Best Waste & Water Management Companies in Germany
The 387 best Waste & Water Management companies in Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: PWT Wasser.
Germany's Waste & Water Management sector has 387 companies tracked, $292M in total disclosed funding, and a growth rate of around 5.8% CAGR that keeps accelerating as water scarcity concerns intensify and cities scramble to modernize aging drainage infrastructure. No unicorns yet, but the funding concentration is real: Pwt Wasser sits at $100M, Sic Processing at $75M, and Der Grune Punkt at $39M, which together account for the lion's share of that $292M pool. So the question worth asking is whether the remaining 380-plus companies are building toward breakout scale or staying deliberately niche.
I'd watch the thematic signals here too. Coverage of flood resilience and flood control measures is rising fast, and as shown in 2018 research on waste-stream processing, infrastructure modernization tends to unlock consolidation pressure downstream. If you're mapping this space, the investor roster tells you where conviction sits: Europa, HTGF, and the EIC Fund are the most active backers, with Bund.de and BayBG rounding out public-sector support. Desalination expansion and urban drainage upgrades are pulling capital in, and the sector's directional momentum is unmistakably upward this quarter.
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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 Germany
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PWT Wasser Water & wastewater treatment service provider | $100M | 101 mo ago | 310 | 2001 | Fahri Ekinci Chief Executive Officer | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | — | — |
| 2 | SiC Processing Provider of mechanical wet-cutting technologies for wafer industry and recycling of slurries | $75M | 223 mo ago | 700 | 2000 | Christopher Seagon CEO & MD | — | — | — |
| 3 | Der grune Punkt Provider of waste collection, recycling, and disposal services | $39M | 93 mo ago | 426 | 1990 | — | TYPO3 CMSApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+11 | — | — |
| 4 | FFK Environment Provider of waste collection and disposal services | $16M | 174 mo ago | 90 | 1992 | — | — | 2 patents Manufacturing composite polymer pellets for advanced thermoplastic material applications | — |
| 5 | Pyrolyx Provider of tier recycling services | $14M | 87 mo ago | 44 | 2008 | — | — | 24 patents Producing hybrid carbon black and multistage thermal recycling of rubber waste. | — |
| 6 | Accurec Recycling Provider of battery recycling services | $11M | 65 mo ago | 69 | 1996 | Reiner Weyhe Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | 24 patents Battery recycling: lithium extraction, safe discharge, and thermal dismantling of electrochemical cells | 2 partnerships |
| 7 | Inge Watertechnologies Provider of water treatment development services | $7M | 203 mo ago | 85 | 2000 | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Pentatonic Provider of water bottles recycling services | $6M | 105 mo ago | 38 | 2001 | Johann Boedecker Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 2 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 9 | SchrottBienen Provider of scrap metal recycling services 62Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Tech top 42%Funding top 48% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Techtop 42% Fundingtop 48% Globalbottom 48% Productbottom 48% Marketbottom 45% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $4M | 16 mo ago | 50 | 2020 | Thilo Hamm Founder | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+30 | — | — |
| 10 | FWE Provider of waste recycling services | $4M | 79 mo ago | — | 2016 | Pierre Haider Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 11 | Iww-Wasserforschung Provider of water research, consulting, and training services | $3M | 69 mo ago | — | 1986 | Kristina Wencki Managing Director | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 12 | Prezero International Provider of waste and resource management, recycling, and sustainable packaging | $2M | 39 mo ago | 177 | 2018 | — | VarnishNginxSwiper+7 | — | — |
| 13 | HTCycle Provider of waste management services | $2M | 69 mo ago | — | 2009 | Uwe Kuhnle CEO & Chairman | — | 3 patents Hydrothermal carbonisation processes and equipment for converting wet biomass into solid carbon products | — |
| 14 | Interzero Official website of environmental sector media | $1M | 56 mo ago | 347 | 1991 | Jan Kroker Managing Director | WordPressMySQLPHP+34 | — | — |
| 15 | BiPRO Provider of waste management services | $1M | 113 mo ago | 22 | 1999 | Jens-Peter Saul Managing Director | — | — | — |
| 16 | Synthec Fuels Provider of waste stream services 53Patents top 35%Innovation top 36%Funding bottom 46%Talent bottom 45% All 5 signals ▾Patentstop 35% Innovationtop 36% Fundingbottom 46% Talentbottom 45% Globalbottom 33% Patents: 9 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 9 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 Innovation: 9 patents (top 54% of patent-holders) · 9 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $1M | 12 mo ago | — | 2019 | Matthias Muller Managing Director | — | 9 patents Gasification of feedstock and hydrogen production/storage technologies for synthetic fuels | — |
| 17 | Memsys Vacuum-Multi-Effect-Membrane-Distillation (V-MEMD) modules | $1M | 185 mo ago | — | 2009 | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Steinhaus Web Operator of essential water and sewer services for residential and commercial | $717K | 186 mo ago | — | 2005 | — | TypeScriptBootstrapCloudflare+17 | — | — |
| 19 | Isodetect Provider of investigation services for contaminated sites, groundwater & energy reservoirs | $607K | 56 mo ago | — | 2014 | Heinrich Eisenmann CEO | — | — | — |
| 20 | SolarSpring Developer of clean-energy water systems | $600K | 116 mo ago | 6 | 2009 | — | — | 2 patents Plate‑type modules for membrane distillation water purification systems | — |
| 21 | Cabka Provider of plastic waste recycling services | $445K | 65 mo ago | 48 | 1994 | — | DrupalPHPVimeo+21 | 108 patents Innovative hinged, sealed, stackable pallet and container systems for material handling | 1 job opening |
