Company: VGASW
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-020032
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Company: Verde Clean Fuels, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### Washington, D.C. 20549

#### SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

#### Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the

#### Securities Exchange Act of 1934
<div align='center'>(Amendment No. )</div>

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| ☐ |     | Preliminary Proxy Statement                                                     |
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| ☒ |     | Definitive Proxy Statement                                                      |
| ☐ |     | Definitive Additional Materials                                                 |
| ☐ |     | Soliciting Material under Rule 14a-12                                           |

#### VERDE CLEAN FUELS, INC.
<div align='center'>(Name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(Name of person(s) filing proxy statement, if other than the registrant)</div>

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| ☒ |     | No fee required.                                                                                     |
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#### 711 Louisiana St., Suite 2160

#### Houston, Texas 77002

#### NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

#### TO BE HELD ON JUNE 12, 2025
Dear Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. Stockholder:

### NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “

#### Annual Meeting
”) of Verde Clean Fuels, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “

#### Company
”), will be held via live webcast on Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. To participate in the Annual Meeting, visit https://www.cstproxy.com/verdecleanfuels/2025, and enter the 12-digit control number included on your Proxy Card and the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. You may register for the Annual Meeting as early as 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on June 3, 2025