October Newsletter

Bringing Together the Champions of Water — WEFTEC 2022

Last week, the Imagine H2O team was in full force in New Orleans. With 25+ portfolio companies and ecosystem partners on the show floor, we had a busy and exciting week at WEFTEC.

• Our?Welcome Reception?featured over 110 members of our network and was the perfect way to kick off the week. Current Burnt Island Ventures
• The?Don’t Hate #Innovate?tour featured nine of our startups presenting their solutions in the Pavilion Aclarity BlueConduit Ziptility Hydroleap Datatecnics change:WATER Labs DigitalPaani StormHarvester Pani
• We got to the bottom of wastewater pollution with Gross-Wen Technologies and Rapid Radicals Technology, Inc. in our?Let’s shoot the sh*t?session.
• Innovation in Action?brought startups and partners from the Asia Pacific region, including the?Assistant Chief Executive at PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency , SpaceAge Labs &? Fluid Analytics.Ai

• The Urban Water Challenge IV Cohort pitched their solutions and pilot projects at?CrocTank,?and change:WATER Labs was crowned the winner. Huge thank you to our judges Randa Alameh Daniel Benitez David Hill
• Dynamics of Water Innovation, led by BlueTech Research , featured an insightful discussion from Imagine H2O , Water Environment Federation , and Xylem Innovation Labs
• Our crowd favorite?Controversial Statements?session featured Xylem Innovation Labs and Datatecnics , taking on some big questions facing the industry today
• The?Imagine H2O Film Festival?featured pilot videos from Epic Cleantec , FieldFactors , and Fluid Analytics.Ai
• Nidhi Menon , an Imagine H2O team member, was one of 61 graduates of the?Water Leadership Institute’22?organized by Water Environment Federation

Huge Shoutout to our Partners & Startups: Water Environment Federation Barry Liner BlueTech Research Paul O'Callaghan Burnt Island Ventures Tom Ferguson Marissa Sterling Xylem Innovation Labs Brianne Nakamura, P.E. Max Storto Current Alaina Harkness Veolia Ralph Erik Exton Kurita Group Nobuyoshi Takiguchi Kubota Corporation Tetra Tech | Aclarity Julie Bliss Mullen Leanne Hersey BlueConduit Ian Robinson DigitalPaani Mansi Jain change:WATER Labs Diana Yousef-Martinek Datatecnics Suhayl Zulfiquar Ziptility Tyler Henke ASTERRA Elly Perets ??? Aquacycl Orianna Bretschger Aquafortus Technologies Daryl Briggs Fluid Analytics.Ai Asim R. Bhalerao Fracta Gross-Wen Technologies Martin Gross Max Gangestad Hydroleap Mapistry Pani Devesh B. Rapid Radicals Technology, Inc. Paige Peters William Schanen SENTRY Patrick Kiely Jonathan Grant SewerAI Billy Gilmartin Matthew Rosenthal SpaceAge Labs Leela Krishna Sriramula StormHarvester Brian Moloney StormSensor, Inc. Erin Rothman ZwitterCo Alex Rappaport Hannah P.

Announcing the Water Tech Jobs Board

We launched the first ever Water Tech Jobs Board featuring over 200 active opportunities in water. Featured Jobs of the Month:

ASTERRA : Customer Success Manager - North America Oneka Technologies : Process/Desalination Engineer Burnt Island Ventures : Analyst

If you’re interested in showcasing your jobs on our platform or would like to partner with us, reach out to us at [email protected].

For Startups - Application Evaluation Period

With 150+ new startups in our applicant database, we’ve officially closed applications for our programs. Our team and judges are presently in the midst of evaluation. Stay tuned as we select and announce the next best startups in water.

Partnership Updates

Accelerating Innovation & Digitalization (AID), Imagine H2O Asia’s latest initiative with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Development Bank, officially launched last week. Opened by ADB’s Director General, Chief Sector Officer and Chief of Water Sector Group, the session was joined by 50+ attendees including both ADB staff and their executing agencies. AID is a knowledge and capacity building program for ADB’s developing member countries and staff that helps make water innovation more accessible across Asia and the Pacific.

Gradiant , a global solution provider and developer of Cleantech water projects for advanced water and wastewater treatment, joins Imagine H2O’s growing network of Tech Adopters.

The Water Entrepreneur Podcast, sponsored by Imagine H2O and Asterra, features a series of interviews exploring the origin stories of startup founders, early adopters and innovation champions. Tune into the podcast on Sticher, Apple Podcast, and Spotify!

Portfolio Highlights

With over 21k views, our pilot video on FieldFactors is showcasing how how they’re collecting rainwater in cities to turn it into a freshwater supply used for watering plants, sports fields, and more. As the Urban Water Challenge 2021 winner, we supported their deployment with coaching, mentoring, and financing. Learn more about how they are making European cities more sustainable. Karina Pe?a Wilrik Kok

Fluid Analytics.Ai , an Urban Water Challenge 2021 finalist, helps cities map their water pipelines and monitor wastewater quality. With our support, they have been able to inspect over 1B liters of urban water pollution. Here’s a sneak peak into what we helped them achieve. Check out our pilot video on their solution with over 80k views! Asim R. Bhalerao Nidhi Jain

EnvironSens (IH2O Asia Cohort 1) has successfully deployed two of their Integrated Intelligent BioSensor systems in Vietnam this month in collaboration with Saigon Water Supply Corporation (SAWACO). The systems will be placed at a pumping station in the Thu Duc Water Treatment Plant, and will monitor SAWACO’s raw water intake downstream of Dong Nai River to evaluate the I2BioS’ suitability for the river’s water conditions as well as other applications. The pilot is supported by Imagine H2O Asia, Enterprise Singapore and SAWACO. Shailesh kharkwal, PhD

SmartTerra (IH2O Asia Cohort 2) has begun the first stage of its pilot with two small public utilities in the Philippines, supported by the Water Technology Access Partnership (WTAP) – a joint initiative between the World Bank and Imagine H2O Asia. The pilot aims to reduce the utility’s non-revenue water through the implementation of their MeterCity and NetCity solution platform, which generates AI-driven analytics for both apparent and real losses. gokul krishna govindu

Desolenator (IH2O Accelerator ‘21), a startup that develops solar powered water purification technology, was announced the winner of the Supernova Challenge at North Star, securing the top prize of $100,000. Click here to learn more Alexei Levene

Events

Decentralized Safe Water for Asia Workshop | November 11

Imagine H2O is co-hosting a day long event with Drinkwell , P4G Partnerships , and Dhaka WASA. This event will include a workshop exploring the challenges and opportunities for Bangladesh’s water utilities in scaling and financing access to drinking water. An innovation showcase and a VIP session featuring new partnership announcements will follow. Dignitaries speaking at the event include the Minister of Local Government, Rural Development & Cooperatives, as well as senior representatives from Dhaka WASA, Chittagong WASA and Rajshahi City Corporation. Reach out to us if you are interested in attending or supporting our programs in Bangladesh.