CO2 Value Europe · Apr 2026
Announces Phase Biolabs as a new member; confirms founding in 2020, Nottingham HQ, CCU focus, ethanol-from-CO2 gas fermentation, pilot plant activity, and partnership work with CO2 and renewable hydrogen suppliers.
We make carbon negative chemicals from CO2 using fermentation
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Nottingham-based industrial biotechnology startup building a patented gas-fermentation platform that retrofits existing plants to convert CO2 into ethanol, carbon-negative chemicals, and e-fuels.
Primary product
Patented gas fermentation retrofit platform that converts captured/industrial CO2 into ethanol and other chemicals/fuels
Founded
2020
Headquarters
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Team size
1-10
Industry
Biotechnology Research
Sub-industry
Industrial biotechnology / carbon recycling / carbon capture and utilization (CCU)
Offices
1 job at Phase Biolabs
Business model
Stage
Seed
Latest round
Seed · May 2025
Leadership
Founder & CEO
Bello Suleiman
Bioinformatic Engineer
Jin Wong
Bio Engineer
Chemical Engineer
Bioengineer
Investors
Mission-driven climate-tech team focused on industrial decarbonization, described as visionaries, risk-takers, and problem-solvers working at the frontier of industrial biotechnology.
Compensation
No public salary bands found. Public hiring copy says compensation is competitive and includes benefits, with additional professional development; the company also emphasizes flexibility in shaping roles.
Benefits
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$0-5M (third-party estimate)
CO2 Value Europe · Apr 2026
Announces Phase Biolabs as a new member; confirms founding in 2020, Nottingham HQ, CCU focus, ethanol-from-CO2 gas fermentation, pilot plant activity, and partnership work with CO2 and renewable hydrogen suppliers.
Phase Biolabs / Sifted mention · Mar 2024
Phase Biolabs' own recent-news list records a Sifted feature in March 2024, showing external media coverage of the company.
Phase Biolabs LinkedIn · Oct 2022
Announces David Ortega's selection for Breakthrough Energy's Innovator Fellows cohort, reinforcing external validation and climate-tech support.
Hacker News · Mar 2022
Launch post describes Phase Biolabs' lab-scale prototype and its use of fermentation to turn CO2 and hydrogen into industrial chemicals, especially sustainable solvents and ethanol.
David Ortega LinkedIn · Feb 2022
Announces entry into Y Combinator Winter 2022 and links Phase Biolabs to the YC accelerator program.