Solvanic
Solvanic is a Cambridge, MA-based climate technology company developing the patented Electrochemically Mediated Amine Regeneration (EMAR) Process, a modular electrochemical carbon capture system targeting mid-scale industrial emitters in LNG, heavy industry, and power generation.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2025
- HeadquartersCambridge, United States
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Solvanic does
Solvanic is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based climate technology company founded in 2025 that develops and commercializes modular electrochemical systems for industrial carbon capture. Its core offering is the patented Electrochemically Mediated Amine Regeneration (EMAR) Process, which uses electrochemistry instead of steam to release captured CO2 from amine solvents, replacing conventional amine regeneration columns and reboilers with modular electrochemical cells. The technology targets hard-to-abate industrial emitters in LNG, heavy industry, and power generation — particularly mid-scale facilities that have been underserved by traditional carbon capture due to scale and cost constraints — and is designed around commodity off-the-shelf components and chemicals, avoiding expensive ion-exchange membranes and precious metal catalysts.
The company operates a B2B hardware sales model, engaging large industrial facilities through direct enterprise field sales initiated via front-end engineering and design (FEED) studies. Its first disclosed commercial engagement is a FEED study partnership with Coastal Bend LNG, a developer of a multi-train natural gas liquefaction and export facility along the Texas Gulf Coast, announced in August 2025. Pricing is project-specific and not publicly disclosed, with revenue mechanics expected to derive from equipment sales, installation, and ongoing services for industrial carbon capture installations.
Solvanic is pre-revenue and privately held by its three PhD co-founders — Michael Massen-Hane, PhD (CEO), Michael Nitzsche, PhD (CTO), and T. Alan Hatton, PhD (Scientific Adviser) — with a headcount of 1-10 employees and no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or ownership changes. The company maintains a professional website (solvanic.com), distributes announcements through BusinessWire press releases, and is actively recruiting engineers, scientists, and operators via its careers page.
Solvanic firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Solvanic
- Legal name
- Solvanic, Inc.
- Website
- https://solvanic.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2025
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Solvanic is a Cambridge, MA-based climate technology company developing the patented Electrochemically Mediated Amine Regeneration (EMAR) Process, a modular electrochemical carbon capture system targeting mid-scale industrial emitters in LNG, heavy industry, and power generation.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Solvanic industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Carbon Capture Technology
- NAICS
- Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing (33241)
- SIC
- Electrical Industrial Apparatus (3620)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Post-combustion Capture Systems (Solvent-based Amine & Advanced Solvents) (EUABAGAA)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Industrial Carbon Capture Integration & Retrofit Engineering (Capture-Ready, Balance-of-Plant) (EUABAJAJ)
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Where Solvanic is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Cambridge
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Markets served
Solvanic business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain
Revenue model
- Carbon Capture Technology Deployment: B2B revenue model focused on deploying modular electrochemical carbon capture systems to industrial emitters. Revenue likely generated through equipment sales, installation, and ongoing services for carbon capture installations at industrial facilities.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels3 records
Solvanic product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Solvanic develops and sells the patented Electrochemically Mediated Amine Regeneration (EMAR) Process, a modular electrochemical carbon capture technology. The system replaces traditional steam-based amine regeneration columns and reboilers with modular electrochemical cells, enabling flexible, cost-effective carbon capture for mid-scale industrial emitters in sectors such as LNG, heavy industry, and power generation.
Product overview
Solvanic offers a single unified core product: the Electrochemically Mediated Amine Regeneration (EMAR) Process. This patented technology replaces traditional amine regeneration columns and reboilers with modular electrochemical cells, enabling flexible and cost-effective carbon capture for industrial emitters. The technology uses commodity off-the-shelf components and chemicals, avoiding expensive ion-exchange membranes and precious metal catalysts.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Electrochemically Mediated Amine Regeneration (EMAR) Process Patented electrochemical carbon capture technology that uses electrochemistry instead of steam to efficiently release captured CO2, leveraging industry-preferred amine carbon capture chemistry with modular electrochemical cells. Targeted at mid-scale industrial emitters in LNG, heavy industry, and power generation sectors who have been underserved by conventional steam-based carbon capture due to high costs and inflexibility.
Quantifiable outcome
- Slashes costs at scale across applications in heavy industry and power generation
Companies that use Solvanic
Customer profileNamed customers1 record
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles1 record
Solvanic technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature3 records
Solvanic partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
One partnership is on record.
