Ravi Kurani

Solving Water at MySutro.com | Forbes 30 Under 30 | TEDx

Water is an underinvested market, yet it’s one of the most crucial resources we have. But I believe that through better storytelling and innovation, we can shine a light on the water industry’s challenges and opportunities. 

In 2014, I founded Sutro, a robotic water diagnostics platform designed to improve water chemistry and safety. I sold Sutro to Sani Marc in 2019 and am currently leading day-to-day operations.

Today, as President of Sutro (a subsidiary of Sani Marc), I oversee the development, marketing, and sales of smart water monitoring devices. Our technology is trusted by some of the biggest brands in the industry, and we are the only NSF-certified autonomous device for water safety. 

I’m proud to lead our team in revolutionizing how people interact with water, ensuring it's clean, safe, and accessible. 

🌊 Host of “Liquid Assets: The Business of Water,” a podcast about water through the lens of business, technology, and policy. 
➡️ https://www.liquidassets.cc/

🌊 Co-author of “Story-Driven Smart Products,” a practical guide to launching smart hardware products. 
➡️ https://a.co/d/1Bbd11r

🌊 Delivered a TEDx Talk on leveraging technology to improve water safety.
➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwuJnr-iWcY

Other Ventures:
⚙️ Leading the “Street to Home” project to address working capital gaps for the Future Communities Institute.

⚙️ Founded ImpactSpace, later sold to ImpactAlpha (the TechCrunch for impact investing).

⚙️ Advisor to various startups, including a software development agency (Incodeks) and a health navigation company (Juniper).

⚙️ Engineer in Residence at Future Communities VC, focused on tools to track climate solutions through the IRA (Inflation Redux Act).

Founding Member

Hampton is a dedicated group of digital-first founders, entrepreneurs, and CEOs of fast-growing startups who just get it – and make the crazy world of startup life a little easier to navigate.

I love Hampton dinners. Why? Because you meet some of the coolest people. It’s casual, it’s a dinner… we all need to eat dinner. 

I was sitting across Jeremy Johnson CEO of BoxHouse Co, who has sat in court for 86 federal indictements (an episode on this in the comments) to running a super successful prefab housing company. 

Many folks in the U.S. rent and don’t have the capacity to own a house, Jeremy is changing that. 

Making housing ownership accessible to all. 

To chatting with Tom Stefaniuk founder of SmallScreen, who understands YouTube and video to the tee. 

He’s built a successful influencer platform, and gave me some of the best advice for my water podcast, Liquid Assets: The Business of Water. 

Always good to see the rest of the crew, and thanks so much for hosting Elizabeth! 

I continue to say this. If you’re a founder. And you’re not getting out there. 

Do it. 

Meet folks in person, grab coffee, grab a beer.  Go for a walk, a run, whatever. 

Meeting over a table, in person, entirely changes the dynamic of connection. 

Humans are social creatures. 

Video conferencing is great for hacking out limited conversations but meeting IRL is a world in its own (it’s the one our ancestors used to live in).

President of Standard Water Corp | COO @ Poolify | Founder of Sutro (sold to Sani Marc) & ImpactSpace (sold to ImpactAlpha)

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We’ve been running a swimming pool route for more than a year. It’s had its “growing pains”, but we’ve learned a ton. 

2 things: 

(1) Pool owners are simple (we knew this from Sutro). They want to know that you’ve come, the work that you’ve done, and that the pool is clean (which for them, many times, means clear). Our motto: just do good work. 

(2) You need to build with the times. With agenticAI, how can we utilize clawdbot or other tools to increase our service level and take work off the hard working guys that are cleaning the pools. We’re coming at the business from a different lens. As product folks, just building a better experience. 

At the end of the day, we know it’s not rocket science. You’re cleaning a swimming pool, measuring and treating the chemistry, but how do you take an age old buisness - see it through a different light, and make the service better? 

We’re raising a small debt round with friends and family. If you’re interested shoot me a DM! 

Couldn’t be more excited to build Poolify  alongside Anthony, Rahul, and Partin.

Silas Mähner 🔍🌎

Placing Top Talent w/ Early Stage ClimateTech Startups for a Fraction of the Cost //AND// Co-Hosting CleanTechies Podcast🎙️

The CleanTech Recruiting Solution Built for Founders. Top Talent. Half the Price.

I’m an innovation junkie who found my career home in ClimateTech after getting into renewables recruitment in March 2020. Over 4 years, I saw the exact same, devastating problem:

Early-stage CleanTech founders could not find a truly high-touch talent partner that they could also afford. The status quo was crippling their budgets with 25-30% fees and delivering B-list talent.

I founded ErthSearch (formerly ErthTech Talent) to solve this. We are the hyper-specialized search firm that delivers game-changing talent—Unicorn Engineers, Execs, and Sales/GTM leaders—at a fraction of the cost, ensuring you hit your milestones and secure the next round.

We don’t make empty claims. We have a track record:
- $1,000,000+ saved for US-based CleanTech startups since 2024.
- 80+ Placements made with unparalleled speed.
- Choose our flat fee pricing (from $15,000) or our percentage-based pricing (12-15% of first year guaranteed pay) options. Either way, we are the most affordable high-touch headhunting service out there. 

Our Expertise Focus:
Sub-Sectors: 
- Energy Tech, 
- EV Charging (hardware & software), 
- and Industrial Decarbonization.

Roles: 
- Sales/GTM, 
- Executive, 
- Unicorn Technical Talent

🎙️ Ecosystem Builder & Host

I'm also the host of CleanTechies, The #1 Podcast for ClimateTech Entrepreneurs (est. Feb 2021). With 270+ episodes and over 150K lifetime downloads, the podcast has been my platform for identifying and supporting the change-makers dedicated to saving the world.

The Ask

If you're a CleanTech Founder who needs an all-star team but refuses to compromise your budget or talent bar, your next key hire is waiting.

DM / Message me right now to discuss your critical hiring needs and find out exactly how much we can save you.


Personal
📍 Based in Wisconsin / Mentally in NYC / Headed to Nashville (2026)
🇺🇬 Married to a Ugandan
🏍️ Honda 350x Three Wheeler Collector
🍕 Reviewer of Pizza

Show Host

CleanTechnology has become a huge passion of mine since starting in renewable energy as a headhunter. So, I decided to launch a podcast to host conversations with folks in the space to help share their stories and hopefully help many people learn more about what is happening in the CleanTech / ClimateTech space. 

If you are interested in joining the Slack Community that I created to help foster the innovation curve you can join using this link. https://join.slack.com/t/cleantechies/shared_invite/zt-pd2drz6d-N~9nURU5JlyMXv2ZiO5bAQ

And be sure to follow the podcast. 🎙 
https://cleantechiespod.buzzsprout.com/



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