What Omni Ecosystems does

Omni Ecosystems is a Chicago-based soil science company founded in 2009 that manufactures and supplies Omni Infinity Media, a patented two-component lightweight growth media system used in green roofs, bioswales, bioretention systems, brownfield redevelopment, and other constrained landscapes. The core technology combines Omni GEO, a specifically graded horticultural perlite base providing pore space and hydrologic performance, with Omni BIO, a probiotic top dressing introducing more than 1,500 microbial species that activate in-place soil formation. Field data documents 135 in/hr average water permeability and 86.4% porosity sustained over 10 years, with 99.9% TSS reduction in stormwater capture. The product is 100% peat-free and American-made, supported by a distribution network that includes Builders Warehouse, Green Grid, American Hydrotech, and Recover Green Roofs, alongside direct sales to enterprise customers.

The company's go-to-market is sales-led, targeting landscape architects, civil and environmental engineers, green roof designers, contractors, and property owners. Pricing is quote-based, with GEO available in 4-cf bags or 64-cf supersacks and BIO in 0.75-cf bags, under standard 50/50 payment terms. Customer logos span higher education (Harvard Business School), healthcare (Boston Medical Center), food service (McDonald's Global HQ), architecture (Studio Gang), and brownfield redevelopment (Carling Hotel, Marshall Hotel). The company is privately held and bootstrapped, with no venture capital or private equity investment.

Between 2022 and 2024, Omni underwent a strategic restructuring: divesting installation and maintenance services, rebranding its products division as Omni Rewild, and selling its landscape architecture studio Omni Workshop to Greenprint Partners. In 2025, the company re-introduced itself with a collaborative, partner-focused approach centered on Omni Infinity Media, alongside three newly patented extensions (Omni Tapestry living walls, Omni Facade, and Omni Capture wastewater treatment). The company is led by founder Molly Meyer (CEO and Director of Technical Sales) and Michael Repkin (Director of R&D), and is headquartered in a 65,000 SF adaptive-reuse facility in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood.

Name

Omni Ecosystems

Legal name

Molly Meyer, LLC

Website

https://omniecosystems.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Omni Ecosystems manufactures Omni Infinity Media, a patented two-component lightweight growth media system for green roofs, bioswales, brownfields, and stormwater infrastructure. Founded in 2009 in Chicago, the company sells direct and through resellers to landscape architects, engineers, contractors, and property owners across 23+ U.S. states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Green Infrastructure Growth Media

akta.pro primary industry

Substrates & Growing Media (Coco, Rockwool, Peat Alternatives) (AFAAAHAF)

Keywords

• Lightweight growth media
• Green roof systems
• Stormwater management media
• Bioretention substrates
• Brownfield redevelopment media

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Omni Infinity Media Product Sales: Omni generates revenue through the sale of its Omni Infinity Media products (GEO and BIO components). GEO comes in 4-cf bags or 64-cf supersacks. BIO comes in 0.75-cf bags. The company operates as a products division branded Omni Rewild, selling growth media to landscape contractors, green roof installers, roofing contractors, and property owners nationwide.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Omni Ecosystems manufactures and supplies Omni Infinity Media, a two-component lightweight stormwater growth media system. GEO is a specifically graded horticultural perlite providing pore space, structure, and hydrologic performance; BIO is a probiotic top dressing introducing more than 1,500 microbial species that activate soil formation. The media is sold for use in green roofs, bioretention, bioinfiltration, bioswales, rain gardens, planters, tree pits, suspended pavement, brownfields, and other constrained landscapes where conventional soils cannot perform.

