Startup Verdox gets US$80mil from Bill Gates


New method: A man working at an archaeological site near a coal-fired power plant in central Serbia. There is growing interest in technologies that can permanently sequester CO2 already in the atmosphere. — AFP

NEW YORK: A Massachusetts-based startup that captures carbon dioxide directly from the air has raised US$80mil (RM335mil) from investors, including Bill Gates-led Breakthrough Energy Ventures.

Founded in 2019, Verdox Inc’s technology is still only operable at lab scale.

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