Company Profile

Aquagga Inc
Profile last edited on: 8/9/2023      CAGE: 31DR2      UEI: HLMJS39N8ZX8

Business Identifier: Safe, affordable, and complete destruction of PFAS forever chemicals
Year Founded
2019
First Award
2021
Latest Award
2022
Program Status
Active
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Location Information

Center for Urban Waters OLympic Street
Tacoma, WA 98421
   (253) 310-5882
   founders@aquagga.com
   www.aquagga.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 09
County: Juneau City and Borough

Public Profile

Spun out of the University of Alaska, Aquagga Inc is structured around developing hydrothermal technologies designed to destroy water contaminants such as PFAS (often called "forever chemicals") found in drinking water, landfill leaches, and soil washings. Anchored in the firm's ability to break the carbon-fluorine bonds in PFAS while doing so without incineration, Aquagga's technology is usefully understood as a portable system utilizing hot compressed water that converts PFAS to salts through the hydrothermal alkaline treatment (HALT) process.This system can integrated into existing systems, offering a destruction solution for PFAS remediation byproducts such as ion exchange resin (IXR) still bottoms or reverse osmosis (RO) reject brine. Previously operational in Alaska, the firm now has location and faciities in a mainland location in Tacoma, Washington

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
10-14
Revenue Range
1M-1.5M
VC funded?
Yes
Public/Private
Privately Held
Stock Info
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IP Holdings
N/A

Awards Distribution by Agency

Most Recent SBIR Projects

Year Phase Agency Total Amount
2023 2 NSF $1,235,270
Project Title: An Additively Manufactured Reactor for Emerging Contaminant Destruction
2022 2 EPA $600,000
Project Title: Hydrothermal Alkaline Treatment of PFAS Contaminated Water and Groundwater
2021 1 AF $50,000
Project Title: On-Site Destruction of AFFF and PFAS-Contaminated Wet Waste
0 1 AF $75,000
Project Title: Real-time PFAS Sensing for Enhanced Site Remediation

Key People / Management

  Nigel Sharp -- CEO & Co-founder

  Jonathan Kamler

  Brian Pinkard -- CTO and Co-Founder

  Chris Woodruff -- VP of Engineering and Co-Founder