Events

Waterside Chats

  • Date: April 23, 2024
  • Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Cost: Free
  • Venue: Zoom
  • Organizer: Foresight
Waterside Chats

waterNEXT, Foresight's water technology network, hosts Waterside Chat sessions focusing on growing the waterNEXT network and community - bringing together experts and tech companies in the water sector to discuss a variety of water-focused challenges around the theme of water & climate.

These community Waterside Chat sessions aim to build connections between Canadian water technology SMEs and key audiences for their products and services, as well as understand what is going on in the water sector in Canada.

For the month of April we will be talking about The Water Investor Landscape. What makes for an investable startup? John Robinson from Mazarine Ventures will break down what VCs look for, and what they avoid when screening a water tech venture.

Speaker:

John Robinson, Partner, Mazarine Ventures

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Mr. Robinson operates at the intersection of technology, venture investing, and water/wastewater. With 15 years in water/wastewater, he has experience in most end-user markets, and has worked across nearly every technology vertical with a particularly strong focus on data science-related innovations. The investment group he co-founded, Mazarine, operates an in-house incubator, 2 seed-stage funds, and a growth-stage fund all focused on technology innovations that address water/wastewater risks in agriculture, aquaculture, buildings, financial services, industry, and utilities.

John has experience across a wide range of technologies, including: Advanced Oxidation, Biological Treatment, Bioreactors, Clarifiers, Deionization, Disinfection, Drives, Electrodeionization,  Filtration – Micro, Ultra, and Nano, Ion Exchange, Membrane Filtration, Monitoring, Ozone & UV Treatment, POE & POU Systems, Pumps, Sensors, Separation technologies, Sludge management, Stormwater, Testing technologies, and various chemical solutions.  Additionally, he has experience in data science innovations, including: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Industrial Things (IIoT), Machine Learning (ML), Cyber Security, Data Management & Reporting (DM&R), Asset Management Software (AMS), Predictive Analytics (PA), and other water/wastewater diagnostics and decision-support technologies.

A Chicago native, John completed undergraduate studies at Denison University and graduate research at Johns Hopkins University. He speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese, and now lives in London.