WTR Small-Cap Spotlight

Send us Fan Mail In this WTR Symposium Series podcast, " CATCH THE WAVE: Investing in Water Treatment and Solutions ", management of Arq, Inc. (ARQ), California Water Service (CWT), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), and Select Water Solutions (WTTR) join the Water Tower Research team including Shawn Severson, CEO and Co-founder, Jeff Robertson, Managing Director – Natural Resourc...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode of the WTR Small-Cap Spotlight, Mihir Dange, CEO of XCF Global and Simon Oxley, CFO of XCF Global, joined Tim Gerdeman, Vice Chair & Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Water Tower Research, and Peter Gastreich, Energy and Sustainability Analyst at Water Tower Research to discuss: 1) XCF Global as the first publicly listed pure-play sustainabl...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode of the WTR Small-Cap Spotlight, Roshan Pujari, Executive Chairman and CEO of Stardust Power joined Tim Gerdeman, Vice Chair & Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Water Tower Research, and Peter Gastreich, Energy and Sustainability Analyst at Water Tower Research to discuss: 1) the critical need for developing domestic lithium refining capacity...

Send us Fan Mail Enlivex Therapeutics CEO Oren Hershkovitz, PhD joins us on another WTR Small-Cap x Biotech Spotlight crossover episode to talk about how the company’s cell therapy, Allocetra, reprograms macrophages to treat inflammatory diseases. We dive into the recent Phase 1 data in knee osteoarthritis and what to expect from the randomized Phase 2 readout later this year, as well as the marke...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s WTR Small-Cap Spotlight, we speak with Apimeds CEO Erik Emerson about the newly NYSE listed company and the development of Apitox, a purified honeybee venom, for knee osteoarthritis and multiple sclerosis. We discuss the therapeutic properties of bee venom and the clinical/regulatory plans to bring Apitox to the US market. Listen to learn more about Apimeds and its...

Send us Fan Mail On our latest episode of Small-Cap Spotlight, WTR Co-Founder Tim Gerdeman, sits down with Jason Paltrowitz, EVP of Corporate Services at OTC Markets Group, to break down the upcoming launch of OTCID and what it means for the future of small-cap investing. 

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode of Small-Cap Spotlight, WTR's Tim Gerdeman and Dmitry Silversteyn sit down with Howard Klein, Founder of RK Equity. With low metal prices all but precluding equity-based capital, miners and developers are looking to strategics and governments for funding to bridge the gap to the next upcycle.

Send us Fan Mail Jindalee Lithium’s CEO Ian Rodger discusses the company’s McDermitt lithium resource in the context of developing a robust domestic critical metals ecosystem and provides an outline of milestones and deliverables stakeholders can look forward to as JLL  moves the project up the value chain. 

Send us Fan Mail SURG is excited about the opportunity to offer backend support, access to carrier network, and potentially, even outsourced customer care to virtual MVNOs that may have large subscriber bases, but don't have a direct relationship with a carrier. This Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) market has opened up to SURG primarily because of its recent direct partnership with AT&a...

Send us Fan Mail In our latest Small-Cap Spotlight flashcast, Jeff Robertson, Managing Director of Natural Resources at WTR breaks down his recent initiation of coverage report on Journey Energy Inc.

Send us Fan Mail Tune in to the latest Small-Cap Spotlight Flashcast! Join Tim Gerdeman, Vice Chair & Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer at WTR, and Peter Gastreich, Senior Energy Transition and Sustainability Analyst, as they discuss Neste Corp. Neste produces renewable fuels on three continents and operates the world's largest renewable fuels platform. Learn how Neste's global...

Send us Fan Mail We are joined by Al Petrie, Senior Partner at Al Petrie Advisors, and Jeff Robertson, Managing Director of Natural Resources at Water Tower Research to discuss the upcoming Louisiana Energy Conference. The conference will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 27- 29, 2025. Water Tower Research is pleased to be a sponsor of the event which has been he...

