FreeWater

Bottled water is too expensive for many people in the USA. 800 million people across the globe don't have access to safe drinking water. The food and beverage industry is currently defined by a single transaction per unit while the tech industry has hundreds of revenue streams.

(2021) We started distributing prototypes (2022) $18,000 revenue (2023) $218,000 revenue + worked with NBC, NETFLIX, Orange Theory, and more. 1.4 million social media followers

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  Josh Cliffords, of FreeWater, on creating the world’s first “free beverage company” - eMarketing Association

  eMarketing Association · Mar 1, 2024

  Josh Cliffords runs FreeWater, an innovative advertising platform that uses premium spring water — given away without charge — to carry advertising real estate on its bottles. Consumers pay nothing for the water in the bottle or the bottle itself. Advertisers carry the freight, in exchange for the inevitable attention paid by consumers as they […]

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  How FreeWater Gives Away Its Product and Still Makes Money | PYMNTS.com

  PYMNTS.com · Jun 10, 2023

  Water should be free — so why do we pay to drink it? That’s the question that’s being asked by Austin-based startup FreeWater as it pushes to make not

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  Meet FreeWater: The Austin-Based Water Company Tackling Global Issues

  Austin Monthly Magazine · Mar 22, 2022

  Along with providing complimentary beverages to locals, the startup uses funds from advertising to build well systems in underdeveloped countries.

• FreeWater Launches With A Foundation And Focus In Philanthropy

  BevNET.com · Jun 9, 2021

  FreeWater Inc. launches with a foundation, focus in philanthropy and a product is eco-friendly and BPA-free, and is paid for by the ads printed directly onto the aluminum bottles and cartons. Advertisers have the option to distribute the water for free or sell the beverage for profit.

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  Meet Josh Cliffords of FreeWater

  voyageaustin.com

  Today we’d like to introduce you to Josh Cliffords. Hi Josh, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?Back in 2015, my wife and I started a nonprofit organization to support refugees in Europe. Over the next 18 months of volunteering, we heard […]