Best Waste & Water Management Companies in Bavaria, Germany
The 43 best Waste & Water Management companies in Bavaria, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SiC Processing.
Our analysis of 100 Waste & Water Management companies
$3.6b in tracked funding; 67% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Waste & Water Management companies in Bavaria
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SiC Processing Provider of mechanical wet-cutting technologies for wafer industry and recycling of slurries | $75M | 226 mo ago | Acquired | Christopher Seagon CEO & MD | 2000 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Pyrolyx Provider of tier recycling services | $14M | 90 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2008 | — | 24 patents Producing hybrid carbon black from scrap tires via multistage thermal processing. | — |
| 3 | Inge Watertechnologies Provider of water treatment development services | $7M | 205 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2000 | — | — | — |
| 4 | FWE Provider of waste recycling services | $4M | 81 mo ago | Funding Raised | Pierre Haider Founder & CEO | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 5 | BiPRO Provider of waste management services | $1M | 115 mo ago | Acquired | Jens-Peter Saul Managing Director | 1999 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Memsys Vacuum-Multi-Effect-Membrane-Distillation (V-MEMD) modules | $1M | 187 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2009 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Isodetect Provider of investigation services for contaminated sites, groundwater & energy reservoirs | $607K | 58 mo ago | Funding Raised | Heinrich Eisenmann CEO | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 8 | iPEK Manufacturer of push camera, crawler, and sewer cleaning system | $79K | 86 mo ago | Acquired | Alan Prybylski Managing Director | 1988 | HubSpot CMS HubMicrosoft Advertisingcore-js+18 | — | 2 launchs · 1 partnership |
Top 12 Waste & Water Management companies in Bavaria
#1
Funding Raised · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2014$606.9Kraised▾
Provider of investigation services for contaminated sites, groundwater & energy reservoirs
- Oct 2021Grant (prize money)$212.9K
- Sep 2021Grant (prize money)$197.3K
- Sep 2021Grant (prize money)$196.7K
#2
Deadpooled · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2008 · 44 employees$14Mraised▾
Provider of tier recycling services
- Mar 2019Conventional Debt—
- Apr 2018Venture Debt$6.1M
- Dec 2015Series A$14M
#3
Funding Raised · Marktredwitz, Bavaria · founded 2016$3.5Mraised▾
Provider of waste recycling services
- Oct 2019Grant (prize money)$2.4M
- Nov 2017Grant (prize money)$1.2M
#4
Acquired · Munich, Bavaria · founded 1999 · 22 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Provider of business consulting services based in Munich, Germany. The company offers strategic consulting services to industrial and chemicals clients on assessing the impact of chemicals on human health, compliance with European legislation and sustainable innovation.
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$176K
- Dec 2015Grant (prize money)$184.7K
- Dec 2015Grant (prize money)$229K
- Sep 2015Grant (prize money)$315.8K
#5
Acquired · Hirschau, Bavaria · founded 2000 · 700 employees$75Mraised▾
Provider of mechanical wet-cutting technologies for wafer industry and recycling of slurries
- Oct 2007Series C$75M
#6
Acquired · Greifenberg, Bavaria · founded 2000 · 85 employees$7Mraised▾
Provider of water treatment development services
- Jul 2009Series B$5M
#7
Acquired · Sulzberg, Bavaria · founded 1988 · 200 employees$79.4Kraised▾
Manufacturer of sewer inspection systems catering to municipalities and service providers worldwide. The company offers trolley systems, sliding systems, seeing nozzles, sewer television vehicles and other products.
- Jun 2019Grant (prize money)—
- Jan 2019Grant (prize money)$79.4K
#8
Funding Raised · Schwabmunchen, Bavaria · founded 2009$1Mraised▾
The Memsys technology is based on vacuum multi-effect membrane distillation, which is a highly efficient thermal process for thermal separations in a modular concept. Memsys modules, called "memDist", consist of flat sheet membranes combined with an innovative plate and frame design made of PP. Their process can be applied in Desalination, Wastewater treatment, process water, desiccant cooling, process engineering, cooling towers.
- Jan 2011Grant (prize money)$1M
#9
Public · Erlangen, Bavaria · founded 1995 · 59 employees$51.9Kraised▾
Developer and producer of energy-efficient water and wastewater treatment products. The company develops, produces, and implements components, systems, and processes worldwide for the treatment of water and wastewater, with a focus on applications in the municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment sectors. Its product portfolio comprises stirring and mixing as well as aeration technology, intelligent system applications as well as it also offers engineering and consulting services.
- Jun 2016Grant (prize money)$51.9K
- Nov 2010PE—
#10
Acquired · Arzberg, Bavaria · founded 1994 · 109 employees—raised▾
Manufacturer of recycled plastic products from secondary raw materials. This company processes plastic waste, transforming it into regranulates used to create various products. The manufacturing process utilizes a state-of-the-art facility. The company's commitment is to sustainable practices and the development of innovative solutions using recycled materials. Products include pallets and other plastic packaging solutions.
- Jul 2015PE—
#11
Seed · Starnberg, Bavaria · founded 2003 · 12 employees—raised▾
Provider of waste management services intended to offer treatment for hazardous industrial waste and contaminated soils. The company's services engage in the treatment of drill cuttings, spent catalysts, spent active carbon, sludge, and filter-cakes using the process of thermal desorption, enabling clients to get efficient and clean services to recover resources.
- 2014Seed—
#12
Acquired · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2013 · 50 employees—raised▾
Provider of waste recycling services
- Feb 2014Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Waste & Water Management coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Water Treatment is moving in Germany
A read on the academic research around Water Treatment — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 612 Germany-affiliated papers.
- RWTH Aachen University43
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research30
- Technical University of Munich29
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology29
- Technische Universität Berlin27
- Ozone1→5
- Water quality1→5
- Catalysis1→4
- Filtration (mathematics)3→6
- Degradation (telecommunications)1→4
- Wastewater7→34
- Sewage treatment4→27
- Adsorption7→23
- Desalination3→14
- Membrane7→18
- Wastewater4→10
- Water quality9→14
- Sewage treatment3→8
- Degradation (telecommunications)1→6
- Activated carbon1→5
Where water treatment is researched across Germany
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing water treatment patents in Germany
Germany water treatment patent filing is cooling — 542 filings from 636 assignees (2016–2025), led by Siemens, Merck Patent, BASF SE; annual filings 61→53.
- Siemens62
- Merck Patent50
- BASF SE47
- JUDO Wasseraufbereitung40
- Invent Umwelt & Verfahrenstech26
- Xylem Water Solutions Herford21
- Evonik Degussa19
- Krones18
Common questions
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