- Coastal Bend LNGcoreCoastal Bend LNG, developer of a multi-train natural gas liquefaction and export facility along the Texas Gulf Coast, has commenced a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study with Solvanic for electrochemically mediated amine regeneration (EMAR) carbon capture at its Coastal Bend LNG facility. This represents a significant commercial deployment opportunity for Solvanic's carbon capture technology.
Scale indicators1 record
Recent moves4 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Solvanic competitors and assessment
Company assessmentOthers
- Climeworks: Climeworks is a leader in direct air capture (DAC) using solid sorbents — a different capture modality from Solvanic's amine/electrochemical approach, but a relevant adjacent climate-tech competitor for industrial decarbonization capital and customer attention.
- LanzaTech: LanzaTech decarbonizes industrial emissions via gas-fermentation-to-fuels rather than carbon capture, but competes for the same industrial-emitter decarbonization budget and policy tailwinds that Solvanic targets.
Emerging players
- CarbonOrO: CarbonOrO is an emerging European player developing amine-based post-combustion capture with a focus on modular, lower-cost deployments for industrial emitters — a more direct early-stage analogue to Solvanic's modular, cost-focused positioning.
Broad incumbents
- Saipem: Saipem is an EPC contractor that builds and integrates post-combustion carbon capture plants (including amine systems) for energy and industrial customers, representing the execution/EPC channel that ultimately deploys technologies like Solvanic's at scale.
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries markets the KM CDR Process, an amine-based post-combustion CO2 capture system with utility-scale deployments, making it a benchmark incumbent in the same amine capture category as Solvanic.
- Aker Carbon Capture: Aker Carbon Capture delivers amine-based (and emerging membrane/solid adsorbent) post-combustion capture units with multiple commercial references across waste-to-energy, cement, and gas processing — a broader incumbent against which Solvanic must compete.
- Honeywell UOP: Honeywell UOP licenses amine-based CO2 capture systems (e.g., the Separex/triethylene glycol and related solvent capture offerings) for natural gas processing and industrial applications, representing an established, well-capitalized player in amine capture.
- BASF (CANSOLV): BASF's CANSOLV platform offers amine-based post-combustion CO2 capture for industrial flue gases, providing a well-licensed incumbent solvent capture technology that competes with Solvanic for industrial and power-sector customers.
Direct peers
- CarbonClean: CarbonClean deploys modular amine-based post-combustion carbon capture (CycloneCC) aimed at hard-to-abate and mid-scale industrial emitters, making it the closest like-for-like competitor to Solvanic's modular EMAR architecture.
- ION Clean Energy: ION Clean Energy provides proprietary solvent-based post-combustion CO2 capture systems for industrial and power-sector emitters, competing head-to-head with Solvanic in the same customer segment and capture modality (solvent/amine capture).
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights5 records
Customer concentration
Solvanic social profiles
Digital presenceSolvanic financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Solvanic leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles3 records
Solvanic funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds1 record
Investors1 record
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Solvanic M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Solvanic
What does Solvanic do?
Solvanic develops and sells the patented Electrochemically Mediated Amine Regeneration (EMAR) Process, a modular electrochemical carbon capture technology. The system replaces traditional steam-based amine regeneration columns and reboilers with modular electrochemical cells, enabling flexible, cost-effective carbon capture for mid-scale industrial emitters in sectors such as LNG, heavy industry, and power generation.
Is Solvanic a public or private company?
Solvanic is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Solvanic founded?
Solvanic was founded in 2025. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Solvanic based?
Solvanic is headquartered in Cambridge, United States, in the North America region.
How does Solvanic make money?
One revenue line is on record: carbon Capture Technology Deployment.
Who are Solvanic's main competitors?
Others on record are Climeworks and LanzaTech. CarbonOrO is listed as an emerging player. Broad incumbents are Saipem, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Aker Carbon Capture, Honeywell UOP and BASF (CANSOLV). Direct peers are CarbonClean and ION Clean Energy.
Does Solvanic have an API?
No public API is recorded for Solvanic.
What industry is Solvanic in?
Solvanic's product category is Industrial Carbon Capture Technology. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUABAGAA, Post-combustion Capture Systems (Solvent-based Amine & Advanced Solvents), with a secondary code of EUABAJAJ, Industrial Carbon Capture Integration & Retrofit Engineering (Capture-Ready, Balance-of-Plant). Its NAICS code is 33241 and its SIC code is 3620.