Breathe Applied Sciences Pvt. Ltd. was formed in March 2016 at the Jawaharal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) in Benagluru, India as a part of NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE competition comprising of Prof. Sebastian C. Peter, Dr. Rakshith Belur and Prof. Wumesh V. Waghmare. The team focuses on the methodology and design of materials targeted to scalable and efficient conversion of waste CO2 emitted from coal and natural gas power generation to methanol and other value added products. During the course of the technology development, Breathe has been selected as one of the 100 best start-ups by Karnataka State Government in 2017 through the program ELEVATE-100. CleanEquity Monaco (2019) selected our CO2-to-methanol technology as the best runner up in the category of "Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology Research."