# BioFiltro

> BioFiltro designs, builds, owns, and operates worm-powered wastewater treatment systems for dairies, food processors, wineries, municipalities, and other industrial users. Its patented BIDA system spreads screened wastewater over beds of wood media, earthworms, microbes, and rock, treating it in roughly four hours while producing reusable water and vermicompost. The pitch is less energy, less odor, lower nutrient loads, and - in dairy applications - avoided methane that may support carbon-credit economics.

- **Founded:** 2010
- **Headquarters:** Davis, United States
- **Founders:** Matias Sjögren (Co-founder and CEO), Rafael Concha (Co-founder), Alex Villagra (Co-founder and engineer)
- **Team size:** 51-200 employees on LinkedIn; additional supplied data lists 57 employees.
- **Products:** BIDA System, Wiggle Room, Wastewater as a Service, Vermicompost and worm castings, Carbon project services
- **Notable:** Won a Cleantech Open Global Forum wastewater-treatment award in 2011/2012, with a reported $100,000 prize., BioFiltro and Royal Dairy received the 2018 U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award., A 2022 peer-reviewed California dairy study found vermifiltration emissions equal to about 1% of the methane potentially produced by the liquid manure and significant nutrient-load reductions; the study disclosed BioFiltro funding and related consulting relationships.

## Products & services

- **BIDA System** — A patented, custom-designed biodynamic aerobic vermifiltration plant using screened flow, intermittent irrigation, wood media, earthworms, microbes, rock, gravity drainage, and remote telemetry.
- **Wiggle Room** — A modular vermifiltration format marketed to smaller and seasonal facilities such as boutique wineries.
- **Wastewater as a Service** — A project model in which BioFiltro can finance, own, operate, and maintain a treatment system under a long-term service arrangement rather than requiring a full customer purchase.
- **Vermicompost and worm castings** — Soil products harvested from the biologically transformed filter media, with some products approved as organic inputs by CDFA and OMRI according to company updates.
- **Carbon project services** — Quantification and monetization of avoided methane from qualifying dairy manure-management projects, where protocols, verification, and buyers permit.

## Achievements

- Won a Cleantech Open Global Forum wastewater-treatment award in 2011/2012, with a reported $100,000 prize.
- BioFiltro and Royal Dairy received the 2018 U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award.
- A 2022 peer-reviewed California dairy study found vermifiltration emissions equal to about 1% of the methane potentially produced by the liquid manure and significant nutrient-load reductions; the study disclosed BioFiltro funding and related consulting relationships.
- Wawona Frozen Foods scaled from a 3,000-gallon-per-day pilot in 2015 to a 50,000-gallon-per-day facility in 2016, with reported average BOD and TSS removal of 89%.
- Royal Dairy expanded from a small pilot to a system capable of treating its full flush-water stream, with project materials reporting large reductions in suspended solids and nutrients.
- Secured a $35 million strategic investment from Jordanelle Capital in November 2025.
- LinkedIn company updates reported more than 270 global projects by 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — BioFiltro highlighted an Alberto Dairy installation treating more than 1.7 million gallons per day and a new Napa winery system sized for 1,000 gallons per day.
- **2025-11** — Jordanelle Capital made a $35 million strategic investment to accelerate expansion.
- **2026-02** — Nestlé published a video on a 360,000-square-foot BioFiltro system at a California dairy supplier treating up to 200,000 gallons per day.
- **2026-03** — BioFiltro announced a Western Placer Waste Management Authority leachate-treatment agreement, with operation expected in August 2026.
- **2026-06** — Company updates highlighted food-and-beverage systems, conferences, and continued expansion of industrial applications.

## Links

- Website: https://biofiltro.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/biofiltro
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/biofiltro
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biofiltro/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BIOFILTR0/

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Last updated: 2026-08-22