Radar · Waste & Water Management in Brazil
Best Waste & Water Management Companies in Brazil
The 86 best Waste & Water Management companies in Brazil in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Iguá.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
86companies tracked
$785.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
17have raised
Sources & further reading
- prnewswire.com
- openpr.com
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · WASTE & WATER MANAGEMENT × BRAZIL
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.
100companies analysed
67%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
1unicorns
2010median founding year
1.7Mcombined LinkedIn audience
58%of audience held by top 3
8companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Waste & Water Management companies in Brazil
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguá Provider of water management services | $216M | 63 mo ago | Series D | — | 2017 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — |
| 2 | Ambipar Provider of waste management and treatment services | $193M | 31 mo ago | Public | Zal Rustom CEO | 1995 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+28 | — |
| 3 | Aegea Provider of water and sanitation services | $186M | 104 mo ago | Series B | — | 2010 | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | 1 job opening |
| 4 | Aguas do Sertao Provider of water management services | $56M | 40 mo ago | Series D | — | 2021 | PHPCakePHPApache HTTP Server+14 | — |
| 5 | Igua Saneamento Provider of municipal sewage treatment services | $48M | 70 mo ago | Acquired | Yves Besse Founder | 2006 | AzureGoogle Font APIZendesk+1 | — |
| 6 | Prolagos Provider of sanitation services | $46M | 181 mo ago | Funding Raised | Thiago Maziero CEO & Executive Director | 1998 | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | — |
| 7 | eureciclo Provider of waste management and treatment services | $25M | 48 mo ago | Series B | — | 2015 | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+31 | — |
| 8 | Brasil Ozonio Ozone-based solutions for treatment of water and wastewater | $10M | 127 mo ago | Series A | Samy Menasce Founder | 2012 | — | — |
| 9 | TriCiclos Provider of recyclable waste collection management solution | $3M | 97 mo ago | Series A | Gonzalo Munoz Abogabir CEO | 2009 | — | — |
| 10 | Okena Provider of industrial waste water treatment services | $1M | 50 mo ago | Seed | Ricardo Glass Founder & Chairman - Inspiration And Strategy | 2010 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | 1 job opening |
| 11 | Vertown Provider of waste management services | $1M | 28 mo ago | Seed | Guilherme Gusman Brandão Co-founder / CTO | 2017 | HugoBulmaAmazon Web Services+19 | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 12 | Recicla.Club Provider of waste collection, disposal, and other management services | $193K | 40 mo ago | Seed | Vitorino Oliveira CEO | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+33 | 1 job opening |
| 13 | DSafeTech Provider of water management services | $184K | 46 mo ago | Seed | Alexandre Paes CEO | 2019 | — | — |
Top 12 Waste & Water Management companies in Brazil
#1
Public · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 1995 · 25 employees$192.9Mraised▾
Public · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 1995 · 25 employees
Provider of waste management and treatment services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 197k LinkedIn followers — 11.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Oct 2023Post IPO—
- Jul 2022Post IPO$168M
- 2019Conventional Debt$24.9M
Founders & team
Investors
Opportunity, Constellation, XP Asset Management, Haitong Bank
Tech stack
Accessibility Toolbar PluginAddtoanyAddtoany Share ButtonsAnimate.CssAosApache Http Server
#2
Seed · Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2017$1.4Mraised▾
Seed · Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2017
Vertown is a platform that provides waste management solutions for businesses, enabling them to track and manage their waste from generation to disposal. The company is a Certified B Corporation and uses technology to facilitate sustainable development.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 40k LinkedIn followers — 2.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2024Seed$1.4M
Founders & team
Investors
Acolab, Celulose Irani
Tech stack
AddtoanyAmazon Web ServicesBabelCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#3
Series D · Maceio, State of Alagoas · founded 2021 · 400 employees$56.2Mraised▾
Series D · Maceio, State of Alagoas · founded 2021 · 400 employees
Provider of water management services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 12k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2023Series D$56.2M
Investors
CONASA
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerCakephpCdnjsCloudflareFancyboxFont Awesome
#4
Series B · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2015 · 191 employees$24.9Mraised▾
