Water Innovation Dashboard
Why Us Now? - Market Analysis & Strategy
Our Mission
Water scarcity and impending degradation of our water systems.
The Water Foundation empowers individuals, organisations, and states to develop strategic capacity, increase resilience, and shape circular water and resource infrastructures for the future.
We build an ecosystem that addresses one of the least appreciated challenges of our time: water scarcity and impending degradation of our water systems.
Crisis Analysis
Resource Scarcity
Water is quickly becoming the world's most critical resource. As scarcity and contamination rise, so does the urgency for bold, scalable solutions.
Market Response
In 2024, investor interest surged in technologies like desalination, advanced treatment, and PFAS destruction — solutions that are vital for environmental resilience and rich with market potential.
Opportunity Matrix
Innovation Meets Impact
This is more than a crisis. It's a call to invest in the future — where innovation meets impact.
Blended Finance
We break the patterns of the status quo. Systems thinking requires systems approaches.
Rising Demand
As global water challenges intensify, the demand for breakthrough technologies in water treatment and management is rising.
2024 Investment Surge - Key Sectors
Desalination Technologies
Advanced desalination addressing water scarcity
Advanced Treatment
Next-gen wastewater treatment solutions
PFAS Destruction
Eliminating forever chemicals from water
Strategic Approach
We develop water strategies and solutions across the water cycle and for each and every water challenge. We enable the research, development and scaling of new or hidden technologies.
Our unique setup enables us to take in donations, employ best practises in blended finance for development and impact.
Unsiloed Finance
Venture Builders
Identify best water IP/ideas, build teams, enable with capital
VC Funds
Invest in existing teams, plug into venture ecosystem, scale
PE Funds
Buy incumbents and hidden champions, build something bigger
Join the Ecosystem
The Water Foundation's supporters provide us with a solid financial base to supercharge this process.