ZwitterCo closes a $33M raise to scale

  • 18.09.2022
  • CNBC
  • Wastewater reprocessing startup ZwitterCo announced on Thursday that it has raised $33 million to scale up its chemically engineered membrane water filtration technology to help industrial companies and large farms recycle wastewater.
  • The round was led by DCVC with participation from new investors Heritage Group Ventures, Genoa Ventures, and Mott Corporation, and existing investors MANN+HUMMEL Corporate Ventures, Burnt Island Ventures, and R-Cubed Capital Partners.
  • The patented filtration technology came out of a research lab at Tufts University.
  • In many cases — such as in manure digestate treatment, meat and poultry treatment, dairy waste water, and bioprocessing applications — the material that is filtered out with can be resold as fertilizer or feedstocks.