Product overview

Omni Ecosystems is a soil science-driven company that creates and supplies growth media for the built environment. The core offering is Omni Infinity Media, a two-component system consisting of Omni GEO (a lightweight horticultural perlite base layer providing porosity and hydrologic performance) and Omni BIO (a probiotic top dressing introducing 1,500+ microbial species that activate soil formation). The company also offers Omni SOLO Media as a single-component variant, Omni Meadow Seed Mix for meadow installations, and slow-release fertilizer amendments. The flagship Omni Infinity Media enables vegetation, stormwater management, and ecological performance in extreme environments like rooftops, brownfields, bioswales, and other constrained landscapes where conventional soils cannot perform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Omni Infinity Media: High-performance stormwater growth media for green roofs, bioretention, planters, and constrained landscapes
• Omni GEO
• Omni BIO
• Omni SOLO Media
• Omni Meadow
• Omni Terrain

Products and services

• Omni Infinity Media A high-performance, lightweight stormwater growth media designed for green roofs, bioretention, bioinfiltration, planters, tree pits, suspended pavement, and other constrained landscapes. Composed of GEO base layer and BIO probiotic top dressing, enabling vegetation and long-term stormwater storage with high porosity and biological activity.
• Omni GEO A specifically graded horticultural perlite that serves as the base component of Omni Infinity Media, providing pore space, structure, oxygen availability, and durable hydrologic performance. Sold in 4-cf bags or 64-cf supersacks.
• Omni BIO A probiotic top dressing containing more than 1,500 microbial species that activates soil formation by introducing biological communities to the GEO base layer. Sold in 0.75-cf bags, applied at 1/4 inch depth.
• Omni SOLO Media
• Omni Meadow Seed Mix

Quantifiable outcome

• 135 in/hr water permeability maintained over 10 years
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Builders WarehousecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2025Nationwide online building material supplier and reseller of Omni Infinity Media for green roofing applications.
• Green GridcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2025Leader in modular green roofs that resells Omni Infinity Media.
• American HydrotechcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2025Trusted roofing manufacturer providing total system and warranty for garden roof assemblies when materials are purchased through them.
• Recover Green RoofscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2016Green roof designer and installer that installed the first Omni Infinity Media project in the Northeast at Harvard Business School in 2016.
• Greenprint PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcquired Omni Workshop landscape architecture studio in 2022. Previously collaborated on projects including 125 High Street Boston.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Profile Products: Profile Products is a leading manufacturer of engineered soil, bioretention media, and green roof growth media — directly comparable to Omni GEO/Omni Infinity Media as a specialty substrate supplier for green infrastructure, stormwater, and landscaping applications.
• Xero Flor: Xero Flor is a pre-vegetated green roof system provider that supplies engineered growth media and modular mats for extensive and semi-intensive green roofs, overlapping directly with Omni Meadow and Omni Infinity Media use cases.
• LiveRoof: LiveRoof is a leading modular green roof system producer that distributes pre-vegetated roof modules incorporating engineered growth media, making it a direct competitor in the green roof substrate and systems market Omni serves.
• Roofmeadow: Roofmeadow designs and supplies green roof assemblies including proprietary growth media for extensive, intensive, and semi-intensive green roofs — directly comparable to Omni Infinity Media in performance-engineered roof substrate offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Carlisle Construction Materials: Carlisle is a large, established commercial roofing manufacturer with a green roof offering (Carlisle Roof Garden) that competes with Omni in the broader green roof assembly market, though as part of a much wider portfolio of roofing products.
• Sungro Horticulture: Sungro is a major North American producer of professional horticultural substrates (including peat-based mixes) supplying greenhouse, nursery, and CEA growers — a broader incumbent in horticultural growing media that competes with Omni GEO in substrate categories.
• Premier Tech: Premier Tech is a global manufacturer of peat- and coir-based horticultural substrates and professional growing media — a broad incumbent in the substrate market that competes with Omni in the controlled environment and landscape growing media space.
• Oldcastle Infrastructure (CRH): Oldcastle Infrastructure is a large manufacturer of stormwater, drainage, and green infrastructure products, overlapping with Omni's bioswale/bioretention use cases as a broad incumbent in the same downstream green infrastructure project market.
• Berger: Berger is a North American manufacturer of peat-based and peat-reduced horticultural substrates serving nursery, greenhouse, and CEA markets — comparable to Omni as a growing media manufacturer, with significant overlap in substrate technology (and peat substitution being a relevant competitive dynamic).

Emerging players

• DeepRoot Green Infrastructure: DeepRoot supplies green infrastructure products including structural soil cells, bioretention media, and tree pit systems used in streetscape and stormwater projects — an emerging player with partial overlap in the green infrastructure substrate market Omni serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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