Radar · Waste & Water Management in Poland
Best Waste & Water Management Companies in Poland
The 38 best Waste & Water Management companies in Poland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Elemental.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
38companies tracked
$307.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
3have raised
Sources & further reading
- openpr.com
- prnewswire.com
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · WASTE & WATER MANAGEMENT × POLAND
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
Ranked: Best Waste & Water Management companies in Poland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elemental Provider of scrap metals, ion batteries, and electronical equipments recycling services | $290M | 44 mo ago | Late Stage | — | 2001 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+27 | — | — |
| 2 | Bioelektra Provider of advanced municipal solid waste recycling technology. | $17M | 19 mo ago | Early Stage | Jarosław Drozd CEO | 2017 | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | 8 patents Industrial autoclave systems for municipal waste sterilization and processing | — |
| 3 | Syntoil Tires and rubber waste recycling company | $250K | 72 mo ago | Seed | Martyna Szymanska-Sztaba Co-Founder | 2015 | — | 4 patents Thermal pyrolysis reactors converting waste rubber into recoverable oil and chemicals | — |
| 4 | Orzel Bialy Provider of lead-acid battery recycling services | — | 232 mo ago | Public | Michael Rohde Pedersen CEO & President | 1858 | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | 5 patents Recycling lead‑acid battery waste: potassium sulfate recovery and sulfur removal from battery paste. | — |
| 5 | Afrieco Waste Management Waste management company | — | — | Deadpooled | Kifle Meseganaw Co-Founder | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 6 | AQUA Provider of waste management and treatment services | — | — | Public | — | 2001 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+18 | — | — |
| 7 | Aqua (Poznan) Aqua SA is engaged in the business of consulting, designing and construction of water and sewage treatment… | — | — | Public | — | 1988 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Aquatech Technology developer for household sewage treatment | — | — | Deadpooled | Wojciech Babinski CEO | 2009 | — | — | — |
Top 4 Waste & Water Management companies in Poland
#1
Early Stage · Michalowo, Podlasie · founded 2017$17.3Mraised▾
Early Stage · Michalowo, Podlasie · founded 2017
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Funding rounds
- Jan 2025Convertible Debt$17.3M
Founders & team
Investors
EBRD, DI Mittelstand
Tech stack
BootstrapGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle MapsJqueryJquery Migrate
#2
Late Stage · Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Masovian Voivodeship · founded 2001 · 1100 employees$290Mraised▾
Late Stage · Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Masovian Voivodeship · founded 2001 · 1100 employees
Provider of scrap metals, ion batteries, and electronical equipments recycling services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 25.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Jan 2023Post IPO$290M
Investors
IFC, EBRD, Pfrtfi, Enterprise Investors
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerApple Icloud MailAzureCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyes
#3
Seed · Wroclaw, Lower Silesian Voivodeship · founded 2015 · 5 employees$250Kraised▾
Seed · Wroclaw, Lower Silesian Voivodeship · founded 2015 · 5 employees
Tires and rubber waste recycling company
Funding rounds
- Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$6M
- Jun 2019Seed$250K
Founders & team
Investors
Chivas Venture, Europa, TDJ Pitango Ventures
#4
Public · Piekary Slaskie, Silesian Voivodeship · founded 1858 · 287 employees—raised▾
Public · Piekary Slaskie, Silesian Voivodeship · founded 1858 · 287 employees
Orzel Bialy SA is a Poland based company engaged in recycling of used batteries. The company delivers its products to battery making companies, with batteries and accumulators supplied mainly to the automotive industry.
Founders & team
Investors
Skyline Investment, Berrio Capital, ForeVest Capital Partners
Tech stack
AstraCdnjsCloudflareCore-JsElementorFont Awesome
Funding & investor landscape
$307.5Mtotal disclosed funding
3companies funded
4disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
EBRD2 rounds
Notable founders
Jarosław Drozd
CEO · Bioelektra
Martyna Szymanska-Sztaba
Co-Founder · Syntoil
Bogdan Sztaba
COO & co-founder · Syntoil
Michael Rohde Pedersen
CEO & President · Orzel Bialy
Prism market signals · Poland · country-scoped Prism corpus, 774,886 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 · Poland
How research on Water Treatment is moving in Poland
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 464 Poland-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200920192026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 7% → 40% across 2009–2026.
top research entities
- AGH University of Krakow64
- Silesian University of Technology51
- Institute of Environmental Engineering45
- Wrocław University of Science and Technology30
- Poznań University of Technology26
leading researchers
Mariusz Dudziak · Małgorzata Wolska · Alina Pruss · Joanna Wyczarska-Kokot · Barbara Tomaszewska · Dorota Papciak · Anna Lempart · Michał Bodzek
▲
Breakthroughs32 · 7%
▲ 1%→11% share
▲11.0× share momentum0 median citations94% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (1%→11% of field), led by Adsorption.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Adsorption10
- Photocatalysis6
- Filtration (mathematics)3
- Catalysis3
- Wastewater3
Newly emergingAdsorption 0→10 · Photocatalysis 0→6
Landmark Post-synthesis of a covalent organic framework nanofiltration membrane for highly efficient water treatment · 157 cites
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Advancements277 · 60%
▲ 56%→61% share
▲1.1× share momentum2 median citations60% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (56%→61% of field), led by Adsorption.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Adsorption11→44
- Wastewater7→36
- Filtration (mathematics)11→26
- Membrane4→18
- Aqueous solution1→14
Newly emergingNanocomposite 0→7 · Reuse 0→7 · Metal ions in aqueous solution 0→6
Landmark Removal of Heavy Metals and Metalloids from Water Using Drinking Water Treatment Residuals as Adsorbents: A Review · 221 cites
▼
Concerns85 · 18%
▲ 16%→17% share
▲1.1× share momentum1 median citations54% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (16%→17% of field), led by Water quality.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Water quality4→17
- Water supply2→6
- Filtration (mathematics)3→6
- Adsorption1→4
- Waste management1→4
Newly emergingWastewater 0→12 · Sewage treatment 0→9 · Effluent 0→6
Landmark Hydrodynamic cavitation based advanced oxidation processes: Studies on specific effects of inorganic acids on the degrad · 617 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Poland
Where water treatment is researched across Poland
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.
Warsaw99 · +0.45
Krakow82 · +0.31
Gliwice58 · +0.29
Poznan44 · +0.33
Wroclaw35 · +0.32
Gdansk21 · +0.37
Lublin20 · +0.41
Szczecin19 · +0.54
Lodz10 · +0.34
Katowice6 · +0.48
Common questions
How many Waste & Water Management companies are there in Poland?
Radar tracks 38 indexable Waste & Water Management companies headquartered in Poland that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Waste & Water Management companies in Poland?
The Waste & Water Management companies in Poland on this list have raised a combined $307.5M in disclosed equity funding across 3 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Waste & Water Management company in Poland?
Elemental is the highest-funded Waste & Water Management company in Poland, with $290M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Waste & Water Management companies in Poland are funded?
3 of the 38 Waste & Water Management companies in Poland on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Waste & Water Management unicorns are there in Poland?
None of the Waste & Water Management companies in Poland on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Poland Waste & Water Management companies?
The most active investors in Poland Waste & Water Management companies on this list include EBRD, Berrio Capital, Chivas Venture, DI Mittelstand, Enterprise Investors.
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.