This proposal cites a lack of access to water, as well as poor scalability and awareness of water issues as major challenges. The team recommends leveraging the WaterCapital Initiative to source innovative water distribution business ideas from community entrepreneurs at the local level, connecting them with venture capital opportunities to provide rapid access to capital at a sustainable return.
Water Capital: Tapping into Creative Water Businesses to Achieve Scale
Challenges: Scalability, General Access, Community Involvement, Empowerment, and Buy-In, Lack of Education and Awareness, Existing Solutions, Access, Social, Cultural, and Political
Solutions: Partnership Building, Education and Awareness Campaigns, Entrepreneuship Focused, Community Level Solution, External Industry and/or Sector Model , Operational Funding (Revinvestment), Awareness and/or Reporting, Economic and Commercial, Business-Led, Public-Private Partnership (Multiple Stakeholders), Financial, Social, Venture Capital