April 1, 2018 - Mara Santos started an Independent Research Project called "CO2 - The solution" in New York.

February 17/18, 2020 - Presentation of "CO2 - The solution" at the National Meeting on Scientific Research on Climate Change in Lisbon European Green Capital 2020 (FCUL, Lisbon).

May-June, 2021 - ClimateLaunchPad 2021 Bootcamp (EIT Climate KIC/UPTEC): Creation of the First Business Plan.

July 1, 2021 - Portuguese Final of ClimateLaunchPad 2021, Summa Cum Climate Graduated.

July-October 2021 - SERS Global Community Cross-Border for Local Value Program (Carleton University, Canada): Team Building, Network and Business Plan to reach $1 billion in 5 years.

September 29, 2021 - Final of Cross-Border for Local Value Program, Winner - Reviewers' Choice.

October 5, 2021 - First Public Presentation of CO2 Diamonds Venture at Nigeria Innovation Summit 2021 with Prof. Tony Bailetti (Carleton University) on the panel "Going Global: Nigeria-Canada Cross Border Entreperneurship Business Development".

October-November 2021 - LEADERS: EIT Manufacturing RIS activity to support the best women innovators.

November-December 2021 - Best Business Idea Award 2021 Go Green Go Social NOVA FCSH (Lisbon) - Acceleration Program : Sustainable Development Goals, Business Plan for the MVP and Communication Strategy.

December 14, 2021 - Final of the Best Business Idea Award 2021 - Go Green, Go Social NOVA FCSH - Winner, 2nd Prize.

January-March 2022 - AirMiners Launchpad, Batch #3 (USA). 6 week program for teams or individuals interested in the $100M XPRIZE for Carbon Removal.

March 1, 2022 - EHL Sustainability Week 2022 (Switzerland). Roundtable "Diamonds in the Rough - Strategies for a Brilliant Industry" with:

    Pauline Evequoz, Head of Corporate Sustainability at Chopard

    Mara Santos, Founder & CEO, CO2 Diamonds

    Charlotte Daehn, Director of Communications and Head of CSR at COURBET, Member of the Leadership Committee of the IGDA (International Grown Diamond Association)

This event was moderated by Dr. Florent Girardin, Assistant Professor of Marketing at EHL and member of the Swiss Luxury Research Center.

March-April, 2022 - Rise Up (Desafios 5.0), AEP - Associação Empresarial de Portugal. Program to support a New Generation of Portuguese Entrepreneurs.

May 18, 2022 - CO2 Diamonds Events (in Portuguese): "How to raise funds for sustainable projects?" at the 11th Lisbon Entrepreneurship Week 2022.

June - September 2022 - Emerging Futures Greentech Europe 2022 by Village Capital and VISA Foundation, supporting gender-diverse greentech innovation in Europe.

July 11, 14 & 21, 2022 - Mentoring 5.0 (Desafios 5.0), AEP - Associação Empresarial de Portugal

July 9 & 16, 2022 - AWE Portugal Program Bootcamp, Academy for Women Entrepreneurs by US Embassy in Portugal, Drive Impact and Impact Hub Lisbon.

July - August 2022 - Mara Santos was a Mentor at “International Mission to Mars” Design Class & Competition for High School Students by Mars Society.

October 2022 - 928 Challenge: Building bridges between China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries.

Ocotber 26, 2022 - Virtual Guest Lecture at IIG South (India) by Mara Santos: Lab Grown Diamonds using CO2 

October 29, 2022 - 928 Challenge Final at World Trade Center Macau

November 30, 2022 - 928 Challenge - Invest Connect Great Bay Area: Investor Pitch Day connecting Portuguese Startups with GBA Investors.

December 1, 2022 - Acceptance of the invitation to the Global ESG Alliance Illuminem. 

December 15, 2022 - CO2 Diamonds was included in the TOP 23 of the European Carbon Capture and Utilization Market Study by BCNP Consultants (Germany).

January 11/12, 2023 - CO2 Diamonds is a creation of the legally registered and certified SME Mara Rute Feliciano Santos (Portugal).  

Take the future out of the air.

If there is a CO2 excess in the atmosphere, the solution is to capture it and reuse it or to turn it into valuable products. 

We can tranform it into Graphite, Few Layers Graphene and Diamonds. It's also possible to transform it into Carbon Fiber and all of this can be used in many applications. 

We started with Diamonds because Diamonds are easily profitable and this can allow us to evolve in our research to other type of applications later.

To contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals

CO2 Diamonds Impact Report August 2022

The richest people are the ones who forget about money! 

This project started as a contribute to solve CO2 excess issue and it intends to keep this focus. 

If you understand a volunteer mind and you believe that the good we do will return in double to our door, you're welcome!