Burnt Island Ventures Investor Story: Funding the best water entrepreneurs in the world - a podcast by Union Music Group Ltd

Water is a fundamental molecule that enables society to exist, and few people understand the potential of the water investment space as well as this episode’s guest, Tom Ferguson, Managing Partner at Burnt Island Ventures, a new $30 million fund dedicated to supporting startups focusing on water.  In this episode, Tom discusses how we are at a turning point. From the wildfires of the Western US to flooding in Niger, climate change is here, with rising temperatures straining the world's water resources more than ever before. Products and services that allow individuals, governments and companies to navigate this change are in increasing demand, and entrepreneurs are rising to the challenge, emerging with the skill and insight to meet that demand and develop solutions to water problems at scale. In a nutshell, Tom explains that climate change is water change. It is the medium through which we will feel the effects of a warming earth. It is our responsibility to manage Earth’s most precious resource, now more than ever. Burnt Island Ventures therefore exists to find, fund and support the best of these founders.  Diving straight in, the two discuss what founders in the lucrative water tech space should expect when looking for investment. Tom goes on to give some examples of the incredible investment opportunities he’s backed to date, including water recycling and filtration innovators ZwitterCo, and Spout, the company behind the worlds smallest atmospheric water generator.

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