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Cambrian Innovation
Cambrian’s water solutions solve resource challenges for food and beverage producers
About Cambrian Innovation
Cambrian Innovation provides solutions for wastewater treatment and resource recovery. The company's core offering is the Water-Energy Purchase Agreement (WEPA), a financing model that allows industrial and commercial customers to access wastewater treatment and energy recovery systems with no upfront capital investment. Under the WEPA, customers pay a fee per gallon of wastewater treated or per kilowatt-hour of energy produced. This "water-as-a-service" approach is designed to make advanced water treatment and reuse technologies more accessible and affordable.
The company's systems are designed to treat wastewater on-site, enabling water reuse and the generation of clean energy from the wastewater treatment process. This helps clients reduce their water footprint, lower operational costs, and meet sustainability goals. Cambrian Innovation serves a range of industries that are heavy water users, including food and beverage, agriculture, and manufacturing.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Acquired
- Founded
- 2006
- Headquarters
- Watertown, United States
- Employees
- 74
- Open positions
- 8
- Dealroom signal
- 89.0/100
- Industry
- Energy
- Sub-industry
- Water, Waste Solution
- Sector
- Energy, Water Treatment, Sustainable Development Goals, Wastewater Treatment, Climate Tech, Blue Economy, Water Tech, Water Management, Hard Tech
- Business model
- Manufacturing
- Client focus
- b2b
- Investment activity
- 1 company, latest Feb 2020
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEBTDebt | Jun 2025 | $150M | — | Undisclosed | ↗ |
| BUYOUTOther financing | Nov 2023 | $0 | — | Pennybacker Capital | ↗ |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Cambrian Innovation is 3.3K monthly website visits, up 10% over the last three months. Cambrian Innovation's team grew 1.4% over the past year.
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Investors
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Seed3 investors entered at this stage
Cleantech Open
US National Science Foundation
MassVentures
Series A1 investor entered at this stage
- PVPactolus Ventures
Series B and later3 investors entered at this stage
WindSail Capital Group
Spring Lane Capital
Pennybacker Capital
Other known investors1 additional known investor
Elemental Excelerator
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