Investing in Water Aligning Investment Strategies with Water Innovation 2025

Contributors Acknowledgements Investing in Water Working Group Helge Daebel Partner, Head of Water Practice, Emerald Ventures, Switzerland Jennie Graham Associate, Burnt Island Ventures, USA Lakshita Iyer Associate Manager, HCLTech, India Earl Jones Operating Partner, DCVC Management, USA Rodrigo Sà Partner, Mergus Ventures, Brazil Annelies Schenk Senior Vice-President, Strategy & Growth, KMM Consulting, Switzerland Ritheesh Shetty Director, HCLTech, USA Gaëtane Suzenet Co-Founder, European Water Tech Accelerator, France Jacob Tompkins Co-Founder, European Water Tech Accelerator, United Kingdom Xavier van Slooten Associate, PureTerra Ventures, NetherlandsContributing Experts Elena Ballesteros Rodado Associate, Hitachi Ventures, Germany Wayne Byrne Co-Founder and Director, Method Capital, Ireland David Henderson Managing Partner, XPV Investments, Canada Steve Kloos Partner, Burnt Island Ventures, USA John Robinson Partner, Mazarine Ventures, United Kingdom Production Bianca Gay-Fulconis Designer, 1-Pact Edition Michela Liberale Dorbolò Designer Alison Moore Editor, Astra ContentWorld Economic Forum Michael Atkinson Project Specialist, Innovation Ecosystems, UpLink Megan Gerryts Innovation Specialist, Food and Water Anna Huber Project Lead, Innovation Ecosystems, UpLink The authors would like to thank all of the organizations and experts who attended discussions and provided inputs for this report, with special acknowledgement to those mentioned below. The report does not necessarily reflect the views of these individuals and/or their organizations. Expert advice is purely consultative in nature and does not imply any association with the takeaways or conclusions presented within this paper. Investing in Water: Aligning Investment Strategies with Water Innovation 29