Solution for removing PFAS attracts funding
07/02/2025
The start-up based in Zurich has developed a technology that doesn’t filter what are known as “forever chemicals”, but destroys the molecules, achieving over 99% elimination rates while consuming much less energy than alternative destruction methods, it said.
The company’s three-stage process combines foam fractionation, catalytic destruction, and machine-learning powered monitoring, in what is described as a modular system that eliminates the need for secondary waste disposal through incineration or landfilling.
The company was co-founded by Fajer Mushtaq and Silvan Staufert at ETH Zurich, where Ms Mushtaq earned her PhD in Micro- and Nanosystems focused on water remediation and Mr Staufert completed his PhD in Mechanical and Process Engineering.
The young team said it had already secured revenue-generating customer pilots for its first commercial operational installation. Last November, it deployed the full-scale system in Switzerland, treating 10 cubic meters of contaminated groundwater per hour at less than 1 kWh/m³.
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