Homeostasis Raises $1.2 Million to Synthesize Graphite From Waste CO2

Insider Brief

• Homeostasis, a Washington-based advanced materials startup, has secured $600,000 in Pre-Seed funding, complemented by matching funds from the Washington Department of Commerce, with investments from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, Kayak Ventures, and angel investors.
• The company aims to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign-engineered graphite, a critical mineral for energy storage and nuclear technology, by developing domestic production capabilities using modular electrochemical reactors that convert CO² into high-purity graphite.
• Homeostasis’ technology offers a dual benefit: providing an American-made supply of graphite while simultaneously capturing and converting industrial CO² emissions into valuable carbon materials, addressing key challenges in energy security, supply chain resilience, and climate impact mitigation.

PRESS RELEASE – Homeostasis, an advanced materials startup in Washington state, has announced a successful Pre-Seed fundraise of $600,000 plus matching funds from the Washington Department of Commerce. Investments come from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, Kayak Ventures and angel investors.

Homeostasis addresses a critical vulnerability in America’s industrial supply chain: our nation’s dependence on foreign sources for high-purity engineered graphite. Graphite, which is essential to energy storage and nuclear technologies, is prerequisite to power infrastructure modernization in an era of skyrocketing demand. American competitiveness, energy independence and economic dynamism are exposed to graphite supply chain disruptions. Homeostasis technology enables domestic production of graphite with small, modular and portable electrochemical reactors.

The U.S. Departments of Defense and Energy have both designated graphite a critical mineral. Homeostasis has answered the call.

“CO² doesn’t have to be waste,” said Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer Dr. Julien Lombardi. “We can strengthen our energy infrastructure by transforming excess carbon into an abundant feedstock. Homeostasis technology unlocks the productive potential of CO² gas.”

In addition to the strategic imperative to acquire graphite, many industrial organizations seek to capture their CO² emissions on-site. Most point-source carbon capture solutions are complex to install and do not resolve the problem of long-term storage. Homeostasis flips this challenge into an opportunity by converting waste CO² streams into graphite, and other sellable carbon materials, with a bolt-on solution that is quick to install.

“When speaking with customers who want to capture emissions, we’ve found that the pain points really come down to geopolitical risk, project development time, product lead time and cost.” said Co-Founder and CEO Makoto Eyre. “Our technology stack resolves all of these problems with the single gesture of synthesizing critical materials from CO². We are creating a domestic, fast-to-deploy and low-cost solution to the carbon materials bottleneck.”