Vital Lyfe

Backed byInterlagos
Total raised$24.0M
StageSeed
Hiring pace10 roles / 90d
Founded2024
Team size11-50
HQHawthorne, CA
Industries

About Vital Lyfe

Vital Lyfe is a tech company redefining water autonomy through innovation. It is creating a new category of personal water-making technology built to scale where infrastructure can’t. Vital Lyfe’s systems turn naturally occurring water from coastlines, rivers, lakes, or existing tap-quality sources into purified water on demand. The company positions itself around universal water-making without dependency, logistics, or limits.

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Los Angeles · On-site · $76k–$110k/yr

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Company at a glance

Location
Hawthorne, CA
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Founders & Leadership

AH

Andrew Harner

Water Tech Founder @ Vital Lyfe | Former SpaceX

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JC

Jon C.

Founder | Former SpaceX

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DZ

Dane Zaun

Brand | Creative Strategy | Marketing

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About the Team

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.Stanford University
  2. 2.University of California, Berkeley
  3. 3.University of Michigan
  4. 4.University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  5. 5.University of Wisconsin-Madison

Team Worked At

  • SpaceX
  • Relativity Space
  • NASA Langley Research Center
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Boeing

Team Composition

16 people
  • Engineering6
  • Entrepreneurship2 senior2
  • Administrative1
  • Arts and Design1 senior1
  • Operations1
  • Program and Project Management1
  • Research1

Funding History

Hybrid SeedDec 2025

$24M

raised

Vital Lyfe, a portable water-making startup, raised over $18 M in seed equity plus additional debt financing (totaling $24 M) led by Interlagos and General Catalyst with participation from Generational Partners, Cantos, Space VC, and Also Capital.

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