The Santa Cruz entrepreneurial ecosystem is celebrating a major achievement as Sophia Xu, CSO and Cofounder of CarbonBridge, has been named to this year's Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Energy & Green Tech category for the 2026 class.

Ocean Exchange's 2025 Collegiate Call for Solutions is still open. Three non-dilutive awards of $10,000 each will go to student-led solutions that drive ocean and coastal resiliency.

At Blue Innovation Day, a chance meeting between Soren Larsen and CarbonBridge sparked a groundbreaking AI partnership. What began as a casual conversation became a capstone project connecting UCSC NLP students with climate tech innovation — a perfect example of how Santa Cruz Works events transform networking into real-world impact.

CarbonBridge, a standout graduate from Santa Cruz Works Accelerates, is kicking off its seed funding round to scale its groundbreaking bioreactor technology. CarbonBridge's bioreactors uniquely tackle a critical industry bottleneck: the efficient delivery of gases to microbes, enhancing microbial performance dramatically.

CarbonBridge, a Santa Cruz Accelerates startup, is making significant strides in renewable methanol production with a move to Harlem Biospace, expanded funding opportunities, and a strong presence at prestigious industry events.

CarbonBridge wins prestigious 2024 Wallenius Wilhelmsen Orcelle® Award.

Carbonbridge is replacing fossil fuels with microbial methanol. See it in action at Blue Innovation Day 2024.

DOE funding advances Renewables-to-Liquids Technology to boost sustainable fuel production in the U.S.

CarbonBridge is on the list of finalists eligible to receive the WW Orcelle Award!

CarbonBridge is a startup tackling renewable methanol by using biocatalysis to convert biowaste gases into methanol (CH3OH).