Aquagga

Web Security & DDoS Protection · Science & Engineering
$200klatest round · Convertible Note · Apr 2023 · 3 yr ago
1backers · Katapult Ocean
$5.5Mgrants · 10 grants · CORDIS
22team · US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +22% in a year

Overview

Aquagga builds award winning PFAS destruction units, and provides water, wastewater and environmental remediation services with their mobile / onsite deployable systems.

Funding and backers

Total raised
$200k
11 rounds on record
Latest round
$200k
Convertible Note · Apr 2023 · 3 yr ago
Team
22
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +22% in a year
Grants
$5.5M
10 grants · CORDIS
Backers
1
Katapult Ocean
The money's age
Long since its last round
42 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 4, 2025 Won a grant $600k · CORDIS Apr 1, 2024 Won a grant $240k · CORDIS Sep 19, 2023 Won a grant $1.2M · CORDIS May 1, 2023 Won a grant $979k · CORDIS Dec 21, 2022 Won a grant $1.5M · CORDIS Nov 7, 2022 Won a grant $75k · CORDIS Jan 1, 2022 Won a grant $500k · CORDIS Apr 16, 2021 Won a grant $50k · CORDIS Mar 1, 2021 Won a grant $100k · CORDIS Feb 15, 2021 Won a grant $256k · CORDIS 2019 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 6%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
1
best: 1 points
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Grant Aug 2025 $600k — CORDIS
Grant Apr 2024 $240k — CORDIS
Grant Sep 2023 $1.2M — CORDIS
Grant May 2023 $979k — CORDIS
Convertible Note Apr 2023 $200k — SEC Form D
Grant Dec 2022 $1.5M — CORDIS
Grant Nov 2022 $75k — CORDIS
Grant Jan 2022 $500k — CORDIS
Grant Apr 2021 $50k — CORDIS
Grant Mar 2021 $100k — CORDIS
Grant Feb 2021 $256k — CORDIS
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Aquagga, Inc. SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Christopher WoodruffExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Brian PinkardExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Nigel SharpExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Katapult Ocean fund
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Visa sponsorship

#3,811 of 8,228 sponsors
United StatesUS 2
2 ▲ 100%
H-1B filings in 12 months
$73k
Median offered salary
0
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Electrical engineers
1
Chemists
1
The salary offered for each occupationVisa pass · 90 credits
In the register as Aquagga, Inc., Tacoma, WA
Other sponsors in the same field
Cloudflare 145 filingsArcadis 121 filingsThe Jackson Laboratory 75 filingsRedwood Materials 46 filings
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Jun 1, 2026 · Visa details by country

Financials

Total raised
$5.7M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
11
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Grant 2025 $600k Details
Grant 2024 $240k Details
Grant 2023 $1.2M Details
Grant 2023 $979k Details
Convertible Note 2023 $200k Details
Grant 2022 $1.5M Details
Grant 2022 $75k Details
Grant 2022 $500k Details
Grant 2021 $50k Details
Grant 2021 $100k Details
Grant 2021 $256k Details

People

Christopher Woodruff
Executive Officer, Director
SEC Form D
Brian Pinkard
Executive Officer, Director
SEC Form D
Nigel Sharp
Executive Officer, Director
SEC Form D
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Shared investors1
Katapult OceanVia a fund
18 portfolio companies: Ocean Rainforest, Hullbot, Matter. and 15 more
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Tacoma United States
HQ
10-50 est. staff