It's encouraging to see water start-ups emerging in Europe and attracting investment from traditional climate funds. Formerly Grimm Water Solutions, the rebranded Pluvion closed a €1 million pre-seed financing round to scale a software solution to help detect, locate and forecast foreign water infiltration in sewer networks. It was great to connect with Luis Sperr from kopa ventures about the fund's first investment into water tech through Pluvion. The organisation will join a session at the Aquatech Innovation Forum on March 11 entitled 'New money, new thinking: Welcoming new investors to the world of water' (more info on this 👉 https://shorturl.at/TLXzY). #water #investment #innovation #startups #climate Via: EU-Startups https://lnkd.in/eTSmgSkQ
That's really interesting, Tom—thanks so much for sharing. We're definitely seeing a strong appetite from European investors in the water sector as we take our raise international. Exciting times ahead for those investing in innovative water solutions. Peter Fullerton-Smith
Good times for new water techs!
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3moHey Tom, thank you very much for your article. The water industry is facing major challenges and could use a lot more VC money. Startups develop excellent ideas and products. However, VCs need fast-growing, highly scalable business models. We are very happy that our investors (D11Z. Ventures, MBG Baden-Württemberg GmbH und kopa ventures) understand the market and share our vision of a resilient water industry with zero emissions 💪