Eco Island

What Eco Island does

Eco Island ApS is a privately held Danish company headquartered in Sorø that develops and sells nature-based solutions for water treatment, ecosystem restoration, and biodiversity enhancement. Its core technology combines biomimetically designed floating treatment wetlands, which use phytoremediation via plant and plant-microbe interactions to remove heavy metals, nutrients, COD, and TSS without chemicals, fertilizers, physical filters, or external energy, with the EcoSMART cloud-based IoT platform for real-time water quality monitoring and early warning. The product portfolio has expanded into modular add-ons including Floating Ecosystems, Rain Pocket (cloudburst mitigation), Planted Coir Logs (erosion control), Floating Islands, Pocket Parks, Floating Parks, and a Living & Learning Lab community engagement module.

Eco Island generates revenue through three streams: customized project-based solution design and installation for municipalities, governments, and corporations; SaaS subscription fees for EcoSMART remote water monitoring; and expert consultancy on sustainability and nature-based solutions. Pricing is custom and not publicly disclosed, with multi-year contracts. The go-to-market is sales-led and community-led, relying on direct outreach, a project gallery, and Living & Learning Labs as demand-generation mechanisms. Geographic scope is currently Denmark with no explicit international footprint claimed. The company is founder-owned, with no disclosed venture capital, private equity, or institutional investors, and has received grants from Danish public funding bodies (logos displayed on its website).

Name

Eco Island

Legal name

Eco Island

Website

https://ecoisland.dk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Eco Island is a privately held Danish company that designs, installs, and monitors nature-based water treatment and biodiversity solutions — including floating treatment wetlands, urban nature installations, and the EcoSMART IoT monitoring platform — primarily serving municipalities, governments, and corporations in Denmark.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Treatment Solutions

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132), Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

SIC

Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Reuse & Reclamation Infrastructure Construction (Recycled Water Systems) (IMAFAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Conservation, Restoration & Biodiversity Services (Habitat, Wetlands, Riparian) (IMAMAJAH), Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Asset Management (EUAEAMAH), Wetland, Riparian & Buffer Services (within forest landscapes) (AFAMAMAI)

Keywords

• Nature-based water treatment
• Floating treatment wetlands
• Phytoremediation systems
• Remote water monitoring
• Urban green infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Sorø

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Nature-Based Solution Projects: Eco Island designs and delivers customized nature-based solutions for water purification, ecosystem restoration, and urban nature projects. Revenue appears to be generated through solution design, installation, and potentially ongoing maintenance services for municipalities, companies, and governments.
2. EcoSMART Software as a Service: EcoSMART is offered as a cloud-based software system with SaaS pricing for remote water monitoring, data management, and early warning systems. This provides recurring subscription revenue from monitoring services.
3. Expert Consultancy Services: The company offers expert consultancy on sustainability and nature-based solutions, generating revenue through professional services engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Eco Island designs, builds, and installs nature-based water treatment and biodiversity solutions, anchored by proprietary Floating Treatment Wetlands that use phytoremediation to remove heavy metals, nutrients, and organic contaminants from water without chemicals, land, or energy input. The portfolio is paired with the EcoSMART cloud-based IoT platform for real-time remote water quality monitoring and early warning, and includes complementary modules for ecosystem restoration, cloudburst management, erosion control, urban green infrastructure, and community education.

Product overview

Eco Island offers a portfolio of nature-based solutions centered on its proprietary EcoSMART cloud-based monitoring platform and Floating Treatment Wetlands technology. The core offering combines phytoremediation-based water purification with IoT-enabled remote monitoring. The product suite includes modular add-ons for ecosystem restoration (Floating Ecosystem), cloudburst mitigation (Rain Pocket), erosion control (Planted Coir Logs & Pillows), biodiversity enhancement (Floating Island habitats), and urban nature installations (Pocket Parks, Floating Parks). A Living & Learning Lab module enables community engagement and environmental education. All solutions are scalable, customizable, and designed to work synergistically with the EcoSMART monitoring system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Floating Islands International: Floating Islands International designs and manufactures biomimetic floating islands and floating treatment wetlands for water purification, habitat creation, and stormwater management. It is the closest direct competitor to Eco Island's core FTW technology and target use cases.
• Biomatrix Water Solutions: Biomatrix Water Solutions designs and installs nature-based water treatment systems, including floating wetlands and ecological filtration, for industrial, municipal, and agricultural clients. It overlaps closely with Eco Island on phytoremediation-based water purification and the European NBS market.
• Natural Systems Utilities: Natural Systems Utilities delivers decentralized, ecology-based water and wastewater solutions using constructed wetlands and natural treatment processes. It is comparable to Eco Island in offering nature-based alternatives to conventional treatment infrastructure for municipalities and developers.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Water Technologies (AnoxKaldnes): Veolia, through AnoxKaldnes and other brands, is a global water-treatment incumbent offering biological, MBBR, and process-water solutions to utilities and industry. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities but operates at a much larger scale and across a far wider portfolio than Eco Island.
• Xylem: Xylem is a global water-technology incumbent spanning pumps, treatment, metering, and digital water solutions. It serves the same municipal and industrial water-quality customers as Eco Island, but competes from a much broader portfolio of conventional and digital offerings.
• Grundfos: Grundfos is a Danish global leader in pumps and water systems for utilities, industry, and buildings. While its core portfolio is pump-based, its digital water-management initiatives and municipal customer base make it a relevant broad incumbent comparable to Eco Island's end-market focus.

Regional players

• DHI Group: DHI is a Danish water-science and engineering consultancy working on water resources, climate adaptation, and aquatic environments. It is a regionally relevant peer because it competes for the same Danish municipal and government water-management projects, though primarily as a consultancy rather than a product vendor.

Emerging players

• Kamstrup: Kamstrup is a Danish smart-metering and water-monitoring specialist offering cloud-based consumption and quality analytics to utilities. Its remote-monitoring SaaS overlaps with Eco Island's EcoSMART platform, though Kamstrup focuses on metering data rather than ecological water-quality sensors.

Others

• Ramboll: Ramboll is a Danish-headquartered engineering, design, and sustainability consultancy with a large water and climate-adaptation practice. It is adjacent to Eco Island because it influences specifications for Danish municipal water projects that Eco Island bids into, even though it does not directly sell nature-based products.
• COWI: COWI is a major Danish engineering consultancy active in water, environment, and infrastructure across Scandinavia and globally. It is an ecosystem participant to Eco Island, frequently serving as the prime consultant on tenders where Eco Island would be a specialist subcontractor or supplier.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/EcoIslandDK
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ecoislandfloating

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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