Amazon Web Services Inc., a cloud computing platform subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., has tapped Pittsburgh-based Conservation Labs Inc. to be among nine startups across the country to participate in the AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator for Infrastructure.
The prestigious four-week accelerator will grant Conservations Labs access to technical, business and mentorship opportunities from AWS to help the startup improve its ability of creating water systems monitoring equipment.
To aid in that effort, Conservation Labs will receive up to $100,000 in computing credits, training, support and additional business development resources from AWS. The accelerator will also grant participants the ability to interview venture capital investors working in the clean tech space.
Conservation Labs' first smart water monitor product, the H2know, has been built using AWS' infrastructure, and participating in the accelerator will further aid the startup in scaling its tech, the company said. H2know is capable of providing water-related insights, leak alerts and other features following the installation of its sensor onto a water system that's then monitored through the startup's app platform.
"By participating in the AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator, Conservation Labs hopes to accelerate our ability to scale H2know's technology and deployments," Mark Kovscek, founder and CEO of Conservation Labs, said in an email statement to Pittsburgh Inno. "Conservation Lab's entire infrastructure is built using AWS services to alleviate the heavy lifting of data center operations. This frees us up to focus on delivering innovative solutions aimed at improving water conservation and increasing the sustainability of infrastructure."
The startup has raised at least $5.4 million since its founding in 2016, according to Crunchbase and is an Amazon Alexa Fund portfolio company.
