Carbon To Value Initiative

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The Carbon to Value (C2V) Initiative drives the creation of a thriving innovation ecosystem for the commercialization of carbontech solutions that capture, convert, and sequester carbon dioxide (CO₂) into valuable end products or services—with the support of corporate partners, government leaders, and experts who help foster a robust network for our startups. In its first four years, the C2V Initiative has supported 35 groundbreaking startups that have raised over $580M in follow-on funding, leading to numerous successful partnerships and 600+ new business relationships, technology advancement, and industry growth.

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What is the Carbon to Value Initiative?

The C2V Initiative is a multi-year collaboration to accelerate the carbontech industry that leverages our proven process for launching climate solutions into the marketplace.

  • Multi-year Initiative: Multi-stakeholder effort to rapidly commercialize innovations by startups working to address the emerging carbon-to-value market. Each year, we support a new cohort of innovative carbontech companies.

  • Value Chain Engagement: Collaboration among the Carbontech Leadership Council members—major corporations, government actors, and NGOs—and the startups selected for each cohort to build the ecosystem that they need to thrive.

  • An Accelerator for the Industry: Industry-building, deployment, and partnership-focused activities that help carbontech startups scale.

Real Impact on the Carbontech Ecosystem

600+
Connections Made
35
Startups Accelerated
$580M
Follow-on Funding Raised

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Why Carbontech?

Due to the build-up over time of excessive, long-lived carbon emissions, commercializing Carbontech—technologies that capture and convert carbon dioxide (CO₂) into valuable end products or services— is now necessary to meet global climate goals.

A six trillion-dollar market opportunity¹ A six trillion-dollar market opportunity¹ Critical to keeping the average global temperature increase to less than 2℃² Critical to keeping the average global temperature increase to less than 2℃² White space for innovation and entrepreneurship to gain traction with major industry partners White space for innovation and entrepreneurship to gain traction with major industry partners

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“Outstanding program, leadership, cohort and industry collaboration…. exciting, inspirational and fun! We know how important it is to work with disruptive carbontech to stay ahead of the curve. To help us do so, The C2V Initiative has been an effective platform."

— Jim Shih, Executive Director, Business Incubation at Fluor

“Phenomenally run program, which was perfectly aligned with the challenges we were facing in our business. C2V is an amazing platform for carbontech startups to position themselves for growth, learn from fellow startups and partner with established CLC Members.”

— Air Company, Year 1 Cohort Startup

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