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US direct air capture firm scores $53m in funding from leading climate funds

Cecilia Keating

18 March 2022 • 3 min read

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Bill Gates' climate fund has backed the DAC firm

Heirloom touts climate fund as 'among the largest private financings in direct air capture to date'

A San Francisco-based direct air capture (DAC) company founded just 10 months ago has raised $53m from some of the world's leading climate funds and entrepreneurs, including outfits managed by Mark Benioff,...

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