Step Ahead Innovations, Inc.

Water quality monitoring platform company with game-changing technology that enables automated continuous water parameter monitoring and cloud-based reporting.

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Consumer Products
  • Location Williston, VT, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded January 2012
  • Employees 3
  • Website StepAheadInnovations.com

Company Summary

SAI is changing how water quality is monitored by replacing error-prone manual intermittent testing with automated continuous monitoring and reporting. Initial market focus is on the niche aquarium market but the core technology may be used in a wide variety of markets including hot tubs, swimming pools, aquaponics, and municipal water systems. SAI’s Mindstream monitor measures water chemistry and transmits the results to user devices.

Team

  • Founder & Chief Technical Officer

    Founder Jim Clark is a serial inventor and entrepreneur who built his former company into a $16M business that became the world’s largest supplier of wireless photography control products. His first round investors earned over 30X return.

  • Founder & Senior Scientist

    Co-founder Giuseppe Petrucci PhD, is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Vermont with expertise in chemical analysis. He researched & adapted the medical chemical sensor technology that is the basis for SAI’s patent pending technology.

  • Chief Operating Officer

    Matthew has over 15 years experience in IT with a background in Internet infrastructure, database development, and corporate infrastructure.

  • Part-time CEO/CFO

    Brian has over 30 years experience in a variety of general/senior management roles including launching operating divisions at Fidelity Investments and market researcher IDC. He has held COO roles at two Vermont companies and has provided business and financial advisory services to growth companies for over eight years.

Advisors

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