Katherine Hill Ritchie

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Company: Private Capital Investments

Location: Washington D.C. & Baltimore, MD

Entrepreneurial MBA with 20 years of global investment, operational and board experience.

Investment experience: sourcing & due diligence of global investment strategies including early stage venture capital companies, private equity companies/funds & hedge funds

Operation experience at: fintech companies, venture capital funds, private equity, family offices, family-owned businesses and investment consultants.

Industry experience areas: technology, impact, edtech, fintech, consumer products, med devices, SaaS biotech, material science, industrial, renewable energy, IoT & services companies.

In 2009, I launched my own investment consulting firm, Private Capital Investments, LLC and have worked for 8 Single Family Offices (4 Billionaires), I am also am Angel investor, advise companies and currently I manage the Venture Capital Funds at TEDCO (tedco.md)

I am a frequent speaker & content provider for family office events, investment seminars and University lectures.

Dr. Eric Hoek

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Company: UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

Location: Los Angeles, California

Dr. Eric Hoek is a professor in UCLA’s Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability and the California NanoSystems Institute. He is also faculty director of the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, a campus-wide initiative to transform Los Angeles into the first sustainable megacity by 2050.

Dr. Hoek’s academic work explores the union of membrane technologies, nanomaterials and electrochemistry for a more sustainable future. He has also applied this knowledge as an entrepreneur having co-invented/founded several technology companies (e.g., NanoH2O, Water Planet, PolyCera, IntelliFlux) and as a consultant having advised various international, federal and California state agencies, municipalities, technology companies, investment funds, law firms and research funding agencies.

Dr. Hoek has worked on applications including drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment, ocean and brackish water desalination, municipal and industrial water reuse, oil & gas produced water treatment, oil spill remediation, salinity gradient power, biogas production, kidney dialysis and protein purification. He has over 130 peer-reviewed scientific publications, over 70 patents filed globally, is the co-Editor-in-Chief of The Encyclopedia of Membrane Science and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Nature journal npj Clean Water. Dr. Hoek has a Ph.D. from Yale University, M.S. from UCLA, B.S. from Penn State and completed UCLA Anderson’s Executive Management and Director Education & Certification Programs.

John Hogan

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Company: Veolia Water Technologies and Solutions

Location: New York City, New York

I develop digital solutions which allow water purification and wastewater processing to be more efficient. Specifically, I apply artificial intelligence to create applications for plant operations which reduce energy and resource consumption while providing a better product.

John Hogan

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Company: Veolia Water Technologies and Solutions

Location: New York City, New York

I develop digital solutions which allow water purification and wastewater processing to be more efficient. Specifically, I apply artificial intelligence to create applications for plant operations which reduce energy and resource consumption while providing a better product.

Achim Hoffmann

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Company: WOXON

Location: London, United Kingdom

Achim is the Founder of WOXON, a UK based Moonshot mission to counter the main Climate Change symptom: Global warming excess Heat. Heat that is conveniently 90%+ concentrated in one medium: Water.

Achim left his previous job in Venture Capital early 2022 to fully focus on the experimental proof-of-concept for a new aqueous heat conversion process applying some of the unusual and less well-known water capabilities.

On the side, Achim is a start-up mentor for the Royal Society of Chemistry in London and occasionally supports HydroDAO and the Everblue Ventures efforts with their investment Due Diligence.

Previously, Achim worked for IP Group plc as Investor, launching University spinouts by supporting Academics commercialising their patents with funding and business support. Achim also worked as a Strategy Consultant for McKinsey& Company in the Duesseldorf and London offices.

It was in his early career where his passion for water started when working for a German Fraunhofer Cleantech Institute as the membrane expert developing water treatment solutions for industrial clients.

He holds a strong believe that we have not even scratched the surface with regards to the capabilities of water and always welcomes discussions about observed unusual capabilities of water with the goal to find bridges to the classic sciences. Even when not involved professionally in water, he always kept a hobby home lab and workshop. Theory is nice, but experiments count.

Achim holds a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Chemical Engineering from Karlsruhe University, a Dr.-Ing. in Chemical Engineering from Dortmund University (focus on aqueous ion separation using charged nanofiltration membranes), and a Kellogg/Northwestern University MBA.

Achim Hoffmann

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Company: WOXON

Location: London, United Kingdom

Achim is the Founder of WOXON, a UK based Moonshot mission to counter the main Climate Change symptom: Global warming excess Heat. Heat that is conveniently 90%+ concentrated in one medium: Water.

Achim left his previous job in Venture Capital early 2022 to fully focus on the experimental proof-of-concept for a new aqueous heat conversion process applying some of the unusual and less well-known water capabilities.

On the side, Achim is a start-up mentor for the Royal Society of Chemistry in London and occasionally supports HydroDAO and the Everblue Ventures efforts with their investment Due Diligence.

Previously, Achim worked for IP Group plc as Investor, launching University spinouts by supporting Academics commercialising their patents with funding and business support. Achim also worked as a Strategy Consultant for McKinsey& Company in the Duesseldorf and London offices.

It was in his early career where his passion for water started when working for a German Fraunhofer Cleantech Institute as the membrane expert developing water treatment solutions for industrial clients.

He holds a strong believe that we have not even scratched the surface with regards to the capabilities of water and always welcomes discussions about observed unusual capabilities of water with the goal to find bridges to the classic sciences. Even when not involved professionally in water, he always kept a hobby home lab and workshop. Theory is nice, but experiments count.

