WaterPLUS
WaterPLUS is a global social venture aimed at providing innovative point-of-use water purification systems based on germicidal ultraviolet LED technology.
| Startup type: | Social Enterprise |
| Status: | Active |
| Stage: | Prototyping |
| Publicity: | Open to speaking to journalists. |
| Funding: | Angel |
| Industries: | Health |
| Location: | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Website: | http://www.veerlabs.com |
OUR NEWS
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17 February 2009
Will Patrick joined the team. |
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Currently pursuing Mechanical Engineering degree at Duke University. President of Engineers Without Borders-Duke. Prototype designer for VeerLabs LLC.
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30 January 2009
WaterPLUS now has 20 followers!
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10 August 2008
Naman Shah joined the team. |
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21 February 2008
WaterPLUS has updated their funding status |
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21 February 2008
Saket Vora joined the team. |
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American grad student pursuing M.S. in electrical engineering at Stanford. Interested in entrepreneurship, energy, greentech, cleantech, social ventures, politics, film, traveling, data visualization, and cooking.
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21 February 2008
Saket Vora created the startup |
ABOUT US
WaterPLUS is a global social venture aimed at providing innovative point-of-use water purification systems based on germicidal ultraviolet LED technology. A point-of-use purification system maximizes the public health impact and the technology used allows it to be affordable at the household level. WaterPLUS is a triple-bottom-line private company that places a high priority on social return on investment while still being financially sustainable.
We have a diversified team of students that includes the a M.D./Ph.D in public health, director of a succesful NGO, a public health oriented water resources grad student at UNC, a mechanical engineering student at Duke involved with Engineers Without Borders, a patent law student at UNC with engineering background, and an electrical engineering graduate student at Stanford.
Winner of Best Social Venture at the Duke Startup Challenge, 2nd place overall at Duke Startup Challenge earning $15,000 in awards. 2nd Place finish in the Global Health category of the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition at the University of Washington, earning $2,500 in awards. Current finalist in the Carolina Challenge at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Honorable mention in the William James Foundation social competition.
THINGS WE NEED
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finance, manufacturing, field trials execution
Posted by Saket Vora 2 years ago
COMMENTS (2)
Team (3)
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Will Patrick
Currently pursuing Mechanical Engineering degree at Duke University. President of Engineers Without Borders-Duke. Prototype designer for VeerLabs LLC.
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Saket Vora
American grad student pursuing M.S. in electrical engineering at Stanford. Interested in entrepreneurship, energy, greentech, cleantech, social ventures, politics, film, traveling, data visualization, and cooking.
Followers (39)
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Eric Butter
Studied BSPH, Biostatistics from UNC School of Public Health.
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Alberto Nardelli
Social entrepreneurs, co-founder at tweetminster.co.uk, ceo at unltdworld.com
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Margaret Herzog
DISSERTATION TOPIC: Community-Based Collaboration Framework to reduce water use conflicts
You are cordially invited to join our Water Community. It would be an honor welcoming you at http://watersite.ning.com .
Kind regards
Willem Tijssen
Founder
This is a fantastic venture!!
do you have a website?