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Recycling CO2 emissions into chemicals and fuels that are cost-competitive with petroleum-sourced products

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Nicholas Flanders

Cofounder & CEO at Twelve

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Employees 101–200
Headquarters Berkeley, California, United States
We're Twelve, a new kind of chemical company built for the climate era. Our breakthrough technology eliminates emissions by turning CO2 into essential products. We call it carbon transformation. Reinventing what it means to be a chemical company, we're on a mission to create a climate positive world and a fossil free future. Carbon isn’t just the building block of life, it’s the building block of the chemicals, materials and fuels that make up our modern world and power innovation. From the spring in our running shoes to our favorite pair of sunglasses, to building materials, electric car parts and fuels, carbon makes it possible. The problem is we get this carbon today from fossil fuels in the form of petrochemicals, which creates CO2 emissions and accelerates climate change. Carbon transformation fundamentally changes this paradigm by sourcing carbon from CO2 instead of fossil fuels. By replacing the fossil carbon in critical chemicals with renewable carbon from CO2, we can eliminate emissions from thousands of essential products and set a new standard for how things get made in the climate era.

Notable Achievements

  • Named one of the top 46 climate-tech startups to watch in 2021 by Business Insider.
  • In March 2021, Procter & Gamble announced a partnership with Twelve to produce carbon negative ingredients for Tide.
  • Investors include DCVC, Breakout Ventures, evōk, and Dolby Family Ventures.

Currently Operating in One Region

Press Mentions

June 12, 2025

Survey: Americans are ready to embrace products made from CO2

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June 10, 2025

From Oil to Air: New Survey Reveals 74% of U.S. Consumers Ready to Choose CO2-Based Products as Twelve Marks 10 Years of Carbon Transformation

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May 14, 2025

United buys into water-to-fuel startup

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May 13, 2025

United Announces Investment in Power-to-Liquid Fuels Company Twelve

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May 11, 2025

Air to Jet Fuel: United Investment in Power-to-Liquid Fuels

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May 7, 2025

Air to Jet Fuel: United Announces Investment in Power-to-Liquid Fuels Company Twelve - Aero Crew News

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Work at Twelve

Posted May 23, 2025

Stack Operator (Day Shift)

Tulsa, OK, USA

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Posted May 21, 2025

Stack Testing Engineer

Moses Lake, WA, USA

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Posted May 21, 2025

Electrochemical Test Engineer

Moses Lake, WA, USA

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Posted February 5, 2025

Senior Engineering Director, Plant Development

United States/Remote

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Posted September 25, 2024

Future Opportunities at Twelve

Berkeley, CA, USA

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