dloHaiti

DloHaiti is a market-based solution providing safe drinking water in Haiti at a price average Haitians can afford.

  • Stage Product In Development
  • Industry Consumer Products
  • Location HT-2, Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti
  • Currency USD
  • Founded June 2012
  • Employees 5
  • Website dlohaiti.com

Company Summary

DloHaiti is a for-profit venture providing safe drinking water to Haitian consumers in underserved areas in Haiti, seeking to improve the current water market with a decentralized water purification and distribution model. The entire team is in Haiti. This means a reliable supply of cleaner, cheaper drinking water while providing a return to investors, while creating jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities locally.

Team

  • Jim Chu
    CEO

    • Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor • Operated water company in Haiti since early 2010 • Managed Businesses from startup to global scale • B.A. in International Relations/Quantitative Economics from Stanford University in 1994 • M.A. in International Policy at Stanford • Worked for Cisco Systems where he ran marketing and business development in Latin America and Canada. • See Executive Summary and Investor Slides

  • Kenneth Michel
    Chief Operating Officer

    • Haitian entrepreneur and respected businessman • 20 years experience managing front-line workforces in Haiti • Active in the field working with all levels of Haitian society • See Executive Summary and Investor Slides

  • Jane Choi
    Chief Financial Officer

    • B.S. from James Madison University in Quantitative Finance; minors in Mathematics and Economics. M.S. from Columbia University in Actuarial Science • Analyst in the Risk Management department of Oppenheimer Funds • Senior Financial Analyst with AXA Equitable • Country Finance Manager for French NGO, where she lived and worked in Pakistan and Jordan, managing up to 25mm EUR and 25 direct staff • See Executive Summary and Investor Slides

  • Jim Chu

Advisors

  • Victoria Choy, Corporate Counsel, Former General Counsel at IFC
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • International Finance Corporation (private investment arm of World Bank)
    Unconfirmed
    FMO (Dutch Development Bank)
    Unconfirmed
    Leopard Capital
    Unconfirmed

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