Growing up in India, President & CEO Manoj Singh witnessed firsthand the negative health effects of unclean water. This became a source of inspiration when he met CTO Fariborz Taghipour through UBC’s University-Industry Liaison Office. They realized they shared a passion and determination to change the world, and together founded Acuva in 2014. The powerful pairing of Taghipour’s UVC inventions and Singh’s business acumen led to the development of a product strategy to commercialise UV-LED water disinfection technology, while solving global challenges and barriers to safe drinking water.

In 2015, Acuva launched its first product, Arrow; a compact, state-of-the-art water disinfection unit that installs under the sink. Since then, Acuva has continued designing and developing more advanced systems including the more compact and Class B certified Eco series and the Smart Faucet, a sleek stainless-steel faucet with a UV-LED blue light indicator. In addition, Acuva introduced the market to its Strike Platform, the UV-LED disinfection units in modular form, designed for OEM applications integration. The entire product portfolio is environmentally-friendly, chemical-free and maintenance-free. All the while reducing plastic bottle pollution.

Acuva today continues to build more innovations and breakthroughs surrounding UVC-LED technology, looking forward to the future to cross into different industries including medical, dental and beyond.