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Heirloom

heirloomcarbon.com
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
200
Energy & Resources

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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 16, 2026

Overview

Heirloom Carbon Technologies develops direct air capture (DAC) systems that use limestone and accelerated carbon mineralization to permanently remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Its process captures CO2 using renewable-energy-powered equipment, with captured CO2 stored underground or embedded in concrete.

Primary product

Limestone-based direct air capture technology and permanent carbon-removal credits.

Founded

2020

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Team size

51–200; public data sources estimate approximately 90–100 employees

Work style

Flexible

Industry

Environmental services

Sub-industry

Carbon removal, direct air capture, climate technology, carbon capture and storage

Offices

San Francisco, California, United States
Brisbane, California, United States
Tracy, California, United States — commercial DAC facility
Shreveport / Port of Caddo-Bossier, Louisiana — planned facilities and project operations

Business model

B2B carbon-removal credit sales
Long-term carbon-removal offtake agreements
Strategic partnerships and project development
Government-supported DAC infrastructure projects

Funding

Stage

Late venture / Series B; private growth-stage climate technology company

Total raised

$204.3M

Latest round

Corporate investment / minority investment from Development Bank of Japan and Chiyoda Corporation · Dec 2025

Strategic corporate investment

Dec 2025 · Development Bank of Japan and Chiyoda Corporation

Strategic / venture investment

Feb 2025 · United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund

Series B

Dec 2024 · Future Positive and Lowercarbon Capital

$150M

Government grant / carbon-removal prize funding

Apr 2022 · U.S. government funding programs

$1M

Series A

Mar 2022 · Ahren Innovation Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Carbon Direct Capital

$53M

National Science Foundation / America’s Seed Fund grant

Jun 2021 · National Science Foundation

$255.7K

Seed

May 2021 · Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital and Prelude Ventures

People & investors

Leadership

Shashank Samala

CEO and Co-founder

Noah McQueen

Co-founder; formerly Head of Research and Head of Innovation; later Co-founder and Advisor

Zack Bloom

Co-founder

Christian Theuer

Director of Policy & External Affairs

Abby Chitwood

Head of Project Delivery

David Yanni

Head of Development

Max Scholten

Head of Commercialization

Candice Chow-Gamboa

Head of Strategic Engagement

Priya Patel

Director, Technology Programs

Juhi Kalra

Director of Engineering

Albert Luu

Head of Finance

Vikrum Aiyer

VP, Head of Global Public Policy & External Affairs

Nishad Pai

VP, Head of Business Development and Partnerships

Liz Qually

Head of Legal

Investors

Ahren Innovation Capital
America’s Seed Fund / National Science Foundation
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Carbon Direct Capital
Chiyoda Corporation
Development Bank of Japan
Future Positive
H&M Group
Japan Airlines
Lowercarbon Capital
MCJ Collective
Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund
Mitsubishi Corporation
Mitsui & Co.
MOL Switch
Prelude Ventures
Quantum Innovation Fund
Siemens Financial Services
United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund

Work & culture

The company describes itself as mission-driven, diverse and inclusive, with a workforce drawn from engineering, science, automotive, aerospace, energy, agriculture and consumer-electronics backgrounds. Public company materials emphasize radical candor, transparency, persistent optimism, voracious learning, rapid iteration, community engagement and strong labor protections.

Work style

Flexible

Visa sponsorship

Yes

Compensation

Public job postings show examples including approximately $145,000–$210,000 for a Senior Mechanical Engineer, $150,000–$190,000 for a Lab Manager, $145,000–$175,000 for a Technical Project Manager, and $140,000–$170,000 for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, generally with equity. Public H-1B/LCA aggregators report median sponsored wages in roughly the $134,000–$147,000 range, depending on dataset and methodology.

Benefits

Health, dental and vision insurance reportedly covered up to 100% by Heirloom for eligible employees
FSA option
16 weeks of paid parental leave for all employees
Stock options / equity
Unlimited PTO for exempt employees
120 hours of PTO for full-time non-exempt employees
401(k)
Monthly health and wellness reimbursement
Annual education and conference budget

Product & market

Pricing

Primarily negotiated enterprise offtake agreements for permanent carbon-removal credits; pricing is not publicly listed. Historical public signals include Stripe purchasing approximately 250 tons at about $2,054 per ton in 2021, and a $26.6 million Frontier agreement for 26,900 tons by 2030, with options for additional purchases.

