MILWAUKEE, WI, June 22, 2015 — JPMorgan Chase & Co., a global financial services firm, has officially awarded a $230,000 grant to The Water Council (TWC) to expand the organization’s efforts in connecting water technologycompanies with investment capital through specialized training for angel investors and programming to connect corporation innovation departments with startups.
TWC is now in its 2nd year of funding under JPMorgan Chase’s Small Business Forward initiative — a national, five-year, $30-million grant program meant to boost small business support networks that help growing enterprises in specific industries. The organizations forged their partnership in the fall of 2014 to bring together North America’s investment community and water technology entrepreneurs to match capital with water innovation.