D-CRBN raises €17.5M Series A to scale plasma-based CO2 recycling
What's the deal? Antwerp-based deep-tech spin-off D-CRBN has raised €17.5 million in Series A funding to scale its plasma-based carbon utilisation technology, with Belgian federal investment holding SFPIM among the backers.
D-CRBN's patented Plasma ARC™ reactors convert captured CO2 into industrial CO and syngas — feedstocks that can replace fossil-based inputs in chemicals and synthetic fuels production.
The signal: The round reflects growing investor appetite for carbon utilisation startups that don't just store CO2 but turn it into something commercially valuable. Plasma-based conversion is still a nascent field, but rising carbon prices and tightening emissions regulations in Europe are creating stronger market pull for novel decarbonisation technologies.
Series A funding at this scale suggests D-CRBN — a 2021 spin-off from the University of Antwerp — has moved beyond lab-stage proof of concept and is gearing up for industrial pilots, a critical and capital-intensive phase for deep-tech climate startups.
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