# Echo River Capital

> Echo River Capital is a VC fund backing Water and Software. See 31 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Belvedere Tiburon, United States
- Total investments: 31
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last fund: Apr 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/echo-river-capital/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/echorivercap
- Website: https://www.echorivercap.com/

Echo River Capital is a VC fund in Belvedere Tiburon focused on Water and Software. Echo River Capital invests globally in early stage water technology companies to Digitize, Decarbonize and Decentralize the water cycle. Our vision for the future is living in freshwater harmony with nature, made easier through technology. Echo River is among the few investors with a narrow specialty in smart water technology solving global waterchallenges for human health, environment, and climate resilience.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $265k–$5.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.8M–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Water | 11 | 35% |
| Software | 7 | 23% |
| Water Purification | 5 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 10% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 48% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 19% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 10% |
| Series A | 2 | 6% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 14 | 45% |
| India | 2 | 6% |
| Canada | 2 | 6% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peter Yolles | Founder and General Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-yolles |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CREW Carbon | CREW Carbon specializes in removing greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater using engineered enhanced weathering. The company's technology leverages the natural power of minerals to treat municipal and industrial wastewater, permanently storing CO2. CREW Carbon operates within the environmental services industry and focuses on GHG managementand carbon removal. The company aims to make a positive impact on the planet through innovative climate tech solutions. | $19M | Series A | May 14, 2026 |  |
| Solidec | Solidec is the pathway to emission-free compounds, beginning with hydrogen peroxide. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jul 30, 2025 |  |
| Uravu Labs | Uravu plans to develop fresh ideas for making human life sustainable and our communities responsive and resilient. In order to build a sustainable and better future for everyone, the company believes that the "water" industry is ripe for innovation and needs ground-breaking innovations.High-quality drinking water may be produced usingUravu's award-winning, 100% renewable water technology, which uses the atmosphere's limitless moisture and solely renewable energy.Uravu was established in 2017 in Bangalore, Karnataka. |  | Seed | Jul 10, 2025 |  |
| Verdi | Verdi is building the data science platform for hyper-specific farm actions, starting with irrigation. | $4.7M | Seed | May 15, 2025 |  |
| Verdi Expeditions | Verdi Expeditions is a scalable platform for agricultural automation and tailored plant health. | $4.7M | Seed | May 15, 2025 |  |
| Watergenics | Watergenics mission is to map the water quality of the planet and help the society transit to a renewable economy. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 01, 2024 |  |
| Epic Cleantec | Epic Cleantec ("Epic") is a full-service water reuse firm based in San Francisco, CA. We provide turnkey wastewater treatment and reuse systems for customers, creating a one-stop-shop for design, engineering, permitting, installation, and ongoing operations. Our team has decades of experience across the wastewater and built environmentvalue chain, with expertise in wastewater and solids handling technology, project financing, policy, and operations. Epic is decentralizing wastewater treatment and reuse into individual buildings or groups of buildings, by converting building wastewater into treated water for non-potable applications like toilet flushing, irrigation, and cooling towers, as well as natural soil amendments that can be used to grow crops, enhance gardens, and beautify green spaces. The Epic system can help a project reduce its water demand by up to 95%, which saves owners hundreds of thousands of dollars annually on their water and sewer bills. Born out of initial work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's "Reinvent the Toilet Challenge," Epic reduces the cost and complexity of onsite wastewater treatment and reuse, lowering costs for building owners, easing strain on municipal utilities, and strengthening sustainability and resiliency efforts. Winner of the United Nation's 2018 Global Climate Action Summit Innovation Showcase and a Fast Company 2020 World Changing Ideas Award honoree, Epic is now participating in the highly competitive Imagine H2O accelerator, the world's top water-focused startup program. | $12M | Series B | Nov 21, 2024 |  |
| CREW Carbon | CREW Carbon specializes in removing greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater using engineered enhanced weathering. The company's technology leverages the natural power of minerals to treat municipal and industrial wastewater, permanently storing CO2. CREW Carbon operates within the environmental services industry and focuses on GHG managementand carbon removal. The company aims to make a positive impact on the planet through innovative climate tech solutions. | $5.3M | Seed | Oct 30, 2024 |  |
| Active Membranes | Active Membranes is innovating the future of fresh water by redefining the technology. | $2.3M | Seed | Jul 09, 2024 |  |
| Shower Stream | Shower Warm-Up Waste causes $30,000 wasted per year per hotel. Shower Stream is a smart shower head adapter that saves the waste, proves the savings via web and is completely unobtrusive to the user. | $265K | Seed | Jan 10, 2024 |  |

10 of 31 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Echo River Capital invest in?

Echo River Capital invests primarily in Water, Software and Water Purification startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Echo River Capital's check size?

Echo River Capital typically joins rounds of $265k–$5.3M at Seed and $1.8M–$2M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Echo River Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Echo River Capital?

Public channels for Echo River Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Echo River Capital?

The team at Echo River Capital includes Peter Yolles (Founder and General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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