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Matter
Microplastic filtration solutions
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Sustainability
- Manufacturing
- Environmental
- St Philip's Marsh, Bristol, UK
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Company mission
To stop micro-pollution at source.
Our take
Micro-pollutants, such as microplastics, are one of the leading forms of pollution entering our water. There are an estimated 5.25 trillion particles of plastic in the world’s oceans, with countless more in our waterways and our bodies. While there isn’t much that can be done (yet) about the micro-pollutants already in these systems, Matter has set out to slow the release of new ones by stopping them at the source.
The startup is pioneering plastic capture and has developed a retrofit, microfibre filter for commercial and domestic washing machines, called Gulp. It effectively filters out microplastics and other fibres. The company is working hard to further develop a filter that can be integrated into the washing machine itself and is hoping to have this done in time for the new French Legislation that all washing machines are required to have a microplastic filter by 2025.
With its impressive list of partners, backers, and accelerators, Matter is well set to see growth as its innovative tech plays a major role in reducing micro-pollutants.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Regular team events and parties
- Professional membership - one per year where relevant to role
- Flexible working environment, based at our Bristol HQ with remote days possible
- 26 days holiday plus statutory bank and public holidays (pro rata)
- 1 extra day of leave to celebrate you on your birthday
- Pension scheme – 5% employer contribution
- Sick pay - paid at full wages for any long-term illness up to 13 weeks
- Private Medical Insurance
- Medical cash plan - you & your family
- Group Income Protection - after 13 weeks of long-term illness paid 75% of wages for 5 years
- Life Assurance - one-off payment of 2 times your annual salary to next of kin
- Onsite kitchen, dining, breakout areas & healthy snacks
- Monthly lunch clubs
- On-site parking for bicycles and cars
- Cycle to work scheme
- Ethical discounts through Lumina
- Training & Development support incl. 5% of contractual hours used for self-development
Company values
- Being Radical - The future of all commerce and economics is dependent on radically redesigning our approach to our society’s infrastructure
- Having Ambition - As a company we need to be profitable to be able to do our work, but we don’t measure success in currency, we measure it in impact
- No Such Thing As Competition - The environmental crises we are tackling requires global consensus, collaboration and co-operation
- It’s Not A Blame Game - Everybody is trapped in a global system that makes hypocrites of us all, and it will take everyone’s participation to transform our society
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Aug 2023
$10m
SERIES A
Jan 2022
$0.5m
SEED
Total funding: $10.7m
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Leadership
Adam Root
(CEO)Previously founded Inheriting Earth (the holding company of Matter.). Former Chief Taster at Oishii Yatai and held a various roles at Dyson including Senior Design Engineer.