Aquagga to participate in innovation showcase

July 1, 2020

University Relations

UAF startup Aquagga is the first Alaska company to participate in the Cascadia CleanTech Accelerator.

The accelerator, hosted by Seattle’s CleanTech Alliance and Portland-based VertueLab, announced the 2020 cohort of 10 environmentally-focused startups.

The companies will participate in the CleanTech Innovation Showcase on July 15 and end the program at September’s Fuel 2020, where the teams will share their technologies.

Aquagga, whose team includes Jonathan Kamler, Brian Pinkard and Nigel Sharp, developed an energy-efficient system that destroys contaminants and converts aqueous mixtures containing PFAS, pharmaceuticals, microplastics, pesticides or other toxins into clean water.

For more information, email Nigel Sharp at nigel.sharp@alaska.edu.