Via Separations

Reducing energy wastage in industrial processes

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21-100 employees
  • B2B
  • Energy
  • Sustainability
  • Manufacturing
Watertown, MA

Company mission

To eliminate energy use in industrial processes, enabling pathways for a more sustainable, resource efficient future.

Our take

Heavy industry uses a lot of energy. The processes to separate chemicals, pulp, and petrochemicals waste $100 billion in fossil fuels each year due to inefficiency. This is what Via Separations aims to stop, with its new technologies for drastically reducing energy usage.

Most industrial processes for material separation use thermal processing. To simplify, the material is exposed to extreme heat until one component changes state. What Via Separations does is replace that heat for pressure, a change that means business use 90% less energy for the same processes. What’s more, the energy is electric and can be sourced from renewable materials - completely decarbonizing the supply chain.

Via has grown quickly since its founding in 2020, expanding from the paper and wood pulp sectors to serve a huge range of industries with its technology. For example, its latest fundraise supports the expansion into the refining and chemicals markets - enabling the company to have an even wider impact on the carbon emissions of industrial processes.

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Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Benefits

  • Equity options
  • Time off for Company Holidays & Flexible PTO
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance for employees and their families
  • Disability & Life Insurance
  • 12 weeks paid Parental Leave

Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)

Apr 2026

$36m

LATE VC

Jun 2023

$2.1m

GRANT

Total funding: $93.3m

Leadership

Shreya Dave

(CEO & Co-Founder)

Former Lecturer at MIT.

Brent Keller

(CTO & Co-Founder)

Former Postdoctoral Research Associate at MIT.