OXbyEL Technologies

What OXbyEL Technologies does

OXbyEL Technologies Inc. is a Phoenix-based, privately held water treatment company founded in 2018 that has developed a proprietary electrochemical platform for destroying PFAS and other persistent contaminants in water. The company's core product, the Electrolyzer, is integrated with conventional reverse osmosis or nanofiltration membranes to achieve complete on-site mineralization of PFAS (including short-chain and low-concentration compounds) while producing a zero liquid discharge stream, recovering valuable minerals, and generating no secondary waste. The company claims a roughly 10X reduction in reject treatment costs compared with incumbent non-destructive methods such as carbon adsorption, anion exchange, evaporation, crystallization, and incineration.

OXbyEL serves four primary end-markets: municipal and community drinking water facilities, industrial sites in oil and gas, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor sectors, military and government facilities (including AFFF-contaminated bases), and environmental remediation sites such as landfills, airports, and Superfund locations. Distribution is direct enterprise sales, with a sales motion that begins with treatability testing on the customer's specific water or wastewater matrix before designing a tailored solution. Systems are sold as mobile or fixed turnkey installations.

The company is pre-commercial. It has accumulated over $3.5M in non-dilutive funding from the US Air Force, National Science Foundation, EPA, and Fortune 500 corporate contracts and grants, which has been used to derisk the technology across multiple prototypes. As of late 2025, OXbyEL is operating an Arizona pilot as final validation ahead of commercial deployment and has two MVP-level projects scheduled for 2025: one with a DoD customer at a City of Tucson drinking water well and one with a large North American utility. Leadership comprises CEO and co-founder Ed Ricci (former SVP of a $100M environmental services practice), CTO and co-founder Dr. Colleen Legzdins (9 patents, ex-founder of Axine Water Technologies and ex-Ballard Power Systems), and CFO Anthony J. Parkinson, appointed in October 2025.

Name

OXbyEL Technologies

Legal name

OXbyEL Technologies Inc.

Website

https://oxbyel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

OXbyEL Technologies develops a proprietary electrochemical system that destroys PFAS and other contaminants in water, achieving zero liquid discharge. It sells mobile and fixed turnkey treatment systems to municipal, industrial, military, and remediation customers, and is currently in pilot/MVP stage.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Treatment Systems

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (22131)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Hazardous Waste Management (4955)

akta.pro primary industry

PFAS & Emerging Contaminants Removal (AFFF/Trace Organics) (EUANADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Water Reuse Utilities (ZLD/MLD & Process Water Recycling) (EUANAGAG), Potable Water Treatment & Conditioning (Filtration, Disinfection, Corrosion Control) (EUANAAAC), Industrial ZLD/MLD & Brine Concentrate Management (EUANADAG), Brine Concentrate Management & Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) (EUANAFAH)

Keywords

• Water treatment systems
• PFAS destruction
• Electrochemical treatment
• Zero liquid discharge
• Membrane filtration

Headquarters

HQ city

Phoenix

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Water Treatment Systems and Equipment: Sale of mobile or fixed turnkey treatment systems for water treatment and PFAS destruction. Systems are scalable and adaptive to municipal and industrial flow requirements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

OXbyEL Technologies designs and supplies integrated water treatment systems that combine conventional membrane processes (reverse osmosis and nanofiltration) with its proprietary Electrolyzer to destroy PFAS and other persistent contaminants. The treatment train achieves zero liquid discharge, converts membrane reject into a usable water resource, and recovers valuable minerals, delivered to customers as mobile or fixed turnkey installations. The company performs treatability testing on customer water or wastewater matrices and engineers specific solutions for municipal, industrial, and military end-users.

