EVIDENCE REGISTER / UPDATED 16 OCTOBER 2026
Markets already making commitments.
Find real purchasing criteria, published innovation priorities, supplier routes and venture investment mandates. Use them to design research and commercial opportunities—without mistaking a market signal for a confirmed CRT customer.
The evidence ruleThese organizations have published programs and objectives. They have not committed to sponsor Arns, engage CRT or license any featured invention. Funding may be restricted by eligibility and selection.
Published funding program#01
Frontier
Mineralization research gaps with an R&D funding route. 2026 Innovation track prioritizes surficial mineralization contacting, feedstock activation, ocean alkalinity addition, and open-system MRV. R&D grants approximately $250K–$750K; rolling pre-applications.
- Relevant decision roles
- Innovation program team, CDR technical diligence, R&D grant reviewers
- Published contact
- prepurchase@frontierclimate.com
- CRT opportunity fit
- First proof: low-pressure air–mineral contacting and MRV; eligibility needs review.
No application, grant, selection or CRT relationship exists; mineralization must meet valid net-removal criteria.
Published procurement requirements#02
Microsoft
Independent verification and net-negative carbon removal. Microsoft publishes net-negative lifecycle requirements, independent verification criteria, and a carbon-removal proposal process.
- Relevant decision roles
- Carbon removal procurement, sustainability sourcing, CDR quality and standards
- Published contact
- mscdr@microsoft.com (portal-support questions)
- CRT opportunity fit
- Downstream buyer requirements: verification, durability, deliverable volumes.
Procurement program is not an offer of R&D funding; no CRT deal or accepted proposal.
Documented investment mandate#03
United Airlines Ventures
Capital for startups supporting SAF and aviation energy supply chains. 2025 corporate impact reporting says Sustainable Flight Fund and 22 corporate partners committed more than $200M to explore SAF-related startup investments. Reported 2025 investments include Twelve and Heirloom.
- Relevant decision roles
- United Airlines Ventures investment team; Mukul Hariharan, Managing Partner and Sustainable Flight Fund lead
- Published contact
- Investment team via public Ventures website
- CRT opportunity fit
- Later-stage route for CO₂-to-fuels or SAF-enabling spinouts after technical and commercial proof.
Investment mandate, not a general research grant or promise of participation in CRT.
Published venture-client program#04
Holcim MAQER Ventures
Construction products, carbon capture and venture-client collaboration. Holcim describes early-stage investment, venture clienting, an accelerator program, operational access, and material-science and carbon-capture expertise.
- Relevant decision roles
- MAQER Ventures, innovation partnerships, construction materials R&D and procurement
- Published contact
- Official MAQER Ventures / Holcim contact route
- CRT opportunity fit
- Validate carbon-to-material formulations and possible deployment specifications.
No publicly verified sponsorship of CRT or current RFP for this proposed proof.
Published supplier pathway#05
Heidelberg Materials
Innovations that fit industrial cement and circular material supply chains. Public procurement information invites supplier relationships and identifies innovation, carbon capture and lower-emissions materials as priorities.
- Relevant decision roles
- Group procurement, strategic sourcing, innovation and plant development
- Published contact
- procurement@heidelbergmaterials.com
- CRT opportunity fit
- Potential specification owner for industrial carbon products and materials qualification.
Procurement access is not evidence of an active bid, budget, or materials-conversion mandate for CRT.
Documented investment mandate#06
Amazon Climate Pledge Fund
Investment in technology companies with potential to advance net-zero operations. Amazon describes a corporate venture program with initial $2B commitment and a portfolio including CarbonCure, Infinium, and other climate technologies.
- Relevant decision roles
- Climate Pledge Fund investment team, decarbonization operations, strategic sourcing
- Published contact
- Official Climate Pledge Fund website
- CRT opportunity fit
- Spinout capital potential after customer validation and venture structuring.
Not a purchasing order or funding offer for independent concept development.
