AquaPoro Raises $5M in Seed Funding Led by Breakout Ventures

The round also saw participation from Cerberus Ventures, Humba Ventures, and One Small Planet.

The company plans to use the funding to expand manufacturing capacity and launch its first commercial pilot projects.

AquaPoro is addressing a growing global water challenge. Many industries have long relied on abundant freshwater supplies, but shrinking water reserves and stricter environmental regulations are creating major operational and infrastructure challenges.

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Atmospheric Water Generators (AWGs) have emerged as an alternative source of water, but weather conditions and inconsistent production limit many existing systems.

AquaPoro’s proprietary Atmospheric Low-humidity Moisture Adsorption (ALMA™) technology extracts clean water from the air while using less energy and operating effectively across different temperatures and humidity levels.

Its ALMA system runs continuously, providing a steady water supply. The company’s modular Stream™ units can be integrated directly into manufacturing facilities and use available waste and ambient energy on-site, reducing reliance on energy-intensive grid power.

AquaPoro is preparing to build the world's first continuous-flow atmospheric water harvesting system at the University of California, Riverside, in partnership with the College of Engineering's Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT).

The technology's increased production capacity has already attracted interest from a major U.S. beverage company and a global leader in water treatment and sustainability solutions.

“Water is the most basic and valuable asset, yet the unit economics of industrial water supply have been broken for decades,” said Lindy Fishburne, Managing Partner at Breakout Ventures. “The moment we met the AquaPoro team and recognized their unique positioning to scale this technology, we knew we wanted to be involved in bringing it to the market.”

“I spent a decade experiencing and then working on water scarcity across the world, and the lesson was simple: you cannot conserve your way out of a shortage, you have to find a way to make net new water,” said Kyle Cordova, Founder and CEO of AquaPoro. “ALMA makes net new water from the air at conditions where conventional systems break down, such that a factory can produce its own supply instead of fighting over a shrinking one.”

About AquaPoro

Founded in 2024 by Kyle E. Cordova, and Kristopher Gilman, AquaPoro develops atmospheric water systems that can produce water in low humidity environments while using less energy than traditional technologies. The company designs scalable solutions ranging from residential unit's to large industrial system's creating decentralized infrastructure that converts air into clean, ultra pure water.

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