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Living Carbon

Energy · San Francisco, United States · Founded 2019

Engineering faster-growing, more durable trees MoreLess

Living Carbon is a biotechnology startup that operates in the environmental sector, specifically focusing on climate change mitigation. The company uses advanced genetic technologies to enhance the photosynthesis process in trees, enabling them to grow faster, accumulate more biomass, and capture more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This innovative approach not only helps reduce global warming but also creates durable wood products and investment opportunities.

Living Carbon's business model is unique and potentially lucrative. The company's genetically modified trees can grow on degraded land with high concentrations of heavy metals, effectively cleaning the soil made toxic by industrial activity. This ability to reclaim otherwise unusable land presents significant investment opportunities.

Moreover, the company's trees store more carbon and for a longer period, contributing to the global efforts to reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The company's research and development platform can be adapted across a range of organisms and desired traits, offering localized climate solutions.

Living Carbon serves a broad market, including environmental conservation organizations, governments, and investors interested in sustainable and eco-friendly ventures. The company generates revenue through the sale of its genetically modified trees and the provision of environmental cleanup services.

Living Carbon's vision is to use biotechnology to create a future where human impact is restorative rather than harmful. The company's work has attracted the support of several remarkable institutions and venture capital investors.

Keywords: Biotechnology, Climate Change Mitigation, Photosynthesis Enhancement, Carbon Capture, Durable Wood Products, Land Reclamation, Investment Opportunities, Environmental Cleanup Services, Sustainable Ventures, Genetically Modified Trees.

Company overview

Living Carbon company information

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Status
Operational
Founded
2019
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Employees
39
Open positions
None listed
Dealroom signal
73.6
client focusb2btechnologyHardwaretechnologyDeep Techbusiness modelManufacturingsectorBiotechnologysectorForestrysectorSustainable Development GoalssectorCarbon Capture and StoragesectorClimate TechsectorNBSsectorCarbon RemovalsectorWoman FoundersectorYC W20sectorDT and LS

Valuation & funding

Living Carbon funding history

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
EARLY VCEquity / VC Apr 2026 $13M $52M Octopus Energy Generation
PROJECT, REAL ESTATE, INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCEOther financing Apr 2026 $500M Octopus Energy Generation
SERIES AEquity / VC Jan 2023 $21M $84M Felicis · Toyota Ventures · Lowercarbon Capital · Temasek
SERIES AEquity / VC Feb 2022 $15M $60M Albert Wenger · Kimbal Musk · Matt Brezina · Scott Belsky
SEEDEquity / VC Jan 2021 $0 Hanfield Venture Partners
OtherOther financing Aug 2020 Undisclosed
SEEDEquity / VC Mar 2020 Y Combinator
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Financials

Workforce over time

Available workforce history. Financial fields without reported data are omitted.

YearEmployees
2026 39
2025 34
2024 40
2023 50
2022 39
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Growth signals

Living Carbon website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Living Carbon is 7.8K monthly website visits, up 1.3% over the last three months. Living Carbon's team grew 14.7% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits7.8K 3-month web change+1.3% 1-year team growth+14.7%
Monthly website visits78 observations · Jan 2020–Jul 2026
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Hiring

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Comparisons

Living Carbon compared with similar companies

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Talent graph

Living Carbon's talent

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Team profiled 5 named & role-tagged
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Investors

37 investors on Living Carbon's cap table

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Seed 2 investors entered at this stage
Y Combinator
Hanfield Venture Partners
Series A 17 investors entered at this stage
Felicis
Albert Wenger
Kimbal Musk
Matt Brezina
Scott Belsky
MCJ Collective
Goat Capital
Susan Danziger
Floodgate
Toyota Ventures
EQT Foundation
Homebrew
Prelude Ventures
Christiana Musk
Lowercarbon Capital
Temasek
Octopus Energy Generation
Other known 18 additional known investors
C3 Ventures
Climate Capital
Constructor Capital
Darco Capital
Day One Ventures
Deep Checks
Jake Poliskin
Juniper
KohFounders
Mango.vc
MetaPlanet
Polymath Capital
Rayyan Islam
Small Business Innovation Research
Soma Capital
Victoria Beasley
Village Global
Virta Ventures

Global footprint

Where Living Carbon has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
2 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States96.8%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom3.2%
2 countries shown

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Living Carbon

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