CEO
Adarsh Raj
Ex-Aquaporin and Alfa Laval. Took water tech to market.
About
Named for the serpent that churned the ocean.
Vāsuqi · say vah-su-kee
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In an old Indian story, gods and demons wanted amrita — the nectar of life — hidden deep in the ocean.
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They wound the great serpent Vāsuki around a mountain and used him as a rope, pulling back and forth to churn the sea.
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Poison rose first. Only once it was dealt with did the ocean give up its treasures, and at last the nectar.
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We named the company for that rope. Our fibres carry light into the water the way Vāsuki turned the mountain — and the catalyst on them breaks the poison apart.
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Light that gives water back.
The founders
Operators who've built water tech before.
CTOJörg Vogel
CEOAdarsh Raj
Team
The people behind Vāsuqi.
CTO
Jörg Vogel
18 years in water products. Raised €10M+. Ex-VP, Aquaporin.
Chief Scientific Advisor
Angela Zhang, PhD
Professor and Head of Section, DTU Sustain. 100+ papers. A leading voice in photocatalysis.
Advisor
Peter Holme Jensen
Built Aquaporin from concept to a Nasdaq Copenhagen listing. European Inventor Award 2014.
Celebration
Best Pitch, BII Demo Day 2026 (audience vote, 24 ventures)
Feb → Aug 2026
Six months. Three prototype generations.
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Feb
Incorporated in Copenhagen.
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Mar
Joined the BioInnovation Institute's Venture Lab.
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May
Selected for PhotonHub Europe's PHACTORY programme.
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Jun
Two European patent applications filed.
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Jul
Coating partner on board.
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Aug
IMUGI, our third-generation test unit, built.
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Now
Real industrial effluent tests under way. Module design scaling up for larger flows.
Roadmap · TRL 3, approaching TRL 4
Fast-tracking the industry clock.
Now · real-effluent tests
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Module pilot-ready — end 2027 / early 2028
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First on-site system, ~100 m³/day, fully functional — end 2028 / early 2029
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First systems sold — 2030
Backed by
Funding and support
BioInnovation Institute
BII is established and funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.
Innovation Fund Denmark (Innofounder)
PhotonHub Europe (PHACTORY programme)
Research partner
DTU
Ambition
One platform. Many frontiers.
Industrial water comes first. Later, the same light-driven approach could reach clean fuels, plastics recycling, and water recycling for remote and space life-support.
Work with us.
We are a small team in Copenhagen. If you want to build this with us, write to ara@vasuqi.eu, even if no role is posted.
Press.
Vāsuqi is a Copenhagen water-technology company building a visible-light photocatalytic reactor for industrial wastewater. It breaks apart the tough molecules that today's treatment steps do not capture or finish. Founded in 2026, Vāsuqi is backed by the BioInnovation Institute.
Logo and photos on request: ara@vasuqi.eu