Technology to Generate and Augment Rainfall

Rainwater Tech™ is dedicated to the mission of maintaining and restoring our precious water ecosystems. With rainfall generation technology, rainfall can be generated in regions that have seen a decline in recent decades, providing additional surface water and supporting the natural processes of aquifer recharge. No chemicals are used in the rainfall generation process.

Chemical-free process

Environmentally friendly

Globally scalable

Rainwater Tech™ is ready to develop, manufacture and commercialize ionization rainfall generation technology
First commercial ionization rainfall generation solution
Boosts rainfall potential through ionization-based platform
Mimics nature to generate rainfall
Focuses on drought areas
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How Ionization Technology Generates Rainfall

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The image in the bottom right is a product rendering used for illustrative purposes only.

The rainfall generation platform ionizes the surrounding air – similar to how air purifiers work. The wind carries the charged particles into the cloud layer. On a cloudy day, when cloud condensation nuclei collide inside a cloud to form water droplets, the introduction of the charged particles increases the rate of those collisions, forming heavy rain droplets faster. And that makes more rainfall from the sky.

Network

Our expected network of rain generation devices will be monitored around the clock, and when weather conditions are right, they will be activated to work with nature to increase rainfall. Rainwater Tech™ intends to develop and improve software and machine learning control systems to report on how much additional water has fallen by region where systems will be installed.

Intended Customers

  • For governments, large properties, builders, and municipalities: we will partner to increase surface water availability requiring no chemical pollutants
  • For Corporate ESG Managers and Non-Profits: we will support effective technology for water sustainability
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Our Team

Mike Nefkens

Mike Nefkens

Chief Executive Officer

Expected Director Nominee Former President of HPE Enterprise Services - led the… Read More
Keri Waters

Keri Waters

Chief Product Officer

Founder and CEO of Buoy Labs: authored two patents and won Edison Design Award and CES Best… Read More
Doug Ireland

Doug Ireland

Chief Financial Officer

Over 25 years of business experience including a decade overseas and has earned both… Read More
Mike Nefkens
Chief Executive Officer

Mike Nefkens

Expected Director Nominee

  • Former President of HPE Enterprise Services  - led the transformation of a $20B+, 100,000+ employee information services business from 2012-2017 resulting in a successful $13B spin/exit for Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • Deep expertise in technology, services, industrial manufacturing, downstream energy, smart homes, and ESG
  • Strong global F500 customer relationships and has run multiple public companies
  • Closed more than $30B of deals in services with enterprise customers and governments in 5 years at HPE
  • Former Honeywell Home / Resideo CEO - $5B revenue; 12k employees; led spin from Honeywell in 2018
Keri Waters
Chief Product Officer

Keri Waters

  • Founder and CEO of Buoy Labs: authored two patents and won Edison Design Award and CES Best in Show. Sold to NYSE:REZI in 2019
  • Invented Buoy IoT device, smart home product that prevented home water leak damage and reduced everyday water use by 10%
  • First to market in the entire home leak detection and shutoff market. Built successful pilots with USAA, Hawaii Board of Water, Delta Faucet Company, and Ferguson
  • VPGM $300m Water P&L at Resideo, streamlined SKUs, built a 5-yr strategic roadmap and elevated the category
  • MIT BS Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business MBA
Doug Ireland
Chief Financial Officer

Doug Ireland

  • Over 25 years of business experience including a decade overseas and has earned both Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) qualifications
  • Served as Head of Finance at Coalition, Inc., where he led the finance and accounting teams as the company significantly scaled its business model
  • Held CFO and other senior finance positions at high-growth technology companies, including Leanplum, Tapingo, Prezi and YouSendIt
  • Holds dual MBA degrees from the Berkeley-Columbia Joint MBA Program and a Master's degree in Telematic Engineering from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Arts from Arizona State University

Board of Director Nominees

Dr. Jim Yong Kim

Dr. Jim Yong Kim

Served as the 12th President of the World Bank Group from 2012 to 2019 During his tenure,… Read More
Charlie Candy

Charlie Candy

Experienced sales and strategy leader with demonstrated history of building high performing… Read More
Alexandra Steele

Alexandra Steele

Member of The American Meteorological Society since 1998 and was issued the AMS Seal of… Read More
Lyman Dickerson

Lyman Dickerson

Over 30 years of operating experience in the water industry Founder of Ecolochem, a… Read More
J. Eric Smith

J. Eric Smith

Served in various roles in property and casualty insurance with Country Financial for more… Read More
Harry You

Harry You

Over 150 M&A transactions and raised hundreds of billions in total capital Played a key… Read More
Niccolo de Masi

Niccolo de Masi

C-Suite / Board of 7 mobile app companies Overseen growth of half a dozen apps… Read More
Dr. Jim Yong Kim

Dr. Jim Yong Kim

  • Served as the 12th President of the World Bank Group from 2012 to 2019
  • During his tenure, the World Bank achieved two record replenishments of the IDA, the institution’s fund for the poorest countries and served key role in forging the Paris Agreement
  • From 2003 to 2005, served as Director of the World Health Organization’s HIV / AIDs department
  • Recognized as one of America’s “25 Best Leaders” by U.S. News & World Report and named world’s 50th most powerful person by Forbes
Charlie Candy

Charlie Candy

  • Experienced sales and strategy leader with demonstrated history of building high performing geographically dispersed teams
  • Current Chief Revenue Officer of Planet Labs
  • Previously ran sales for Planet across the EMEA region
  • Led Global GTM strategy for Design at Autodesk
  • Expertise in manufacturing as was responsible for 4 major business lines within Autodesk
Alexandra Steele

Alexandra Steele

  • Member of The American Meteorological Society since 1998 and was issued the AMS Seal of Approval in 1999
  • Emmy nominated broadcast meteorologist with over 20 years of experience
  • Worked at The Weather Channel for over 10 years anchoring their prime-time evening program
  • Worked at both the network and local affiliates of ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN
  • Climate specialist with an emphasis on climate communication and adaptation
Lyman Dickerson

Lyman Dickerson

  • Over 30 years of operating experience in the water industry
  • Founder of Ecolochem, a provider of outsourced industrial water treatment services for a wide range of industries including power, refining, chemical, pulp and paper, automotive, electronics and pharmaceuticals
  • Sold Ecolochem to Ionics in 2003 which was ultimately acquired by General Electric
J. Eric Smith

J. Eric Smith

  • Served in various roles in property and casualty insurance with Country Financial for more than 20 years
  • Former CEO of SwissRe Reinsurance Americas and member of the Group Management Board
  • Joined Allstate in 2003 ultimately servings as the President of Financial Services
  • Moved to USAA as the President of Life Insurance Co. in 2011
Harry You

Harry You

  • Over 150 M&A transactions and raised hundreds of billions in total capital
  • Played a key role in structuring Dell’s $67Bn buyout of EMC as EMC’s executive vice president
  • Significant shareholder value creation at EMC, Oracle, Accenture, Korn Ferry and Broadcom
  • Director on Board for Broadcom (Member of Executive Committee), Coupang, IonQ
  • Deep banking & capital markets expertise
Niccolo de Masi

Niccolo de Masi

  • C-Suite / Board of 7 mobile app companies
  • Overseen growth of half a dozen apps
  • International expansion expertise – organic and inorganic
  • Deep understanding of top and bottom of funnel techniques for optimizing retention, conversion, and LTV
  • Overseen billions in mobile app revenue and advertising spend
  • Pioneered incented mobile app and rewarded video advertising