Earth05 Co-Creation Prize 2025 - Collective Winners Announcement
Edition #1
Global Innovation Recognizing
Advancing Water, Planetary Intelligence,
& Regenerative Systems
From Edition #1, 156 global applicants across six continents were evaluated by Earth05's international jury of over 35 industry experts. Seven pioneering ventures in water technology, climate resilience, and regenerative systems were selected from 30+ semi-finalists. Honored at the World Economic Forum in Davos, these winners are now primed for accelerated impact through Earth05’s co-creation partnerships and strategic deployment opportunities.
Edition #1
Awards Ceremony Held in Davos, during WEF
on January 20, 2025
55+
100+
Innovations & Scientists
Nominations
Edition #1
The Water Trivium – Where Data, Regenerative Agriculture & Purification Converge Serving 100M+ People
CATEGORY I
COLLECTIVE
500M LIVES
Water Quality & Access
WINNERS
These three ventures share the 500M Lives category prize, representing complementary approaches to scalable water solutions that together form a comprehensive ecosystem of agricultural optimization, infrastructure intelligence, and purification innovation.
From Thin Air to Every Glass: Circular Water for All
CATEGORY I
500M LIVES
Water Quality & Access
COLLECTIVE
RUNNERS-UP
While not category winners, these exceptional ventures earned recognition for their innovative approaches to atmospheric water generation and circular water systems, representing the future of decentralized water production.
Microplastics & Desalination — Marine Ecosystem Regeneration
CATEGORY II
COLLECTIVE
Next Gen & Net Zero
WINNERS
These two ventures jointly represent the Next Gen & Net Zero category, combining breakthrough approaches to ocean plastic pollution and regenerative desalination that together address the full spectrum of marine water challenges.
Water Equity & Local Empowerment — Decentralized Impact
AquaCatalyst Award
Special Recognition
OPENVERSUM
🇨🇭 Openversum (Switzerland/Colombia)
Micro-franchising water purification platform.
Impact: Empowers local entrepreneurs while providing clean water access—serving 2,200+ people through 40+ trained water entrepreneurs with 30,000 filters monthly capacity.
The Earth05 Difference
Return on Lives™ (ROL)
Water Equity & Local Empowerment
— Decentralized Impact
Our collective category winners were selected using Earth05's proprietary Return on Lives framework, which evaluates ventures across three transformative dimensions. Rather than selecting single winners, Earth05 recognizes that the most complex water challenges require collaborative, complementary solutions working in concert.
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Social Impact: Lives improved, communities empowered, equity advanced
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Environmental Regeneration: Ecosystem restoration, climate resilience, circular systems
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Economic Innovation: Scalable models that drive systemic change
Why These Solutions Matter
Each winner represents the convergence of humanitarian need, environmental urgency, and technological breakthrough. Together, they address critical challenges within the global water sector—a market essential to planetary health and human prosperity.
From agricultural efficiency to ocean restoration, from eliminating forever chemicals to democratizing water access—these innovations demonstrate how technology can serve both people and planet.
Earth05 Co-Creation Prize represents the intersection of entrepreneurial innovation,
capital deployment, and planetary regeneration. Our winners are building the infrastructure
for a water-secure, climate-resilient future.