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Engine Ventures

Engine Ventures is a water-focused corporate venture that has backed 3 water companies since 2023. (don't) Waste Water rates its water commitment Committed.

Committed
Water Commitment
Type
Corporate Venture
AUM
$1.0B
Founded
2023
Stage
Seed - Series C
Median round
$22.1M
Portfolio
3 cos

Water Commitment Score

Tier
Committed
3 water companies · last deal 2024 · leads ~33% of rounds · High confidence
How this is scored ↗
as of Jun 2026 · no pay-to-rank

Compiled from official filings, third-party records, and direct intelligence from investors and founders, in Leviathan · recomputed monthly · as of Jun 2026.

How they invest

Seed2
Series A2
Series B1
Series C1
Median round$22.1Mrange $4.2M - $150M · 6 disclosed

Portfolio · 3 water companies

Lilac Solutions
Lilac Solutions develops a proprietary ceramic ion-exchange bead technology that rapidly extrac
$145MSeries C · 2024
Hyfe
Hyfé employs proprietary membrane separation and process engineering to extract and concentrate
$9MSeed · 2023
Biobot Analytics
Biobot Analytics deploys proprietary sewage-sampling hardware and cloud-based metabolomics anal
$20.8MLED Series A · 2021

See the full portfolio in Leviathan →

Invests alongside

Breakthrough Energy Ventures3x Lowercarbon Capital3x Presidio Ventures2x BMW i Ventures2x T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.2x Mercuria2x American Family Insurance Institute2x Aventurine1xMitsubishi1x

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