water
A Core Asset Class
for OUR FUTURE
Grasshopper makes it investable
Investor Access to Clean Water
INVEST WITH US
IN CLEAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
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17 years of proven track record across central & decentralized water infrastructure.
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We come from both worlds: water project development and investment management.
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What we built is unique in water: proven, de-risked & scalable water project concepts.
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We make clean water investable for private investors: with investor-ready projects.
Our Focus: Clean Water and the Funding Gap in the Water Sector
Clean drinking water and efficient water infrastructure are key challenges for the future. Yet today, still less than 2% of global investment in water comes from private capital. Grasshopper develops water projects and structures water investments that address exactly this gap: we mobilize private capital for centralized and decentralized water infrastructure projects, with a focus on drinking water – based on modern and innovative water technology solutions that have demonstrably delivered their “proof of technology” for large-scale water infrastructure projects and public drinking water supply.
Who we are: Specialists in Water Projects and Water Investments
For 17 years, we have worked exclusively in the water sector. We come from the project side, not just the investment side: with implementation experience, technical and operational know-how, an internationally grown network, and long-standing partnerships with technology providers, utilities, and institutions. This rare and specialized combination makes Grasshopper a provider of water investments that truly understands water projects – and makes them investable.
What we offer: Access to Investor-Ready Projects
Based on a project pipeline built up over many years with proven, standardized, and replicable water projects, and on a risk-mitigating concept developed by us, we enable private investors to gain direct exposure to technology-driven water projects. With clear revenue structures, professional structuring, limited investment periods, and measurable environmental and social impact.
Water - A New Asset Class: Why Water Belongs in the Portfolio
Climate change, urban growth and aging or non-existing water infrastructure make safe water the defining challenge of our time. Water is essential infrastructure and system-relevant. The water projects structured by Grasshopper provide private investors a professional access to a new and future-defining asset class.
PROVEN EXPERTISE
17
Years
Experience
13
Project
Countries
1000+ MLD
Water Projects
(1 MLD is 1 Million Liters per Day)
WHAT WE DO
Developing Water Projects & Offering Water Investments
mainly for large scale projects in central public water infrastructure: based on our proven, modular, scalable "technologies-only" concept, with project sizes from 1 to 1000+ MLD, de-risked for private investors (eliminating construction risks);
Complemented by projects
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for decentral water supply: using scalable and replicable concepts for rural areas;
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for clean water in the private sector: eg for hospitals, the mobility sector, sustainable housing or agriculture.
PROVEN
CENTRAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
Track Record with Proof of Concept & Technologies build up over 17 years, as basis for the current project pipeline
DE-RISKED
CENTRAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
Modular Technology Concept for "Technology only" Projects, excluding construction works and construction risks
SCALABLE
CENTRAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
Scalable project capacities
from 1 - 2000 MLD;
Standardized & replicable for further countries and regions
WATER COMPETENCE & INNOVATION
Grasshopper and its affiliate INWASOL cover a full spectrum - from investor-ready water infrastructure investments to innovative concepts and scalable business models.
Grasshopper Investments
Investor-ready water infrastructure projects & private investments.
Grasshopper structures and offers investment opportunities for professional investors across central and decentralized water infrastructure - mobilizing private capital into clean water projects with clear risk logic and measurable impact.
Intelligent Water Solutions - INWASOL
Innovation lab for water concepts & sustainable business models.
INWASOL develops scalable water concepts and sustainable water business models - shaping the next generation of water solutions and future project models.
GRASSHOPPER
WATER INVESTMENTS & INVESTOR-READY PROJECTS
NETWORK FOR
WATER PROJECTS & WATER INVESTMENTS
Blue Water Bonds
Blue Bonds
Starting a Blue Bonds Series
First Blue Bond under development
with a volume of 20 Mio EUR
Project Pipeline 50 Mio+ EUR
Minimum Investment 100 k EUR
ICMA Principles
Our Blue-Bond Framework is aligned with the ICMA Green Bond Principles – with clear use-of-proceeds rules, robust project selection and transparent reporting for professional investors.
Monitoring
A digital Impact Tracker will provide science-based KPIs on water volumes, people served and climate co-benefits for all Blue-Green-Bond projects – replacing static PDFs with live, portfolio-wide insights.
Clean Water is a Human Right
The supply of clean water is one of the key challenges of the 21st century. Global shortages of clean water and rising per capita consumption are political and economical challenges the water sector is facing.
According to the "World Water Development Report" of the WHO, more than a billion people currently have to rely on contaminated water and almost half the world's population lives without sanitation. In fact, more than one billion people obtain their drinking water from polluted wells, springs, ponds, or rivers.
According to the Children's Fund of the United Nations and WHO each year about 1.8 million people die from diarrheal diseases, most of them children under five.
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. Water is key - to every human, public health, climate resilence, thriving economies and long-term value creation.
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CONTACT
+49 69 713 7318 12
Address
Grasshopper Water Infrastructure Projects & Investments GmbH
Schillerstrasse 14,
60313 Frankfurt, Germany