# Matter.

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/matter-3

- Industry: Environmental Services
- Headquarters: Bristol, UK
- Website: www.matter.industries
- Total disclosed funding: $31M
- Latest round: Series A (Aug 9, 2023)
- Investors on record: 6

## About

Based in Bristol, UK, and founded in 2018 by CEO Adam Root, CFO Rob Hemsleya, and CFO Lucas Horne, Inheriting Earth Limited trading, dba Matter., filters plastic micropollutants from the wastewater systems in homes, factories, and utilities, improving water quality and reducing corporate risk. In May 2023, Matter. raised USD 20 million in series A funding from Soundwaves.

The company provides technology solutions that filter plastic micropollutants from wastewater systems in homes, factories, and utilities. The company has developed Gulp, a device that captures microfibers during laundry. The company also provides filtration technology to help businesses to capture and harvest microplastics from their manufacturing processes, supply chains, and products.

Inheriting Earth Limited trading plans to use the seed funding to tackle the microplastic pollution problem.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Aug 9, 2023, $10M — Sound Ventures, S2G Ventures, Katapult Ocean, Regeneration.VC
- Series A, May 22, 2023, $20M — Sound Ventures
- Seed, Nov 15, 2021, $0.2M — British Design Fund
- Seed, Aug 13, 2020, $1M — Sky Ocean Ventures

## Investors

- Sky Ocean Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sky-ocean-ventures) — Seed
- British Design Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/british-design-fund) — Seed
- Sound Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sound-ventures) — Series A
- S2G Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/s2g-ventures) — Series A
- Katapult Ocean — Series A
- Regeneration.VC (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/regeneration-vc) — Series A