We build modular microbial fuel cell systems that treat high-strength trade effluent while generating on‑site, zero‑carbon electricity. F&B plants can cut operating costs, reduce risk, and strengthen resilience as regulation tightens and tariffs rise. Our proprietary advantage is an AI‑designed, 3D‑printed lattice reactor architecture that increases biological reaction surface and current collection, enabling rapid treatment windows and strong performance on real F&B waste streams (site- and waste‑stream‑specific). Our design also unlocks rapid, modular manufacturing of individual reactors that allows bespoke scaling of installations, easy and cost-effective setup and zero-downtime repair.
The problem is urgent and getting worse: high-strength effluent exposure can exceed £1m per site per year, permit breaches can trigger significant penalties, and trade-effluent charges have risen ~57% since 2021 - all hitting an industry that often runs on thin margins. At the same time, water regulation is tightening and the economics of “do nothing” are deteriorating. These pressures are driving shutdowns of businesses across the F&B industry – in our beachhead market, beer, this translated to 137 closures of breweries since 2025 alone. This is “why now”.
Our solution is simple and scalable: a plug‑and‑play, end‑of‑pipe system that delivers around ~85% pollutant removal and converts said pollutants to Direct Current. Our main value proposition is the dramatic reduction of effluent costs, but our technology is also self-powering and generates excess electricity that is routed to local loads (fermenters, kettles, controls), with the goal of producing meaningful, repeatable OpEx reductions (~22% net of leasing costs). Breweries are the beachhead because wastewater strength and energy loads make ROI visible; the platform scales across drinks and broader F&B sites with similar effluent profiles.
Traction and validation: we’ve progressed from lab and techno‑economic validation into named customer trials, including a live Oxford brewery trial targeting ~30% annual OpEx savings at scale and £25k+/year costs averted.
Business model: recurring revenue through leasing CapEx, funded by asset-backed securitisation. The Company manufactures CapEx in a Special Purpose Vehicle independent of our cashflow, and leases it out to the Customer. This allows predictable cashflow for Pipeline Organics and ≥50% gross margin while derisking investment for both the lender and the customer. The CapEx is immensely valuable due to 20+ year installation lifetimes and strong per‑site economics.
What we’re looking for (Reset Connect):
Investors
- early-GTM-focused Angel round to deliver a Minimum Marketable Product (MMP) in 2027, then
- £3.6m of Seed to scale to containerised first‑of‑a‑kind (FOAK) units (~40 sq ft) deployable across breweries in the UK and EU by 2029, leading to £1.08m CARR immediately and £74m CARR within 5 years post-FOAK
- We are also looking to advertise our technology to the wider Food and Beverage sector;
- We will partner with beer and cider brewers to refine and launch our technology across this beachhead market.
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