Cleaner Tech
Khosla Backs Startup That Pulls Carbon From the Air
Funding from the billionaire’s venture capital shop will help Spiritus develop a pilot plant in New Mexico.
A chimney and pipes at a power plant in Hungary.
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Startup Spiritus has lined up $30 million from the likes of Khosla Ventures to deploy technology that sucks carbon pollution from the air using machines.
The Series A round also includes Aramco Ventures, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America and TDK Ventures. The funding will allow Spiritus to speed the build out of its so-called direct air capture (DAC) pilot plant in New Mexico, according to co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Charles Cadieu.