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Startup · United States

Equatic

HQ Torrance, CA11-50 employees

Equatic develops seawater electrolysis technology that combines carbon dioxide removal with hydrogen production. The company is scaling demonstration plants toward commercial facilities.

StartupDevelopment
Website

Funding1 round · $11.6M

Equity raised
$11.6M
Latest
$11.6MSeries A · Aug 11, 2025
  • Series A
    Led by Catalytic Capital for Climate and Health, Kibo Invest
    Confirmed
    $11.6M
    Aug 11, 2025

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems1

Equatic-1

Equatic-1 — Seawater electrolysis for hydrogen and carbon removal

Development

Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.

Supply Chain1 facility

Facilities1

  • Equatic — Torrance
    Headquarters · Torrance, CA, United States
    Operating
    Reported
  • David Jassby

    Co-founder

  • Erika La Plante

    Co-founder

  • Gaurav N. Sant

    Founder

  • David Jassby

    Co-Founder

  • Edward Sanders

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Erika La Plante

    Co-Founder

  • Gaurav N. Sant

    Founder, Chief Technology Officer

  • Herb Glaser

    Chief Legal Officer

Company Metrics

LinkedIn employee profiles
22
Observed Oct 13, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗
LinkedIn followers
4,993
Observed Oct 13, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗

Employee-profile counts reflect LinkedIn profiles associated with the company, not verified headcount. One observation establishes a baseline; it does not establish growth.

Sources5

Systems1

  1. 1

    Supports System

    “Equatic-1. This modular architecture allows the installation, operation, and maintenance of individual units to be staged and stacked, facilitating systematic and rapid expansion, as well as efficient operations. The net energy r”

Funding1

  1. 2

    equatic.tech · Aug 11, 2025 · Supports Funding round

    “The $11.6MM round was led by Catalytic Capital for Climate and Health (C3H), a catalytic vehicle by Temasek Trust, and Kibo Invest, a Singapore-based private investment office with a focus on climate technology. The funding round, with participation from a con”

Supply chain1

  1. 3

    LinkedIn · Supports Facility, Organization · description, Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · ownership, Organization · website, Organization metric · employees in linkedin, Organization metric · followers

    “locations: ['20600 Gramercy Pl Torrance, CA 90501, US']”

People2

  1. 4

    Supports Role

    “### Gaurav N. Sant Founder, Chief Technology Officer Gaurav founded Equatic Inc. and leads it with the executive team. He is the Pritzker Professor of Sustainability in UCLA's Samueli School of Engineering, where he is also the Founder and Director of UCLA’s Institute for Carbon Management. Gaurav’s research has led to the creation of multiple decarbonization-related spinout companies including CarbonBuilt Inc., Concrete-AI Inc., Specifx Lithium Inc., x/44 Inc., and Nextli Technologies Inc.”
  2. 5

    Supports Role

    “omes the following industry and academic experts to its leadership team:** - **Edward Sanders** is named as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to drive further growth and expansion, following his experience steering the company’s operations as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Sanders has a deep background in climate, aviation, and consulting with e”

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