Radar · Waste & Water Management in North Carolina
Best Waste & Water Management Companies in North Carolina, United States
The 74 best Waste & Water Management companies in North Carolina, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Wastequip.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
74companies tracked
$463Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
16have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · WASTE & WATER MANAGEMENT × NORTH CAROLINA
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™
57kcombined LinkedIn audience
53%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Waste & Water Management companies in North Carolina
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wastequip Provider of waste collection and recycling services | $290M | 168 mo ago | Acquired | Charles Walton Founder | 1989 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+31 | 86 patents Modular refuse containers and vehicle-mounted waste handling/hoist systems | 1 internship · 1 expansion |
| 2 | ReCommunity Provider of waste recycling and disposal services | $90M | 156 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2006 | — | — | — |
| 3 | WasteZero Provider of waste management services | $27M | 74 mo ago | Series B | — | 1991 | WixSentryBootstrap+10 | — | — |
| 4 | PRTI Tech Provider of waste tyres and processing services | $26M | 59 mo ago | Series A | — | 2013 | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | — | — |
| 5 | Onwasa Operator of water and sewer services for residential and commercial clients | $10M | 190 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2004 | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Froala Editor+17 | — | — |
| 6 | Meridian Waste Provider of waste collection, recycling, and disposal services | $8M | 102 mo ago | Acquired | Wally Hall CEO | 2014 | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Zoho+25 | — | 1 expansion · 1 award |
| 7 | Integro Earth Fuels Provider of biomass waste services | $4M | 144 mo ago | Deadpooled | John T. Gramling Co-Founder | 2007 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Premirr Plastics Provider of plastic waste management services | $4M | 42 mo ago | Series A | Matthew Parrott Co-Founder | 2015 | — | 25 patents Chemical recycling of plastics via depolymerization processes and systems. | — |
| 9 | Ensolve Provider of filtering and cleaning maritime and industrial waste services | $1M | 170 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 1995 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Boomerang Sustainable water bottling system that reduces plastic water bottle waste | $1M | 60 mo ago | Seed | Jason Dibble Co-Founder | 2020 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+31 | 6 patents Protective mobile device cases and advanced data correlation algorithms for content transformation. | — |
| 11 | Entex Technologies Provider of wastewater treatment services | $854K | 204 mo ago | Seed | Wayne Flournoy President & CEO | 2004 | — | 9 patents Modular wastewater treatment reactors with extruded bio‑media for enhanced biological growth | — |
| 12 | Maverick Synfuels Provider of bio methanol production system services | $165K | 186 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2008 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Waste & Water Management companies in North Carolina
#1
Series A · Chapel Hill, North Carolina · founded 2015$3.9Mraised▾
Series A · Chapel Hill, North Carolina · founded 2015
Provider of patented plastic recycling services catering to the cleantech sector. The company specializes in the circular model and conventional linear model of recycling, providing clients with a sustainable and eco-friendly method to chemically recycle polyethylene terephthalate.
Funding rounds
- Dec 2022Series A$3.9M
Founders & team
#2
Series A · Franklinton, North Carolina · founded 2013 · 19 employees$25.9Mraised▾
Series A · Franklinton, North Carolina · founded 2013 · 19 employees
Provider of waste tyres and processing services
Funding rounds
- Jul 2021Series A$3.7M
- Nov 2019Series A$6.3M
- Dec 2017Series A$2M
- Nov 2016Series A$3.8M
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerDiviDreamhostFingerprintjsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Workspace
#3
Series B · Raleigh, North Carolina · founded 1991 · 88 employees$27.1Mraised▾
Series B · Raleigh, North Carolina · founded 1991 · 88 employees
Provider of waste management services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 5.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Mar 2020Conventional Debt$5.5M
- Dec 2017Series B$3.1M
- Jun 2017Series B$1.5M
- Dec 2016Series B$3.3M
Investors
Acorn Innovestments, Double Time Capital, Bonhill Capital, Solidarity Capital Group
Tech stack
Wix EcommerceWixReactGoogle CloudPolyfillLodash
#4
Acquired · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 1989 · 1552 employees$290Mraised▾
Acquired · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 1989 · 1552 employees
