RainGrid’s Intelligent Rain Retention and Reuse (IR3) systems apply property technology (PropTech) to build climate-resilient communities one residential roof at a time. RainGrid protects homes, schools, businesses and whole communities from the impacts and costs of climate change.
About Us
RainGrid provides end-to-end stormwater management solutions with award-winning climate adaptation PropTech. We offer improved records, monitoring and maintenance of green infrastructure and digital asset management for nature based solutions.
Our Intelligent Retention & Reuse System (IR3) was developed for digital, distributed and democratized climate adaptation. IR3 works both to prevent pluvial floods and combined sewer overflows in wet weather conditions, as well as to retain non-potable water for re-use in drought conditions. Real-time property-level data for digitally augmented green infrastructure can be accessed and analyzed from anywhere. The data generated can inform freshwater restoration at the watershed scale.
Meet the Team
Kevin Mercer
CEO & Founder
Natalija Vojno
Director of Business Development
David Ribeiro
Data Science Lead
Gianella Bejar-Alvarez
Software Engineering Lead
Meet Our Advisors
George Kelly
Principal, Earth Recovery Partners
Eric Letsinger
CEO, Quantified Ventures
Christine Chiu
Director Sustainable Fin., RBC
Chris Cameron
Business Unit CEO, Acuantia Inc
Rocky Anderson
CEO Founder, ADC Wastewater Engineering
Valerie Georgantas
Senior Advisor – Insurance Industry Solutions
A Cleantech Leader on the World Stage
In 2012 we embarked on the path of becoming a commercial cleantech start-up. We are indebted to the MaRS Discovery District, which accepted RainGrid as a Cleantech practice client company.
Shortly thereafter, RainGrid was selected as a leading social impact innovator by the MaRS Social Innovation Generation Impact8 program.
In 2016, RainGrid was selected by B Lab as a Best for the World corporation in the Overall and Environmental categories. As a Certified B Corporation RainGrid met rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency for our employees, our community, the environment, and our customers.
In 2016, RainGrid was included by the Water Environment Research Foundation in its Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology. LIFT companies are designated for rapid adoption and implementation by WRF member utilities throughout the world.
In 2017, RainGrid was selected by the International Water Resources Association and Korea Water Corporation as a contributor to the inaugural edition of Smart Water Management, an overview of the ten most significant smart water management technologies for solving the SDGs in water.
In 2018, RainGrid was featured as an IWRA Smart City case study of distributed AI/IoT Rain harvesting networks that generate valuable real-time micro-climate data and support water management decision-making..
In 2023, RainGrid won the World Economic Forum’s UpLink Global Freshwater Innovation Challenge and received a $250k CAD co-investment sponsored by leading global conglomerate HCL.
In 2023, RainGrid was recognized with the Global Model Green Technology award during the 18th Annual Session of Global Forum on Human Settlements Sustainable Cities And Human Settlements Awards Ceremony (GFHS 2023) taking place alongside COP28.