Radar · Waste & Water Management in Michigan
Best Waste & Water Management Companies in Michigan, United States
The 78 best Waste & Water Management companies in Michigan, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Cirba Solutions.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
78companies tracked
$338.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
12have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · WASTE & WATER MANAGEMENT × MICHIGAN
Our analysis of 50 Waste & Water Management companies
$2.9b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
50companies analysed
89%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2016median founding year
49median Fliar Index™
Ranked: Best Waste & Water Management companies in Michigan
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cirba Solutions Provider of battery recycling services | $295M | 40 mo ago | Series D | David Klanecky CEO at Cirba Solutions | 1991 | WordPressMySQLPHP+32 | — | — |
| 2 | ProAct Air and water treatment solutions | $14M | 140 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1994 | — | 17 patents Industrial volatile vapor combustion and wastewater treatment technologies | — |
| 3 | Algal Scientific Provider of nutrient recovery from wastewater | $12M | 119 mo ago | Series B | — | 2009 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Accelerated Filtration Provider of water streams services | $6M | 37 mo ago | Seed | Scott Burr Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | — | 8 patents Design and manufacturing of filter cores and screens for liquid/solid separation | — |
| 5 | Titan Environmental Solutions Waste and recycling company providing reduction, collection, recycling, and technology-enabled solutions | $4M | 26 mo ago | Acquired | Glen Miller CEO | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Exsolve Provider of waste recycling services | $4M | 39 mo ago | Series A | Rob Bergmann CEO | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Digested Organics Provider of waste & water management services | $3M | 63 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2013 | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | 16 patents Bio-based production of liquid fertilizers and high‑protein residues from organic waste streams | — |
| 8 | GLEC Provider of water management services | $564K | 13 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1999 | DreamWeaverBootstrapApache HTTP Server+12 | — | — |
Top 12 Waste & Water Management companies in Michigan
#1
Funding Raised · Traverse City, Michigan · founded 1999$563.7Kraised▾
Funding Raised · Traverse City, Michigan · founded 1999
Provider of water management services
Funding rounds
- May 2025Grant (prize money)$281.8K
- Jan 2022Grant (prize money)$281.8K
Investors
USGS
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerBootstrapDreamweaverFlexsliderFont AwesomeGoogle Analytics
#2
Series D · Wixom, Michigan · founded 1991 · 74 employees$295Mraised▾
Series D · Wixom, Michigan · founded 1991 · 74 employees
Provider of battery recycling services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 13k LinkedIn followers — 35.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Feb 2023Series D$50M
- Dec 2022Series D$245M
- Nov 2022Grant (prize money)$7.4M
- Oct 2022Grant (prize money)$75M
Founders & team
Investors
DOE, Marubeni, EQT, Alston Capital Partners
Tech stack
ActivecampaignAdobe Experience Platform LaunchAstraCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookie Notice
#3
Acquired · Troy, Michigan · founded 2016$4.2Mraised▾
Acquired · Troy, Michigan · founded 2016
Titan Environmental Solutions is a waste and recycling company that offers a comprehensive range of waste reduction, collection, recycling, and technology-enabled solutions.
Funding rounds
- Apr 2024Series A$4.2M
Founders & team
#4
Seed · Midland, Michigan · founded 2020 · 8 employees$5.5Mraised▾
Seed · Midland, Michigan · founded 2020 · 8 employees
Provider of water streams services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 453 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Eximius Environmental Solutions) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- May 2023Seed$4M
- 2022Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Michigan Capital Network, Closed Loop Partners, Anthropocene Ventures, ID Ventures, Red Cedar Ventures, Northern Michigan Angels
#5
Series A · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2017 · 4 employees$4.1Mraised▾
Series A · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2017 · 4 employees
Provider of waste recycling services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 727 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Mar 2023Series A$4.2M
Founders & team
#6
Series B · Plymouth, Michigan · founded 2009 · 15 employees$11.8Mraised▾
Series B · Plymouth, Michigan · founded 2009 · 15 employees
Provider of nutrient recovery from wastewater
Funding rounds
- Jul 2016Conventional Debt$600K
- Apr 2015Series B$7M
- Apr 2014Series A$3.1M
- Dec 2012Seed$1M
Investors
Formation 8, Independence Equity, Evonik Venture Capital, Michigan Economic Development, Envy Capital, GLEQ
#7
Acquired · Ludington, Michigan · founded 1994 · 180 employees$14.2Mraised▾
Acquired · Ludington, Michigan · founded 1994 · 180 employees
Proact provides environmental treatment equipment and services for soil, water, and air purification and treatment. The company treats on-site water and offers services of industrial degassing/vapor control, environmental remediation, and suspended solids removal
Funding rounds
- Oct 2014Series B$14.2M
Investors
HKW
#8
Acquired · Ann Arbor, Michigan · founded 2013 · 30 employees$2.6Mraised▾
Acquired · Ann Arbor, Michigan · founded 2013 · 30 employees
Provider of waste & water management services
Funding rounds
- Mar 2021Seed$1.1M
- Mar 2019Seed$1.5M
Investors
The Yield Lab, Ceres Partners, TERRA, Cultivation Capital
Tech stack
Anime.JsApache Http ServerCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFancybox
#9
Funding Raised · Flint, Michigan · founded 2021$40Kraised▾
Funding Raised · Flint, Michigan · founded 2021
