{"rewrite":{"id":"r_dea21f085f1eaf6a998874bc","clusterId":"c_8ad47c52b8549961008e4680","slug":"planet-savers-picked-for-two-tokyo-subsidies-worth-up-to-250-million-yen","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Planet Savers Picked For Two Tokyo Subsidies Worth Up To 250 Million Yen","summary":"Planet Savers Inc., a University of Tokyo-originated Direct Air Capture startup, has been selected for two Tokyo Metropolitan Government programs: the Early Social Implementation Support Project for the Creation of GX-Related Industries and the CDR Credit Creation Promotion Project. The company expects up to 250 million yen in grants over a maximum of three years. Cumulative funding, including equity investment and other grants, exceeds 1.5 billion yen.","whyItMatters":"Tokyo is funding a DAC startup to remove atmospheric CO2 and test whether credits from that removal can reach the Tokyo Carbon Credit Market, which puts public money behind a demand-side mechanism rather than only emissions cuts.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003ePlanet Savers, led by Representative Director Kyo Ikegami and based in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, is scheduled to receive up to 250 million yen across a maximum of three years. One project covers development and market implementation of a DAC system for atmospheric CO2 removal, aimed at residual emissions from Tokyo sectors the company describes as Hard to Abate. The other covers a business model for DAC-derived CDR credits: capturing CO2 with its proprietary zeolite system, storing it underground overseas, certifying credits, and demonstrating possible distribution to the Tokyo Carbon Credit Market.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Planet Savers lands two Tokyo programs at once; their combined 250 million yen ceiling runs three years, and the grants still sit under a 1.5 billion yen total that equity built first.","twitterPost":"Two Tokyo programs under one Planet Savers roof, but the three-year grant window is what sets the spending clock.","threadsPost":"Planet Savers now draws from two Tokyo programs, not one, and the 250 million yen ceiling spreads across three years. The 1.5 billion yen cumulative total leans on equity and other grants, so the public money is the smaller share of the balance sheet.","newsletterBlurb":"Planet Savers Inc. has been selected for two Tokyo Metropolitan Government programs and is scheduled to receive up to 250 million yen in grants over a maximum of three years. The company is developing a DAC system and a DAC-derived CDR credit business. Cumulative funding including equity investment and other grants exceeds 1.5 billion yen.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/435/4435692/?rss\",\"title\":\"Direct Air Capture startup Planet Savers newly selected for two Tokyo Metropolitan Government subsidies totaling 250 million yen\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4631,"outputTokens":578,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789616670,"createdAt":"2026-09-17T03:42:51.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-17T03:43:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-17T03:43:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_8ad47c52b8549961008e4680","canonicalTitle":"Direct Air CaptureスタートアップPlanet Savers、東京都補助金2件計2.5億円に新たに採択","representativeArticleId":"a_e3f48d1089ab6a060e8e2b73","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"business\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-17T01:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-17T01:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-17T03:43:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/435/4435692/?rss","title":"Direct Air CaptureスタートアップPlanet Savers、東京都補助金2件計2.5億円に新たに採択"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"business","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}