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Xylem
Expands Partnership with Imagine H2O to Support Water Innovation
Entrepreneurs
Global Partnership Scales Imagine H2O¡¯s
Work with Entrepreneurial Water Solutions
RYE BROOK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Xylem Inc.
(NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the
world¡¯s greatest water challenges has announced an expanded commitment to
Imagine H2O, the leading water innovation accelerator and ecosystem for water
entrepreneurs. As a global partner, Xylem brings expanded support to Imagine
H2O¡¯s startup Accelerator and joins as the newest partner to Imagine H2O Asia,
the organization¡¯s Singapore-based initiative supporting water solutions across
Southeast Asia.
Xylem¡¯s recently launched Xylem Innovation Labs
will work across Imagine H2O¡¯s programs to support entrepreneurs pioneering
sustainable solutions to the water challenges facing communities and businesses,
such as water access and infrastructure resilience and affordability. Xylem
Innovation Labs creates partnerships with technology companies and startups to
drive growth through innovation. Executives and business leaders from Xylem will
play an active role in the accelerator¡¯s evaluation process and mentorship
activities. Imagine H2O¡¯s track record of supporting digital water solutions,
combined with Xylem¡¯s technology leadership, will be central to this new
partnership. Additionally, Xylem¡¯s support will help expand Imagine H2O¡¯s
efforts to validate, scale, and finance water solutions in high-impact
markets.
¡°Ongoing droughts and intensified weather events
underscore the need to mobilize innovation on a broader scale, faster, in the
race to solve the world¡¯s water challenges,¡± said Sivan Zamir, senior director
of Xylem Innovation Labs. ¡°Xylem is proud to support Imagine H2O in its role as
the leading water innovation accelerator encouraging the most promising
entrepreneurs and changemakers in water.¡±
¡°Xylem¡¯s leadership on issues including digital
transformation and green finance, represents an important partner to our work,¡±
explains Imagine H2O¡¯s President Scott Bryan. ¡°Together, we can make meaningful
progress toward unleashing new technologies and ensuring that communities can
access the solutions required to provide safe, affordable, and reliable water to
people.¡±
Applications for Imagine H2O¡¯s Urban Water
Challenge are now open, focused on startups accelerating water sustainability in
coastal cities. Xylem is also supporting Imagine H2O¡¯s upcoming Water Innovation
Week, an annual conference celebrating entrepreneurship and innovation, on
November 3-4.
About Xylem
Xylem (XYL) is a
leading global water technology company committed to solving critical water and
infrastructure challenges with innovation. Our more than 16,000 diverse
employees delivered revenue of $4.88 billion in 2020. We are creating a more
sustainable world by enabling our customers to optimize water and resource
management, and helping communities in more than 150 countries become
water-secure. Join us at www.xylem.com.
About IH2O
Imagine H2Ois a
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering people to deploy and
develop innovation to solve water challenges globally. The organization¡¯s water
innovation accelerator provides entrepreneurs with the resources, insight and
visibility to launch and scale water solutions. By partnering with industry and
policy experts and a global network of customers and investors, Imagine H2O has
become a proven path to market for emerging water technology businesses. Since
2009, we have supported 150+ startups who have deployed their solutions in 50+
countries and have raised more than $600M in investment.
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