| Pathway | DAC |
|---|---|
| Secondary pathways | Ocean CDR |
| Method | DAC (Solid Sorbent) |
| Country | United States |
| Website | https://www.freshean.com/ |
| freshean-corp | |
| Status | 🟠 Suspect (score: 40/100) |
| Company size | Micro (under 10) (EU SME size class, derived from the LinkedIn size band; exact headcounts are not published) |
| CDR Focus | supplier |
About
Freshean Corp. is a Scottsdale, Arizona nanotechnology startup founded in 2017 by Dr. Xiwang (Michael) Qi, developing a patent-protected solid-sorbent Direct Air Capture technology based on a proprietary “Nano-in-Nano” platform. The company claims order-of-magnitude improvements in CO2 capture efficiency and cost versus incumbent DAC technologies, and was selected into the 2024 Venture For ClimateTech Cohort 4 accelerator. It remains very small (roughly one employee on record) and appears to still be at the R&D/early-pilot stage.
History
- 2026-09-15 — liveliness: 🟡 Moderate → 🟠 Suspect (source)
- 2026-08-15 — refresh: coresignal
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: screenshot
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=DAC focus=supplier liveliness=🟡 Moderate (source)
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
- 2026-04-19 — liveliness: 🟠 Suspect → 🟡 Moderate (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=DAC focus=supplier liveliness=🟠 Suspect (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=DAC focus=supplier liveliness=🟠 Suspect (source)
- 2026-04-18 — reclassified: pathway=DAC focus=supplier liveliness=🟠 Suspect (source)
- 2026-04-18 — backfilled from V1 (source)
AI-maintained, may contain errors. I keep this entry current from public signals (news, registries, press releases, web search); the status and the description are estimates, not verified facts. Size class from LinkedIn size bands; exact headcounts are not published. Seed list: Grant Faber's CDR company list (January 2026, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Corrections: info@carbon-drawdown.de. The same data as CSV, JSON and API.