According to recent estimations from the United Nations, 650 Million people, or one in 10 of the world’s population, do not have access to safe drinking water. Thankfully, there are many startups which are driving the way for a change, and here are some of the top ones:
Redzone Robotics
Total Money Raised: $42M
Select Investors: ABS Capital Partners
Water Infrastructure Management is a challenge for municipalities across the globe, as leaks through pipes can not only lead to water wastage but can also lead to diseases. Pittsburgh-based Redzone Robotics helps address this challenge through the use of robotics and Lidar messaging by automating pipe inspection for both drinking water and wastewater networks. Today, more than 200 municipalities worldwide use Redzone’s system.
Doshion
Total Money Raised: $29.5M
Select Investors: IDF CAPITAL, International Finance Corporation
Based in Ahmedabad, India, Doshion engineers, procures and constructs water and wastewater treatment plants, water retention and water supply structures on a turn-key basis. They also offer services like effluent and sewage transmission, distributing drinking water to rural and urban areas, in collaboration with government organizations.
Oasys water
Total Money Raised: $25M
Select Investors: DFJ, Trinity Capital Investment, Flagship Ventures, ATV
Oasys Water helps solve the challenge of water scarcity by converting wastewater and saline water to clean water, through its integrated forward osmosis (FO) systems. It’s ClearFlo Water Transformation Solutions are used around the globe by various industrial markets and in areas of extreme water scarcity.
ProAct
Total Money Raised: $14.3M
Proact provides environmental treatment equipment and services for soil, water, and air purification and treatment. The company treats on-site water treatment and has successfully treated water in all 50 states, Canada, Mexico, and South America.
Algal Scientific
Total Money Raised: $10M
Select Investors: Envy Capital, Formation, Evonik, Independence Equity, Formation 8, Formation Strategic Designing Inc.
Although not directly related to creating clean water, Algal Scientific develops treatment systems that remove and recover nutrients from wastewater using a proprietary algae-based process. This produces biomass that can be used as fertilizer or as feedstock. The company is based in Michigan at a former Pfizer research facility.
Organica
Total Money Raised: $9.1M
Select Investors: RNK Capital, xpvwaterpartners.com, Gamma Capital, IFC, International Finance Corporation, IDInvest Partners
Organica uses energy efficient biological wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to serve the urban and residential customers. The company website also provides a platform which enables customers to input the data of their site and the company designs water treatment system by evaluation of the data.
Aquaporin
Total Money Raised: $6.76M
Select Investors: M. Goldschmidt Capital
Aquaporin is a cleantech company dedicated to revolutionising water purification by means of industrial biotech techniques. Their “Aquaporin Inside” technology is capable of separating and purifying water from all other compounds.
(LINX) Pionetics
Total Money Raised: $6.4M
Select Investors: Firelake Capital Management
Pionetics develops smart water treatment products that produce great tasting, safe drinking water with less wastewater than traditional water treatment systems. Pionetics is privately owned and financially backed by Kline Hawkes & Co, NGEN Partners, and Unilever Technology Ventures Fund.
Inge Watertechnologies
Total Money Raised: $5.6M
Select Investors: Siemens Venture Capital, BayTech Venture Capital, EmeraldTechVentures and Entrepreneurs Fund
Inge Watertechnologies uses ultrafiltration technologies to treat drinking water, process water, seawater and wastewater. Inge has a presence in China, France, India, Singapore, Spain, Turkey and the USA, and has been acquired by BASF.
dloHaiti
Total Money Raised: $3.4M
Select Investors: IFC, FMO Nederlandse, Leopard Capital
Haiti-based DloHaiti provides solutions for safe drinking water at the low price through the deployment and operation of water kiosks dispensing and delivering water.