{"id":9878,"date":"2024-04-03T18:21:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T18:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/?p=9878"},"modified":"2025-08-29T07:06:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:06:22","slug":"como-gradiant-se-convirtio-en-el-primer-y-unico-unicornio-tecnologico-del-agua-no-malgastes-agua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/es\/external-media\/how-gradiant-became-the-first-and-only-water-tech-unicorn-dont-waste-water\/","title":{"rendered":"How Gradiant Became the First and Only Water Tech Unicorn | \u201c(don\u2019t) Waste Water\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9878\" class=\"elementor elementor-9878\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6edead58 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6edead58\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fea4326 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7fea4326\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69693e6c icons_post elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69693e6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Por <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/antoinewalter1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antoine Walter<\/a><\/p><p>Presentador del podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/dww.show\/how-gradiant-became-the-first-and-only-water-tech-unicorn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(No) malgastar el agua<\/a><\/p><p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/right-1.jpg\" alt=\"emoji flecha derecha\" width=\"70\" height=\"73\" \/>60% y 7%<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00c9stas son las cifras clave para entender a Gradiant: he aqu\u00ed por qu\u00e9<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/down.jpg\" alt=\"emoji flecha abajo\" width=\"67\" height=\"67\" \/><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Me sent\u00e9 con Prakash Govindan, Cofundador y Director de Operaciones del primer y \u00fanico #Unicornio en #WaterTech.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Es bien sabido que su empresa alcanz\u00f3 una valoraci\u00f3n de mil millones de d\u00f3lares el a\u00f1o pasado (\u00bfverdad?).<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Otras cifras de Gradiant se explican por s\u00ed solas:<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/microscope.jpg\" alt=\"microscopio emoji\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" \/>250 patentes<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wrench.jpg\" alt=\"llave inglesa emoji\" width=\"67\" height=\"70\" \/>10 Tecnolog\u00edas propias<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/9.jpg\" alt=\"emoji n\u00famero 9\" width=\"73\" height=\"76\" \/>Rotaci\u00f3n de 9 d\u00edgitos<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/right.jpg\" alt=\"emoji flecha derecha\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/>7 movimientos de fusiones y adquisiciones (en 4 a\u00f1os)<\/p><p>... y, por supuesto, el $225 Serie D que convirti\u00f3 a la empresa en un unicornio<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unicorn.jpg\" alt=\"emoji unicornio\" width=\"70\" height=\"73\" \/><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Sin embargo, creo que no entiendes Gradiant mientras no comprendas estas dos cifras clave:<\/p><p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/right-1.jpg\" alt=\"emoji flecha derecha\" width=\"70\" height=\"73\" \/>60% de los acuerdos de la empresa son... \u00a1de un solo proveedor!<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Dicho de otro modo, en 60% de los proyectos de Gradiant, la empresa no se enfrenta a ninguna competencia<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mindblown.jpg\" alt=\"emoji mente volada\" width=\"62\" height=\"62\" \/><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Las razones son diversas: desde los sectores verticales a los que se dirigen y el tipo de problema que resuelven hasta las tecnolog\u00edas que implantan y las personas que las hacen funcionar.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>... que en realidad conduce al siguiente n\u00famero:<\/p><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/right.jpg\" alt=\"emoji flecha derecha\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/>7% de Gradiant es propiedad de sus empleados<\/strong><\/p><p>(adem\u00e1s de las acciones de Prakash y Anurag)<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Cuando le ped\u00ed a Prakash que revelara su \"salsa especial\", cit\u00f3 a su equipo. S\u00e9 que suena a clich\u00e9, pero cuando ves que dan tanto en participaci\u00f3n de los empleados, \u00a1hay un fuerte elemento de \"predicar con el ejemplo\" en ello!<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/headet.jpg\" alt=\"auriculares emoji\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/>Ahora bien, esas dos cifras son s\u00f3lo un atisbo de la riqueza de conocimientos que Prakash comparte en la publicaci\u00f3n de esta semana del <a href=\"https:\/\/dww.show\/podcast\/\">#Podcast<\/a> - \u00a1definitivamente deber\u00edas comprobarlo!<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/emoji1.jpg\" alt=\"emoji pensativo \" width=\"71\" height=\"71\" \/> ... espera, \u00bfun podcast un lunes? Gradiant ha sido preseleccionada para el premio \"Empresa del Agua del A\u00f1o\" en la pr\u00f3xima Cumbre Mundial del Agua, y las votaciones est\u00e1n abiertas hasta el viernes.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>No soy un gran aficionado a los premios, pero si se puede votar, \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 no hacer campa\u00f1a, no? No tengo nada en contra de los otros tres aspirantes, \u00a1que son grandes aspirantes!<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>(\u00a1Y no estoy patrocinada por nadie para expresar mi opini\u00f3n aqu\u00ed!)<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Pero si la jugada consiste en coronar a la empresa que sacudi\u00f3 el #WaterSector en 2023, Gradiant parece una elecci\u00f3n obvia.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Mis dos centavos.<\/p><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/handsup.jpg\" alt=\"emoji mano levantada\" width=\"79\" height=\"82\" \/>\u00bfY t\u00fa?<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/7jTlgoCYve3oBuC4jMx42W?si=33c38a7e1d4c43b4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C\u00f3mo Gradiant se convirti\u00f3 en el primer y \u00fanico unicornio de la tecnolog\u00eda del agua - Spotify<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Hpk_gPjm_1s?si=_M6eqGhsnZEc4eZ7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C\u00f3mo Gradiant se convirti\u00f3 en el primer y \u00fanico unicornio de la tecnolog\u00eda del agua - Youtube<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The journey to becoming the water sector&#8217;s first unicorn is no small feat. 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