Series B · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2015 · 191 employees
Provider of waste management and treatment services. Works by certifying the reverse logistics of post-consumer packaging, connecting companies with recyclers to offset the environmental impact of packaging sold.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 41k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Jun 2022Series B$20M
- 2020Series A$4.8M
Investors
Oria Capital, Rise Ventures, Endeavor, Redpoint Ventures, Tera Capital, Positive Ventures
Tech stack
AdoptAmazon Web ServicesAngularCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#5
Series D · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2017 · 1434 employees$215.9Mraised▾
Series D · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2017 · 1434 employees
Provider of water management services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 195k LinkedIn followers — 11.7% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Mar 2021Series D$215.9M
Investors
CPP Investments, BNDES, IG4 Capital, AIMCo
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAzureBootstrapCdnjsCloudflare
#6
Series B · Sao Paulo, Brazil · founded 2010 · 2238 employees$185.6Mraised▾
Series B · Sao Paulo, Brazil · founded 2010 · 2238 employees
Provider of water and sanitation services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 407k LinkedIn followers — 24.4% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Pilotos Talentos
Funding rounds
- Oct 2017Conventional Debt$400M
- Aug 2016Series A$9M
- Aug 2016Series B$40M
- Apr 2016PE—
Investors
IFC Asset Management Company, IFC, GIC
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAngularApache Http ServerBootstrap
#7
Acquired · Sao Paulo, Brazil · founded 2006$47.9Mraised▾
Acquired · Sao Paulo, Brazil · founded 2006
Provider of municipal sewage treatment services
Funding rounds
- Aug 2020Conventional Debt$47.9M
Founders & team
Investors
BTG Pactual
Tech stack
AzureGoogle Font ApiMicrosoft 365Zendesk
#8
Seed · Itapevi, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2010 · 52 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Seed · Itapevi, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2010 · 52 employees
Provider of waste management services intended to clean water and preserve the ecosystem. The company's services include the collection, treatment, and disposal of hazardous industrial effluents at its own treatment plant, as well as the extraction of value from effluents through upcycling and reuse of essential raw materials in certain production chains, enabling businesses to benefit humanity in the most direct way possible by using treated water for production and being environmentally friendly.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 12k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Funding rounds
- Apr 2022Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Rise Ventures
Tech stack
Animate.CssCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsElementor
#9
Seed · Buritis, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2016 · 30 employees$193Kraised▾
Seed · Buritis, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2016 · 30 employees
Provider of waste collection, disposal, and other management services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 4 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +1 · hiring: Vendedor(a) Comercial, Inside Sales Account Executive
Funding rounds
- Feb 2023Seed$193K
Founders & team
Investors
Bossa Invest, BMG UpTech
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsContact Form 7Core-JsElementorFacebook Pixel
#10
Funding Raised · Cabo Frio, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 1998$46.5Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Cabo Frio, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 1998
Provider of sanitation services
Funding rounds
- May 2011Conventional Debt$46.5M
Founders & team
Tech stack
AngularBootstrapCloudflareContact Form 7DocusignGoogle Analytics
#11
Seed · Lages, Santa Catarina · founded 2019 · 10 employees$184.1Kraised▾
Seed · Lages, Santa Catarina · founded 2019 · 10 employees
Provider of water management services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 433 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Aug 2022Angel$184.1K
Founders & team
Investors
Fonntes Geotecnica, Capital Empreendedor
#12
Series A · Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo · founded 2012 · 6 employees$9.6Mraised▾
Series A · Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo · founded 2012 · 6 employees
Brasil Ozonio is a Brazilian company focuses on developing water and wastewater treatment solutions. The company develops, designs and manufactures ozone-based systems for treatment, sanitization, sterilization, and oxidation. The applications of the systems include the treatment of artesian wells, waste water, rainwater, process water, effluents, reuse, lakes, aquariums, swimming pools, etc.
