Concrete

Finland-based Carbonaide has raised €1.8m in seed funding in a bid to kickstart the manufacture of its carbon-negative concrete.

The solution has led to a carbon reduction of more than 50%, with the same strength as conventional steel-reinforced concrete.

AKT II has joined ConcreteZero, a global initiative that brings together pioneering organisations to create a market for net-zero concrete.

Quick Block makes blocks from recycled polypropylene that ship flat-pack and click open to create concrete-free building boxes.

CarbonCure is a Canadian climate tech company offering a suite of technologies that inject CO2 directly into concrete as it is being mixed.

A coalition of 17 firms including Skanska, Laing O’Rourke, and Mace, has pledged to only purchase net-zero concrete by 2050.

Blue Planet’s technology sequesters carbon emissions into aggregate that can make concrete carbon negative.

Cambridge engineers have filed a patent and been awarded new research funding for their invention of the world’s first zero emissions cement.

London-based construction tech startup Converge has raised over £15m in a Series A funding round led by OGCI Climate Investments.

US startup Brimstone Energy has secured $55m in a Series A funding round led by Bill Gates-backed Breakthrough Energy Ventures and DCVC.