Helge Daebel

An Environmental Engineer by training, Helge leads the water practice at Emerald Technology Ventures, a globally recognised Climate Tech investor with a twenty-year investment history. Part of this history has been a unique traction in the water space including successful exits to major industry players (SUEZ, XYLEM and BASF) with companies like Pure Technologies and Optimatics. In 2020, Emerald closed a dedicated global water fund, USD 100M in size with commitments from Temasek, SKion Water, Ecolab and Microsoft.

In addition, Helge is also a co-founder and Managing Director of ripple2wave incubator, an entity dedicated to supporting pre-seed stage water tech companies in Singapore.