Incubator

What is the Imagine H2O Incubator?

Our incubator program helps entrepreneurs and innovators who compete in our prize contests. Incubators accelerate the development of entrepreneurship from brilliant ideas to products and services that have commercial potential and provide value to people who need them.
 

What services will we offer?

We offer a comprehensive incubator program to support water entrepreneurs and innovators: Business plan coaching, mentoring from water experts and business CEOs, team-building and networking, introductions to financiers, strategic partners, beta customers, and help securing lab space and office space.

• For All Contestants: Imagine H2O will host seminars and workshops to expose the opportunity in water efficiency businesses and water innovation. Contestants will receive feedback on their plans and networking and team-building opportunities, as well as guidance on start-up basics.

• Second Place and Third Place Prizes: $7,500 cash prize; up to $5,000 of in-kind legal services from Cooley Godward Kronish LLP and up to $5,000 of in-kind accounting services from PricewaterhouseCoopers; introductions to beta customers, financiers, and go-to-market partners; and publicity at the Imagine H2O Showcase in February 2010.

• Grand Prize: $15,000 cash prize; up to $10,000 of in-kind legal services from Cooley Godward Kronish LLP and up to $10,000 of in-kind accounting services from PricewaterhouseCoopers; introductions to beta customers, financiers, and go-to-market partners; assistance in securing lab and/or office space; and publicity at the Imagine H2O Showcase in February 2010.
  
  

• Policy Prize: Imagine H2O and its partners will launch a future prize to invite innovation in a particular segment of water policy. The authors of the winning policy outline will receive cash prizes and incubation support to transform their solutions into a formal legislative proposal.

• Youth Prize: Imagine H2O and its partners will launch a future prize targeting high school students as the next generation of water innovators. The best inventors will receive cash prizes and incubation support to turn their ideas into business plans with real-world application.