Provider of waste collection and recycling services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 18.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2012Conventional Debt$290M
Founders & team
Investors
Littlejohn, Morgenthaler, PNC, CIVC Partners, H.I.G. Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAutoptimizeCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementDrupalFastly
#5
Seed · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2020 · 9 employees$1.4Mraised▾
Seed · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2020 · 9 employees
Boomerang is a sustainable water bottling system that aims to reduce plastic water bottle waste. Their system makes it easy to reduce plastic waste through four easy steps. Boomerang has also formed an alliance with Ball Corporation to provide customers with on-site refillable bottled water solutions.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 4.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 3 partnerships (incl. Boomerang Water) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2021Seed$1.4M
Founders & team
Tech stack
AccessibeCalendlyCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebotCore-Js
#6
Acquired · Greensboro, North Carolina · founded 2014 · 41 employees$7.9Mraised▾
Acquired · Greensboro, North Carolina · founded 2014 · 41 employees
Provider of waste collection, recycling, and disposal services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 6.4% of this cohort's audience · 25 engagements/post (4.0× cohort median)
Activity: 1 awards · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Dec 2017Series A$2.2M
- Dec 2017Series A$3M
- Sep 2017Seed$1.4M
- Apr 2016Seed$1.6M
Founders & team
Investors
Harvest Partners
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#7
Acquired · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2006 · 1500 employees$90Mraised▾
Acquired · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2006 · 1500 employees
Provider of waste recycling and disposal services
Funding rounds
- Jun 2013Conventional Debt$90M
Investors
Ares Capital Corporation, HarbourVest Partners, Pegasus Capital Advisors, Intersection Partners
#8
Funding Raised · Jacksonville, North Carolina · founded 2004$9.8Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Jacksonville, North Carolina · founded 2004
Operator of water and sewer services for residential and commercial clients. It provides essential services, including water distribution, wastewater collection, and maintenance. The organization ensures reliable access to clean water and proper disposal of wastewater. It addresses customer inquiries and manages service-related issues through various communication channels.
Funding rounds
- Aug 2010Grant (prize money)$9.8M
Investors
United States Department of Agriculture
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAngularApple Icloud MailAzureAzure MonitorCloudflare
#9
Deadpooled · Arden, North Carolina · founded 2007 · 7 employees$4.4Mraised▾
Deadpooled · Arden, North Carolina · founded 2007 · 7 employees
Developer of biomass fuel intended to offer cost-effective renewable alternative to coal. The company's biomass fuel undergoes a thermochemical transformation at high temperatures in an inert atmosphere to become a densified, water-resistant biofuel that can be transported, stored, handled and burned with coal or as a stand-alone fuel, enabling clients to avail a sustainable mode of energy exploration.
Funding rounds
- Jun 2014Series A$4.4M
- Feb 2013Series A—
Founders & team
Investors
SCRA
#10
Deadpooled · Raleigh, North Carolina · founded 1995 · 4 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Deadpooled · Raleigh, North Carolina · founded 1995 · 4 employees
Provider of filtering and cleaning maritime and industrial waste services
Funding rounds
- Apr 2012Grant (prize money)$1M
- Jul 2010Grant (prize money)$149.6K
- Dec 2009Unattributed$300K
Investors
National Science Foundation, SVC
#11
Seed · Chapel Hill, North Carolina · founded 2004$854.4Kraised▾
Seed · Chapel Hill, North Carolina · founded 2004
Provider of wastewater treatment services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 556 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Jun 2009Seed$854.4K
Founders & team
#12
Funding Raised · Durham, North Carolina · founded 2008$165Kraised▾
Funding Raised · Durham, North Carolina · founded 2008
Provider of bio methanol production system services
Funding rounds
- Nov 2010Grant (prize money)$165K
Investors
National Science Foundation
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpGentooNginxOpenresty
Funding & investor landscape
$463Mtotal disclosed funding
13companies funded
34disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Matthew Parrott
Co-Founder · Premirr Plastics
Mark McCreery
Co-Founder · Premirr Plastics
Charles Walton
Founder · Wastequip
Martin Bryant
CEO · Wastequip
Jason Dibble
Co-Founder · Boomerang
Jerrod Freund
Co-Founder · Boomerang
Wally Hall
CEO · Meridian Waste
