Company: Propeller
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Partner at Propeller, an early stage climate-tech venture fund that invests in and builds ocean-climate companies that use science and technology to address the climate crisis. In partnership with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Company: Kind Designs
Location: Miami, Florida
We are addressing rising sea-levels and failing conventional seawalls by 3D Printing living seawalls that are both structural and ecological .The seawalls protect communities from flooding and storm surges. They also function as an artificial reef, sequester carbon and have built-in sensors.
Company: The Water Council
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
I lead three globally focused water tech innovation programs supporting startups in the industry, matchmaking and global economic development.
The Water Council is a global hub dedicated to solving critical water challenges by driving innovation in freshwater technology and advancing water stewardship.
Company: Amorphic Tech Ltd
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Product Manager and Founder with experience taking a Technology Product from ideation to launch with $10MN in revenue and 300,000 monthly active users.
Key Accomplishments:
1. Took a water technology platform from ideation to launch with 300,000 end-users to provide people in low-income countries with access to clean water.
2. Developed business model and lead Go-To-Market strategy generating $10MN in revenue.
3. Hired, managed, and mentored 100+ engineers, marketers, product managers across the organization.
Company: NextGen Septic
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
I bring over 30 years of experience and expertise in wastewater treatment, water recycle and reuse. I obtained an MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and am currently a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
Over the last 30 years, I have researched biological and advanced oxidation treatment of complex wastewaters and polluted air streams. In 1996 I founded PRD Tech, Inc., which has designed several biofilters for treatment of polluted air from wood product industries, odor treatment systems for municipal treatment plants and industrial wastewater treatment skids.
My passion is helping industries achieve greater sustainability by treating wastewaters on-site followed by recycling and reusing the water to greatly reduce their water footprint. Through my expertise and deep understanding of treatment technologies, I can design and supply efficient and cost-effective treatment systems for emissions of polluted air and water from a wide variety of industries.
After building the world’s first grid-level “big battery”, South Australia is planning the world’s largest electrolyzer and H2 power plant. Promising water startups are highlighted by Imagine H2O and Xylem. Biden-Harris administration announces $2B for PFAS and $728M for Colorado River drought. Clay could be the solution to global warming. Why is Europe’s groundwater drying up? This week, we are highlighting Jaron Rothkop, one of HydroDAO’s key advisors. Learn about his impressive background and why he is passionate about water.
Your weekly Bonus – The EU is considering a “universal ban” on PFAS.
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O.C. Sanitation officials have partnered with our portfolio company 374Water to bring a supercritical water oxidation unit capable of treating up to 6 tons of wet sludge per day, to the Fountain Valley facility as part of a demo project.
The state that built the world’s first grid-level “big battery” is striking out on an even more ambitious green energy project: the world’s biggest hydrogen power station.
Imagine H2O’s Accelerator will support international startups to solve the global water crisis.
Industrial treatment, regulatory compliance, digital workforce and water system sustainability.
An innovative, chemical free system that successfully removes up to 100% of priority PFAS compounds.
“Too many American communities, especially those that are small, rural, or underserved, are suffering from exposure to PFAS and other harmful contaminants in their drinking water”
To provide clean, reliable drinking water to communities and support water conservation in the Colorado River Basin.
The state awarded grants to nine projects to improve water supply reliability, groundwater recharge, and water use efficiency.
“We’re replacing poisonous lead pipes that go into 10 million homes and 400,000 schools and childcare centers”
A new satellite study from the Graz University of Technology has corroborated data from 2020 revealing that Europe’s groundwater supplies are on the verge of drying up.
The atmospheric level of carbon dioxide is almost double what it was prior to the Industrial Revolution.
New research provides a startling look at how warmer oceans are gouging the Thwaites Glacier.
Electrodeionization is one way to capture the acids and other useful components.
Jaron is Director at 501CTHREE.ORG, a non-profit dedicated to driving content and innovation around global, energy, water, health and shelter solutions. 501CTHREE’s first project in the pipeline are deployable water filtration systems in water crisis areas such as Flint, Michigan.
Jaden Smith, Drew FitzGerald, and Jaron demonstrated a more sustainable approach to bottled water through their company JUST Water. In 2016, after donating water to Flint with JUST Water, Drew, Jaden, and Jaron decided to engineer a solution that would provide water without all the plastic. While coming up with an alternative to single-use plastic water bottles in Flint, WaterBox.org was created, a new type of nonprofit for a younger generation focused on Energy, Food, Water, and Shelter solutions. Under Jaron’s leadership Water Box brought together a team of passionate and experienced innovators addressing the problems that climate change and resource scarcity have on communities of color. Water Box integrates innovation and storytelling to bring attention to the solutions that will help us build a cleaner, more sustainable, and more hopeful future. Water Box was awarded Fast Company’s Innovation Of The Year Award in the social good category.
Previously, Jaron was President of The Last Kilometer, a nonprofit focused on clean energy policy and technology. From 2012-2016, Jaron was President and CTO of ZeroBase Energy, a leading designer and manufacturer of solar hybrid power systems and clean energy microgrids for governments and commercial/industrial customers. From 2012-2016, Jaron was an investment advisor to Pegasus Capital, LLP a private equity fund manager focused on global resource scarcity.
Thank you Jaron for your work and leadership supporting communities to access clean drinking water and for your support to our HydroDAO community.
If successful, the restriction will become one of the largest chemical bans in EU history, though the proposal will face intense opposition from affected industries and chemicals manufacturers.
Company: Flow Loop
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
By the end of 2018 I joined Flow Loop as co-founder. I choose to invest myself into Flow Loop because I want to contribute to make the world more sustainable. I want to use my interdisciplinary profile to bring Flow Loops sustainable shower to market. Flow Loop makes showering sustainable by recycling the water after purification. The shower consumes app. 40% of a household’s water consumption and 25% of the energy consumption.
Company: MS4 Coordinator, Master Watershed Steward
Location: Lemoyne, Pennsylvania
I am a passionate advocate for clean air and clean water. As an MS4 Coordinator, Penn State Master Watershed Steward, Chesapeake Urban Stormwater Professional, and Certified Stormwater Inspector, I have spent many volunteer and professional hours learning about stormwater pollution and working in the field. I also educate children and adults about stormwater runoff and pollution, and how to create change for a better environment.
Company: InfoTiles
Location: Norway
Johnny Alexander is the CEO of InfoTiles and a former Management Consultant turned into a water geek.
InfoTiles has its origin in between the fjords of Norway but extends far beyond Scandinavia.
In short, InfoTiles simplifies and automates the tedious steps of consolidating data, applying real time analytics and machine learning so water utilities can turn insights into actions and benefit from more efficient, sustainable operations.
Be like water and feel free to reach out for a glass of tap water.
Company: Mazarine Ventures
Location: Chicago, IL
Building bridges between technology and the marketplace, identifying opportunities and unmet needs, creating strategies for growth and leading execution. Strong technical background in combination with extensive commercial and sales experience.
Strategic thinker, business leader and people manager, willing to roll up my sleeves and do what it takes to achieve our goals. I have passion for building, creating and helping a business grow to its potential, while leveraging my skills, technical and commercial expertise.
Most of my career has been spent in water purification, working with different technologies (e.g. membranes, filtration, ion exchange, …). I have worked both in large multinational Fortune 500 companies and in small entrepreneurial start-ups, and have experience working with and developing solutions for both industrial (e.g. Food & beverage, Manufacturing, Microelectronics, Power, Chemical Process, Mining, Oil & Gas) and municipal customers.
Former board member of the Caribbean Desalination Association (CaribDA). Member of IDA, AMTA, WEF and SEDA.