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Best Waste & Water Management Companies in Toronto, Canada
The 32 best Waste & Water Management companies in Toronto, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: EnviroGold Global.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
32companies tracked
$38.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
8have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · WASTE & WATER MANAGEMENT × TORONTO
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
59kcombined LinkedIn audience
46%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Waste & Water Management companies in Toronto
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EnviroGold Global Provider of metal recycling services 40Funding top 25%Growth top 30%Product top 35%News top 36% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 25% Growthtop 30% Producttop 35% Newstop 36% Talenttop 46% Techtop 50% Marketbottom 31% Globalbottom 25% Innovationbottom 24% Funding: Raised $17.5M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 4 yrs (1.8/yr) Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $17M | 13 mo ago | Public | Mark Thorpe CEO | 2019 | WordPress Block EditorDiviWordPress+21 | — | — |
| 2 | BacTech Environmental Provider of technology to treat toxic waste from mining operations 32Tech top 26%Product top 32%Funding top 43%Talent top 46% All 11 signals ▾Techtop 26% Producttop 32% Fundingtop 43% Talenttop 46% Moatbottom 48% Growthbottom 47% Innovationbottom 42% Newsbottom 37% Globalbottom 31% Marketbottom 25% Patentsbottom 24% Tech: 45 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services Product: 0 product launch events in 12 mo · 3 distinct product lines rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $6M | 17 mo ago | Public | Ross Orr President and CEO | 2010 | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | 2 patents Biotechnological production of liquid ferric sulfate using microbial processes. | — |
| 3 | eCycle Solutions Provider of electronics and electrical equipment recycling services | $6M | 205 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2004 | WordPressMySQLPHP+33 | — | — |
| 4 | Yava Technologies Provider of industrial wastes and mined concentrates management services | $5M | 141 mo ago | Series A | Robert Pepper CEO | 1990 | — | 41 patents Hydrometallurgical extraction and recovery of zinc and other metals from complex ores | — |
| 5 | minus Provider of waste management services | $4M | 56 mo ago | Seed | Louis Anagnostakos CEO | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Pantree Provider of online B2B platform offering groceries and office supplies | $752K | 81 mo ago | Series A | Evan Birmann Co-Founder | 2015 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyAmazon ALB+36 | — | — |
| 7 | MetaFLO Technologies Provider of real time technology to convert liquid waste into solids | $500K | 172 mo ago | Seed | — | 2003 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | 2 patents Dry additive dosing methods for liquid waste treatment in wastewater processing | — |
| 8 | UV Pure Provider of UV water purification systems for multiple applications | $368K | 136 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1998 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | 165 patents Pipeline inspection and condition assessment technologies, including stabilizers and electromagnetic testing. | — |
Top 8 Waste & Water Management companies in Toronto
#1
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 21 employees$17.5Mraised▾
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 21 employees
Provider of metal recycling services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 25%Growth
top 30%Product
top 35%News
top 36%Talent
top 46%Tech
top 50%Funding: Raised $17.5M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 4 yrs (1.8/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Sep 2025)
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Product: 0 product launch events in 12 mo, 1 the year before · Company stage: Public
Audience (LinkedIn): 9k LinkedIn followers — 14.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships · 1 expansions (incl. Transamine SA) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Post IPO$5.4M
- Feb 2025Post IPO$4M
- Oct 2024Post IPO$636.4K
- Jul 2024Post IPO$392.1K
Founders & team
Tech stack
All In One SeoCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsDiviGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#2
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2010$5.8Mraised▾
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2010
Provider of technology to treat toxic waste from mining operations. It provides bioleaching technology solution to neutralize toxic mining sites and allows for environmentally friendly processing in the mining industry. The naturally occurring bacteria used in the process are harmless to both humans and the environment.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 32how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 26%Product
top 32%Funding
top 43%Talent
top 46%Moat
bottom 48%Growth
bottom 47%Tech: 45 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services · Observability: Microsoft Clarity
Product: 0 product launch events in 12 mo · 3 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public
Funding: Raised $5.8M across 17 rounds · 17 rounds over 10 yrs (1.7/yr) · Last round Post IPO (May 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 1k LinkedIn followers — 2.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- May 2025Post IPO$913.1K
- Apr 2025Post IPO$1.3M
- Mar 2025Post IPO$225.9K
- Mar 2025Post IPO$230.4K
Founders & team
Investors
Ontario Centre of Innovation
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAngularApache Http ServerBootstrapCart Functionality
#3
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2017 · 6 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2017 · 6 employees
Developer of technology designed to build an ecosystem of smart waste explication. The company's innovative and hyperlocal technologies lessen the reliance on traditional trucks and bin operations by providing significant cost savings, radically less environmental impact, less operational burden, and an increased rate of recycling technology, enabling clients to automate the processes, minimizing or eliminating the need for labor or transport, and delivering the ability to manage waste on-site.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 954 LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Senior Sales Representative
Funding rounds
- Mar 2022Seed$3.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Kensington Capital Partners
#4
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2004 · 250 employees$5.5Mraised▾
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2004 · 250 employees
Provider of electronics and electrical equipment recycling services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 6.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Oct 2009Grant (prize money)$750K
- Jun 2007Series A$5.5M
Investors
Canada Economic Development
Tech stack
Animate.CssApache Http ServerBootstrapCalltrackingmetricsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#5
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 1990 · 9 employees$4.6Mraised▾
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 1990 · 9 employees
Operator of a mineral recovery technology company intended to offer a mineral recovery process to raise the efficiency of global mining and mineral processing industries. The company's mineral recovery process eliminates the need for traditional mining equipment such as concentrators and smelters and yet is designed to produce increased profit, value-added products for a variety of industries, enabling organizations to develop a series of low cost, environmentally friendly processes for the recovery of a range of metals.
