ZwitterCo Transforms Performance and Economics for Industrial Wastewater Reuse with $33 Million Series A Funding

They can be used in a wide variety of new applications and operating environments, given their ability to repel thousands of times more organic compounds than standard membranes. ZwitterCos patented zwitterionic copolymers self-assemble into hydrophilic channels, acting like flumes at a water park, ushering through H O molecules, and repelling everything unable to flow through its narrow pores, including organic compounds such as oils, fats, greases, or proteins.ZwitterCos first product, a superfiltration (SF) membrane, targets challenging industrial wastewaters for treatment and reuse. Today, over 4 billion people experience severe water scarcity at various times during the year, said Alex Rappaport, co-founder and CEO of ZwitterCo. Accelerated depletion of our groundwaters and aquifers, as well as protracted droughts, are worsening water scarcity and threatening food production. The company leverages the remarkable power of zwitterions to create an intensely hydrophilic membrane that resists fouling from organic molecules such as fats, oils, and proteins.