Carbon Crusher

We make carbon negative roads

carboncrusher.io

HQ: Oslo, Oslo, Norway

11-50

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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Jul 29, 2026

Overview

Oslo-based Carbon Crusher builds carbon-negative road rehabilitation systems, combining on-site crushing/recycling, bio-based binders, and road-analytics software in a CRAAS/CRaaS service model.

Primary product

Carbon-negative road rehabilitation systems (Carbon Rover + BioBinder + SkyRoads)

Founded

2021

Headquarters

Oslo, Norway

Team size

10-20

Work style

Flexible

Industry

Construction

Sub-industry

Road rehabilitation / carbon-negative infrastructure

Offices

Oslo, Norway

Palo Alto, California, United States

Business model

Crushing as a Service (CaaS/CRaaS)

Road refurbishment services

Partner / franchise-style delivery model

Carbon removal credits

Funding

Stage

Series A

Latest round

Series A · Jun 2023

Series A

Jun 2023 · Climate Capital and Lowercarbon Capital

Seed VC - II

Jun 2022

Seed VC

May 2022

Convertible Note

Mar 2022

Accelerator/Incubator

Jan 2022

$500K

People & investors

Leadership

Haakon Brunell

CEO & Co-founder

Hans Arne Flåto

Founder COO

Kristoffer Roil

Partner / Chief Inspire Officer

Joerg Joergensen

CFO

Tonje Norheim

Vice President Business Development

Preben Sander

Senior Vice President of Communications

Benoit Loranger

Head of Road Material Research & Testing

Robert Jason Dyke

Head of Research & Special Projects

Runar Buvik

Head of Software

Enzo Merriman

Head of Sales Norway & Core Global Sales Support

Adrian Savu

Head of Bio Engineering

Halvor Flåten

Strategy and business development

Founders

Kristoffer Røil

Founder

Investors

Work & culture

Mission-driven and sustainability-focused, with public messaging around being brave, living with nature, and being open and reliable; hiring pages emphasize initiative, creativity, and hands-on problem solving.

Work style

Flexible

Compensation

Public job posts mention competitive salary with performance-based incentives, but no salary bands were found.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Work from home options

Competitive salary

Performance-based incentives

Professional growth opportunities

Health insurance

4 weeks vacation

Generous PTO

Supportive work environment

Innovative work environment

Product & market

Pricing

Project-based / quote-based services delivered through Crushing as a Service (CRAAS/CRaaS) and partner delivery arrangements.

Differentiators

—On-site recycling avoids hauling new material in and waste out
—Bio-based binders replace fossil bitumen
—Integrated hardware + software stack (Carbon Rover + SkyRoads)
—Carbon-negative road refurbishment
—Partner/franchise-style scale model
—Claims of lower cost, higher durability, and faster turnaround
—Carbon removal credits as an added monetization layer

Technology

Carbon Rover autonomous / semi-autonomous crusher

BioBinder / lignin-based biopolymer binder

SkyRoads AI road-management software

CRaaS / CRAAS service stack

Satellite imagery road monitoring

Dash-cam-based road diagnostics

Balloon imagery for remote diagnostics

Sensors (moisture, temperature, cameras)

Full-depth reclamation

Crush-and-mix process

Crabwalk mobility

Customers

City of Phoenix

public road owners

private road owners

municipalities

counties

cities

construction partners

road refurbishers

industrial customers

Competitors

traditional asphalt resurfacing contractors

cold-recycling road rehabilitation providers

road maintenance software vendors

conventional bitumen-based resurfacing methods

Scale & contact

contact@carboncrusher.com

Signals & risks

Other

May 2024

Sifted reported that regulatory hurdles in Europe were slowing scale-up, contributing to the company’s U.S. expansion.

Source

Other

Jan 2026

Carbon Pulse reported that carbon removal credits from road refurbishment were being pre-sold to an industrial customer while methodology approval was still expected in Q2 2026.

Source

Latest news

INTERVIEW: Stronger, carbon-storing roads set to deliver removals to industrial buyer

Carbon Pulse · Jan 2026

Reported pre-sales of carbon removal credits from road refurbishment to an industrial customer, with methodology approval expected in Q2 2026.

Carbon Rover Promises New Era Of Road Engineering

The Engineer · Dec 2025

Covered the Carbon Rover launch, claiming semi-autonomous road refurbishment, up to 70% lower costs, testing in five countries, and backers including Metaplanet and Y Combinator.

Carbon Crusher's Road Tech - Inevitable podcast

MCJ · Jun 2025

CEO Haakon Brunell discussed CaaS, SkyRoads, bio-based binders, local partner deployment, and the company’s 2035 gigaton ambition.

Meet the YC alum Carbon Crusher storing carbon in our roads

Sifted · May 2024

Reported 1.5 million square meters refurbished, over 10,000 tonnes of CO2 sequestered, 15 active customers, and U.S. expansion due to European regulatory hurdles.

Carbon Crusher: Redefining Road Construction

ClimatePoint · Mar 2024

Reported quantified climate-impact potential, including over 4 million tonnes CO2e sequestered and 2 million tonnes avoided through 2027.

Jobs and careers at Carbon Crusher

13 jobs at Carbon Crusher

Senior Field Service Engineer

Remote

Field Service

Remote MI; United States

3d ago

Remote

Full-time