Echo River Blog

2025 was a breakthrough year for  Echo River Capital . We deployed capital into transformative water technology investments focused on Digitizing, Decentralizing, and Decarbonizing the water cycle.   The market validated our thesis with significant momentum: half of our  portfolio companies  have raised additional capital at meaningful markups, demonstrating strong investor and customer demand for water innovation.   Echo River's strategy of doubling down on winners is workin

Which Innovations Will Shape the Next Generation of Data Centers? This was the question our Tiger Team was focused on answering in this new report from Echo River Capital. The answers will shape our investment targets in the coming years to make the inevitable AI transformation more sustainable. Find the report here. Emerging technologies for cooling data centers were the focus for our Summer 2025 industry scan. Primary authors were summer associates Clara Drysdale  (Stanford

New Investment in Solidec Solidec signifies our first investment into an entirely new class of transformative technology: harnessing water for climate-friendly chemicals. This is an extension of Echo River’s “decarbonizing water” efforts with the potential to generate over one gigaton of avoided greenhouse gas emissions. (That’s nine zeros worth!)  Solidec aims to replace chemicals that are currently refined from fossil fuels with its green chemistry platform to generate eve

May 30, 2025 How Water Tech Will Thrive Despite Federal Rollbacks By Peter Yolles, General Partner at Echo River Capital At Echo River...

Unintended Consequences: The Roman Example History often provides stark warnings about the unintended consequences of technological innovation. Perhaps no example is more pertinent to our modern concerns about plastics than the Roman Empire's extensive use of lead pipes in their water systems. The Romans were masterful engineers who created one of the ancient world's most sophisticated water systems. Their aqueducts and plumbing network, which extensively used lead pipes (kno

President-elect Trump's obsession with water isn't new. His previous administration was marked by passionate complaints about water...

A Trump Victory Would Be a Water Disaster  In September, I signed the pledge with VCs for Kamala  in order to protect the capitalist...

Gone! Klamath Dams are Kaput! (Copco 1 Dam rocked by a deconstruction blast. Credit: Shane Anderson of Swiftwater Films) The Klamath...

New Investment:  Shower Stream saves water, energy and GHGs An estimated 70 billion gallons of hot water are wasted each year in the...

How to bring the World of Water closer   Aren’t we all looking for that next great podcast to binge? Why not learn more about our...

Posted by Peter Yolles, 3 minute read How Much Regulatory Risk is Too Much? I initially became interested in working in water because who...

Posted by Peter Yolles, 3 minute read How Echo River is Decarbonizing the Water Cycle – Part II At the 2024 Yale Innovation Summit, I had...

By Jack Schaufler, Echo River Capital, Spring 2024 Associate Introduction At Echo River Capital, we are constantly examining the impacts...

New Blog: H20 to H2, Assessing Hydrogen's Relationship with Water Jack Schaufler, Echo River’s spring MBA intern, takes us on a deep dive...

March signals transition with the spring equinox, as the sun shifts from the southern to the northern hemisphere, marking the end of...

New Blog: Echo River Capital proudly announces its achievement of B Corp Certification from the nonprofit B Lab. As a trailblazer in the...

ImpactAssets Unveils IA 50 2024, Showcasing 155 Impact Fund Managers Globally from Record Number of Applicants The 13th annual list...

Video Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting New Blog: Decarbonizing the water cycle- Part I This month marked a significant milestone in...

Artist: Jon Bradham New Blog: Global Climate Reports say: Things are really bad, but it’s not too late. Nothing to brag about, but...

New Blog: Do Investments in Water Technology Enable Fossil Fuel Extraction? Creating values for any organization early on is so important...