John T. Gramling
Co-Founder · Integro Earth Fuels
Wayne Flournoy
President & CEO · Entex Technologies
Amy Tedder
Co-Founder · Zebra Environmental & Industrial Services
David Tedder
Co-Founder · Zebra Environmental & Industrial Services
Ronnie Petty
Founder & Owner · Absolute Recycling Contractors
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 SIGNALS · United States
How research on Water Treatment is moving in the United States
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 3,356 United States-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 28% → 47% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill127
- Environmental Protection Agency100
- Arizona State University67
- Stanford University66
- Purdue University West Lafayette60
leading researchers
Paul Westerhoff · Mark D. Sobsey · William A. Mitch · Craig Patterson · James A. Smith · R. Scott Summers · Rajib Sinha · David L. Sedlak
▲
Breakthroughs517 · 15%
▲ 11%→20% share
▲1.8× share momentum1 median citations64% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (11%→20% of field), led by Adsorption.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Adsorption12→68
- Membrane13→53
- Photocatalysis3→26
- Degradation (telecommunications)1→23
- Wastewater9→30
Newly emergingSorption 0→9 · Human health 0→8 · Evaporation 0→6
Landmark Simultaneous nanocatalytic surface activation of pollutants and oxidants for highly efficient water decontamination · 481 cites
◆
Advancements1,691 · 50%
▼ 52%→48% share
▼0.9× share momentum2 median citations46% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are cooling (52%→48% of field), led by Adsorption.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Adsorption51→158
- Wastewater60→128
- Sewage treatment30→75
- Water quality62→96
- Degradation (telecommunications)11→40
Newly emergingFourier transform infrared spectroscopy 0→10 · Resource recovery 0→9 · Cyanobacteria 0→6
Landmark Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) in Wastewater Treatment · 1,809 cites
▼
Concerns769 · 23%
▼ 24%→22% share
▼0.9× share momentum3 median citations46% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (24%→22% of field), led by Water quality.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Water quality51→93
- Sewage treatment8→35
- Wastewater19→43
- Water supply17→30
- Reverse osmosis11→23
Newly emergingMicroplastics 0→8 · Degradation (telecommunications) 0→7 · Diarrheal disease 0→6
Landmark Challenges and Opportunities for Electrochemical Processes as Next-Generation Technologies for the Treatment of Contamin · 1,075 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States
Where water treatment is researched across United States
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.
SF Bay Area142 · +0.31
Boston95 · +0.33
Atlanta68 · +0.36
Pittsburgh50 · +0.22
New York46 · +0.40
Los Angeles38 · +0.52
Ann Arbor37 · +0.39
Austin34 · +0.41
Philadelphia28 · +0.32
Chicago21 · +0.29
PATENT SIGNAL · United States
Who's filing water treatment patents in the United States
United States water treatment patent filing is cooling — 3,379 filings from 2,991 assignees (2016–2025), led by Siemens, General Electric, Access Business Group INT; annual filings 397→269.
3,379 filings2,991 assigneespeak 401/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Siemens277
- General Electric185
- Access Business Group INT152
- Ecolab USA132
- Evoqua Water TECH116
- D C Water & Sewer Authority81
- Hampton Roads Sanitation Distr77
- 3M Innovative Properties69
Common questions
How many Waste & Water Management companies are there in North Carolina, United States?
Radar tracks 74 indexable Waste & Water Management companies headquartered in North Carolina, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Waste & Water Management companies in North Carolina, United States?
The Waste & Water Management companies in North Carolina, United States on this list have raised a combined $463M in disclosed equity funding across 13 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Waste & Water Management company in North Carolina, United States?
Wastequip is the highest-funded Waste & Water Management company in North Carolina, United States, with $290M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Waste & Water Management companies in North Carolina, United States are funded?
13 of the 74 Waste & Water Management companies in North Carolina, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Waste & Water Management unicorns are there in North Carolina, United States?
None of the Waste & Water Management companies in North Carolina, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in North Carolina, United States Waste & Water Management companies?
The most active investors in North Carolina, United States Waste & Water Management companies on this list include National Science Foundation, Acorn Innovestments, Advantage Capital, Allied Industrial Partners, Alston Capital Partners.
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.