Cleaner Tech

This London Startup Has a Cheaper Way to Suck Carbon From the Air

Mission Zero Technologies raised $5 million to take its capture plant from lab to pilot scale.

Mission Zero Technologies electrodialysis machine in London, on April 28.

Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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A London startup that uses simple chemistry and off-the-shelf equipment to suck planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the air raised one of the largest funding rounds for a carbon-removal startup based in the UK.

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a fund led by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, and mining company Anglo American Plc invested $5 million to help Mission Zero Technologies develop its technology.