Fund 1: Done. ✅ $30M in the bank to back the world's greatest water startups. Huge thanks to @rebecca_szkutak for her diligent reporting and coverage of our story. 🙏.

There is so much that is dumb in water, but easily one of the dumbest is that in the US - let alone the rest of the world - 60 percent of meters are offline and need to be read by hand in 2025. It is an insane state of affairs, and we have had our eyes out for teams to solve it

Our Founder Forum was our most electric yet. It is so fun to see the original Islanders move through the gears, and then add all these new extraordinary founders to the mix. Please find the Monthly Update LV below. Later than some, but it has been quite the few weeks, as you will

One of the reasons why working in water is fun is the people who work in it - dedicated, driven, modest, self-effacing, hard-working, but with a lightness that comes from doing something that really matters. Craig Beckman personifies these qualities and then some, and he also

"Water is key to cooling strategies in data centers. It reduces energy use and meets sustainability goals.". Tune into Episode 35 of The Fundamental Molecule featuring @WillHewes, Water Sustainability Lead at @Amazon. Episode link here:

It's no secret that the so-called "hyperscalers"—@Amazon, @Microsoft, @Google, @Meta, and others—are doing their hyperscaling in the context of the AI revolution. The pace of digital infrastructure buildout is mind-boggling—about $450 billion in 2024 and with no sign of slowing.

When you hear a canary singing in the coal mine, you should stop and listen. Without torturing the metaphor too far, this is how I felt when I started working with Megan Casey Glover at @120_Water in 2017 as she started to build her business. The success of a business is

AGM complete (it was much fun, thanks to all the team for making it seamless), LP pipeline building, Islander number 9 into Fund II, tons of ground covered, great progress across the Island. Huge kudos to @Xylem Innovation Labs for their Symposium this week. Top notch. 🔥. Here's.

Sometimes things just strike you as dumb and then one day you understand why. The current model of desalination is a great example. It's something that everyone thinks that we at BIV should be invested in up to the eyeballs, and, of course, we support technologies that are

I owe what I get to do every day here in a job I love to many people, but @scottmbryan really helped. In 2015, he took a chance on me to become the VP of Programming at @ImagineH2O running the Accelerator, and it was a learning curve which laid the groundwork for what we do here

"Utilities are great customers because they prioritize productivity over profit.". Tune into Episode 29 of The Fundamental Molecule featuring Paul Hauffen, BIV Venture Partner and Principal at Novel Water. Episode link here:

"Institutional knowledge in water utilities often retires with employees. AI can bridge this gap, preserving essential information.". Tune into Episode 28 of The Fundamental Molecule featuring @iMudasser, Co-Founder and CEO at TeamSolve. Episode link here:

True dyed-in-the-wool software pros are a valuable breed in water and Paul Hauffen is one of the best. A two-time entrepreneur, he sold his last company Sedaru, and, in a founding hiatus, is bringing his enormous experience to bear helping companies along their trajectory,

It was a fast start to the year, as you can see. A pleasure to welcome Algafilm to the Burnt Island. Deals imminent in both Fund II and the Opportunity Fund, so keep an eye out for those. Thanks as ever for reading, and here if we can help.

Algafilm Technologies is a profoundly simple, elegant, patented algae-based nutrient removal and recovery technology that’s significantly advantaged over legacy technologies - and is inherently carbon negative. They're scaling novel, patented tech in an elegant way that has the

There is a lot going on in AI right now, from the travails of ChatGPT to the technology being essentially single handedly responsible for the surge of the so-called “Magnificent Seven” and therefore the overall S&P 500 in 2024. But what does it mean for water? Mudasser Iqbal is a

People, VCs especially, like to issue predictions at this time of year. Fun, sure, but unlikely to be of much use, given that the highest impact surprises are by their nature, well, surprising. Things that really move the needle tend to come out of nowhere. We think it’s of much

A very happy 2025 to you from all of us at BIV. Please find the Monthly Update LI below. It was a strong finish to the year, particularly from @NLineEnergy, @hopehydration, @CalaSystems, TeamSolve, @dauplerinc and @AquaMembranes. (though that list could be a lot longer). 2024

"Investors are emotional. They want to invest in what they believe in.". Tune into Episode 27 of The Fundamental Molecule featuring @coy_debra, Advisor and Prev. Partner at @XPVWater. Episode link here:

BIV Monthly Update L (Yes, L! We made it to 50 of these!) below. Feels like good momentum before the end of the year. Welcome to Flocean. Lots of stuff to come early next year. Have a super holiday, and we’ll see you in the second quarter of the century. Yikes.

By 2030, it's estimated that there will be a 40% gap in the global water supply demand. The need for new sources of water is real and urgent. But, in many places, seawater desalination (the generation of freshwater from vast quantities of seawater) is extremely difficult, if not