Send us Fan Mail This week we caught up with Hylton Karon, President and CEO of iFabric, to discuss the company’s recent strong results and continued outlook for double-digit top line growth.  Founded by Hylton in 1985, the Canadian textile company eschews fashion for performance.  iFabric today offers textile products and technologies that cover a wide range of consumer markets such as athleisure...

Send us Fan Mail Water Tower Research Senior Analyst Dmitry Silversteyn discusses the deep-sea mining sector, specifically polymetallic nodules, including environmental and social aspects, role in enabling the energy transformation megatrend, and the ability to accelerate American self-reliance when it comes to critical metals. 

Send us Fan Mail Odyssey Marine Exploration’s CEO Mark Gordon discusses company’s prospects and opportunities post-NAFTA court decision, including potential development of phosphate resource off the coast of Mexico and progress portfolio companies are making in Cook Islands’ polymetallic nodule-rich EEZ.

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode of WTR Small-Cap Spotlight, Richard MacPherson, President and CEO of Birchtech Corporation, joined Shawn Severson, CEO & Co-Founder of Water Tower Research, and Peter Gastreich, WTR Energy and Sustainability Analyst to discuss Birchtech’s: 1) proprietary technology and specialty activated carbon products; 2) sustainable and affordable approaches for...

Send us Fan Mail SES AI CEO Qichao Hu sits down with Water Tower Research’s Tim Gerdeman and Brian Gordon to discuss the vision for the firm’s Molecular Universe AI-augmented battery materials discovery platform and the way that AI, more generally, is powering the firm’s business model. Hu also provides an update on SES AI’s progress in EVs, new products targeting drones, robotics, and urban air m...

Send us Fan Mail Joe Lowry and Dmitry Silversteyn discuss the current state of the lithium industry, including lithium mining and processing companies and regions, and EV battery technology evolution’s impact on lithium demand, as well as the role of geopolitical considerations when it comes to lithium production, technology and market dynamics. 

Send us Fan Mail In this WTR Symposium Series podcast, "FIRST MOVERS in Ethanol Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)", managment of Gevo, Inc, (GEVO) and Rex American Resources (REX) join Shawn Severson, WTR CEO and Co-founder, and Peter Gastreich, WTR Senior Energy and Sustainability Analyst to discuss how low carbon ethanol, CCS, and SAF tie into the companies strategies and growth o...

Send us Fan Mail In our latest FlashCast, Tim Gerdeman, Founder, Vice-Chairman, and Chief Marketing Officer discusses FiscalNote (NYSE: NOTE) and its growth potential with WTR technology analyst Dr. John Roy and FiscalNote CEO and President Josh Resnik.

Send us Fan Mail Tune in to the latest Small-Cap Spotlight Flashcast! Join Tim Gerdeman, Vice Chair & Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer at WTR, and Peter Gastreich, Senior Energy Transition and Sustainability Analyst, as they discuss Green Plains. Learn how the company plans to profit from CO2 waste streams with its Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) operations staring up in 2H25. The...

Send us Fan Mail Dmitry Silversteyn offers his take on Administration’s actions to increase domestic minerals production in the effort to decouple from China-dominated supply chain, its impact on mining and processing companies’ prospects, and how investors can take advantage of the potential rebalancing of the critical minerals supply chain.

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode of WTR Small-Cap Spotlight, Marcus Laun, Co-Founder and VP Executive of Sky Quarry joined Tim Gerdeman, Vice Chair & Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Water Tower Research, and Peter Gastreich, Energy and Sustainability Analyst at Water Tower Research to discuss: 1) SKYQ’s business of recycling asphalt shingle waste into oil products and oth...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode of WTR Small-Cap Spotlight, George O’Leary, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sono Group (OTCQB: SEVCF), joined Tim Gerdeman, Vice Chair & Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Water Tower Research, and Peter Gastreich, Energy and Sustainability Analyst at Water Tower Research to discuss: 1) how Sono’s proprietary solar integratio...

Send us Fan Mail Dmitry Silversteyn provides his impressions of the 2025 PDAC conference in Toronto and highlights some of the hot topics attendees were discussing at this three-day event.