Six Countries Represented in 2025 BREW Cohort

Milwaukee, WI, MARCH 12, 2025 – Ten water technology start-ups from six countries will receive targeted training, global network connections and the opportunity to showcase their innovations to potential investors and customers as part of the 2025 cohort of The Water Council’s BREW 2.0 Post-Accelerator.

The cohort was selected from applications representing a record-breaking 19 countries, narrowed down to 10 companies from six countries, including the first participants from Brazil. The companies, originating from the U.S., Canada, Netherlands, U.K., Spain and Brazil, will receive several weeks of virtual training, culminating in an in-person week in Milwaukee. This year’s public event will feature a new, interactive format with a mix of short pitches and exhibits. The event, dubbed BREW Showcase, will take place June 19.

The companies are market-ready or early in-market, a critical time for growth and scale. BREW 2.0 is sponsored by Beckhoff Automation and Xylem with programmatic support from Thales Water Advisors.

“BREW 2.0 has assisted many water technology start-ups who are solving water quality and quantity issues through our global program and esteemed network,” said Karen Frost, The Water Council vice president of economic development and innovation. “We’re thrilled to help these start-up companies grow, connect and develop toward the next step in their journey.”

Here are the 10 companies of the 2025 cohort:

• Aquapower (Brazil) installs small hydro turbines in the water pipes of cities and industrial plants, harnessing excess pressure of the networks and converting it into electricity.
• BIOBOX (Spain) offers nitrate bioremediation with no waste and the lowest operational cost on the market.
• Conatus Ambiental (Brazil) harnesses AI and IoT to revolutionize water treatment, reducing chemical consumption and improving water quality through real-time optimization and automation.
• Desolenator (Netherlands) is revolutionizing sustainable water security through breakthrough solar-powered desalination technology, serving a range of industries such as food and beverage, high tech and energy transition.
• Green Steel Environmental (U.S.) upcycles an industrial by-product, uses it to sequester important nutrients from renewable natural gas and wastewater, and reuses those nutrients as fertilizer.
• Legacy Watercare Innovations (Canada) has built and patented the Legacy Clarification Reactor, a filter-less, membrane-free, automated chemistry mixing system and a separation clarifier vessel.
• sum. (U.S.) creates personalized, all-natural, science-backed beverages from beautifully designed fountains in fitness studios without single-use waste.
• WASE (U.K.) works with industrial manufacturers and farmers to maximize onsite biogas generation from their wastewater and bio-residues, unlocking the power of waste to make it the future of fuel.
• Watergate (U.K.) is transforming large-scale water management with Sonic, an AI-powered smart valve that can detect and stop leaks instantly while driving real behavior change.
• Weaver Labs (U.S.) addresses the PFAS contamination crisis with its patented Fluor-Mop technology.

About The Water Council
The Water Council (TWC) is a global hub dedicated to solving critical water challenges by driving innovation in freshwater technology and advancing water stewardship. Built on more than a century of innovation, TWC has coalesced one of the most concentrated and mature water technology clusters in the world from its headquarters at the Global Water Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Recognizing the need for smarter and more sustainable use of water worldwide, TWC also promotes water stewardship as a natural complement to water innovation in the effort to preserve freshwater resources in the Midwest and around the world. Today, The Water Council has established itself as a global leader in the water industry and one of America’s premier economic development clusters as recognized by government agencies, Brookings and the Harvard Business School.͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏

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