Sanergy

Date: 2016

Asset Class: Grant

Description:  Sanergy provides a full value chain approach to addressing the sanitation crisis, offering a sustainable solution for urban slums. They build affordable sanitation products designed specifically for urban slums, and franchise them to community members to serve all residents. They professionally collect sanitation waste from the community by handcarts and trucks, ensuring they can reach toilets deep in the slums. Finally, they convert the waste at a centralized facility into valuable end-products such as organic fertilizer and insect -based animal feed.

Why We Invest: Sanergy is innovating to solve the sanitation crisis and serving those most in need at a fraction of the cost of other solutions; and is continually driving to a profitable business model. This was founded by a diverse team of three MIT graduates and grew from a student project.