DVC Deal Review #70: Invicta Water

The winner of this week's deal vote is Invicta Water - a North Carolina-based startup seeking to remove toxic "forever chemicals" from water!

Here’s the overview 👇️

The Problem:

PFAS, or "forever chemicals," are synthetic substances used in various consumer & industrial products, from non-stick pans to firefighting foam. Studies suggest PFAS exists in detectable levels in 83% of U.S. waterways and 97% of Americans’ blood, and has links to cancer, immune disruption, and developmental delays.

The Solution:

Invicta is building scalable system to remove and destroy PFAS from water with no waste. Its system uses a combination of “proprietary filtration crystals” and UV light to 1) filter out PFAS from contaminated water and 2) breaks down the molecular bonds holding PFAS together.

The Team:

Invicta’s 4-person team is small but mighty. The founders bring backgrounds in materials science and decades of experience building nano-technologies in the defense and manufacturing spaces. The entire team is entrepreneurial at heart, with dozens of inventions and patents issued between them.

Traction:

• Shown early promise in laboratory tests 

• Planning first pilot at a North Carolina wastewater treatment plant

• Cooperative Research & Development Agreement with US Navy

• Discussing potential contracts with municipalities & industrial producers

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