Mission
To be the long-horizon, institutional steward of the world’s most constrained resource: delivering certainty to sellers, operational excellence to assets, capital to the water technology stack, and multi-decade access to the communities and ecosystems that depend on every drop.
Values
- Certainty. Our offers are fully funded. Our commitments are final. Sellers and counterparties transact with confidence.
- Hydrology. We are technical before we are financial. Aquifer behavior, decree priority, and watershed accounting drive every decision.
- Stewardship. Water is a commons even when the right is private. We invest in ecosystem flow, community access, and aquifer recovery.
- Discipline. Capital is abundant, patience is not. We underwrite at conservative price-of-water decks and hold through dry years.
- Transparency. Every asset carries a published Water Stewardship Score™. Every reporting cycle is third-party assured.
Leadership & Governance
Aquivest is governed by a five-member Investment Committee drawn from senior water operating leadership and the Aquivest executive team. Committee approval is required for any acquisition above $150 million. A technical sub-committee of hydrogeologists, water-right counsel, and process engineers provides independent underwriting review for every transaction prior to IC approval.
- Aquivest Executive: Chief Executive Officer (William Pohl III), Chief Investment Officer [TBD], Chief Operating Officer [TBD], Chief Hydrology Officer [TBD], General Counsel [TBD].
- Platform Oversight: Chief Financial Officer [TBD], Chief Compliance Officer [TBD], Chief Risk Officer [TBD].
- Independent Advisory Board: Former state engineers, irrigation-district general managers, municipal water directors, and water-technology founders.
Platform Scale & Structure
Entity Architecture
- Aquivest Global Holdings, LLC: Delaware: Platform Parent
- Aquivest Water Fund I GP, LLC: Delaware: General Partner
- Aquivest Water Fund I, LP: Delaware: Domestic Fund (master)
- Aquivest Water Fund I (Cayman), LP: Cayman Islands: Non-U.S. and U.S. tax-exempt feeder
- Aquivest Management, LLC: Delaware: SEC-Registered Investment Adviser
- Basin and Asset Subsidiaries: Delaware and state-of-situs: Per-asset SPVs for rights, infrastructure, and land
Platform Anchors
- Commercial banking: Top-tier U.S. money-center relationships for treasury, cash management, and letters of credit.
- Custody: Institutional-grade tri-party custody and cash segregation.
- Audit: Big Four external audit.
- Counsel: Tier-one water-law, M&A, infrastructure, and securities counsel on a standing basis.
- Insurance: Operator, environmental, cyber, and directors and officers coverage at platform scale.