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Living Carbon
Engineering faster-growing, more durable trees
About Living Carbon
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.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2019
- Headquarters
- Hayward, United States
- Employees
- 39
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 73.6/100
- Sector
- Energy, Biotechnology, Forestry, Sustainable Development Goals, Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate Tech, NBS, Carbon Removal, Woman Founder, YC W20, DT and LS
- Technology
- Hardware, Deep Tech
- Business model
- Manufacturing
- Client focus
- b2b
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EARLY VC✓Equity / VC | Apr 2026 | $13M | $52M | Octopus Energy Generation | ↗ |
| PROJECT, REAL ESTATE, INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE✓Other financing | Apr 2026 | $500M | — | Octopus Energy Generation | ↗ |
Growth signals
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.
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Investors
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Seed2 investors entered at this stage
Y Combinator
Hanfield Venture Partners
Series A17 investors entered at this stage
Felicis
Albert Wenger
Kimbal Musk
Matt Brezina
Scott Belsky
MCJ Collective- GCGoat Capital
- SDSusan Danziger
FloodgateToyota Ventures
EQT Foundation
Homebrew
Prelude Ventures
Christiana Musk
Lowercarbon Capital
Temasek
Octopus Energy Generation
Other known investors18 additional known investors
C3 Ventures
Climate Capital
Constructor Capital
Darco Capital
Day One Ventures
Deep Checks- JPJake Poliskin
Juniper
KohFounders- MAMango.vc
MetaPlanet
Polymath Capital
Rayyan Islam
Small Business Innovation Research
Soma Capital- VBVictoria Beasley
Village Global
Virta Ventures
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