University Communications and Marketing
A fireside chat at USF Sarasota-Manatee with twin brothers Blake and Brock Gratton, Sarasota entrepreneurs who started and built SpringWell Water Filtration into a powerhouse brand before selling the company for more than $100 million, has been postponed and will be rescheduled for the fall 2025 semester.
Before they made it big, the Grattons had tried almost 100 startups that ended not as successfully. Their most prior venture before founding SpringWell, was a company that made aquariums specifically designed for jellyfish.
Last year, the Grattons sold SpringWell Water Filtration, which makes and markets various filtration systems, to Fortune Brands Innovations, a manufacturer of home and security products that includes the Moen faucet brand, for $105 million.
The Conversation with a Founder event, presented by the USF Nault Center for Entrepreneurship, had been scheduled for April 15. A new date has not been announced.