SepPure Technologies

SepPure Technologies is a Membrane Technology company based in Singapore and Canada. The company focuses on chemical-resistant hollow fibre membranes for Organic Solvent Nanofiltration (OSN) solutions designed to separate chemical mixtures at the molecular level with minimal energy use. With its technology, SepPure aims to address the significant energy expenditure associated with industrial-scale chemical separation processes across various sectors such as vegetable oil, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, petrochemical, and further oil industries, which currently accounts for up to 15% of the world's total energy consumption.

Background
Industrial-scale chemical separation processes have traditionally been associated with economic and environmental inefficiencies. Conventional methods such as distillation and evaporation heavily rely on the combustion of fossil fuels for energy, leading to substantial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and pollution. SepPure, therefore, aims to mitigate these challenges by developing industrial separation technologies that reduce dependency on traditional methods.

History
SepPure's Founder and CEO, Dr. Mohammad Farahani, founded SepPure Pte. Ltd in 2018 to commercialise the technology he developed while doing his PhD at the National University of Singapore (NUS).

The Singapore government, committed to foster DeepTech innovation, became interested in the technology and backed the company further through its investment arm, SGInnovate, subsequently attracting Venture Capital (VC) investors to commercialise the technology.

In 2021, SepPure received a grant from Emissions Reduction Alberta to apply its technology in a vegetable oil refining facility in Alberta, Canada. Emissions Reductions Alberta (ERA), a Canadian government agency, collaborates with SepPure to assist in emissions reduction within Alberta's canola oil processing industry which contributes approximately one-third of Canada's total canola oil production. In the same year, two agreements were concurrently reached in Singapore for the construction of two membrane-based vegetable oil processing plants on a semi-industrial scale.

By February 2023, the company's momentum accelerated with further support from SOSV, which then attracted further notable investors including Anji Microelectronics, Real Tech, and SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore.

SepPure Technologies is also backed by ID Capital, an investment and advisory firm based in Singapore, specialising in AgriFoodTech, and the driving force behind the Future Food Asia platform.

Products
SepPure Technologies offers a range of products as alternatives to traditional methods, promoting sustainability and efficiency in chemical separation processes.