Coflux Purification

As we reflect about how productive the summer was, we wanted to celebrate our interns, who supported key initiatives to move Coflux forward. On the business side, Grayson Maki joined us as a Business Development Intern, who made incredible impact during his time on the team! Grayson supported 100+ interviews and customer development opportunities, led a session on the EPA regulatory guidance for new PFAS technologies, created an in depth PFAS ecosystem map, and built our CRM from scratch. We will miss working with him as he returns to school in a few weeks and congratulate him on a great summer! We were also joined by our Undergraduate Research Assistant, Franchesca Sentmanat, who supported our team in the lab. Her work enabled key experiments and data gathering, delving into key peer research. We look forward to working with her through the school year and know she will continue to be an asset in technical development!

Coflux will be at a number of events this week, celebrating the first Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week! Excited to have the team at Activate’s Meet the Cohort, where our CEO Alec Ajnsztajn will be giving a short presentation. We will be representing just one team that was supported by TEX-E throughout the year at Greentown Labs From Schools to Startups series, where CTO Jeremy Daum will be pitching about Coflux (and the great Houston ecosystem that’s gotten us this far)! The team will also be attending a number of social events throughout the week as well! See you there!

We've been up to a lot this summer! Thrilled to have been in this cohort, learning, growing, and building Coflux. Come hear about our progress, future plans, and how we will continue to get our technology into the hands of customers!

We know the road to transitioning to alternatives will be long - and many #critical industries (#energy #semiconductors) use PFAS as a key input for infrastructure we use everyday. The EPA published this great infographic outlining the interconnected challenges we face as companies transition to PFAS alternatives, in the industries where we can transition. We are motivated by the opportunity to empower industrials to make better, smarter, and economic remediation choices, destroying PFAS from their wastewater!

We can’t believe how fast the summer went by. Come hear about all of our progress at Demo Day on August 27th - we can’t wait to see you there!

We love to see the continued investment in upskilling, workforce development, and pipeline of talent that understands our water systems. We are excited to see the industry continue to grow and shift to accommodate the changing water systems across the U.S.! #wastewatertreatment #EPA #waterinvestments #upskilling #workforcedevelopment #waterinfrastructure

We are thrilled that Alec Ajnsztajn, one of our co-founders, was accepted into the newest 2024 Activate cohort! Being a part of the Activate community will help accelerate Coflux's venture and bring essential skill building, community learning, and networking opportunities. Congrats to Alec and all of the 2024 #ActivateFellows cohort!

Happy summer! The Coflux team has spent the last week getting our accelerator journey started through Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship’s Summer Venture Studio program! Over the summer, we will delve deeper into our problem space, technology, and overall business strategy. We are thrilled for this opportunity to take Coflux to the next level. Huge shoutout to the incredible Lilie team leading this initiative - Taylor Anne Adams, Kyle Judah, Sophie Randolph - your expertise and support has already been so valuable for our growth and acceleration!

In addition to being used in household products and clothing, did you know that #PFAS are used in #hydrogen #electrolyzers? A report from Hydrogen Europe states that there is, "No alternative [is] foreseen to be able to substitute today or in the near future these highly specialised materials [fluoropolymers], central to the functioning of the hydrogen value chain." As we continue to strive towards the #energytransition, we know that #PFAS are a part of the conversation in creating renewable fuels, and we want to help hydrogen producers destroy PFAS effectively in their wastewater streams! Check out the full report: https://lnkd.in/eqXeUqBQ

The Coflux team is coming off of two weeks of learning, wins, and begins to delve into a summer of work! Last week, Dana Vazquez led the pitch at the Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship's Napier Rice Launch Challenge, securing the second place prize and the audience choice award! We are so incredibly grateful for the entrepreneurship community at Rice University that continues to provide great opportunities to share our technology with the world. Our other two co-founders, Alec Ajnsztajn and Jeremy Daum immediately got on a flight up to Boston, to compete as a finalist in the MIT Climate and Energy Prize - we loved hearing more about the incredible climate tech startups coming from universities across the country. This was Rice's first time being represented in the global finals! As the spring pitch season comes to a close, we are really excited for a summer of deep work and acceleration on Coflux!