting
• Climate finance
• Carbon capture

Headquarters

HQ city

Darien

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Research & Advisory Services: The company provides carbon markets advisory services drawing on 30+ years of combined expertise, advising the UN, World Bank, and UNFCCC. Revenue is generated through consulting engagements, bespoke research, and advisory mandates for enterprises and governments navigating carbon market architecture.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Carbon Finance Labs builds products, standards, and market mechanisms that scale carbon capture and enable clean commerce. It operates three core offerings: 1PointFive (market development infrastructure for the world's largest Direct Air Capture facility), CarbonSIG (a software platform for tracking and declaring CO2e of products and services via digital labels across supply chains), and CCS+ (a global initiative developing environmental accounting methodology for the carbon removals market).

Product overview

Carbon Finance Labs is a product innovation and advisory company that builds products, standards, and market mechanisms scaling carbon capture and enabling clean commerce worldwide. The company offers three integrated products: 1PointFive (market development for the world's largest Direct Air Capture facility), CarbonSIG (a software platform for tracking and declaring product carbon footprints via digital labels across supply chains), and CCS+ (a global initiative setting environmental accounting standards for carbon removals). Backed by Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (a subsidiary of Occidental), the company also provides research tools including the Wright's Law Explorer for technology cost forecasting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 1PointFive: Market development for the world's largest Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility. Creating demand-side infrastructure for gigatonne-scale removal.
• CarbonSIG
• CCS+

Products and services

• 1PointFive Market development platform for the world's largest Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility, creating demand-side infrastructure for gigatonne-scale carbon removal. Intended for corporates, governments, and compliance/voluntary carbon market participants seeking exposure to large-scale carbon removal supply.
• CarbonSIG Software platform to track, manage, and declare the CO2e of any product or service using digital labels across global supply chains. Built for retailers, corporates, and government buyers seeking supply chain emissions visibility and product carbon scoring.
• CCS+ Global initiative for environmental accounting methodology development for the carbon removals market, setting standards for the measurement of carbon capture and removal. Serves governments, standards bodies, compliance and voluntary carbon market participants.
• Wright's Law Explorer Interactive data explorer analyzing 155 technologies across 168 years of cost data, providing predictive analysis of technology cost trajectories using Wright's Law (experience curve methodology), with a median learning rate of 20.9% and a documented GPU compute learning rate of 89.2% per doubling. Built for climate investors, policy makers, and corporate strategy teams evaluating carbon removal and AI technology cost trajectories.

Quantifiable outcome

• 89.2% GPU learning rate per doubling of cumulative production — the highest learning rate ever documented
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Xpansiv: Carbon and environmental commodities exchange and market infrastructure provider operating CBL for spot carbon trading. Comparable to CFL on the carbon markets infrastructure and trading technology axis; Xpansiv is also listed as a CFL trusted partner.
• Watershed: Enterprise carbon accounting platform for measuring, reporting, and reducing emissions across operations and supply chains. Directly comparable to CFL's CarbonSIG product as a software platform for product- and supply-chain-level CO2e tracking.
• BeZero: Carbon credit ratings agency providing independent ratings, risk analytics, and market intelligence for the voluntary carbon market. Directly comparable to CFL's portfolio benchmarking and carbon credit evaluation frameworks.
• Persefoni: Enterprise carbon accounting and climate management platform for financial institutions and corporates. Comparable to CFL's CarbonSIG and broader carbon advisory offerings as a software-led carbon data and disclosure platform.
• South Pole: Global carbon project developer and advisory firm offering carbon credit origination, advisory, and climate strategy services to corporates and governments. Directly comparable to CFL as a carbon markets advisory and project development peer; South Pole is also listed as a CFL trusted partner.
• Sylvera: Carbon credit ratings and analytics provider using satellite imagery, machine learning, and on-the-ground data to assess carbon project quality. Comparable to CFL's portfolio benchmarking and factor-based frameworks for carbon credit evaluation.
• Sweep: Enterprise carbon management platform with strong focus on supply chain emissions data and Scope 3 tracking. Closely comparable to CFL's CarbonSIG product for product- and supply-chain-level emissions visibility.
• Patch: Carbon credits API and embedded offsetting infrastructure that allows businesses to embed carbon purchases into their products and checkout flows. Comparable to CFL's CarbonSIG digital label concept for product-attributed CO2e purchasing.

Emerging players

• Renoster: Carbon project ratings and monitoring platform using remote sensing and AI to verify nature-based carbon projects. Comparable to CFL's carbon credit benchmarking work and Wright's Law-based forecasting of nature-based and tech-based removal cost trajectories.

Broad incumbents

• Verra: Operator of the world's largest voluntary carbon market standards program (VCS) and registry. Comparable to CFL's CCS+ methodology initiative as an established carbon standards body, though Verra is the incumbent against which CFL competes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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