Presentation hold during EIP Water Conference in Porto, as part of the Porto Water Innovation Week in Session 6 “Financing innovation in the water sector”

1. WATER INNOVATION: BRIDGING GAPS,WATER INNOVATION: BRIDGING GAPS,
CREATING OPPORTUNITIESCREATING OPPORTUNITIES
27 AND 28 SEPTEMBER 201727 AND 28 SEPTEMBER 2017
ALFÂNDEGA PORTO CONGRESS CENTREALFÂNDEGA PORTO CONGRESS CENTRE
FINANCING INNOVATION IN THE WATER SECTORFINANCING INNOVATION IN THE WATER SECTOR
NOVEL WAYS OF FINANCING INNOVATION.NOVEL WAYS OF FINANCING INNOVATION.
AN ANNOTATED CATALOGUEAN ANNOTATED CATALOGUE
ANTÓNIO CÂMARAANTÓNIO CÂMARA
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2. Financing Innovation
an Annotated Catalog
Antonio Camara
September 28th, 2017

3. Professor at New University of Lisbon
Co-Founder of
YDreams Global
www.ydreamsglobal.com
Ynvisible
www.ynvisible.com
Azorean
http://azorean.eu

4. Knowledge Based Entrepreneurship

5. Knowledge Based Entrepreneurship

6. Picture Credits: Ludwig Gatzke
Angel funded start-ups
User Traction
VC Backing
Billions of revenue
Winners
Silicon Valley Model

7. “Smart Cities” and Water

8. Startups in 2017
Mature ecosystems are being created in several parts of
the World and accelerators became key players
https://www.imagineh2o.org/accelerator/

9. Startups in 2017
Lower costs for prototyping and product development
Crowdfunding is a market tester, funding aid, and provides
global exposure
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drinkpurehome/drinkpure-home-safe-and-tasty-water-from-the-
tap

10. Startups in 2017
It is possible to create lower risk/higher return startups
with lesser investment, almost anywhere
Intellectual property are assets that can be monetized
Social media reduce marketing and communication costs
Amazon, Wallmart and AliBaba are increasingly providing global logistics, marketing,
sales and procurement
There are 150 million investors online that provide high liquidity in Exchanges like TSX-V
and ASX.

11. Game changing areas and the Water sector
Augmented reality
Smart things
Blockchain based infrastructure
A new Internet of Everything

12. antonio.camara@ydreams.com