The investment should be structured in layers: seed the operating company, fund diligence, acquire or partner with the first system, upgrade the infrastructure, build the technology, and create a repeatable model that can be financed system-by-system.
Company capital Operating budget for Lisa, diligence, legal, engineering, vendor selection, product design, and pilot execution.
Asset capital Acquisition or partnership funding for target systems and property-level water infrastructure.
Upgrade capital Treatment, monitoring, controls, meters, billing integration, branding, customer education, and site improvements.
Leverage options Evaluate available grants, loans, state revolving funds, infrastructure programs, seller financing, private debt, and project-level investment where eligible.