Shiladitya Ghosh

Shiladitya Ghosh is a chemical engineer and entrepreneur of Indian Bengali heritage, and one of the three co-founders of Mission Zero Technologies, a London-based direct air capture (DAC) company. With a background in chemical and energy research, Shiladitya was working at Deep Science Ventures when he joined forces with Dr. Nicholas Chadwick and Dr. Gaël Gobaille-Shaw in 2020, having recognised that atmospheric carbon dioxide could be captured efficiently using electrochemical processes and off-the-shelf industrial components.

As co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Shiladitya has been central to the development of Mission Zero's modular DAC technology, which uses a water-based solvent system and renewable energy to recover CO₂ from the atmosphere. The technology is designed to be cost-effective, scalable and process-agnostic, capable of serving diverse end markets including sustainable aviation fuel, carbon-negative building materials and permanent underground storage.

Mission Zero has deployed three operational DAC systems — the UK's first commercial DAC plant at the University of Sheffield, a second system in Norfolk for limestone production with O.C.O Technology, and a third internationally at Deep Sky's facility in Alberta, Canada. The company raised £21.8 million in Series A funding from 2150, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, World Fund, Fortescue and Siemens Financial Services, and counts Stripe and Klarna among its early carbon removal buyers.