- Funding to fuel growth, enable AI integration, and support team expansion
- Colette K. Young, Founder & CEO of Welara, joins KMX Board as an Observer
- Investment aligns with surge in demand for advanced water treatment and critical mineral technology from AI infrastructure buildout
October 22, 2025 – KMX Technologies has closed an investment by Welara, a multi-family office focused on transformative technologies across public and private opportunities. The partnership brings Welara’s deep expertise at the intersection of digitization and advanced infrastructure to KMX’s mission of revolutionizing water treatment and critical mineral recovery.
The funding accelerates KMX’s expansion into new end-markets, supports AI integration across its platform, and enables key team growth.
Unprecedented capital expenditures in AI and digital infrastructure are creating significant demand for advanced water treatment, critical mineral recovery, and new energy sources. With the support of Welara, KMX is well positioned to capitalize on these opportunities.
Colette K. Young, Founder & CEO of Welara, said, “We are excited to partner with KMX Technologies as they set the standard for next-generation water treatment and mineral recovery. Their proprietary approach positions the company as a leader in critical infrastructure for sustainable industry growth”.
Zachary Sadow, Chairman & CEO of KMX, said, “With support from Welara, a visionary investment group focused on building bridges between traditional industries and digital markets, KMX is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the unprecedented surge in demand for advanced water treatment and critical minerals from the AI and digitization infrastructure buildout”.
KMX is pleased to welcome Colette K. Young, Founder & CEO of Welara, as a Board Observer, further strengthening strategic alignment.
About KMX Technologies
KMX Technologies is solving the most critical environmental and energy challenges of the 21st century. Through its proprietary membrane distillation technology, the company sustainably sources critical minerals necessary for next generation supply chains and infrastructure, is advancing wastewater treatment, and is accelerating energy storage with its direct lithium recovery enhancement processes.
About Welara
Welara is an independent, multi-family office and wealth advisor designed to provide uncompromising excellence for first-generation wealth creators and their families around the world. Established in 2023 in New York, London, and Geneva, Welara was founded by a closely associated group of first-generation wealth creators.