Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

Shower Stream builds a smart shower system designed for hotels to reduce water and energy waste while maintaining the guest experience. Its solution is intended to operate without requiring guests to change their behavior. The company has been deploying the technology commercially and is expanding those deployments. Shower Stream plans to use the new seed funding to grow its team and to continue improving its technology. The company’s fundraising and progress were featured in Hospitality Technology.

Participated · Series A · May 2026

CREW Carbon offers a process intensification solution for wastewater treatment that uses strategically-sourced alkaline minerals to optimize pH and alkalinity, improving biological performance, settleability, and plant capacity while permanently sequestering CO2. Since beginning commercial operations in 2024, CREW has deployed at nearly 10 facilities across the U.S. and Europe and secured long-term RFPs with utilities. The company has captured over 2,000 tons of CO2 and secured more than $33 million in carbon removal offtake agreements, delivering verified carbon removal credits to corporate buyers. CREW has developed proprietary measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) capabilities and is developing a scalable analytics platform to provide operational insights and process optimization. Financial and strategic support from the Series A will be used to scale deployments, expand customer engagements, and add key hires in wastewater process, technology, supply chain, and business development.

Participated · Seed · Jul 2025

Solidec's platform uses modular reactors to produce commodity chemicals on-site—including hydrogen peroxide, formic acid, acetic acid, and ethylene—without post-processing. The company is initially focused on hydrogen peroxide, a widely used chemical across semiconductor fabrication, mining, and wastewater treatment. Solidec positions its technology as a replacement for centralized, energy-intensive chemical manufacturing to slash emissions, supply-chain risk, and cost. The company has secured early commercial customers and plans to accelerate go-to-market through pilot deployments and scaling to meet customer-specific needs. Solidec raised an oversubscribed $2+ million pre-seed round to fund these efforts. The company spun out of Professor Haotian Wang's lab at Rice University in 2024 and is based in Houston, Texas; it is an Activate Fellowship recipient, a Chevron Catalyst Program graduate, and a member of Greentown Labs Houston.

Participated · Seed · May 2025

Verdi raised CAD$6.5M in seed funding to expand its irrigation automation offerings. The company, led by CEO Arthur Chen and based in Vancouver, provides modern automation tools and patented retrofit devices that automate irrigation and maintenance on existing farm infrastructure. Verdi says its technology helps farmers save labor, reduce inputs and increase yields and is used by the largest food producers. The company plans to use the funds to expand into new regions, advance its AI-powered platform and deepen relationships with major agribusinesses. Management frames these initiatives as driving automation at scale and building infrastructure for a more climate-resilient food system. The seed brings Verdi's total funding to CAD$9.5M. Verdi builds a scalable platform for farm automation and personalized plant healthcare, using intelligent devices that transform existing irrigation equipment into AI-powered systems. Its technology enables automated operations that boost crop and workforce productivity while reducing technology adoption costs. Verdi counts customers among the world’s largest food brands and in 2023 saved its customers over 30 million liters of water. Founded in 2020 by Canadian entrepreneurs Arthur Chen and Roman Kozak, the company is focused on scaling internationally. Verdi plans to enhance its AI capabilities and expand geographic reach through a strategic collaboration with NEC X and integration with NEC’s CropScope initiative. Entry into NEC X’s Elev X! Boost program is intended to provide capital, strategic partnerships and integrations with NEC’s tech ecosystem to accelerate growth.

Participated · Series B · Nov 2024

Epic Cleantec develops the OneWater system, an onsite water treatment platform that can recycle up to 95% of a building’s wastewater for non‑potable uses such as toilet flushing, irrigation, cooling towers, and clothes washing. The company has deployed building‑scale projects including Salesforce Tower (operating the largest onsite blackwater system in a U.S. commercial building, saving up to 7.8 million gallons per year), the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, and Related California’s Fifteen Fifty, and has planned deployments like Kuilei Place in Honolulu and the Campus at Horton (projected to recycle 7.5 million gallons annually). Epic is expanding deployment into high‑rises and broader national portfolios as cities adopt onsite reuse regulations and seek resilience against water scarcity. The company is based in San Francisco with offices in San Diego, Austin, Las Vegas, and Scottsdale, and has presented at forums including the World Economic Forum, the U.N. Water Conference, APEC, and the White House. Epic positions its technology to lower potable water demand and utility costs for building owners while advancing product development and scaling operations. The firm serves a growing roster of real estate and corporate clients and has been recognized by Fast Company, TIME, Inc., and major media outlets. Epic Cleantec deploys onsite water treatment systems that capture and purify building wastewater for non-potable applications such as toilet flushing, irrigation, cooling towers, and laundry. Its systems can enable a building to reuse up to 95% of its water and can incorporate resource recovery features that produce carbon-rich soil amendments and reuse wastewater heat. The company says its technology lowers costs for building owners, eases strain on municipal utilities, and strengthens sustainability and resiliency efforts. Epic was born out of initial work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Reinvent the Toilet Challenge and is trusted by real estate players including Crescent Heights, Westbank Corporation, and Related California. In the last 18 months Epic has signed several major contracts and expanded partnerships across the real estate sector. The company recently closed a $9.4 million financing and plans to use the proceeds to expand geographically and deepen its portfolio of technology offerings. Epic CleanTec develops decentralized onsite wastewater treatment and reuse systems that convert building wastewater into natural, carbon-rich soil amendments and water that can be purified and reused onsite for non-potable applications. The company is led by co-founder and CEO Aaron Tartakovsky. After 18 months of testing at Stanford University, Epic completed its first building installation at the 754-unit NEMA apartment complex in downtown San Francisco. Its systems have been included in the designs for several planned high-rise development projects across the West Coast, with the first scheduled to come online at the end of 2020. Epic raised $2.6M in seed funding and intends to use the proceeds to increase customer acquisition, expand its team, and strengthen its position as a market leader in onsite water reuse.