S8E17 - Zwitterions' Super Powers Could Solve Wastewater Membranes' Number One Problem
Description
with 🎙️ Alex Rappaport, CEO and Co-Founder of ZwitterCo.
💧 ZwitterCo leverages the benefits of Zwitterions to build Membranes that treat the world's toughest wastewater.
What we covered:
⚛️ How ZwitterCo's unique leverage of zwitterions overcomes membranes' greatest weakness: fouling
🚀 How Alex Rappaport built a record-breaking membrane scale-up somewhat against the odds and how ZwitterCo was founded
📅 How improving membranes and wastewater treatment was on the founding team's agenda from Day 1 and how they executed on it
🦸 How ZwitterCo leveraged the SuperFiltration category to depict the unique properties of their wastewater membrane
💡 How Water Scarcity and its increased awareness in industrial circles create a massive opportunity for the right set of technologies to address it
🚚 How ZwitterCo defined its scope of deliveries and how the company decided for the best-suited Go-To Market Route
🙌 How Alex's company just raised a record-breaking Series A and what this will unlock
🌱 How the real impact ZwitterCo is aiming for goes beyond numbers - even if we are talking unicorn potential
🇩🇪 What "Zwitter" actually means, how zwitterions are special animals, extending the range, leveraging real-world cases and feedback
🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥
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🔗 Send your warmest regards to Alex on LinkedIn
➡️ Check out the entire article on ZwitterCo's leverage of Zwitterions and how it could revolutionize the World of industrial wastewater treatment, including an infographic and a full transcript on the (don't) Waste Water website!
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