Sustainability Directory · Sep 2025
A 2025 article describing Maple Materials’ electrolysis approach to battery-grade graphite and its claimed cost and carbon advantages.
We turn CO2 into battery-grade graphite and oxygen.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Overview
Maple Materials is a privately held manufacturing startup that says it turns carbon dioxide into graphite anode material for lithium-ion batteries, positioning itself as part of the energy transition and carbon utilization supply chain.
Primary product
Carbon dioxide-derived graphite anode material for lithium-ion batteries
Founded
2019
Headquarters
Richmond, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Manufacturing
Sub-industry
Battery materials / carbon materials
Business model
B2B manufacturing
materials supply
Funding
Stage
Venture-backed / early-stage
Total raised
$6.3M
Latest round
Venture Round · Aug 2024
Latest amount
$6.2M
Venture Round
Aug 2024
Seed Round
Mar 2019
Corporate Round
Jan 2019
People & investors
Leadership
Steven Hartanto
Investor Chief Business Officer
Niklas Mundhenk
Lead R&D Chemist
Work & culture
Public-facing messaging emphasizes abundance, sustainability, and profitable carbon restoration. No public employee benefits or detailed culture page was found in the available sources.
Product & market
Differentiators
- —Claims to convert CO2 into graphite anode material using electricity
- —Carbon-utilization / energy-transition positioning
- —Potentially lower-carbon alternative to conventional graphite supply
Competitors
MP Materials
Novonix
Sila Nanotechnologies
other battery anode / graphite material suppliers
Scale & contact
Estimated monthly visits
410
Traffic estimate as of May 2026
Latest news
USPTO Patent Gazette · Mar 2025
Patent grant tied to Maple Materials and co-inventor Drew Lawrence Reid for carbon production and purification methods.
CB Insights · Oct 2024
Profile notes Richmond HQ, 2019 founding, $9.41M total funding, seven patents, and investor/collaborator names including Greentown Labs, C2V Initiative, 8090 Industries, Y Combinator, and NSF.
Greentown Labs · Sep 2024
Official cohort announcement naming Maple Materials as a Year 4 C2V participant and describing its CO2-to-graphite electrolysis process.
PR Newswire / Greentown Labs · Sep 2024
The Carbon to Value Initiative’s Year 4 cohort included Maple Materials as a CO2-to-graphite startup.
Jobs and careers at Maple Materials
14 jobs at Maple Materials
Special Projects Lead
On-site
Operations
New York, NY (HQ)
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Growth Associate
On-site
Operations
New York, NY (HQ)
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Growth Engineer
On-site
GTM
New York, NY (HQ)
5mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Forward Deployed Engineer - Growth
On-site
GTM
New York, NY (HQ)
5mo ago
On-site
Full-time
GTM Engineer
On-site
GTM
New York, NY (HQ)
5mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Customer Support Representative (South Africa, Remote)
Remote
GTM
Remote (Africa)
6mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Customer Support Representative (LatAm, Remote)
Remote
GTM
Remote (LATAM)
6mo ago
Remote
Full-time
SMB Account Executive
On-site
GTM
New York, NY (HQ)
6mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Business Development Representative
On-site
GTM
New York, NY (HQ)
1y ago
On-site
Full-time
Product Designer
On-site
Product
New York, NY (HQ)
1y ago
On-site
Full-time
Opportunistic
On-site
Company
New York, NY (HQ)
1y ago
On-site
Full-time
Full Stack Engineer
On-site
Product
New York, NY (HQ)
1y ago
On-site
Full-time
Design Engineer
On-site
Product
New York, NY (HQ)
1y ago
On-site
Full-time
ML Research Engineer
On-site
Product
New York, NY (HQ)
1y ago
On-site
Full-time