| 22 | Terrawater Provider of technologies for water desalination, wastewater recovery, and resource extraction | $420K | 204 mo ago | 27 | 2007 | Nicolas Heyn Founder | — | 28 patents Advanced wastewater treatment and evaporation systems for hardness and debris removal | — |
| 23 | CRONIMET Group Provider of metal scrap recycling services | $406K | 84 mo ago | 5,200 | 1980 | Gunter Pilarsky Founder & Managing Director | Node.jsLeafletNext.js+11 | — | 1 partnership |
| 24 | RSAG Provider of waste collection and disposal services | $289K | 39 mo ago | — | 2003 | Yvette Hartmann CEO & Director | TYPO3 CMSPHPVue.js+3 | — | — |
| 25 | Akvola Provider technology for hard-to-treat industrial waste water services | $268K | 118 mo ago | 13 | 2012 | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Martin Membrane Systems Manufacturer of wastewater treatment systems for maritime and industrial applications | $214K | 56 mo ago | 200 | 1996 | Daniel Crawford CEO | TYPO3 CMSPHPApache HTTP Server+3 | — | 8 awards |
| 27 | mtm plastics Offers plastic recycling services | $191K | 143 mo ago | 93 | 1994 | Michael Scriba CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | 19 patents In‑situ analysis of heterogeneous bulk cargo and plastic waste recycling technologies. | — |
| 28 | FlexBio Technologie Provider of wastewater treatment systems | $171K | 96 mo ago | 12 | 2014 | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+19 | — | 1 launch |
| 29 | Aqua Ecology Provider of aquatic ecological analysis and consulting services | $146K | 63 mo ago | — | 2002 | Claus-Dieter Durselen Managing Director | — | — | — |
| 30 | Landbell End-to-end waste collection and disposal service provider | $124K | 115 mo ago | — | 2003 | Jan Patrick Schulz CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+28 | — | — |
| 31 | Circleback Provider of recycling consumer goods services | $122K | 30 mo ago | 4 | 2020 | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Waste & Water Management companies in Germany
#1
Seed · Dusseldorf, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2019$1Mraised▾
Provider of waste stream services
- Jun 2025Seed$1M
#2
Series A · Neuss, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2020 · 50 employees$4.2Mraised▾
Provider of scrap metal recycling services
- Jan 2025Series A$4.2M
#3
Funding Raised · Zwingenberg, State of Hessen · founded 2001 · 310 employees$100Mraised▾
PWT Wasser designs, build & operates water & wastewater treatment plants in Germany & UAE. Supplies turnkey projects for the treatment of groundwater, surface water and desalination of seawater. Offers process water treatment plants for the removal of suspended solids - organic pollutants, hardening reduction & heavy metal-iron removal to the industries. Provides sewage treatment systems consisting of mechanical, biological and chemical-physical processes. Developed a software called as Pramos, which enables integration of computer-aided engineering (CAE), computer-aided design (CAD) systems & management of treatment facility can be done through a mobile system.
- Dec 2017Conventional Debt$100M
#4
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
#5
Acquired · Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 1990 · 426 employees$39.5Mraised▾
Provider of waste collection, recycling, and disposal services
- Sep 2018Grant (prize money)$4.7M
- Jan 2018Grant (prize money)$512.5K
- Jun 2017Conventional Debt$34.2M
#6
Funding Raised · Krefeld, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 1996 · 69 employees$11.3Mraised▾
Provider of battery recycling services
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$939K
- Apr 2020Grant (prize money)$520.3K
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$579.7K
- Dec 2019Grant (prize money)$571.7K
#7
Funding Raised · Neckarsulm, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 2018 · 177 employees$1.9Mraised▾
Provider of waste and resource management, recycling, and sustainable packaging. The company offers services, including waste collection, sorting, and processing. Consulting services are available for recycling and sustainable packaging. The business focuses on closing the loop through recycling efforts.
- Mar 2023Grant (prize money)$1.9M
#8
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
#9
Deadpooled · Cottbus, Brandenburg · founded 1992 · 90 employees$16.3Mraised▾
Producer of alternative fuels extracted from waste created to minimize environmental pollution. The company's fuels include environmentally friendly solid recovered fuels out of waste, along with offering waste disposal and secondary raw material production services, enabling its clients in the field of power, cement manufacturers and utilities and energy to use non-conventional source of energy.
- Nov 2011PE$16.3M
#10
Funding Raised · Mulheim, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 1986$2.8Mraised▾
Provider of water research, consulting, and training services. It conducts research in areas such as water supply, water quality, and water resource management. Consulting services cover topics including drinking water regulations, water supply concepts, and water reuse. The company also offers training programs for water professionals, focusing on areas like water sampling and the hygienic operation of evaporative cooling systems. Its research activities involve collaborations with other institutions and participation in national and international networks.
- Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$1.9M
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$879.7K
#11
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2020 · 4 employees$121.6Kraised▾
Provider of waste management services intended to provide an empty packaging system. The company's closed-loop ecosystem offers circularity in packaging and provides access to high-quality plastic recyclates made from the brand's used packaging, enabling brands to recover, recycle and reuse valuable packaging material.
- Nov 2023Seed—
- 2022Seed$121.6K
#12
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
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 Degussa20
- Krones18
Common questions
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.