Funding rounds
- Jan 2015PE$151K
- Jan 2014Series A$4.4M
- Nov 2013PE—
Founders & team
#6
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2015 · 18 employees$751.9Kraised▾
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2015 · 18 employees
Provider of online B2B platform offering groceries and office supplies. It provides users with a platform that offers fruit, coffee, snacks, beverages, diary alternatives, and more. It also claims it provides carbon-neutral delivery and tree for every order.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 984 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2020Series A—
- Mar 2019Seed$751.9K
Founders & team
Investors
Fulmer & Company, Crux Capital, Active Impact Investments
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon Web ServicesAmerican ExpressAngularjsApple PayCart Functionality
#7
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2003 · 9 employees$500Kraised▾
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2003 · 9 employees
Provider of real time technology to convert liquid waste into solids
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 8.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Jun 2012Seed$500K
- May 2011Grant (prize money)$27K
- Nov 2010Seed—
Investors
Canadian Space Agency, MaRS IAF, Bettergrow
Tech stack
Animate.CssBeaver BuilderCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser Insights
#8
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 1998 · 24 employees$368Kraised▾
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 1998 · 24 employees
Provider of UV water purification systems for multiple applications
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 3.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Carolino Engineers) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2015Conventional Debt$368K
Investors
InvestEco, Permian Industries
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerElementorFont AwesomeGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Hosted Libraries
Funding & investor landscape
$38.5Mtotal disclosed funding
8companies funded
33disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Mark Thorpe
CEO · EnviroGold Global
Ross Orr
President and CEO · BacTech Environmental
Louis Anagnostakos
CEO · minus
Robert Pepper
CEO · Yava Technologies
Evan Birmann
Co-Founder · Pantree
Eugene Ace
Founder & CEO · Pantree
Prism market signals · Canada · country-scoped Prism corpus, 8,317,862 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 TORONTO · Environment
How research on Water Treatment in Toronto is moving
A read on the academic research around Water Treatment in Toronto — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 57 papers.
57 papers · stance +0.18 · 6% breakthrough · 45% concern
top institutions
- University of Toronto46
- Toronto Metropolitan University12
- Toronto Public Health2
- Toronto Zoo1
leading researchers
Robert C. Andrews · Ron Hofmann · Pierre R. Bérubé · Susan Andrews · Liz Taylor-Edmonds · Nicolás M. Peleato
prism intelligence · tone & topics
82% positive · 9% critical tone
EnvironmentHealthMaterials ScienceAgricultureManufacturingBusiness
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Breakthroughs3 · 5%
▲ 0%→6% share
3 median citations67% since 2021mostly empirical
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→6% of field), led by Cellulose.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Cellulose2
- Waste management2
- Resource recovery1
- Resource (disambiguation)1
- Primary (astronomy)1
Landmark Fate of cellulose in primary and secondary treatment at municipal water resource recovery facilities · 39 cites
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Advancements24 · 42%
▼ 75%→39% share
▼0.5× share momentum6 median citations54% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are cooling (75%→39% of field), led by Membrane.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Membrane1→3
Newly emergingAdsorption 0→5
Landmark The application of artificial neural networks for the optimization of coagulant dosage · 35 cites
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Concerns22 · 39%
▲ 25%→39% share
▲1.6× share momentum3 median citations59% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (25%→39% of field), led by Chlorine.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Chlorine6
- Chloramine3
- Potable water3
- Turbidity3
- Reverse osmosis3
Newly emergingChlorine 0→5 · Potable water 0→3
Landmark Cyanotoxins and Cyanobacteria Cell Accumulations in Drinking Water Treatment Plants with a Low Risk of Bloom Formation a · 71 cites
Common questions
How many Waste & Water Management companies are there in Toronto, Canada?
Radar tracks 32 indexable Waste & Water Management companies headquartered in Toronto, Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Waste & Water Management companies in Toronto, Canada?
The Waste & Water Management companies in Toronto, Canada on this list have raised a combined $38.5M in disclosed equity funding across 8 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Waste & Water Management company in Toronto, Canada?
EnviroGold Global is the highest-funded Waste & Water Management company in Toronto, Canada, with $17.5M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Waste & Water Management companies in Toronto, Canada are funded?
8 of the 32 Waste & Water Management companies in Toronto, Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Waste & Water Management unicorns are there in Toronto, Canada?
None of the Waste & Water Management companies in Toronto, Canada on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Toronto, Canada Waste & Water Management companies?
The most active investors in Toronto, Canada Waste & Water Management companies on this list include Ontario Centre of Innovation, Active Impact Investments, Applied Value Group, BMO, Bettergrow.
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.