http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2007/01/10/major-investments-open-new-markets-for-water-services Comments for "Major Investments Open New Markets for Water Services" en http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2007/01/10/major-investments-open-new-markets-for-water-services#comment-24101 I think WHI is doing a great thing here and hope that everything works out well!<br class="clear" /> Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:17:10 -0500 Hamed Elbarki comment 24101 at http://www.nextbillion.net http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2007/01/10/major-investments-open-new-markets-for-water-services <p><a href="http://www.waterhealth.com/index.html"><p style="padding: 5px; float: left;"><img src="http://www.nextbillion.net/files/images/waterhealth international.img_assist_custom.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image img_assist_custom" width="175" height="129" /></p>WaterHealth International </a>(WHI) has recently attracted over $11 million in venture capital from investors including Dow Venture Capital, ICICI Bank, Plebys International LLC, and SAIL Venture Partners, L.P.. WHI provides innovative business solutions to one of the world&#39;s most desperate health crises, the lack of safe, clean and affordable water for the more than two billion people who have little or no access to it. <br /><br />WHI has developed a model that incorporates an <a href="http://www.waterhealth.com/technology.html">innovative, cost-effective technology</a> designed for the poor, with a franchise model to streamline marketing and distribution and assure uniform water quality and service. The model can be customized to take into account the needs of rural and urban markets for low-cost safe water. WHI invests in health and hygiene education programs as part of its normal business practices to combat waterborne diseases in the communities it serves.<br /><br />(This post continues past the break; click &quot;Read More&quot; to continue)</p><br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2007/01/10/major-investments-open-new-markets-for-water-services">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2007/01/10/major-investments-open-new-markets-for-water-services#comment Business Development Consumer Products Financial Services Strategy Successful Models Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:04:21 -0500 Lauren Abendschein 3740 at http://www.nextbillion.net