About Brineworks

Electrochemists and climate builders on a mission to make Direct Air Capture affordable

Founded in Amsterdam, Brineworks builds ultra low-cost Direct Air Capture powered by renewable electricity, supplying CO₂ and green hydrogen for e-fuels and durable carbon removal.

Brineworks co-founders Joseph Perryman and Gudfinnur Sveinsson sitting on outdoor steps

Founding team

Led by our founders

Gudfinnur Sveinsson
Co-founder and CEO
Gudfinnur has spent the past decade on climate solutions: investing in climate tech, founding an environmental NGO and writing on climate policy. He holds an MPA from Columbia University's SIPA and did climate policy research at the Earth Institute. At Brineworks he leads the company's push to make DAC the source of clean CO₂ for carbon removal and e-fuels.
- Columbia University
- The Earth Institute
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Dr. Joseph Perryman
Co-founder and CTO
Joseph is an electrochemist from the Jaramillo Group at Stanford University, with a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from UC Davis. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed papers and is an inventor on several patents for electrochemical carbon removal. He leads R&D, process development and the design of our high-current electrolyzer systems.
- Stanford University
- UC Davis
- SLAC
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Advisors

Advised by leaders in electrochemistry and IP

Dr. Kendra Kuhl
Co-founder and CTO of Twelve, electrochemical technology expert
Twelve · Stanford
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Dr. Jan Vaes
Expert in hydrogen electrolysis hardware, scale-up and commercialisation
KU Leuven
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Carel Smit
IAM 300 global leader, 20+ years turning R&D into defensible IP
University of Cambridge
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