Spear the Air Inc.

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Metric	Value
Name	Spear the Air Inc.
Tagline	Compact, modular carbon capture systems for industrial point sources like wineries, breweries, and cement plants.
Headquarters	Boston, United States
Founded	2024
Stage	Pre-Seed
Business Model	B2B
Industry	Cleantech / Climatetech
Technology	Hardware
Geography	North America
Growth Profile	Venture Scale
Founding Team	Co-Founders (2)
Funding Label	Undisclosed

Links

• Website: https://speartheair.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spear-the-air

Summary and Signal

Spear the Air is developing compact, modular hardware to capture carbon dioxide directly from industrial point sources. Founded in 2024, the Boston-based cleantech startup is targeting food and beverage producers like wineries and breweries, which generate CO₂ as a byproduct of fermentation [F6S, 2024]. The company's core technical proposition is an integrated annular architecture that combines CO₂ ingestion, capture, and compression into a single hardware unit [F6S, 2024].

The founding team is led by CEO & Founder Pedro Alvarado Camacho and co-founder Anthony Crosby. The company has secured non-dilutive grant funding, including a portion of a $2.3 million award from Columbia University's Carbontech Development Initiative announced in July 2026 [Columbia Carbontech Development Initiative (LinkedIn post), July 2026]. A functional prototype is slated for Spring 2026 [Spear the Air, retrieved 2026].

Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Core product claims and grant award are cited, but team structure and specific grant allocation lack multiple independent corroboration.

Taxonomy Snapshot

Axis	Classification
Stage	Pre-Seed
Business Model	B2B
Industry / Vertical	Cleantech / Climatetech
Technology Type	Hardware
Geography	North America
Growth Profile	Venture Scale
Founding Team	Co-Founders (2)

Company Overview

Spear the Air Inc. was incorporated in 2024 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts [F6S, 2024]. In June 2026, the company participated as a demoing startup at the FORGE Spring Startup Showcase [FORGE, June 2026]. In July 2026, Spear the Air was named one of twelve carbontech startups and teams awarded a share of $2.3 million in funding from Columbia University’s Carbontech Development Initiative (CDI) [Columbia Carbontech Development Initiative (LinkedIn post), July 2026]. A prototype build is targeted for validation in Spring 2026 [Spear the Air, retrieved 2026].

Data Accuracy: GREEN -- Confirmed by company website, program announcements, and founder profiles.

The Product and the Stack

Spear the Air is developing a compact, integrated system designed to capture and compress carbon dioxide directly from the exhaust streams of small-to-medium industrial sites [F6S, 2024]. The core architectural claim is the integration of ingestion, capture, and compression within a single annular unit [F6S, 2024].

Technical performance goals focus on operational efficiency for intermittent industrial cycles, targeting a low pressure drop, fast thermal response, and reliable cycling [F6S, 2024]. The capture method combines regenerative sorption with real-time gas monitoring [Spear the Air, retrieved 2026]. A prototype build is on track for validation in Spring 2026 [Spear the Air, retrieved 2026].

Data Accuracy: GREEN -- Product claims and development timeline are confirmed by the company's own website and an independent startup directory.

The Market They Are Entering

Annual global investment in CCUS needs to scale from an estimated $4 billion in 2022 to over $200 billion by 2030 to meet net-zero goals [IEA, 2022]. The global craft beer market was valued at approximately $115 billion in 2023 [Grand View Research, 2024]. Demand drivers include regulatory pressure, corporate net-zero commitments, and carbon credit economics [World Bank, 2025]. Policies like the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act's 45Q tax credit have improved project economics [U.S. Department of the Treasury, 2022].

Metric	Value
Global CCUS Investment Need (IEA)	$200B
Craft Beer Market Size (Analogous)	$115B

Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Market sizing is based on analogous reports for adjacent sectors (CCUS, craft beer) rather than a dedicated analysis of the modular point-source segment.

The Competitive Field

Company	Positioning	Stage / Funding	Notable Differentiator
Spear the Air	Compact, modular hardware for small-to-medium industrial point sources.	Pre-Seed; grant recipient.	Single annular architecture integrating capture and compression.
Earthly Labs	Modular carbon capture systems for craft beverage.	Venture-backed; $25M+ raised.	Established commercial deployments and CO₂ reuse focus.
Aircapture	Modular, decentralized direct air capture (DAC).	Series A; $40M+ raised.	Technology agnostic to point source.
CarbonCapture Inc.	Large-scale modular DAC systems.	Series A; $80M+ raised.	Focus on gigaton-scale removal.
Deep Sky	Carbon removal project developer.	Seed; $75M+ raised.	Integrator and buyer of multiple technologies.

Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Competitor funding and positioning are from Crunchbase and public materials; Spear the Air's differentiation is from its own profile.

Opportunity

Spear the Air aims to become the category-defining hardware platform for distributed industrial carbon capture. The company's focus on a compact, integrated annular architecture addresses the operational constraints of facilities like wineries and breweries [F6S, 2024].

Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Opportunity analysis is based on cited company claims and ecosystem signals; commercial traction and detailed market comparables are not yet public.

Sources

1. [F6S, 2024] Spear the Air Inc. | https://www.f6s.com/company/spear-the-air
2. [LinkedIn, retrieved 2026] Pedro Alvarado Camacho - Spear the Air | https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedro-alvarado-camacho-13555236
3. [Spear the Air, retrieved 2026] About Spear the Air | Modular Carbon Capture | https://speartheair.com/about
4. [Spear the Air, retrieved 2026] Spear the Air | Modular Point-Source CO2 Capture | https://speartheair.com/
5. [FORGE, June 2026] Scaling startups at the 2026 Spring Startup Showcase - FORGE | https://forgeimpact.org/scaling-startups-forge-2026-spring-startup-showcase/
6. [Columbia Carbontech Development Initiative (LinkedIn post), July 2026] CDI Awards $2.3M to 12 Carbontech Startups and Teams | https://linkedin.com/posts/columbia-l2mm_carbontech-development-initiative-announces-activity-7479941610852593665-2HHX
7. [Spear the Air, April 2026] Spear the Air News | Carbon Capture Milestones | https://speartheair.com/resources/news/
8. [IEA, 2022] Global Energy and Climate Model | https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-and-climate-model
9. [Grand View Research, 2024] Craft Beer Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report | https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/craft-beer-market
10. [World Bank, 2025] State and Trends of Carbon Pricing | https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/pricing-carbon
11. [ICIS, 2023] CO2 price volatility and supply chain analysis | https://www.icis.com/explore/resources/news/2023/10/02/10872341/co2-supply-chain-volatility-impact-on-food-and-beverage/
12. [U.S. Department of the Treasury, 2022] Inflation Reduction Act Guidebook | https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/inflation-reduction-act-guidebook
13. [Crunchbase, retrieved 2026] Earthly Labs Profile | https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/earthly-labs
14. [Crunchbase, retrieved 2026] Aircapture Profile | https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/aircapture
15. [Crunchbase, retrieved 2026] CarbonCapture Inc. Profile | https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/carboncapture
16. [Crunchbase, retrieved 2026] Deep Sky Profile | https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/deep-sky
17. [Bloomberg, 2023] CarbonCapture Inc. Raises $80 Million in Series A Funding | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-11/carboncapture-raises-80-million-for-modular-direct-air-capture