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Silicon Valley Wants to Solve Our Water Problems
Despite a lack of VC funds, there’s a steady flow of entrepreneurs.
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Gary Kremen—the founder of Match.com, former owner of Sex.com, and serial investor—is into water.
The entrepreneur started investing in water tech startups a few years ago. Today he’s an elected member of Silicon Valley’s water district, an agency that manages water and flood control for 2 million people. Earlier this year, he helped craft a proposal to build a tunnel under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta that could improve drinking water reliability for cities from San Jose to San Diego.