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Rethinking the urban water dilemma with architect Karina Peña | S5 Ep.5

January 12, 2023 Will Sarni & Tom Freyberg
The Stream (with Will & Tom)
Rethinking the urban water dilemma with architect Karina Peña | S5 Ep.5
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The Stream (with Will & Tom)
Rethinking the urban water dilemma with architect Karina Peña | S5 Ep.5
Jan 12, 2023
Will Sarni & Tom Freyberg

This week, Will and Tom were delighted to be joined by Karina Peña, Co-founder & CEO of Dutch start-up, Field Factors.

Karina talks about her origin story, moving from the Dominican Republic to being attracted to the Netherlands, with a background as an architect evolving into an urban water entrepreneur.

Hear about how:

  • At Field Factors Karina is rethinking rainwater harvesting, at scale, helping to provide water resources closer to where they are needed
  • Karina talks about the Dutch city of Rotterdam, renowned globally as “Resilient Rotterdam” for its progressive approach and policies towards urban water resilience
  • Karina talks about her entrepreneurial journey and the importance of the co-founder dynamic, often with pairings between the “why” and the “what” people providing a solid match.

Plus, Karina talks about evolving financially, from bootstrapping the organisation to grow a team of 10 people to opening the door to VC financing to grow further. 

And much, much more!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Special thanks to this season’s sponsor Acciona.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

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This week, Will and Tom were delighted to be joined by Karina Peña, Co-founder & CEO of Dutch start-up, Field Factors.

Karina talks about her origin story, moving from the Dominican Republic to being attracted to the Netherlands, with a background as an architect evolving into an urban water entrepreneur.

Hear about how:

  • At Field Factors Karina is rethinking rainwater harvesting, at scale, helping to provide water resources closer to where they are needed
  • Karina talks about the Dutch city of Rotterdam, renowned globally as “Resilient Rotterdam” for its progressive approach and policies towards urban water resilience
  • Karina talks about her entrepreneurial journey and the importance of the co-founder dynamic, often with pairings between the “why” and the “what” people providing a solid match.

Plus, Karina talks about evolving financially, from bootstrapping the organisation to grow a team of 10 people to opening the door to VC financing to grow further. 

And much, much more!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Special thanks to this season’s sponsor Acciona.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.