Funding rounds
- Nov 2015Series A$9.6M
- 2015Series A—
- 2015Series A—
Founders & team
Investors
Crescera Capital, BNDES, Criatec 2, Triaxis Capital
Tech stack
PhpBootstrapApache Http ServerJqueryFancyboxSweetalert
Funding & investor landscape
$785.2Mtotal disclosed funding
13companies funded
18disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Zal Rustom
CEO · Ambipar
Guilherme Gusman Brandão
Co-founder / CTO · Vertown
Guiarruda
CEO · Vertown
Yves Besse
Founder · Igua Saneamento
Ricardo Glass
Founder & Chairman - Inspiration And Strategy · Okena
Vitorino Oliveira
CEO · Recicla.Club
Priscila Id
CEO · Recicla.Club
Thiago Maziero
CEO & Executive Director · Prolagos
Alexandre Paes
CEO · DSafeTech
Samy Menasce
Founder · Brasil Ozonio
Gonzalo Munoz Abogabir
CEO · TriCiclos
Pablo Morbis
CEO · Cataratas Group
Prism market signals · Brazil · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,510,091 docs
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
RESEARCH SIGNALS · Brazil
How research on Water Treatment is moving in Brazil
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 598 Brazil-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
201120192026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 26% → 48% across 2011–2026.
top research entities
- Universidade de São Paulo59
- Ministry of Education40
- Universidade Estadual de Maringá40
- Universidade Estadual Paulista33
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro28
leading researchers
Rosângela Bergamasco · Lyda Patrícia Sabogal-Paz · Letícia Nishi · Maurício Luiz Sens · Carlos A. Martínez‐Huitle · Kamila Jessie Sammarro Silva · Marcelo Fernandes Vieira · José Antônio Tosta dos Reis
▲
Breakthroughs56 · 9%
▲ 2%→12% share
▲6.0× share momentum0 median citations75% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (2%→12% of field), led by Photocatalysis.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Photocatalysis1→6
- Degradation (telecommunications)1→5
Newly emergingAdsorption 0→11 · Membrane 0→5
Landmark A critical review over the electrochemical disinfection of bacteria in synthetic and real wastewaters using a boron-dope · 112 cites
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Advancements396 · 66%
▼ 69%→66% share
▲1.0× share momentum1 median citations59% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are cooling (69%→66% of field), led by Adsorption.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Adsorption5→63
- Activated carbon4→19
- Effluent7→18
- Environmental chemistry5→16
- Environmental engineering8→18
Newly emergingAqueous solution 0→24 · Nanoparticle 0→8 · Langmuir adsorption model 0→8
Landmark The Effect of Solids Removal on Water Quality, Growth and Survival of Litopenaeus vannamei in a Biofloc Technology Cultu · 146 cites
▼
Concerns104 · 17%
▼ 17%→16% share
▼0.9× share momentum2 median citations56% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (17%→16% of field), led by Water quality.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Water quality5→23
- Cryptosporidium1→4
- Giardia1→4
- Wastewater2→4
- Turbidity8→9
Newly emergingContamination 0→8 · Water supply 0→7 · Raw water 0→6
Landmark Removal of Organic Micropollutants from Water by Macrocycle‐Containing Covalent Polymer Networks · 115 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Brazil
Where water treatment is researched across Brazil
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.
São Paulo95 · +0.37
Brasília80 · +0.50
Rio de Janeiro55 · +0.47
Curitiba34 · +0.47
Florianópolis33 · +0.42
Belo Horizonte31 · +0.37
Campinas24 · +0.42
Porto Alegre23 · +0.40
Recife12 · +0.51
Salvador6 · +0.28
Common questions
How many Waste & Water Management companies are there in Brazil?
Radar tracks 86 indexable Waste & Water Management companies headquartered in Brazil that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Waste & Water Management companies in Brazil?
The Waste & Water Management companies in Brazil on this list have raised a combined $785.2M in disclosed equity funding across 13 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Waste & Water Management company in Brazil?
Iguá is the highest-funded Waste & Water Management company in Brazil, with $215.9M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Waste & Water Management companies in Brazil are funded?
13 of the 86 Waste & Water Management companies in Brazil on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Waste & Water Management unicorns are there in Brazil?
None of the Waste & Water Management companies in Brazil on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Brazil Waste & Water Management companies?
The most active investors in Brazil Waste & Water Management companies on this list include Braskem Labs, Rise Ventures, BMG UpTech, BNDES, Bossa Invest.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.