WaterEquity puts capital to work to help deliver universal access to safe water and sanitation.

Infrastructure Resilience

Water supply and sanitation infrastructure resilient investments in emerging markets.

Invest in her potential.

With safe water and sanitation, women can participate more fully in economic activity. When all women work, global GDP is projected to rise by 28 trillion USD.¹

Promote economic development.

Access to safe water reduces inequality and promotes economic development. Time spent gathering water accounts for an estimated 24 billion USD in lost economic opportunity each year.²

Our Impact By the Numbers³

capital committed to solving Sustainable Development Goal 6

people reached with safe water or sanitation

microloans made to low-income consumers

%

of microloan end-clients are women

For investors who believe financial markets can solve social challenges

WaterEquity is an asset manager dedicated to mobilizing private investment for the water and sanitation sector. We invest in financial institutions, enterprises, and infrastructure in emerging and frontier markets delivering safe water and sanitation solutions to low-income communities.⁴

Founded by entrepreneurs Gary White and Matt Damon of Water.org, the success of WaterEquity is built on decades of collective experience investing in water and sanitation in emerging markets.

The Latest at WaterEquity

"By 2050, one in four people will be living in a country affected by severe water shortages."

– United Nations

"Development in the 21st century needs to be about financing, not just pledges and giving."

– Judy Rodin, former President, Rockefeller Foundation

"The water management, supply & sanitation sector is currently financing only 15% of its needs."

– World Bank / UNICEF

"Between 55 to 68 percent of formal small and medium enterprises in emerging markets are either unserved or underserved by financial institutions."

– World Bank

"By 2030, under current water management and pricing regimes, water demand will exceed supply by about 40%."

– World Bank

"The water crisis is the #1 global risk based on impact to society (as a measure of devastation) as announced by the World Economic Forum, January 2017."

– Global Risks 2017 Report. World Economic Forum, 2017

WaterEquity puts capital to work to help deliver universal access to safe water and sanitation.

Infrastructure Resilience

Invest in her potential.

Promote economic development.

Our Impact By the Numbers³

capital committed to solving Sustainable Development Goal 6

people reached with safe water or sanitation

microloans made to low-income consumers

of microloan end-clients are women

For investors who believe financial markets can solve social challenges

The Latest at WaterEquity

Matt Damon and Gary White: The Key to Solving the Global Water Crisis

Economist Sustainability Summit: Can microfinance quench the global water crisis?

WaterEquity Everspring Fund

WaterEquity and KCB Bank Tanzania Sign $15 Million Loan Agreement to Expand Water Access in Tanzania

The Multiplier Effect: How Women’s Financial Inclusion Fuels Lasting Change

WaterEquity’s mission, strategies, and successes in improving global access to water and sanitation with Paul O’Connell & Marlene Hormes for Smart Water Magazine

2024 Fulbright Prize to Water.org and WaterEquity Co-founders Gary White and Matt Damon.

We Are Working to End the Water Crisis—With the Right Kind of Investment

"By 2050, one in four people will be living in a country affected by severe water shortages."

"Development in the 21st century needs to be about financing, not just pledges and giving."

"The water management, supply & sanitation sector is currently financing only 15% of its needs."

"Between 55 to 68 percent of formal small and medium enterprises in emerging markets are either unserved or underserved by financial institutions."

"By 2030, under current water management and pricing regimes, water demand will exceed supply by about 40%."

"The water crisis is the #1 global risk based on impact to society (as a measure of devastation) as announced by the World Economic Forum, January 2017."

Our Impact By the Numbers3

capital committed to solving Sustainable Development Goal 6

people reached with safe water or sanitation

microloans made to low-income consumers

of microloan end-clients are women

For investors who believe financial markets can solve social challenges

The Latest at WaterEquity

"By 2050, one in four people will be living in a country affected by severe water shortages."

"Development in the 21st century needs to be about financing, not just pledges and giving."

"The water management, supply & sanitation sector is currently financing only 15% of its needs."

"Between 55 to 68 percent of formal small and medium enterprises in emerging markets are either unserved or underserved by financial institutions."

"By 2030, under current water management and pricing regimes, water demand will exceed supply by about 40%."

"The water crisis is the #1 global risk based on impact to society (as a measure of devastation) as announced by the World Economic Forum, January 2017."

Our Impact By the Numbers³