About us

Infrastructure upgrades for a resilient future

NeoCarbon is a Berlin-based ClimateTech company turning industrial waste heat into industrial value: efficient cooling, high-purity CO₂, and recovered water, built on the infrastructure the world already runs on.

01Our belief

The carbon-capture infrastructure already exists

We don’t believe the world needs to wait for standalone carbon-removal gigafactories competing for green electricity.

The infrastructure to capture carbon at scale already exists: it’s the cooling systems and waste-heat streams of industry. We upgrade what is already permitted, already paid for, and already operating.

Mission

“We upgrade our customers’ industrial assets to turn waste heat into value and capture carbon.”

Vision

“Carbon-negative solutions integral to industrial infrastructure for a resilient future humanity.”

02Our story

From a Berlin workshop to industrial sites

January 2022
Founded in Berlin
The founding team meets through Antler and incorporates NeoCarbon in Berlin, backed by a Pre-Seed round from PT1 and Speedinvest.
2022
First CO₂ captured
Months after founding, the lab prototype captures its first CO₂ from ambient air in our Berlin workshop. The concept works.
2023
First-generation module
The first-generation capture module is designed and built in Berlin.
2023
Seed round
RAISE leads our Seed round to take the technology from the workshop to industrial sites.
May-Nov 2024
First industrial pilot
Our unit runs its nine-month pilot at Kurita Water Industries' R&D center in Germany, powered by the site's own waste heat. All pilot KPIs are met.
2024
In-house chemistry lab opens
We open a sorbent chemistry lab at our Berlin headquarters, bringing sorbent development, testing, and quality control in-house on a sorbent-agnostic platform.
2025
From pilot to permanence
We sign our first multi-year carbon-removal offtake with Milkywire, permanently store captured CO₂ in concrete with Carbonaide, and are selected for the Net Zero Innovation Hub for Data Centers.
2026
Recognition across industries
NeoCarbon receives the immobilienmanager Award in Clean Energy & Mobility and becomes part of the Salesforce-backed carbon-removal purchases via Milkywire.

NeoCarbon's first-generation capture unit at the company's Berlin headquarters — Our first-generation capture unit at our Berlin headquarters.

03Values

How we work

Honesty & Transparency

We thrive in an open and direct culture to facilitate drastic innovation.

Learning & Teamwork

We progress by learning together from failures and successes.

Intrinsic motivation

Our North Star is to keep a livable planet for all.

Ownership & Proactivity

We have results-focused, entrepreneurial mindsets.

04Leadership

Founder-led, from first principles to industrial sites

NeoCarbon pairs a decade of energy-transition strategy with a decade of building and shipping technology, one company, two founders, one integrated platform.

Dr. Tobias Sodoge

Co-Founder & CEO

PhD in Mathematics. Former Associate Partner at McKinsey, where he focused on the energy transition, renewables, grids, and industrial decarbonization.

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