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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  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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  FreeWater Company Gives Away... You Guessed It

  spectrumlocalnews.com

  The Austin-based startup is aiming to give away 30,000 bottles by the end of 2021.

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  FreeWater, The World's First Free Beverage Company, Launches With A Foundation And Focus In Philanthropy

  www.prnewswire.com

  /PRNewswire/ -- FreeWater Inc., a philanthropic marketing channel that is implementing an innovative, paradigm-changing product as a new type of advertising...