Product overview

OXbyEL Technologies offers an integrated water treatment platform combining conventional membrane processes (reverse osmosis and nanofiltration) with its proprietary Electrolyzer technology. The system delivers zero liquid discharge treatment for PFAS destruction, converting membrane reject into usable water while recovering valuable minerals. The product portfolio includes the core Electrolyzer (proprietary electrochemical technology), a Zero Liquid Discharge Treatment System, and Mobile or Fixed Turnkey Treatment Systems. The company serves municipal, industrial, and military end-users across community drinking water systems, groundwater remediation, AFFF contamination sites, and industrial facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electrolyzer OXbyEL's proprietary electrochemical technology that destroys PFAS and other persistent contaminants in water through electro-oxidative processes, eliminating the need for expensive evaporation and crystallization. The Electrolyzer achieves complete mineralization of all PFAS compounds on-site without generating a secondary waste stream, and is the core building block of OXbyEL's integrated treatment systems for municipal, industrial, and military end-users.
• Zero Liquid Discharge Treatment System An integrated water treatment solution combining conventional membrane technology (reverse osmosis or nanofiltration) with OXbyEL's proprietary Electrolyzer, resulting in zero liquid discharge and saving customers millions of dollars. Converts membrane reject to a usable water resource while recovering valuable minerals, and is targeted at customers who already operate membrane-based treatment trains.
• Mobile or Fixed Turnkey Treatment System A scalable, turnkey water treatment installation offered in mobile or fixed configurations, adaptable to a wide range of municipal and industrial flow rates. The system treats a broad array of contaminants in water and wastewater, including complete mineralization of all PFAS (including short-chain and low-concentration PFAS), and is engineered as a plug-and-play solution for community drinking water systems, groundwater remediation wells, and industrial sites.
• Forever Chemical Cleanup Pilot Pilot deployment of OXbyEL's electrochemical PFAS treatment system at an Arizona site, serving as the final validation of the technology before commercial deployment in U.S. and international markets.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10X reduction in reject treatment costs compared to current commercial processes
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• 374Water: 374Water (formerly AquaNano) deploys AirSCWO supercritical water oxidation systems for complete PFAS destruction in industrial wastewater and landfill leachate. It is the closest direct competitor to OXbyEL's destructive PFAS electrolyzer, pursuing the same 'destroy rather than transfer' value proposition for municipal and industrial water.
• Gradiant: Gradiant is an industrial water and ZLD specialist serving pharma, semiconductor, food & beverage, and O&G clients with selective salt recovery and Zero Liquid Discharge offerings. It overlaps with OXbyEL's ZLD/industrial segments but uses thermal/crystallization rather than electrochemical PFAS destruction.
• Aquatech International: Aquatech provides industrial water treatment, brine management, and ZLD systems to O&G, mining, and power customers. It is a comparable systems integrator in OXbyEL's core industrial-PFAS/reject-treatment wedge and one of the established players the company's 10X cost claim is benchmarked against.
• Aclaris Technologies: Aclaris Technologies commercializes low-temperature electrochemical oxidation for on-site PFAS destruction in water and soil. Like OXbyEL, it targets municipal, military, and landfill leachate customers with a destructive, single-step treatment and competes head-on for the same MVP/early commercial deals.

Emerging players

• Cambrian Innovation: Cambrian Innovation offers industrial wastewater treatment and resource recovery (including EcoVolt) for food & beverage and industrial clients. It overlaps with OXbyEL's industrial segments but focuses on biological treatment rather than PFAS destruction.
• Newterra: Newterra delivers modular water and wastewater treatment systems for industrial, municipal, and remote-site applications including landfill leachate. It overlaps with OXbyEL in delivering mobile/turnkey membrane-plus-treatment packages to similar customer segments.
• PyroGenesis Canada: PyroGenesis developed plasma-based PFAS destruction (PAPR) for AFFF-impacted water and is pursuing both environmental and defense customers. It is an emerging alternative destruction technology competing for the same DOD/Superfund remediation budget OXbyEL is targeting.

Broad incumbents

• SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions: SUEZ (now part of Veolia) is a broad incumbent selling filtration, RO, ion exchange, and PFAS treatment systems to municipal and industrial customers globally. It represents the legacy incumbent whose incumbent RO+IX stacks OXbyEL positions itself against.
• Veolia Water Technologies: Veolia's water technologies division offers a comprehensive portfolio including mobile PFAS treatment units, Actiflo, and ZLD offerings. It is the broadest incumbent competing with OXbyEL across municipal and industrial drinking water and wastewater segments.
• Evoqua Water Technologies (now Veolia): Evoqua was a broad industrial water treatment incumbent (now part of Veolia) with strong municipal and industrial customer relationships, including PFAS treatment offerings. It is the established incumbency benchmark against which OXbyEL's land-and-expand account strategy must compete.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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