Aqua Metals
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About: Aqua Metals Inc is engaged in the business of recycling Lead through a novel, proprietary and patent-pending process that it developed and named AquaRefining. The company's breakthrough, AquaRefining, delivers a product, at a higher yield, eliminates toxic waste, reduces permitting, and is less expensive to build than smelting. AquaRefining process will provide for the recycling of Lead acid batteries and the production of a pure grade Lead with a significantly lower cost of production, and with fewer environmental and regulatory issues, than conventional methods of Lead production.
Employees: 11
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Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
133% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 7 | Existing positions closed: 3
12% more funds holding
Funds holding: 26 [Q1] → 29 (+3) [Q2]
0.84% less ownership
Funds ownership: 1.73% [Q1] → 0.89% (-0.84%) [Q2]
57% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 3 | Existing positions reduced: 7
81% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.3M [Q1] → $434K (-$1.87M) [Q2]
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