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The Company

DAC was launched by a group of gas & thermodynamics experts holding years of experience in fundamental research, technology development & product commercialization. Team members have published 98+ scientific papers & submitted 25+ patent applications. DAC technology is the result of an extensive 6-year R&D effort during which time the team received significant support and validation from organizations incorporated under the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences.

Our team shares a common passion and vision to establish DAC technology as the leading sustainable AC/refrigeration technology as part of the global effort to fight against Climate Change.
 

Our journey so far

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2015 - Research team led by Oleksandr Razumtsev starts development of DAC technology;

2017 - First patents received;

2018 - DAC receives initial financing from VCs and angel investors;

2018 - DAC wins KyivTechHub Startup Competition;

2019 - DAC technology achieves TRL 4 validation under laboratory conditions (expect to reach TRL5 validation in other relevant environments in 2021);

2019 - DAC wins Pitching Match London at the European Startup Festival;

2019 - DAC selected for participation in Brightlands Innovation Factory Acceleration Program, Netherlands;

2019 - DAC wins 3rd place in 2019 Poland Prize Acceleration Program funded by the government of Poland;

2020 - Polish patent application approved;

2020 - DAC signs BridgeAlfa investment agreement with ShapeVC;

2020, March - DAC wins UK Department of International Trade "Sustainable Fast Track Award";

2020, April - DAC selected for participation in BRINC ScaleUP program, Poland;

2020, May - DAC receives Horizon 2020 Seal of Excellence Award;

2020, July - DAC wins Vestbee Award at PowerUP! in the EIT InnoEnergy Grand Final;

2020, September - DAC wins the KSSE Special Award at the European Economic Congress Tech and Start-Up Days;

2021, January - DAC wins Poland's National Centre for R&D (NCBR) Fast Track Competition;

2021, February - DAC wins the Seal of Excellence Grant competition receiving grant funding of 4 million Polish zlotys;

2021, February - DAC submits patent application to PCT;

2021, April - DAC selected for participation in the Venture for ClimateTech Accelerator in New York, USA;

2021, May - DAC selected for participation in the MassChallenge Switzerland 2021 Acceleration program;

2021, August - DAC conducts first tests of DAC cold generator in a refrigerated trailer;

2021, September - DAC is named Hello Tomorrow´s Deep Tech Pioneer for Global Summit 2021 in Paris;

2021, September - DAC is named CEE Hardware startup of the month by Vestbee;  

2021, September - DAC is nominated for the Central European Startup Awards;

2021, November - DAC completed the first test round of the 18kW cold generator prototype. The team achieved a temperature delta of -90°C. Computer modeling and simulation process for a cooling process with a temperature delta of -170°C was successfully completed;

2021, November - DAC is nominated for Breakthrough Energy Fellows Program, USA;

2021, December - DAC is in the finals of Huawei Startup Challenge, Poland;

2021, December - DAC successfully secured a European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) support with a recommendation for immediate additional EU equity financing

2022, February – first commercial tests of TRL prototype with pilot clients. End of NCBR BRIdgeAlfa program

2022, May – DAC is in the finals of ING Grant program

2022, June – DAC is the winner of Huawei Startup Challenge with the prize of 100.000 PLN

2022, June – DAC is the winner of ING Grant Program with the prize of 400.000 PLN

2022, July – DAC starts implementation of EIC Accelerator program

2022, August– DAC signs product development agreement with Urban-X (New York, USA)

2022, September – DAC is selected to the finals of GrowNY (New York, USA)

2022, October – DAC receives $75.000 grant support from NextCorps (USA)

2023, February – DAC started investment round. 3 TS obtained.

2023, May – DAC is in the finals of Extreme Tech Challenge at Change Now 2023 (Paris, France)

2023, May – DAC is in the finals of ImpactArena Incredibles Startup competition (Poznan, Poland)

2023, June – DAC secures support from EIT Raw Materials (EU)

2023, September – Finalist The Gap in Between (Valencia, Spain)

2023, October – DAC wins Second Prize in Energy Efficiency category - UNIDO Global Call 2023 (Shanghai, China)

2023, October – DAC selected for Plug and Play & EIC Silicon Valley Program (San Francisco, USA) 

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Our mission

Our mission is to build the world's most effective fully sustainable cooling technology as an ecological replacement for freon-based refrigeration devices - one of the main causes of global warming.

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