Wanwu Capital Portfolio Company TanSheng WanWu Completes Series A Funding to Accelerate Direct Air Carbon Capture for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
"CO₂ is the oil of the new era."
Shanghai-based carbon tech pioneer TanSheng WanWu Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "TanSheng WanWu") recently announced the completion of its Series A funding round. The round was co-led by Huanghe Delta Investment, Gaorong Ventures, and BioTrack Capital, with new investors including CATL, Sungrow Power, and Efung Capital also coming on board, alongside continued participation from multiple existing shareholders.
The proceeds will be used for the company's kiloton-scale DAC (Direct Air Capture) to e-SAF (sustainable aviation fuel) project in Ningxia, process scale-up, core technology iteration, and recruitment of top global talent — accelerating its critical transition from technology validation to scaled commercialization.
Building a Scalable, Circular Green Fuel System on DAC Technology
Founded in 2024, TanSheng WanWu leverages Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology to use the abundant, sustainable CO₂ in ambient air as a novel carbon feedstock. Combined with green power and green hydrogen synthesis pathways, the company is building a scalable, circular green fuel system to help the world displace oil, natural gas, and coal. Through cutting-edge technology breakthroughs and green industrial chain deployment, it provides systemic solutions for global sustainable development.
The founding team has deep roots in the emerging climate technology industry, with extensive technical backgrounds and commercial experience in carbon capture, utilization, and chemical synthesis. Core founders previously served in executive roles at Tesla and Carbon Engineering, a Canadian pioneer in direct air carbon capture.
Building Systematic Technical Moats with a Clear Commercialization Path
From its inception, TanSheng WanWu has pursued an integrated technical approach combining "direct green power connection + AI-enabled flexible processing + Direct Air Capture (DAC)." Direct green power connection ensures low-carbon attributes across the entire process, achieving energy decarbonization; AI-enabled flexible processing improves production efficiency and reduces operating costs while adapting to diverse production scenarios; DAC technology breaks through geographical and resource constraints on carbon feedstock access, truly enabling an innovative model of "capturing carbon from air and converting it to fuel" — forming a core technical moat with independent intellectual property rights.
The company is currently accelerating its kiloton-scale pilot project. It has completed core technology validation and process optimization, with key metrics reaching internationally advanced levels. The team brings together senior experts from the chemicals and energy sectors, with complete industrialization capabilities from lab to commercial scale-up. Leveraging its scarce technical advantages, it has secured deep cooperation intentions from multiple industrial giants and strategic customers, with a clear commercialization path.
Deep Exploration of Next-Generation Liquid Energy Production
Today, global energy security and deep decarbonization demands are converging. Renewable energy is accelerating from supplementary status toward large-scale substitution of traditional fossil fuels, making carbon replacement a core track in the global energy transition.
A project lead at Gaorong Ventures commented: "Rather than pursuing single-point technical breakthroughs, TanSheng WanWu takes a chain-leader mindset to integrate air carbon capture, green hydrogen synthesis, Fischer-Tropsch processing, and AI intelligent control. Leveraging China's quality green power resources and mature industrial supply chain, it has built a complete zero-carbon synthetic fuel industrial system. The company's progression from hundred-ton validation to kiloton pilot demonstration is clear and efficient, with industry-leading technology deployment capabilities. We believe the company will continue iterating processes and scaling capacity based on its scarce systematic technical moat."
"Looking ahead, TanSheng WanWu represents not just an aviation emissions reduction opportunity, but a deep exploration of next-generation liquid energy production. Whoever can first deliver stable, low-cost, scalable carbon replacement solutions will have the opportunity to occupy a key position in the next round of global energy and industrial restructuring."
