Mazarine Ventures

Congrats to the team at Growers Edge in your acquisition of Agcor, a Growers Edge Company. With the building blocks in place, Mazarine is excited to see Growers Edge realize strategic and financial goals in this next chapter.

From an early-stage investor perspective... here is a prioritized list of what Mazarine is BULLISH on, and what we are BEARISH on in this realm without naming names. #pfas If you have a different prioritization, we would welcome discussion. https://lnkd.in/eZfembup

Congrats to Upstream Tech and ShoreLock, winners of the 2024 Waterkeeper Alliance Technology Showcase. And another round of applause for Marc Yaggi and non-profit groups like Waterkeeper who understand the important role #technology and #innovation play in protecting surface water assets, and returning them to good health. Mazarine is fortunate to have had the opportunity to leverage our network in aquatic ecosystems/surface water to support this Technology Showcase. Technology innovations that address aquatic ecosystem risks is one of the most compelling opportunities for impact investors focused on #biodiveristy, #publichealth, and #environmentalrestoration.

An interesting piece in today's The New York Times relating to #waterquality. N.Y.C. Tap Water May Taste Different During Upcoming Tunnel Shutdown The city has famously delicious drinking water. Forced repairs to the Delaware Aqueduct may lessen its quality. The follow-on story should be about how increasing numbers of NYC homeowners are using certified labs to test the drinking water at their kitchen tap to protect their family's health and safety during this period of transition. A much more intersting editorial. SimpleLab, Inc. #mytapscore The NYT piece https://lnkd.in/gRb5SVD4

As part of Mazarine's focus on leveraging technology innovation to support efforts to manage biodiversity loss in aquatic ecosystems, we are excited to host this upcoming Sept 12 virtual roundtable on where/how we can utilize biodiversity credits to restore lakes, rivers, wetlands, and coastal marine ecosystems. If you operate at the intersection of surface water, biodiversity, and offset/credit markets... this discussion is for you. Details here: https://lnkd.in/emucD3mc

Great to see Flume Water featured in this week's GWI Markets. Where others have struggled, Flume has flourished - thanks to a differentiated focus, a flexible business strategy, and an obsession with the customer's needs/objectives. The most notable quote in this article... "Today, our direct consumer sales channel represents about 50% of revenue, and utilities is about 50%. In the future, I expect both of those to go down to 10-20% each, and insurance companies to take over the majority of our revenue distribution,” Adler told GWI this month. Well done Eric and team!! Article here https://lnkd.in/erwWsEiY

As part of Mazarine's focus on leveraging technology innovation to support efforts to manage biodiversity loss in aquatic ecosystems, we are excited to host this upcoming Sept 12 virtual roundtable on where/how we can utilize biodiversity credits to restore lakes, rivers, wetlands, and coastal marine ecosystems. If you operate at the intersection of surface water, biodiversity, and offset/credit markets... this discussion is for you. Details here: https://lnkd.in/emucD3mc

As part of Mazarine's focus on leveraging technology innovation to support efforts to manage biodiversity loss in aquatic ecosystems, we are excited to host this upcoming Sept 12 virtual roundtable on where/how we can utilize biodiversity credits to restore lakes, rivers, wetlands, and coastal marine ecosystems. If you operate at the intersection of surface water, biodiversity, and offset/credit markets... this discussion is for you. Details here: https://lnkd.in/emucD3mc

It's about time the federal government shined the light on the fast-growing field of environmental genomics / transcriptomics, which refers to both eDNA and eRNA testing. Companies like EQO are pioneers in this realm, helping public and private sector clients understand and manage #biodiversity risks in their aquatic assets, plus freshwater and coastal marine health & safety for both commercial and recreational purposes. For those of you who are new to this... #Genomics is the study of the entire set of genetic material (genome) of an organism. It involves the analysis of the structure, function, evolution, mapping, and editing of genomes. #Transcriptomics is the study of the transcriptome, the complete set of RNA transcripts produced by the genome under specific circumstances or in a specific cell. Very bullish on the growth of environmental genomics and transcriptomics over the coming years. Article here https://lnkd.in/ePMYuvvg #environmentalgenomics

An interesting piece in Crunchbase about the ongoing struggles of the 'smart home' industry. "....in recent months, U.S. venture investors have mostly closed the door on smart-home and smart-building investments." "Smart home" has mostly referred to locks, lights, thermostats, entertainment, energy management, plus many other convenience and efficiency tools for owners, operators, and occupants. What the piece doesn't mention, and has long been overlooked by smart home 'elites', is 'Water in the Smart Home', which Mazarine is bullish on for the coming 5 years. While leak detection is an obvious one, there is so much more opportunity to improve the management and use of water in property. Pool and spa, hot water, appliances, filtration, irrigation, etc. While smart home tools for single-family properties is the most high-profile vertical of smart home, the bright spot in all of this is water in multi-family commercial properties, which is a massive headache for property owners, operators, occupants, finance, and insurance. Some also refer to this as Water Management in the Prop-tech indsutry. This has very little to do with 'the water industry' and is more in the asset management business, health & safety, and general business continuity risk for anyone owning or operating properties. BUT, not every company addressing water in property is doing well. In fact, a graveyard is starting to appear, unfortunately, especially in leak detection. Seeing 'water' through the lens of real estate reveals a myriad of compelling business and investment opportunities for those willing get nerdy in this space. Here's the piece from Crunchbase https://lnkd.in/eA_YDvye