Provider of water management services
Funding rounds
- Dec 2022Grant (prize money)$40K
Founders & team
#10
Funding Raised · Clinton Township, Michigan · founded 2018 · 160 employees—raised▾
Funding Raised · Clinton Township, Michigan · founded 2018 · 160 employees
Priority Waste is a waste management and dumpster containers company based in Michigan. They offer garbage disposal and recycling services, making curbside trash and recycling pickup easy with their wheeled dumpsters. They are known for their reliable and efficient waste management solutions.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 13.8% of this cohort's audience · 199 engagements/post (1.8× cohort median)
Funding rounds
- Nov 2023Conventional Debt—
Founders & team
Investors
Ares Commercial Finance, TRP
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsGenesis ThemeGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#11
Late Stage · Troy, Michigan · 60 employees—raised▾
Late Stage · Troy, Michigan · 60 employees
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LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 983 LinkedIn followers — 2.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. HydroCorp) announced in 12 mo
Investors
Riverside
Tech stack
AccessibeAll In One SeoCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser Insights
#12
Funding Raised · Howell, Michigan · founded 1983—raised▾
Funding Raised · Howell, Michigan · founded 1983
Chemco manufactures a wide variety of chemicals for water and wastewater treatment which includes silicone, organic and food-grade defoamers for wastewater treatment. Provides chemicals for heavy metal precipitation depending on the type of metal present, oil separation and phosphate precipitation from water. Also manufactures corrosion inhibitors for industrial wastewater treatment.
Funding rounds
- May 2016Unattributed—
Founders & team
Investors
Triwater Holdings
Funding & investor landscape
$338.1Mtotal disclosed funding
9companies funded
26disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
David Klanecky
CEO at Cirba Solutions · Cirba Solutions
Glen Miller
CEO · Titan Environmental Solutions
Scott Burr
Co-Founder & CEO · Accelerated Filtration
Rob Bergmann
CEO · Exsolve
Michael Harris
Founder · Flint Community Lab
Todd Stamper
Founder & CEO · Priority
James Hall
CEO · Chemco Products
Thomas Bjarnemark
CEO · Battery Solutions
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 4,932,742 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 IN MICHIGAN · Environment
How research on Water Treatment in Michigan is moving
A read on the academic research around Water Treatment in Michigan — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 86 papers.
86 papers · stance +0.40 · 16% breakthrough · 22% concern
top institutions
- Michigan State University27
- University of Michigan20
- Michigan Technological University18
- University of Michigan–Ann Arbor15
- Michigan United4
leading researchers
Gertjan Medema · Gang Liu · Rupali Datta · Dibyendu Sarkar · Jan Peter van der Hoek · Jawairia Imtiaz Ahmad
prism intelligence · tone & topics
84% positive · 10% critical tone
EnvironmentHealthAgricultureEnergySustainabilityBusiness
▲
Breakthroughs12 · 14%
▲ 12%→18% share
▲1.5× share momentum1 median citations58% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (12%→18% of field), led by Photocatalysis.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Photocatalysis3
- Portable water purification3
- Adsorption3
- Environmental engineering2
- Human decontamination2
Landmark Bioinspired Multifunctional Paper-Based rGO Composites for Solar-Driven Clean Water Generation · 256 cites
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Advancements48 · 56%
▲ 54%→60% share
▲1.1× share momentum2 median citations50% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (54%→60% of field), led by Water quality.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Water quality1→7
- Adsorption3→6
- Environmental chemistry3→4
Newly emergingBiomass (ecology) 0→4 · Chlorine 0→4 · Microbial population biology 0→4
Landmark Bacterial Community Structure in the Drinking Water Microbiome Is Governed by Filtration Processes · 422 cites
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Concerns17 · 20%
▼ 23%→15% share
▼0.7× share momentum7 median citations35% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (23%→15% of field), led by Water quality.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Water quality5
- Tap water2
- Reverse osmosis2
- Lead (geology)2
- Microbial population biology2
Landmark Plasma-based water purification: Challenges and prospects for the future · 394 cites
Common questions
How many Waste & Water Management companies are there in Michigan, United States?
Radar tracks 78 indexable Waste & Water Management companies headquartered in Michigan, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Waste & Water Management companies in Michigan, United States?
The Waste & Water Management companies in Michigan, United States on this list have raised a combined $338.1M in disclosed equity funding across 9 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Waste & Water Management company in Michigan, United States?
Cirba Solutions is the highest-funded Waste & Water Management company in Michigan, United States, with $295M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Waste & Water Management companies in Michigan, United States are funded?
9 of the 78 Waste & Water Management companies in Michigan, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Waste & Water Management unicorns are there in Michigan, United States?
None of the Waste & Water Management companies in Michigan, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Michigan, United States Waste & Water Management companies?
The most active investors in Michigan, United States Waste & Water Management companies on this list include Alcentra Capital Corporation, Alston Capital Partners, Anthropocene Ventures, Ares Commercial Finance, Atlas Holdings.
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.