Sandy Spring Climate Partners
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Invests in early-stage climate technology and science-driven companies.
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- Turnover Labs
Participated · Seed · Oct 2024
Turnover Labs develops electrolyzer technology that converts waste carbon dioxide from petrochemical plants into carbon monoxide for use in chemical processes. Its core innovation improves catalyst adhesion to electrodes and combines specialized chemistry and software to let electrolyzers tolerate contaminant gases present in industrial CO2 streams. This allows the company to avoid costly gas purification by operating on impure waste streams and producing a feedstock chemical used in petrochemical reactions. The approach targets on-site CO2 reuse as an alternative to capture, transport and underground sequestration. The company grew out of founder and CEO Marissa Beatty’s doctoral research into electrolyzer durability and from a fellowship with Activate. Turnover Labs recently raised a $1.4 million pre-seed round to hire engineers and simulate real-world gas streams as it iterates toward a robust industrial product.
- Matereal
Participated · Seed · Jul 2024
Matereal is a Denver, CO-based materials company advancing a chemical platform called Polaris™ that provides a sustainable and safe alternative to traditional polyurethane. The platform aims to retain polyurethane’s versatility, durability, and cost-effectiveness while eliminating petrochemicals and toxic isocyanates linked to workplace asthma. Matereal’s scalable platform leverages artificial intelligence to optimize the use of renewable feedstocks alongside captured CO2. The company is led by CEO Jacqueline Ros Amable and CTO Dr. Philip Pienkos. Matereal closed a $4.5M seed funding round to support continued development of its technology and platform.