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AI image generated by Gemini The Investment Case for Water by Sightline Climate and CTVC 💧 What if the next decade reversed #water scarcity — not deepened it? That's not wishful thinking. Sightline Climate's Holly Secon and Charles Bondu just laid out why the investment case is stronger than ever. CTVC's team dug into the full value chain, capital stack, market dynamics, and why dedicated water investors are finally building out a new asset class. I was honored to be fe

New Investment – Manhole Metrics At the dawn of the AI-era, who will win and who will lose? Echo River’s latest investment in founder Will Dubin’s ManholeMetrics expands on the “digitizing water information” thesis. Echo River has long sought to invest in companies that monitor and collect the data using real-time, in-situ sensors. These companies will be able to build a moat around the ownership and control of the data, while leveraging AI as a tool to process the data into

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 working we

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