Orchestra Scientific

orchestrasci.com ↗ ·Tarragona ·Pre-seed

Orchestra Scientific is an ICIQ (Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia) spin-off based in Tarragona, Spain, that develops selective CO2 capture, separation and purification technology built on its patented TAMOF-1 metal-organic framework material, which adsorbs CO2 at ambient conditions with low-energy regeneration. It sells modular, portable pilot plants to wineries, meat processors, carbonated-beverage producers and biogas/biomethane upgraders, claiming operating costs below €40 per ton of CO2 processed. Founded in 2017 out of Prof. José Ramón Galán-Mascarós' group at ICIQ, it is a small team (~6-10 people) backed by EIT InnoEnergy and Fundación Repsol, and has run pilots at customers including the Familia Torres winery.

Founded

2017

Founders

Total funds raised

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SectorsClimate Tech, Carbon Capture (CCU), Deeptech / Advanced Materials, Industrial Decarbonization, Biogas & Biomethane Start-up MapEnergy & Climate › Carbon, ESG & climate risk

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Founders

Cristina Sáenz de Pipaón

Co-founder & CEO

Elías Daura

Co-founder

Jose Luís León

Co-founder

José Ramón Galán-Mascarós

Co-founder (ICREA Professor, ICIQ — scientific founder)

Álvaro Reyes

Co-founder

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Svante

Canada · www.svanteinc.com ↗

Sells modular point-source CO2 capture units built on solid sorbent filters, including metal-organic frameworks, to industrial emitters. This is the closest large-scale match to Orchestra's MOF-based approach.

$600MComparable

Carbon Clean

United Kingdom · www.carbonclean.com ↗

Sells compact, modular CO2 capture units (CycloneCC) to mid-sized industrial emitters and charges on equipment and cost per ton captured, the same go-to-market as Orchestra's.

$200MComparable

Nuada

United Kingdom · nuadaco2.com ↗

Formerly MOF Technologies, it develops MOF-based vacuum-swing CO2 capture systems for industrial point sources and pitches low-energy regeneration, which matches Orchestra's TAMOF-1 proposition.

$20MComparable

Promethean Particles

United Kingdom · prometheanparticles.co.uk ↗

Makes MOF sorbent materials and capture systems for industrial CO2 capture, turning a university spin-off MOF chemistry platform into capture hardware.

$20MComparable

Earthly Labs

United States · earthlylabs.com ↗

Sold small, modular CO2 capture and reuse units (CiCi) to breweries and beverage producers so they could recover fermentation CO2, the same customer segment Orchestra targets; it was acquired by Chart Industries in 2022.

$10MComparable