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C-Zero Raises $11.5M Series A to Produce Clean Hydrogen from Natural Gas

PRIVATEFeb 09, 2021

Amount Raised

$11 Million

Round Type

Series A

GoletaEnergy

Description

C-Zero Inc., a pioneer in natural gas decarbonization, announced today that it has raised $11.5 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Eni Next, with participation from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and AP Ventures. The funding will accelerate the first commercial-scale deployment of C-Zero’s drop-in decarbonization technology, which will allow industrial natural gas consumers to avoid producing CO2 in applications like electrical generation, process heating and the production of commodity chemicals like hydrogen and ammonia.

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Companies in the same sectors as CZero that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.

  • EverGen Infrastructure raised $17M (Funding Round) on March 25, 2021.
  • Emrgy raised $26M (Seed) on March 25, 2021.
  • SCRANTON IRON INC. raised $3.7M (Seed) on March 24, 2021.
  • enCore Energy Corp raised $876K (Seed) on March 24, 2021.
  • Halliburton Labs raised an undisclosed amount (Funding Round) on March 22, 2021.
  • VesprSolar, Inc. raised $505K (Seed) on March 22, 2021.

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Company Information

Company

CZero

Location

600 Ward Dr.

Goleta, California, United States

About

C-Zero is a hard-tech startup located in Santa Barbara, CA, that is developing a technology for decarbonizing natural gas. The company’s technology uses high temperatures to break down methane, (the primary molecule in natural gas) into hydrogen and solid carbon. C-Zero’s hydrogen can be used to decarbonize a wide range of industries including ammonia production, electric generation, process heat, and fuel cell vehicles, and has the potential to address 75% of global CO2 emissions.

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