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from International Filtration News Issue 4 2024 • 2024-2025 Buyers Guide

Positioning Your Company for an M&A Exit

treatment technologies to accelerate water reuse and deliver alternative sources of water (air moisture capture and desalination) will be essential for corporate water strategies going forward.

I believe many technologies exist to solve or at least tame water challenges. However, the challenge is funding and scaling these technologies at speed.

The private sector is in a unique position to be a catalyst for change by aligning their water and now nature strategies with direct engagement with innovative technology companies. In some cases NGOs will have a significant role in facilitating these corporate-technology partnerships.

Over the last year or so, there has been a noticeable shift in thinking about how to solve water problems. This is an encouraging trend.

Will Sarni is the founder and CEO of Water Foundry (www.waterfoundry.com) a water strategy consultancy. He is also the Founder and General Partner of Water Foundry Ventures, a water technology venture fund focused on addressing water scarcity, quality and equitable access to water. He has been a sustainability and water strategy advisor to multinationals, water technology companies, investors, and non-governmental organizations for his entire career. Prior to Water Foundry, he was a managing director at Deloitte Consulting where he established and led the water strategy practice. He was the founder and CEO of DOMANI, a sustainability strategy firm, prior to Deloitte. Will is an internationally recognized thought leader on water strategy and innovation. He was ranked as; Worth Magazine Worthy 100 for 2022, A Key Player Pressuring Businesses to Care About Water and one of the Top 15 Interviews In Smart Water Magazine 2019. He is also the author numerous publications and books on water strategy and innovation He can be reached at will@waterfoundry.com or 720.341.7272.