Carmeuse Ventures is pleased to announce the investment in Planeteers, a leading startup in the field of carbon capture and storage.
The German startup developed an engineered enhanced rock weathering technology process to convert limestone and CO2 into calcium bicarbonates, allowing CO2 to be stored in the ocean or rivers.
Carmeuse Ventures started its activities in 2025. Planeteers is its first investment.
About Carmeuse Ventures:
Carmeuse Ventures is an early-stage corporate venture capital firm, initiated by the industrial group Carmeuse, investing in climate & construction deep tech. As an active investor, Carmeuse Ventures can build upon over 166 years of industrial experience in limestone and lime production. We separate ourselves by creating win-win, beyond capital. We want start-ups to leverage our internal competences like our unique engineering capabilities in lime production & decarbonization, a fast market access and our global scale. This leverage results in delivering a value increase in the start-up. We are founder friendly and institutional VC friendly.
Carmeuse Ventures invests minority stakes in SEED and series A rounds. Our investment scope is focused on tackling lime’s CO2 intensive production process while leveraging the unique functionality of lime to capture CO2 to decarbonize our society and build new lime(stone) products & solutions.
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About Planeteers:
Planeteers was founded in December 2022 with ambitions of developing a low-cost, scalable, and robust carbon capture and storage technology to capture CO2 from point sources. The company's technology is based on 12 years of research and has been proven at various stages.
