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AquaTech Ventures

VC
San Diego, CAWebsite

AquaTech Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Diego, CA investing in Other, Deep Tech. The firm typically writes $750K–$2.5M checks and has 32 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$750K – $2.5M

Portfolio

32+ companies

Team

17 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

AquaTech Ventures specializes in supporting maritime technology startups that leverage deep technology to transform traditional marine operations.

How AquaTech Ventures invests

AquaTech Ventures is a vc firm based in San Diego, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Deep Tech. It does not invest in Financial Services.

AquaTech Ventures typically writes checks of $750K–$2.5M per investment.

AquaTech Ventures has backed 32 companies in our records, including Naval Innovations Inc., BioMOD™ Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor, BioMOD™ Dissolved Air Flotation.

Meet the Team

CD

Celine Delabie

Director of Project Development

LF

Linda Fischer

GP

Maritime Tech
DeepTech
VK

Vilas Kumbhar

HR Manager

DM

Devdoot Mukhopadhyay

Director of Operations

MA

Muthiah Arunachalam

Vice President of Commercial

DK

David Kersey

Director of Business Development

SC

Surajit Chakraborty

Head of Business Development

DM

Devesh Mittal

Sales Director

PR

Pavan Raina

Vice President of Technology

KD

Ken Duchi

Vice President of Human Resources

GP

Gabe Pellathy

Vice President of Government Relations

BS

Bill S

Managing Partner

Water Reuse & Zero Liquid Discharge
A

Aquatech

Leading Global Provider of Water and Process Technology Solutions

Water Reuse
Desalination
Critical Minerals Recovery
Energy Transition

Aquatech tackles the challenges of water scarcity and complexity by leveraging technology, expertise, and financing to deliver comprehensive solutions that reduce carbon and recycled water footprint. As a leading global provider of water and process technology solutions, we help the world’s most recognized companies achieve their sustainability and operational goals by implementing innovative approaches for water reuse, desalination, minimal and zero liquid discharge, and critical minerals recovery.

A

ACG

Technology Solutions

Membrane Distillation
Zero Liquid Discharge
DI

DataVolt Information Technology Company

Partner

Water Cooling & Recycling Technology
I

Intertek

Certification Body

Quality Management Systems
BA

Blue Archer

Website Developer

Website Development

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Deep Tech

Does Not Invest In

Financial Services

Portfolio Companies (32)

Other

NA

Naval Innovations Inc.

Maritime Tech
BI

BioMOD™ Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor

BI

BioMOD™ Dissolved Air Flotation

BI

BioMOD™ Expanded Granular Sludge Bed

BI

BioMOD™ Moving Bed Bioreactor

BI

BioMOD™ Membrane Bioreactor

CE

CeraQ™ Ceramic Ultrafiltration Membranes

EN

EnviQ™ Submerged Ultrafiltration Membranes

IG

iGBR™ Intelligent Granular Sludge Bioreactor

FE

FEDI® Fractional Electrodeionization

How to pitch AquaTech Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Deep Tech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $750K – $2.5M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Celine Delabie, Director of Project Development.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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