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Funding and backers
Total raised
$11.3M
7 rounds on record
Latest round
$10.8M
Venture round · Jan 2026 · 8 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Grants
$1.2M
2 grants · CORDIS
Backers
1
Good Growth Capital
The money's age
Fresh money
8 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
20/100
fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jan 30
Board appointment Pablo Priu, Director · SEC Form D
Jan 26
Raised a round Venture round $10.8M · SEC Form D
Mar 28, 2025
Took on debt financing $1M · SEC Form D
Jan 26, 2024
Took on debt financing $1.2M · SEC Form D
Mar 16, 2022
Took on debt financing $712k · SEC Form D
May 1, 2021
Won a grant $999k · CORDIS
Oct 26, 2020
Raised a round Venture round $556k · SEC Form D
Jan 1, 2019
Won a grant $225k · CORDIS
2018
Founded
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jan 2026 | $10.8M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Mar 2025 | $1M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Jan 2024 | $1.2M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Mar 2022 | $712k | — | SEC Form D |
| Grant | May 2021 | $999k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Oct 2020 | $556k | — | SEC Form D |
| Grant | Jan 2019 | $225k | — | CORDIS |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | NALA Membranes, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Judy RiffleExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Beverly Sue MechamExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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News
Flathead Forge Invests In NALA Membranes To Advance Chlorine-Stable Water Treatment Technology
Flathead Forge Fund 1 announced that it has invested in NALA Membranes, a North Carolina developer of chlorine-stable membranes for industrial water purification and reuse. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.
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Flathead Forge Invests in NALA Membranes to Advance Chlorine-Stable Water-Treatment Technology
HOUSTON, July 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Flathead Forge Fund 1 has invested in NALA Membranes, a North Carolina developer of chlorine-stable membranes for industrial water purification and reuse. NALA's sulfonated polysulfone membranes solve a constrain
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NALA Membranes Signs Multi-Year Membrane Sales Agreement With Concord Enviro Systems, LTD.
Multi-million dollar deal to address the rising need for innovation in industrial wastewater solutions.
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Nala Membranes Advances in Global XPRIZE Water Scarcity Competition
Largest XPRIZE in history seeks to unlock breakthroughs in water innovation and desalination
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Nala Membranes Expands Team
Key Hires to Support Commercialization of the Company's Pioneering, Chlorine-Tolerant Membranes for Desalination and Wastewater Treatment
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Rethinking Plastics: A New Vision for Polymers in Water Treatment
Plastics have long carried a negative reputation-and not without reason. Single-use plastics, microplastics in our oceans, and the global...
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We've Got What You've Been Looking For!
NALA was born from a breakthrough-a call from Judy announcing new materials that solved critical challenges in reverse osmosis (RO)...
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Judy Riffle
Executive Officer, Director

Beverly Sue Mecham
Executive Officer, Director

Justin Wright-Eakes
Director

Paul Priu
Director

David Mendez
Director

Pablo Priu
Director
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Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Morrisville
United States
HQ
10-50 est. staff
Financials
Total raised
$15.5M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
7

Good Growth Capital 




