At the World Water-Tech North America 2019, Maarten ter Keurst, Director of Investments of Pureterra Ventures, shared his water and investment insights on a panel discussion about Deals of the year 2019: Investor Debate.
World Water-Tech North America 2019
The World Water-Tech North America 2019 was held in Los Angeles from October 29-30, 2019. The summit was where 250+ international water utilities, municipalities and industrial end-users meet. The summit facilitated water leaders to find solutions to the challenges of the water sector such as asset optimization, digitization, leakage, energy, and reuse. Moreover, the summit focused on “Driving the Efficiency & Resiliency in Water and Wastewater Systems”.
The World Water-Tech summit has a global reputation for fostering innovation, facilitating commercial collaborations and showcasing disruptive start-ups. The recently held summit in Los Angeles brought a great opportunity for participants to learn from and connect with leading technology providers, engineering giants and investors from across the region and worldwide. Additionally, networking is made easy, including the 1:1 meeting system with delegates and speakers, as well as, a dedicated digital meeting hub allowing attendees to connect with each other in advance.
Pureterra Ventures shared insights alongside leading investors
The Director of Investments of PureTerra Ventures, Maarten ter Keurst joined the panel discussion – Deals of the Year 2019: Investor Debate – that concluded the summit. For this panel, Maarten ter Keurst joined leading global investors from the UK Department for International Trade, Mission Driven Ventures Capital, Cimbria Capital, Allianz Global Investors, and Mazarine Ventures. During the panel, five global investors discussed the hottest deals of 2018/2019 in the water sector and shared fresh insights into the most exciting investment opportunities and challenges that may emerge over the coming year.
Maarten ter Keurst shared: “World Water-Tech North America 2019 in Los Angeles was once again an excellent event riddled with experts and leaders of the water sector from all across the region and worldwide. What stood out for me was the number of new investment funds attending the conference. Water is definitely becoming a hot and attractive topic.”
