Watercycle Technologies Limited, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Manchester, United Kingdom, was spun out from the University of Manchester by Dr. Ahmed Abdelkarim and Dr. Sebastian Leaper. The company develops modular, low-cost systems for mineral recovery and water treatment, focused on producing battery-grade lithium salts and recovering critical minerals from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries. Its mission is to enable circular material flows and increase domestic supply of critical battery materials while producing clean water as a co-product. Watercycle serves mining, industrial wastewater, battery recycling, and desalination markets with pilot and scale-up deployments.
