Active Membranes, developer of revolutionary, award-winning electrically-conducting membranes used in desalination, has closed its initial round of Seed Funding to develop its game-changing desalination technology further. This investment will facilitate Active's further corporate growth, technology scale-up, and commercialization, as well as the execution of several extended field pilot tests, all co-funded by various US federal and state government agencies.

The funding round includes investments from Natural Ventures, Echo River Capital, and Pacifica Water Solutions, one of Active Membranes' co-founders.

Active Membranes brings a new and entirely different approach to desalination membrane technology. Its membranes utilize the company's patented technology that incorporates tunable electrical potential into a spiral wound desalination membrane module to make it actively resistant to scaling and fouling during the desalination process.