In this episode we're with Dr Daniel Stewart, co-founder and CEO of ViridiCO2, an innovation driven start-up, producing disruptive catalytic technology to the chemical industry. We discuss Daniel's leap from PhD project to CEO and how his technology has the potential to transform our view on CO2 from a harmful byproduct into a valuable resource.
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About Daniel:
Dr Daniel Stewart, Chief Executive officer, ViridiCO2 Ltd.
Daniel graduated with a Masters in Chemistry with first class honours from the University of Southampton in 2015. After a short break, he returned and joined the research group of Professor Robert Raja in 2016 to undertake a PhD exploring technologies capable of directly utilising carbon dioxide to synthesise high-value chemicals. Completing his PhD in 2020, Daniel’s work culminated in the award of a Research Fellowship through which Daniel explored the commercialisation potential of his PhD research. This work was widely recognised for its potential to transform the Carbon Capture Utilisation (CCU) landscape, and was named winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s prestigious Emerging Technology Competition 2020 in the Energy and Environment sector. Following this, Daniel secured a highly-competitive, £300,000 grant which supported the spinning-out of ViridiCO2 Ltd., attracting a further £560,000 of equity investment from private investors, and being one of four SMEs promoted by the Royal Society of Chemistry during the international climate conference, COP26.
Twitter: @ViridiCo2
Instagram: @ViridiCo2
Web: viridico2.co.uk
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