Meet the Spiritus Team: Pioneering Sustainable Carbon Removal
At Spiritus, our mission to revolutionize carbon removal is driven by a diverse and accomplished team of experts who are committed to creating a sustainable and low-carbon future. Led by innovation veterans Charles Cadieu and Matt Lee, our team combines a passion for creative problem solving, a transparent culture, a wealth of experience across the necessary domains to bring our carbon removal solution to market and to a globally relevant scale.
Meet the Co-Founders:
Charles Cadieu
Co-founder and CEO
Charles Cadieu, PhD, CEO, founded IQ Engines (acquired by Yahoo!/Flickr) and Caption Health
(acquired by GE HealthCare). As Co-Founder and CEO of Caption Health, Charles led the
company to develop an FDA breakthrough medical technology that was named a 100 Best
Invention by TIME Magazine.
Charles has raised >$75 million for his startups from leading
venture (Khosla Ventures, DCVC) and non-dilutive (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, NSF)
funders.
Matt Lee
Co-founder and CTO
Matt Lee, PhD, CTO, invented Spiritus’ breakthrough sorbent technology. He is a materials
engineering expert with specialization in hierarchical and bioinspired porous solids,
complex fluids, multiphase systems, and colloid science.
For 10+ years as staff scientist
and technical manager, he has focused on advanced materials at scale to support national
security at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). He holds a BS from UCSB and MS/PhD in
Chemical Engineering from UCI.
