The Wisconsin Water Seed Fund I, LLC

The Wisconsin Water Seed Fund I makes early stage investments in companies to address increasing worldwide water problems through technologies that remove water contaminants as well as conserve water consumption from efficient technologies and practices in North America.

The Water Council, the Fund's manager, is uniquely positioned to to provide impact investors with access to world’s leading water technology start-ups because of the following 3 factors:

#1 Density of the ecosystem:

- Most dense cluster of water technology companies in the US

- 5 of 10 largest water companies in the world with operations or HQ in Milwaukee

- 300+ companies working on the full water cycle

- One of the oldest school of freshwater sciences in the United States at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

#2 Exclusive access to dealflow:

- World’s first in-residency, vertically integrated water technology accelerator

- NSF funded Industry/University Collaborative Research Center (I/U CRC)

- Partnerships with other incubators and accelerators

- Developer of the “Water Collaborative Innovation Platform”

- Academic tech-transfer offices

#3 Partnerships to help companies grow:

- With major municipal water authorities

- With specialized professional service providers

- With demonstration/beta sites within multiple industry verticals

- With water user industry trade organizations

Financial description

The Manager intends to deploy a mixture of debt and equity to portfolio companies. The Manager envisions making multiple small investments across a number of companies. If the portfolio companies are successful in meeting specified milestones, the Manager may follow the initial investment with additional capital.