Arqlite

Arqlite is expanding its revolutionary technology to tackle plastic pollution

https://wefunder.com/arqlite

Total raised on Wefunder: 1897519

Total investors: 1986

Quick facts

  • ♻️We recycle what no one else can: complex plastics, at scale (1 ton per hour!)
  • 🚀46% month-over-month growth on retail channels since our pre-launch in September.
  • 💵Paid to take the waste and paid again for our outputs.
  • 😎Our very first product is Smart: 3X lighter and 10X better insulator compared to mineral gravel.
  • 🌿Our Smart Gravel replaces dumb gravel in concrete, hydroponics, and the base of pots, and planters.
  • 🇦🇷🇺🇸Proven track record, from a garage in Argentina in 2015 to 24,000 sq ft California.
  • 🥇Validated by Techstars, Plug & Play, Solar Impulse, Cemex Ventures, Echoing Green…
  • 🙋‍♂️All created with $3M of investments from people like you and strategic investors like Cemex and Coca-Cola.

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Arqlite

Arqlite is expanding its revolutionary technology to tackle plastic pollution

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Last Funded July 2022

$1,897,519

raised from 1,986 investors
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Investor Panel

David and Jim interviewed Arqlite on July 19, 2021. Play Video
David Ma
David Ma
Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor & Business Consultant
Jim Jindrick
Jim Jindrick
Venture development expertise includes researching, planning, launching, stabilizing, sustaining, and scaling technology-focused ventures.
Strengths
says, "Mission driven (clean) + excellent byproduct (clean gravel) gives this business a lot of strong fundamentals to succeed."
says, "Interesting application of waste materials that would likely have wound up in a landfill."
Advice
says, "It sounds like finding buyers of the gravel is the limiter to growth, so "uncapping" that limit by generating demand could be huge!"
says, "Work on building a collaborative network of partners that can apply your techologies (under license) throughout the US and other countries."

What Investors Say

LEAD INVESTOR
Invested $30,000 this round
As an impact investor, I’m excited to invest in Arqlite. When I look at a company, I look for three things: IMPACT, TEAM, and ODDS. IMPACT - The plastic recycling industry is a mess, with most of the plastic we think we’re recycling being dumped in landfills instead. Arqlite is turning tons of plastic garbage into valuable products. This technology is out of the lab and in production today. TEAM - Sebastian and his team are ready to scale Arqlite. They built their new factory in Santa Ana, CA in the middle of the COVID shutdowns. Sebastian has the energy and salesmanship to bring Arqlite’s products to market. This is a business, not a science experiment. ODDS - Arqlite is not just an idea. It is an operating company with customers and revenue, with a new factory churning out tons of product for customers today. It is selling right now through the biggest retailers (Amazon, Home Depot) at great margins that will power the business forward. As I wrote, I’m excited to invest in Arqlite. It’s a sustainable business actually doing something about our plastic waste mess.
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