Based in New York City’s West Harlem Innovation Cluster, CarbonBridge builds compact direct-gas bioreactors that help scientists use microbes to turn gases into industrial chemicals. Its modular platform is designed to eliminate the solubility barriers of conventional aqueous bioprocessing, while responding to process changes in under 60 seconds. CarbonBridge is also developing pathways for products such as methanol and polymer intermediates, with research collaborations supporting future scale-up.
AlchemityAlchemity is developing modular, turnkey reactor systems that convert greenhouse gases and waste resources into cleaner fuels and chemicals. Based in College Park, Maryland, the company was founded by a team combining clean-energy deployment, Fortune 500 leadership, and three decades of energy research and product innovation. Its platform is designed for co-located production, with a roadmap from modular skids to larger integrated facilities.COLLEGE PARK, MD
Mothership MaterialsMothership Materials turns industrial agriculture and food-processing waste into non-food-competitive feedstocks for biomanufacturing. Its patented modular technology works at waste sources, beginning with Microbe Munch, a sugar developed specifically to feed microbes in precision-fermentation processes. The company also targets cellulose recovery for fiber production and scale-ready pricing for bioprocess operators.
AircaptureAircapture designs and builds modular Direct Air Capture systems that produce beverage-grade carbon dioxide on customers’ sites, supplying it on demand from the atmosphere rather than through conventional long-distance distribution. Founded by technologist and DAC pioneer Matt Atwood, the company develops its systems in a 12,000-square-foot West Berkeley office and shop, where it focuses on rapid prototyping and in-house production. Its “CO2 as a Service” model is intended to give manufacturers a more local, reliable supply while reducing transportation-related emissions.
Turnover LabsFounded in 2022 by chemical engineer Marissa Beatty, New York City-based Turnover Labs builds durable electrolysis systems that convert industrial waste CO2 into chemical building blocks. Its technology is designed to install within existing chemical-plant operations, giving manufacturers a way to reuse impure emissions rather than rely solely on petroleum feedstocks. The early-stage company is developing its platform from laboratory research pioneered at Columbia University toward industrial-scale deployment.