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Canada’s Ocean Supercluster Announces $4.1M AI-powered Monitoring for Sustainable Wave-powered Desalination Project

(Montreal, QC) – Today Canada’s Ocean Supercluster announced the $4.1 million AI-powered Monitoring for Sustainable Wave-powered Desalination Project led by Oneka Technologies. This project aims to accelerate the commercialization and AI-enablement of Canadian ocean hardware platforms to support the global scaleup of sustainable wave-powered desalination solutions.  This helps expand access to reliable freshwater, and address global challenges including water scarcity, climate change, and environmental sustainability. The…

Oneka Technologies Qualifies for the XPRIZE Water Scarcity Challenge, a Global Desalination Competition

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada – September 22, 2025 – Oneka Technologies proudly announces its qualification for the XPRIZE Water Scarcity Challenge, an international competition offering USD 119 million in prizes. This ambitious challenge, unfolding over three phases until 2028, aims to transform desalination technologies to deliver practical and sustainable solutions to one of the greatest challenges…

Oneka Technologies and Asfalcom together contributing to water security in Chile

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada December 10th 2024 – Oneka Technologies and Asfalcom are proud to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to deploy an innovative water supply solution at Asfalcom’s production facility in Chile. This partnership marks a significant milestone in advancing the adoption of groundbreaking water solutions for industrial operations in South…

Innovobot investment in Oneka Technologies

Montreal, Canada, December 3, 2024 – Innovobot (https://www.innovobot.com/)is proud to announce its investment in Oneka Technologies, an innovative company based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, through its Innovobot Resonance Ventures fund. This follows the first round of fundraising, last year, with SWEN Blue Ocean and 2 Canadian family offices. Oneka Technologies tackles water scarcity through its groundbreaking…

Wave-Powered Desalination Innovator Oneka Technologies Secures a first tranche of CA$12.5M for its Series A Funding Led by Hoffecker and Prominent Impact Investors

September 20, 2023 — Oneka Technologies (“Oneka”) a leading provider of wave-powered desalination solutions, is proud to announce today the closing of its main Series A equity round of financing with CA$12.5M investment led by the Hoffecker Family and other leading family offices, venture funds and private angel investors namely, Horizon Capital Holdings, AQC Capital,…

Oneka Technologies receives US$3.4 M from DOE’s Powering the Blue Economy™ Initiative

In the relentless pursuit of a sustainable and cleaner future, technological advancements in renewable energy sources are crucial for mitigating climate change and reducing our carbon footprint. Oneka Technologies, a company using exclusively renewable energy from the waves to turn seawater into freshwater, has recently received a significant allocation of US$3.4 M from DOE’s Water…

The City of Fort Bragg and Oneka Technologies Partner to Deploy the First Wave-Powered Desalination Demonstration Site in California

Drought in California has occurred in varying degrees throughout history. However, in recent years, the impacts of severe drought conditions on the City of Fort Bragg’s water supply left the community vulnerable during summer months. The City of Fort Bragg relies on surface flows from the Noyo River to supply water to residents and visitors…

Oneka Technologies receives funding of over $390,000 for employee training and well-being

Sherbrooke, June 14, 2023 – Oneka Technologies was pleased to welcome Geneviève Hébert, MP for Saint-François, this morning, for the announcement of a $390,525 investment by the Quebec government in the training and well-being of the company’s employees. Oneka is committed to providing nearly $750,000 in training for its employees over a 3-year period, with…

Canadian company Oneka sets foot in Chile with sustainable wave-powered desalination technology

Algarrobo was the place chosen for the demonstration project of Oneka Technologies’ project, which has developed an innovative solution based on the energy of ocean waves to convert seawater into fresh water to supply both communities and industries. Algarrobo, Chile, April 12, 2023 – In addition to the naturally arid northern parts of Chile, climate…

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster announces $14.1M Oneka Glacier Project making ocean a sustainable and affordable source of freshwater

(Sherbrooke, QC) Today, alongside project partners, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (OSC) announced the $14.1 million Oneka Glacier Project – Utility-Scale Wave Powered Sustainable Desalination, led by Oneka Technologies, a Sherbrooke, Quebec-based clean tech company. In the project, Oneka will scale up its wave-powered desalination technology to utility-scale, creating a desalination “Glacier” system to make the ocean…