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Ara Partners Invests $500 Million in Waste Upcycling Solutions Provider Sedron
Mark Segal
April 9, 2026
Industrial decarbonization-focused private equity investor Ara Partners announced an investment of up to $500 million in waste upscaling solutions provider Sedron Technologies.
Founded in 2014 as a spinoff from aerospace engineering and manufacturing company Janicki Industries, Washington-based Sedron provides circular waste management solutions to transform biosolids, agricultural manure, and other liquid wastes into clean reclaimed water, renewable energy, and carbon-negative commodities, based on its flagship Varcor technology, designed to recover water and nutrients while reducing the volume of material requiring disposal.
Sedron currently deploys its Varcor technology across two sectors, including its Municipal Biosolids Upcycling business, to process wastewater biosolids into purified water and a concentrated fuel that is used to produce carbon-negative electricity, and its Agriculture Upcycling business, to process dairy manure into purified water, a dry organic fertilizer, and a liquid organic ammonium nitrate fertilizer, with benefits including lower manure management costs for farmers, prevention of nutrient runoff and soil phosphorus buildup, and a significant reduction in methane emissions.
Cory Steffek, Partner at Ara Partners, said:
“Sedron is transforming materials that once harmed the environment into valuable, revenue generating products. Our focus is on positioning Sedron as the leader in circular waste management—converting waste into carbon negative commodities faster, more cost effectively, and with greater energy efficiency than any other solution available. Sedron’s model delivers benefits for communities, farmers, and the environment alike.”
According to Sedron, the new investment will be used to accelerate its project development pipeline and expansion of its manufacturing and deployment capabilities across North America.
Sedron recently announced a strategic partnership with Synagro for a regional biosolids upcycling facility in Indiantown, Florida, with construction set to begin this spring, and commissioning scheduled for 2028, and the company is also commissioning a project on a 10,000-cow dairy in Wisconsin, with commercial operations starting this summer.
Geoff Trukenbrod, Chief Executive Officer of Sedron Technologies, said:
“We’ve spent years proving this technology at a commercial scale with municipal and agricultural partners who are under real pressure to do more with less. Ara’s investment gives us the capital and long-term partner we need to build projects faster, expand manufacturing, and bring Varcor systems to more communities and farms that are looking for practical, economically viable, and lower-carbon alternatives to traditional waste management.”
Mark founded ESG Today following a 20 year career in investment management and research. Prior to founding ESG Today, Mark worked at Delaney Capital Management (DCM) in Toronto, Canada, most recently as the firm’s head of U.S. equities. While at DCM, Mark was part of the firm’s ESG team, responsible for evaluating and tracking the sustainability factors impacting portfolio companies, and assessing the suitability of companies for portfolio inclusion. Mark also spent several years in the sell-side research industry, covering the technology and services sectors. Mark holds an MBA from Columbia University in New York, a BBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, and is a CFA charterholder.
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