Mars Materials

Last month, Mars was invited to showcase at the Breakthrough Energy Summit in London. Front-and-center was the inspiring progress of BE Fellows projects including a riveting update from Ashley Grosh and the video release of Bill Gates's tour of Mars' piloting lab (Youtube link below) from March 2024. We couldn’t be more proud to share this video with you all and we’re so grateful for Breakthrough's continued support of Mars. Showcasing at the summit was transformational for us. We connected with innovators, leaders and visionaries dedicated to shaping a sustainable future. The insights and prospective collaboration opportunities are sure to propel us forward in our mission to sequester CO2 into valuable products. Until next time! https://lnkd.in/gbE5XPKa #innovation #carbontech #cdr #decarbonization

A big congratulations to Mars Materials co-founders Kristian and Aaron for graduating as Innovator Fellows from Cohort 2 of the Breakthrough Energy Fellows program! For two years, Mars received support from Breakthrough Energy, the Fellows program team, Business Fellows, program mentors and fellow cohort members. These relationships were transformational to our carbon removal and industrial decarbonization journey. With Breakthrough’s backing, Mars grew our team of Planeteers from 3 to 9, and designed, fabricated and fully commissioned our kilogram scale pilot plant. Massive thanks to Brenda and Rosemary for their technical guidance and to our primary Business fellows, Alice and Jane, for sharing their industry expertise and our workload. Also, kudos to the entire Breakthrough Energy Fellows team for providing an incredible program experience (Abigail Mathieson Ashley Grosh Benjamin Gaddy John Lemmon Jolene Gurevich Meghan Bader Saad Chaudhry Taylor Carvalho Karp Terence Tse). We join fellow cohort members in sharing our strong endorsement for the Fellows program and Fellows team. If you're a climate innovator, consider joining the program. Applications for Breakthrough Energy’s? Cohort 5 are now open. Learn more and apply for Cohort 5 here: befellows.smapply.org. What an inspiring group of climate trailblazers to be a part of - onward and drawdown together! #carbontech #breakthroughenergy #founders #startup

Mars Materials is hiring for a couple of process technician roles at our pilot plant and satellite campus! You’ll work alongside our engineers in our state-of-the-art?pilot laboratory (https://lnkd.in/gupqcbeW). For those unfamiliar with our work, we're building carbon negative supply chains, starting with the production of acrylonitrile (AN), a molecule used in long-lived materials such as carbon fiber for car parts and building materials. If you love getting hands-on, are eager to gain experience in chemical operations and have a passion for protecting the environment then this is the position for you! These roles are full time and open now: Process Technician - Pilot Plant ??$50,000 - $60,000 + equity ?? Houston, TX (Remote: NO; Travel: NO) ?? Start Date: NOW ?? Apply here! (https://lnkd.in/gqJRGC_a) Process Technician - Satellite Campus ??$50,000 - $60,000 + equity ?? Houston, TX (Remote: NO; Travel: NO) ?? Start Date: NOW ?? Apply here! (https://lnkd.in/gqJRGC_a)

We're excited to update the Greentown Labs community at this year’s ClimateTech Summit. Tomorrow, Aaron will participate on a panel with Janice Tran of Kanin Energy and Ian Dunderdale of Element Energy, moderated by Moji Karimi of Cemvita Inc.. The panel is focused on leveraging pilot projects to unlock scale. We’re particularly excited to share our learnings working with partners such as Shell and Breakthrough Energy who enable our piloting efforts. Afterwards, connect with us directly at our Showcase booth. Can’t attend in person? No fear - you can attend virtually. Register to attend live or streaming here: https://lnkd.in/ezJsTM-H See you there! #startups #climate #houston #boston

Thrilled to share that Mars Materials won the Industrial Decarbonization pitch at the C3 Summit hosted by Centrepolis Accelerator @ Lawrence Technological University! During this exciting summit, our founders, Kristian and Aaron introduced Mars to the state of Michigan. This was an incredible opportunity given the state’s deep history in manufacturing and its track record of technology development and deployment. Cheers to our continued progress and the other trailblazing companies that presented! #USCompetitiveness #Reshoring #Carbontech

We’re thrilled to celebrate the first-ever Carbon Removal Day! Conceived by AirMiners, #CDRDay aims to increase global awareness of the scientific consensus that carbon removal is a must to reduce atmospheric levels of CO2 and avoid the most devastating climate change outcomes. As a public benefit corporation, Mars sits at the nexus of carbon removal and industrial decarbonization, providing downstream demand for captured-CO2 to produce its carbon-negative acrylonitrile. Mars’ acrylonitrile is used in long-lived everyday products such as carbon fiber, polymers and flocculants. Carbon fiber has a co-benefit when used in low-carbon applications such as hydrogen storage tanks and transmission lines. Mars’ earliest Planeteers - Kristian Gubsch, Trey Sheridan and Aaron Fitzgerald -?met through Air Miners and were united by a shared goal of removing CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it in everyday products. Fast forward to today: we’ve assembled a team of 7 full-time Planeteers, partnered with renowned organizations such as National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Shell, Black & Veatch and Breakthrough Energy , and fully commissioned our pilot plant in record time! If you’re a prospective buyer, funder, supplier or ecosystem partner interested in joining the Mars mission, reach out! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gD9dG5AF #CarbonRemovalDay #CDRNow #innovation #climate

For a second year in a row, we're at New York Climate Week and it feels bigger than ever! Our CEO & Co-Founder Aaron Fitzgerald will be traversing the city meeting supporters, prospective partners and collaborators. Send him a direct message if you want to find time to chat. #climateaction #innovation #startups

You don't want to miss this festival hosted by Greentown Labs during Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week!

This week, we’re excited to participate in the inaugural Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week. A year ago, we relocated our operations to Houston because of the incredible infrastructure and ecosystem here to support climatetech innovation. It is a joy to be able to help contribute to the community and participate in its growth. Events we’re particularly excited about include: - Greentown Labs “Climatetech Innovation Festival” where our CEO Aaron Fitzgerald will participate in a panel discussion with other GTL founders including: Carsten Westergaard with Aeromine Technologies, Inc. and Alejandro Zotti with Decimetrix?. Moderated by Sujatha Kumar with Dsider. - Energy Tech Nexus: Grand Opening - CTC x NCV happy hour - ARPA-E's Birthday Party at Ion Lastly, if you’re interested in a direct meeting with us or to tour our pilot lab, please reach out to Aaron Fitzgerald. We hope to see you around. ??

We are thrilled to announce that Bryce Bickel has joined the Mars Materials team as a Process Engineer! With a B.S. in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Bioengineering and Biotechnology from Princeton University, Bryce brings a wealth of knowledge and skill to our growing engineering team. Connect with Bryce to learn more about his journey, and join us in welcoming him as a Planeteer!?