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Acuva Technologies Inc.
Global leader in UV-LED disinfection technology.
Acuva Technologies Inc. (“Acuva” or the “Company”) designs, develops, engineers, manufactures, markets and sells advanced UV-LED systems for water disinfection applications around the world. Founded in 2014 in Vancouver, British Columbia with the mission to address current challenges and barriers to safe drinking water, Acuva has grown into an international team that spans the globe.
The Acuva Advantage
Acuva has built an extensive intellectual property portfolio comprised of 23 patents (granted, provisioned and/or filed) which provide the Company with a distinct and sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Benefit of Acuva’s Patented Technology
Compared to Incumbent Water Purification Technology
Low Power Consumption
Long Life Time & No Performance Degradation
No Maintenance Needed
Flow-activated Power On/off
Intelligent Self-monitoring for Safe Operation
Technology you can Trust
Acuva’s proprietary IntenseBeamTM technology is at the core of its products. It allows us to focus and maximize UV-LED energy with the lowest possible power requirements, delivering maximum disinfection efficacy.
Investment Highlights
| Leading UV-LED Disinfection Technology Developer |
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| Market Leading UV-LED Water Disinfection Products |
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| Massive Market Opportunity for Disinfection Globally |
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| Solid Market Traction |
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| Company Built to Scale |
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The Opportunity:
C$15M Series A Equity Financing
Acuva is raising C$15M in equity capital to accelerate sales and marketing with water appliance OEMs and other indirect sales channels, continue new product development, and support working capital needs as the business scales. The Company has raised over C$20M through equity, grants and loans to-date and is seeking new investment from institutional, corporate and impact investors that can bring expertise to scaling a high growth sustainable cleantech company with high visible ESG attributes.
Acuva By the Numbers
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Current and Future Products
Currently we sell wide range of products suited for consumers or OEM integration. In the future we plan to broaden our products capabilities and use cases.
- Current Products
- Future Products
Arrow Max 1.0
Arrow Max 2.0
Arrow 5
ArrowMAX HOME
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Sales Presence and Channels
Global sales team targeting high growth markets via multiple channels.
- Sales Channels
- OEM Integration
- Distributors
- Big Box Retail / Wholesale
- Online / Direct to Consumer
End Use / Application Integration
Wide range of products can be installed directly by consumers or integrated into OEM products into a wide range of end use applications.
Historical and Forecast Revenue (C$M)
Currently we sell wide range of products suited for consumers or OEM integration. In the future we plan to broaden our products capabilities and use cases.
FY2019A
$0.6
FY2020A
$1.1
FY2021A
$2.6
FY2022P
$5.1
FY2023F
$15.2
FY2024F
$29.3
FY2025F
$56.2
FY2026F
$107.7
Other Product Dev. – Air and Surface Disinfection
Acuva is developing other disinfection products by leveraging its UV LED expertise and patent portfolio
- Other Products
Surface
( in market today )
Self-disinfecting door handle
Nozzle Disinfection
Air Purifiers
Personal & Commercial
Experienced Management Team
Manoj Singh
Chief Executive Officer
Manoj Singh
Chief Executive Officer
Manoj has 17+ years of leadership experience in commercializing clean technologies in North America & South Asia, along with 20+ years experience of being part of the UBC Seed Fund.
Fariborz Taghipour
Chief Technology Officer
Fariborz Taghipour
Chief Technology Officer
Fariborz is a professor in chemical & biological engineering department at the university of British Columbia. He has 15+ years of experience in industry & academia in the development of uv reactors.
Mike Walsh
Chief Financial Officer
Mike Walsh
Chief Financial Officer
Mike is an experienced executive vice president corporate development with a demonstrated history of working in the investment management industry.
Sanjay Kumar
VP of Products & Marketing
Sanjay Kumar
VP of Products & Marketing
Sanjay has 15+ years’ experience in project management, strategy, software delivery, business transformation, business analysis & business process transformation.
Ian Lewis
VP of Engineering and R&D
Ian Lewis
VP of Engineering and R&D
Ian has years of experience managing all aspects of product development and volume manufacturing. His focus is on extensive collaboration between engineers and all other groups with a passion to innovate and execute solutions which support major product launches.
Gordon Holscher
VP of Global Sales
Gordon Holscher
VP of Global Sales
Gordon has extensive experience as an executive-level in global sales management providing the leadership and direction needed to drive organizational business goals. He is recognized for delivering impactful results while leading in fast-paced, highly competitive business environments.
He has experience in water, power, HVAC, plumbing and industries related to filtration.
Interested parties are invited to contact any of the individuals below at Fort Capital Partners to learn more about this opportunity, including arranging initial meetings with management.
Paul Austin
Partner
paul.austin@fortcapital.ca
(604) 761-0849
Steve Bone
Partner
steve.bone@fortcapital.ca
(604) 366-8737
Dave Bustos
Managing partner
dave.bustos@fortcapital.ca
(778) 945-0651