His First Two Inventions Made Billions - Number Three Just Went Live
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His First Two Inventions Made Billions - Number Three Just Went Live

C1AdvancedMarch 21, 202633 min

How Did Pierre Côté Build Two Unicorn Water Technologies - and Why Is He Now Betting on Algae? Pierre Côté is arguably the most successful water technology inventor alive. With over 100 patents across four decades, he created ZeeWeed (the membrane that launched the $3.63 billion MBR market) and co-invented ZeeLung (anchoring the ~$500 million MABR market). Now in his seventies, he's co-founded AlgaFilm Technologies to tackle nutrient removal with algae biofilm. 🌶️ KEY SPICES 🌶️ 🧬 Two unicorn technologies from one inventor — ZeeWeed created the MBR category ($3.63B market), ZeeLung anchors MABR (~$500...

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100 patents across 4 decades and a $689 million exit, Pierre Côté is maybe less known than Andrew Benedict in the Xenon saga but he's still the engineer behind the success story. But the story doesn't stop there, Pierre Côté did it again with the invention of the MABR which makes him probably the only water engineer directly related to two of water's very few

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unicorn technologies. So you probably understand why following his track is always of interest. Well, Pierre Côté is at it again and he just placed his next bet on algae. Hang on, what did he just say?

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Now bear with me, because that introduction probably sounds like I'm about to sell you some kind of motivational poster, but I'm really not. Pierre Côté is, by any reasonable measure, the most successful water technology inventor alive.

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