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Brilliant Planet

Carbon capture using algae

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21-100 employees
  • B2B
  • Sustainability
  • Environmental
Camden Town, London, UK

Company mission

To unlock the power of algae as a scalable, affordable and near-term solution to climate change.

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Our take

With each day, our ability to limit the impacts of the climate crisis lessens. And while governments might be slow-acting, Brilliant Planet aims to sequester as much carbon as possible for less than $50 per ton.

It harnesses the natural ability of algae to absorb carbon from the atmosphere, with a 30 hectare in the Moroccan desert algae farm which replicates the perfect conditions for algae to grow. It’s an almost completely natural process - the sun does most of the work growing - though some energy is used on moving around such large quantities of water. The algae is grown in seawater, which is completely de-acidified as a byproduct of the process.

Other companies use algae similarly, but Brilliant Planet is the only one to use seawater and so to provide that additional bonus of de-acidification. And as our planet continues to heat, multiple companies working on algae carbon capture is no bad thing.

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Benefits

  • The ability to buy additional leave
  • Private medical insurance (individual or family)
  • Gym, pool & fitness class memberships
  • Professional development & training
  • Duvet days
  • Work-from-home equipment allowance
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • 24/7 counselling services (work and personal)
  • A number of wellbeing resources

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Apr 2022

$12m

SERIES A

Jan 2020

$4.7m

GRANT

Total funding: $31.4m

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Leadership

Raffael Jovine

(Chief Scientist)

Former Research Staff at MIT, VP of ZPM International, Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton and Booz & Company, and Senior VP of Clinerion.

Previously worked as a Portfolio Manager at Liongate Capital Management, Managing Director at Oakfield Holdings, Non-Exec Director at KEFI Gold and Copper, and Founder & CEO of FirstWave Group.