About OriginSpark
Bitcoin Mining for All
Opportunity
The Bitcoin mining sector represents a significant growth opportunity with a robust 23% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) projected through 2027.
This expansion is driven by increasing institutional adoption, technological advancements in mining hardware, and greater mainstream acceptance of scarce digital assets. OriginSpark plans to help investors by building advanced strategies that include a Bitcoin Treasury component, for tax deferral and compounded growth.
The OriginSpark Business Model
Strategic Partnerships
Form Joint Ventures with established Bitcoin Mining Hosting Providers who possess operational expertise but lack capital for expansion.
Project Financing
Develop specialized financing structures to fund hardware acquisition, facility upgrades, and operational expansion, with a planned Bitcoin Treasury component.
Operational Execution
Leverage partners’ technical expertise to operate highly efficient mining operations with access to low-cost electricity.
Identifying Providers
OriginSpark’s business model centers on identifying Bitcoin Mining Hosting Providers with demonstrated operational competence but limited access to capital. These providers represent an untapped productivity pool with the expertise to launch and operate profitable mining operations when properly funded. By entering into Joint Ventures with individual Project Finance, OriginSpark believes it can help attract the necessary capital while the hosting providers contribute their technical know-how and operational infrastructure.
The model is designed to be scalable, allowing for rapid expansion as additional qualified partners are identified and onboarded.
In line with previous plans to develop the digital asset market, OriginClear will now apply its proven track record to expanding the operations and initiatives of strong Bitcoin mining companies through strategic joint ventures.
Team
Riggs Eckelberry
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
Long a disruptive tech marketer and executive, Riggs Eckelberry co-founded and spun off a financial startup which is disrupting the water industry with a water-as-a-service financial model. In 2025, following the water spinoff, Riggs went back to his tech and finance roots with the launch of the OriginSpark startup, which is designed to make the advantages of Bitcoin mining available to a wide range of investors. During the dotcom, he worked on a series of tech successes, including three exits and a NASDAQ IPO.
Cory Mertes
Chief Financial Officer
Cory Mertes is a seasoned financial executive with more than twenty years of leadership experience across the insurance, financial services, and mortgage banking industries. A former CPA and licensed securities and insurance professional, Cory has built a distinguished career leading organizations through periods of growth, transformation, and operational optimization.
AJ Fikejs
VP Marketing
AJ Fikejs brings over fifteen years’ experience in marketing and product development. Just prior to his OriginClear posting, AJ was a veteran product manager, developing web applications for Philips Respironics and The Nielsen Company. AJ has been key to the development of Water On Demand, “Saving the World’s Water — one project at a time”. He now brings his strong tech marketing skills to the rollout of OriginClear’s new mission, OriginSpark.