Enerkem: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)
Enerkem is a cleantech company transforming waste into transportation biofuels, renewable chemicals, and everyday products. Through the combination of a proprietary thermochemical technology platform and community-based advanced facilities, Enerkem addresses the challenges of oil dependence and waste disposal. Enerkem has validated its proprietary technology over a period of 10 years using the solid waste from numerous municipalities and other types of feedstock. The company’s process and business model are designed to profitably produce cellulosic ethanol from a large municipal solid waste supply. Enerkem is a private company founded in 2000 by its current senior management. It is majority-owned by institutional, clean-technology and industrial investors, including Rho Ventures, Waste Management, Braemar Energy Ventures, Investissement Québec, Valero, Cycle Capital, The Westly Group, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, and Fondaction CSN. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Enerkem has 170 employees in Canada and the United States.
Enerkem has raised $155M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Debt Financing of $155M announced in Apr 2022.
That round is above the $14M median round size for Energy companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Enerkem Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Apr 2022.
Enerkem Funding Rounds
Enerkem Founders and Leadership Team
No contact details are on record for this team yet.
Enerkem Funding Compared to Other Energy Startups
Enerkem's latest round of $155M is above the median round in Energy. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Enerkem Funding FAQs
What does Enerkem do?
Enerkem is a cleantech company transforming waste into transportation biofuels, renewable chemicals, and everyday products. Through the combination of a proprietary thermochemical technology platform and community-based advanced facilities, Enerkem addresses the challenges of oil dependence and waste disposal. Enerkem has validated its proprietary technology over a period of 10 years using the solid waste from numerous municipalities and other types of feedstock. The company’s process and business model are designed to profitably produce cellulosic ethanol from a large municipal solid waste supply. Enerkem is a private company founded in 2000 by its current senior management. It is majority-owned by institutional, clean-technology and industrial investors, including Rho Ventures, Waste Management, Braemar Energy Ventures, Investissement Québec, Valero, Cycle Capital, The Westly Group, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, and Fondaction CSN. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Enerkem has 170 employees in Canada and the United States.
How much funding has Enerkem raised?
Enerkem has raised $155M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Debt Financing of $155M announced in Apr 2022.
When did Enerkem last raise funding?
Enerkem's most recent funding round on record is a Debt Financing of $155M, announced in Apr 2022.
Who is the CEO of Enerkem?
Dominique Boies is listed as CEO at Enerkem.
Where is Enerkem headquartered?
Enerkem is based in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
How many employees does Enerkem have?
Enerkem is in the 251-500 employee band.
How does Enerkem's funding compare to other Energy startups?
Enerkem's latest round of $155M is above the $14M median round size for Energy companies on FundedIQ across 2,284 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Enerkem Funding Data
FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.
Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Enerkem is left off this page rather than filled in.
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