Achim holds a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Chemical Engineering from Karlsruhe University, a Dr.-Ing. in Chemical Engineering from Dortmund University (focus on aqueous ion separation using charged nanofiltration membranes), and a Kellogg/Northwestern University MBA.

Mark Holzapple

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Company: Cascade Water Solutions LLC

Location: College Station, Texas

Cascade Water Solutions LLC is bringing to market innovative water processing systems that surpass competing technologies with unprecedented levels of performance and economy for municipal water, fracking water and even solution mining. The founders of Cascade Water Solutions recognized this lack of a dominant economical technology in the rapidly expanding global water treatment field. They rose to this challenge, to bring together breakthrough solutions which improve methods of recovering water from a variety of sources that include Oilfield and mining wastewater, disaster relief, and onboard seafaring desalination. Existing technologies used to treat water are delicate, inefficient, expensive, wasteful, and cumbersome. These serious shortcomings make it difficult for each to perform well in the harsh conditions where they are most often needed. These improvements are based on the numerous patents and developments of Mark Holtzapple, Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer.

Eric Homberger

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Company: True Elements

Location: Naples, FL

Optimistic, results-driven executive with proven success leading organizations by engaging with & empowering the people that love to take action & make things happen. My aim everyday is to develop great teams, build a positive culture, invest in talented people and unlock the outstanding ideas that are deep within all organizations. I am a strong communicator that can flex from one-on-one settings to a large presentation hall or an executive board room.

We must lead the change that we want to see in the world!

At True Elements, we curate the world’s water data. By doing so, we have created the ability to visually connect water information to find new insights & correlations. We then harness the power of that intelligence to forecast conditions and risks related to water — understanding the likely future allows for the critical planning needed to a achieve a more resilient future.

The Weekly Dive #15

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The world’s first semi-submersible floating wind farm has surpassed its production expectations. An agri-tech company growing water lentils at to be the next superfood. These are the top 50 US Climate VC’s you need to know. Wall Street investors are increasingly betting on the Colorado River. Ecozen, a solar-powered irrigation and cold chain storage company just raised a $25M Series C. Researchers are turning lagoon waves pink, learn why. A study finds that all US freshwater fish contain PFAS. This week, we are highlighting Darrell Nelson, one of HydroDAO’s key advisors. Learn about his impressive background and why he is passionate about water.

Your weekly Bonus – We asked an AI about climate change goals, this is what it had to say.

 This week’s quote:

 

“When the well runs dry, we know the worth of water.”

– Benjamin Franklin

What’s New with Water?

World’s first semi-submersible floating wind farm achieves 78GWh power 

Thus far, WindFloat Atlantic, the offshore wind farm has surpassed the production expectations set for it.

The agri-tech start-up aiming to grow water lentils at scale

Sustainable Planet has unveiled technology to use desertified land to grow duckweed plant.

Gradiant selected to 2023 Global Cleantech 100 List

The Cleantech Global 100 Expert Panel selects Gradiant for its innovative suite of technologies.

ASTERRA: 75,000 leaks found with satellite tech 

Resolving 75,000 leaks represents a total savings of approximately 276,000 million gallons of water.

What’s New in the Industry?

US’s 50+ Top Climate VC’s To Know 

From industry veterans to former founders turned VC.

New York investors betting big on an increasingly scarce resource 

There is one constituency with a growing interest in the Colorado River’s fate: Wall Street investors.

The Outlook for Water in 2023 

Bolstered by strengthening tailwinds, the outlook for investment and participation in the water sector for 2023 is bright.

Ecozen’s $25m Series C for clean energy irrigation, cold chain tech 

Ecozen will leverage this financing to expand its team to Southeast Asia and Africa.

What’s New in the Science?

An experiment makes lagoon waves pink, here’s how 

After the pink snow, we’ve just run into pink waves recently. Contrary to pink snow, the pink wave does not threaten water supplies.

New Prototype Device Generates Hydrogen From Untreated Seawater 

Scientists have found a clever way to generate hydrogen straight from salty seawater.

New Northwestern Michigan College degree for water technology jobs 

A pioneering program to teach students how to monitor and clean up water pollution.

Researchers Find U.S. Freshwater Fish Are Contaminated With PFAS 

“Eating one serving has the same effect as drinking water polluted with PFAS for a month”

Our HydroDAO Advisors: Darrell Nelson

Darrell is the Founder of Clean Water International. He is a coach, mentor, entrepreneur, software engineer, and inventor.

In 2006 Darrell set up an outsourcing technology company in the Philippines, and in 2011 he transitioned from the I.T. industry into the nonprofit water world.

His focus is to build a strong on-the-ground WASH team to represent International partner projects for Rotary International, Surge for Water, Grosche International, 100FORALL, Water 4 Asia, Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines, Samaritan’s Purse Canada and Philippines.

Darrell passionately envisions the non-profit and social enterprise models working togehter to benefit society and secure equitable livelihoods while reaching the International SDG6 water initiatives.

Clean Water International presently works in the Philippines and looks forward to expansion into other countries with the collaboration of its amazing partners.

“I believe in every child’s right to clean water” – Darrell Nelson

Thank you Darrell for your work and leadership helping people around the world gain access to clean drinking water and for your support to our HydroDAO community.

What’s in the Future?

AI Predicts We’ll Breach Our Climate Goal in Just 10 Years

Sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms have predicted that the world will be 1.5 °C hotter than it was before the Industrial Revolution by the early 2030s.

Gilad Horn

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Company: Independent Consultant

Location: Israel

I specialize in the advancement and commercialization of cutting-edge water technology through expert consulting and entrepreneurial endeavors, bringing innovative solutions to market.