Terms
- Announced
- 24 Sept 2026
- Instrument
- Equity
- Amount
- US$1.38mReported as EUR 1.2m pre-seed, converted at 1.1513 USD/EUR (September 2026 average)
Parties
- Project developer
- Bloomineral
- Recipient type
- Technology company
- Country
- France
- Capital providers
Capital providers and the amount counted for each Party Role Amount Basis Carbon Drawdown Initiative Lead investor US$0.28m Estimated: an even share, 1 of 5 CarbonFix Investor US$0.28m Estimated: an even share, 1 of 5 Bpifrance Investor US$0.28m Estimated: an even share, 1 of 5 RAISE Sherpas Investor US$0.28m Estimated: an even share, 1 of 5 WILCO Investor US$0.28m Estimated: an even share, 1 of 5
Carbon
- Pathway
- Mineralisation
What happened
- Bloomineral (France) announced a EUR 1.2m pre-seed round led by Carbon Drawdown Initiative, with CarbonFix, Bpifrance, RAISE Sherpas and WILCO (Carbon Removal Weekly, week 39, 21-27 Sep 2026: "announced a EUR 1.2 million pre-seed round led by Carbon Drawdown Initiative, with backing from CarbonFix, Bpifrance, RAISE Sherpas and WILCO"). The company turns CO2 into calcium carbonate through biomineralisation using macroalgae. The amount is in euros and no USD equivalent is stated, so no US$ value is recorded and the deal ranks by count only.
Kumo note
- Biomineralisation start-up turning industrial CO2 into calcium carbonate with macroalgae, backed by a Swiss non-profit fund, a carbon standard's accelerator cohort, the French state investor and two French early-stage programmes.
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