This startup seeks to identify water problems before they become crises
22 March 2019 9:53 AM GMT
Ketos raised $9 million in its latest funding round that it will use to grow a platform that aims to upgrade and improve the quality and safety of the water...
- The idea for smart water startup Ketos came to her after 16 years working in infrastructure and data-center management in the U.S., where Sankaran completed undergraduate and master’s degrees in engineering, having arrived in the country with just four one-hundred-dollar bills given her by her father.
- Sankaran spent six days in the earthquake zone before being airlifted out, returning to the U.S. with a new determination to use her training to work on ways to improve water quality and safety.
- We can no longer ignore America’s water problem; our infrastructure needs a massive overhaul,” Sankaran said.
- It allows users to measure and monitor water and includes early warning systems to alert users to a range of contaminants and heavy-metal toxins.
- “Agricultural companies have a huge dependence on ground water, and food safety is becoming a massive issue.
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