Puraffinity

Advanced materials company

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21-100 employees
  • Healthcare
  • B2B
  • Enterprise
  • Sustainability
  • Biology
  • Environmental
  • Science
London, UK

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Company mission

To create sustainable environmental solutions for tackling some of the world's most pressing challenges.

Our take

PFAS, aka "forever chemicals", are synthetic substances used in products like non-stick pans and food wrappers. They don't break down easily, leading to widespread water contamination that poses serious health and environmental risks.

Puraffinity, a green tech start-up, has developed a novel material called "Puratech" that effectively captures and removes PFAS from water. This technology is customisable, making it adaptable to various industries and regulatory needs. It is also more environmentally-friendly than other methods of removal.

With a vision to provide 1 billion people with PFAS-free water by 2030, the company is focussed on broadening its reach and scaling up production. It has raised considerable funding to support this, suggesting that investors are compelled by the company's goal to tackle this pressing environmental challenge.

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Benefits

  • Vitality Private Health and Dental Care
  • Enhanced pension employer contribution scheme (up to 7.5%)
  • Unlimited coaching with MoreHappi and mental health coaching and support by Spill
  • We offer shares in Puraffinity for all employees, which means you get recognised and rewarded for your work
  • We care about your learning and development and to support this we have a generous training budget for personal development (up to £2,000 per year)
  • A work life balance is important - we offer 25 days annual leave (in addition to the 8 bank holidays) and a hybrid working approach
  • We have a very strong diversity and inclusion focus, and in line with this, we have equalised our parental leave and pay for all

Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)

Sep 2024

$8.9m

SERIES A

Sep 2023

$13.9m

SERIES A

Total funding: $35.4m

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Leadership

Vincent Caillaud

(CEO)

Spent 7 years at Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions, as CEO (Oil & Gas) then COO then CEO. Prior to this, they worked at SIDEM for 13 years, ultimately as COO.

Henrik Hagemann

(Board Director & Founder)

Graduated from the Imperial College London with a Master's in Biomedical Engineering. They are a Pledger at the Imperial Entrepreneurs' Pledge and a member of the D&I Industry Leaders Group at the Royal Academy of Engineering.