Differentiators

  • —Uses abundant, inexpensive limestone rather than relying solely on novel sorbent materials
  • —Accelerates a natural mineralization process from years to days
  • —Combines carbon mineralization and direct air capture
  • —Designed around modular, mass-manufacturable DAC units
  • —Uses renewable energy and electric-kiln technology to reduce process emissions
  • —Claims a long-term pathway toward approximately $50 per ton of CO2 removed
  • —Has operated North America's first commercial DAC facility with permanent CO2 capture
  • —Demonstrated DAC-to-concrete storage with CarbonCure
  • —Has secured large, bankable corporate offtake agreements and strategic industrial investors

Technology

Direct air capture
Accelerated carbon mineralization
Limestone / calcium oxide looping
Passive air contactors
Renewable-energy-powered electric kilns
High-temperature calcination
CO2 compression and permanent storage
DAC-to-concrete mineralization with CarbonCure
Modular and mass-manufacturable facility design
Operational data collection and process optimization

Customers

Microsoft
Stripe
Shopify
Klarna
Meta
JPMorgan Chase
McKinsey
Workday
H&M Group
Autodesk
United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund

Competitors

Climeworks
1PointFive
Carbon Engineering
CarbonCapture
Holocene / Oxy Low Carbon
Verdox
Mission Zero Technologies
Charm Industrial

Scale & contact

Estimated monthly visits

9.3K

Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026

Signals & risks

Layoff
May 2025

Trellis reported that Heirloom had laid off employees and that at least 10 technical staff had departed since December 2024. The company said it was making strategic team changes while continuing to hire for priority roles.

Source
Shutdown
May 2025

Trellis reported that Heirloom had cancelled one planned DAC facility, reportedly amid uncertainty over federal Department of Energy funding. Heirloom did not comment on the specific cancelled project.

Source
Other
Oct 2025

Reports indicated that Project Cypress and other DAC Hub awards were at risk during a Department of Energy review. DOE said no final decision had been made, but uncertainty created funding and execution risk for Heirloom's Louisiana expansion.

Source
Other
Mar 2026

E&E News reported that Project Cypress remained in administrative limbo following extended DOE reviews, with no substantial public project update for more than 500 days.

Source

Latest news

Development Bank of Japan and Chiyoda invest in scaling Heirloom’s low-cost Direct Air Capture technology

Heirloom · Dec 2025

DBJ and Chiyoda announced investments in Heirloom, adding Japanese public-finance and industrial-engineering support to its DAC expansion strategy and carbon-removal-to-fuels ambitions.

U.S. carbon removal industry in turmoil as federal support remains uncertain

Trellis · May 2025

Trellis reported layoffs, at least 10 technical departures and cancellation of one planned Heirloom project amid uncertainty about federal DAC Hub funding. Heirloom confirmed strategic team changes but did not provide project-specific details.

United Sustainable Flight Fund invests in Heirloom to scale Direct Air Capture

United Airlines · Feb 2025

United's Sustainable Flight Fund invested in Heirloom and obtained rights to purchase up to 500,000 tons of CO2 removal for sustainable aviation fuel or permanent storage.

Heirloom Raises $150 Million Series B to Rapidly Scale Commercial Direct Air Capture

Business Wire · Dec 2024

Heirloom raised a $150 million Series B co-led by Future Positive and Lowercarbon Capital, with participation from climate investors and strategic companies in aviation, shipping and manufacturing.

Project Cypress DAC Hub Team Awarded Funding from the Department of Energy

Heirloom / U.S. Department of Energy announcement · Mar 2024

The Battelle-led Project Cypress partnership, involving Heirloom and Climeworks, received an initial $50 million DOE award and became eligible for up to $600 million in matched federal funding for a Louisiana DAC hub.

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Jobs and careers at Heirloom

2 jobs at Heirloom

Lab Manager

On-site
Research and Development
Brisbane, CA; Brisbane, California, USA
3w ago
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Senior Mechanical Engineer

On-site
Engineering
Brisbane, CA; Brisbane, California, USA
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