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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based Founder operating in the Renewable Energy space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Kiran Bhatraju
Founder & CEO of Arcadia
Kiran Bhatraju, is cofounder and CEO of Arcadia Power. Previously, Kiran was a founder of an energy efficiency technology company and worked as a policy aide on Capitol Hill. He is on the board of the Environmental Voter Project and is a published author.
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About Arcadia: Arcadia is a technology company empowering energy innovators (Arc) and consumers (Community Solar) to fight the climate crisis
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Pierre F. Lapeyre, Jr.
Founder & Senior Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Prior to founding Riverstone, Mr. Lapeyre was a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs in its Global Energy & Power Group. Mr. Lapeyre joined Goldman Sachs in 1986 and spent his 14-year investment banking career exclusively focused on energy and power, particularly the midstream/pipeline and oil service sectors. Mr. Lapeyre’s responsibilities included client coverage and leading the execution of a wide variety of M&A, IPO, strategic advisory and capital markets financings for clients across all sectors of the industry. Mr. Lapeyre received his B.S. in finance/economics from the University of Kentucky and his M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Lapeyre serves on the Boards of Directors of Dynamic Industries, Enduro, Enduro II, EP Energy, Fieldwood, Legend, Meritage II, Quorum Business Solutions, Sage Midstream, Three Rivers II, and Venado. He also serves on the Board of Visitors of the MD Anderson Cancer Center and is a Trustee of The Convent of The Sacred Heart.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
David Leuschen
Founder of Riverstone Holdings
David Leuschen serves as the Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings. Before Riverstone, Leuschen was a Partner and Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and the founder and head of the Goldman Sachs Global Energy and Power Group. Leuschen was named one of the Top 50 Dealmakers by Forbes in 2013. Leuschen also owns Switchback Ranch, a ranching business that has a top commercial beef business and a dude ranching company. Leuschen spends as much time as possible on the ranch, which is nestled between the North Rocky Mountains of Wyoming and Montana. Leuschen is heavily involved in philanthropic endeavors. He founded the David M. Leuschen Charitable Foundation in 1998, which supports local ranching communities. Leuschen is also an active alumnus of his alma mater, Dartmouth College. He serves as a member of the executive committee and board of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Foundation. Outside of business, Leuschen is passionate about skiing and sailing. Skiing has been a part of nearly all of his life. As a child, David learned how to ski; this later turned into one of the reasons he wanted to attend Dartmouth. David has continued with this passion as the co-owner of The Red Lodge International Summer Ski Race Camp, which provides skiing instruction ranging from high school to national team level skiers. In more recent years, Leuschen has grown a love for sailing and sailboat racing. David has won races at Block Island Race Week, Key West Race Week, the 2017 Rolex Maxi Worlds, and the Wally Championship, among many others. Much like skiing shaped him, David believes in the importance of sailing for children, as it builds character and community. David is looking to take a more active role in sailing community programs in the future.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Shantanu Agarwal
President & Co-Founder of Susteon
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About Ank Aha!, Sustaera, Susteon: Susteon to develop a direct air capture (DAC) technology for capturing and converting carbon dioxide directly.
Emily Kirsch
Founder, Managing Partner & CEO of Powerhouse Ventures
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About Powerhouse, Powerhouse Ventures: Powerhouse Ventures backs seed-stage startups building innovative software to rapidly decarbonize our global energy and mobility systems.
Abe Issa
Chief Executive Officer & Founder of Envirosolar
Abe Issa, founder, and owner of EnviroSolar has been recognized on multiple occasions with Entrepreneur of the Year awards, awards for owning and running the fastest growing companies in their categories, and awards for sustainable development and operation. Born in Beirut in the early 80s, Abe Issa experienced some of the greatest hardships life can impose on even the youngest and most innocent among us. But being raised amid the fires of war and escaping to the United States at a tender age taught Abe Issa that success, and even survival, requires action, initiative, and ingenuity. Abe Issa created EnviroSolar in order to make sustainable smart homes and security solutions affordable for more and more people. This organization has been ranked among the top Texas solar power installers. They offer two free solar panels to new customers just to help more people understand the true value of natural power derived from the Sun: a symbol of truth and generosity that has clearly inspired Abe Issa. These panels come with an unprecedented 20-year warranty, a promise that exceeds the operational lifetime of most solar panels working today. Any company that provides that kind of commitment to quality and customer service, cannot do anything other than win awards for quality, growth, and innovation. But the question that many people have asked is, how has such a young man with such a traumatic upbringing been able to develop such a strong work ethic and a commitment to the people his organizations serve? Despite his origin in war-torn Beirut, Abe Issa was inspired by the athleticism and the dazzling performances of the great basketball hero, Michael Jordan. Abe Issa saw that Jordan was not just an extremely talented athlete, but that he used his virtuosity on the court to add style, flair, and imagination to the game. Abe Issa wanted to deliver value and create a winning business model. But the idea of creating a successful business wasn’t enough. Feeling deep gratitude for the country that made it possible for him and his family to live prosperous lives free from the horrors of war, he wanted to deliver a level of service and quality that would make a real difference. At the age of 27, with the values of honesty and hard work imparted to him by the Texas Christian University, Abe Issa went on to create a real estate investment company and redeveloped over 500 homes in the span of just five years. That’s a track record that even the nation’s greatest developers would be proud of. Today, his successes and penchant for giving back more than he receives continue to fuel not only his own growing reputation, but that of the companies he operates, and the teams he has assembled.
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About Envirosolar: Envirosolar offers commercial, agricultural, and residential solar solutions.
Grant Canary
Founder & CEO of DroneSeed
Grant Canary is CEO of DroneSeed, a Techstars Seattle 2016 company which is paid by Timber companies per acre to plant tree seeds, spray to protect them, and monitor growth–by drone swarm. This year DroneSeed received the FAA’s first approval for up to five aircraft to be flown by a single pilot each carrying a 57lb payload. DroneSeed works for 3 of the 5 largest timber companies and recently signed a contract with The Nature Conservancy to restore post wildfire burn sites. They are backed by Social Capital and Spero Ventures. This is Grant’s second venture. His first was acquired. Under the acquirer the team raised $10M and built a 60k square foot factory to produce industrial insect protein from food waste for sustainable salmon feed. The company is still going strong. Grant’s spent his entire carrier working within for-profit companies to benefit the environment including Vestas Wind Energy and the US Green Building Council. Grant loves meeting and championing awesome people working on cool things and sometimes hires them.
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About DroneSeed: DroneSeed is paid per acre to plant tree seed vessels after a wildfire — using heavy-lift Drone Swarms
Brian Herlihy
Founder & CEO of Black Rhino Group
Brian founded Black Rhino in 2012. Mr. Herlihy has over seventeen years of infrastructure development experience and has built valuable relationships across the African continent in telecommunication, chemical processing, energy and infrastructure. He has been involved in over US$7 billion of project finance-related deals in Africa in 2007. He founded SEACOM (www.seacom.mu), a US$600 million submarine fibre-optic network company that was the first cable to connect East and South Africa to Europe and Asia. He holds an MSc (Development Studies) with a concentration in African Economics and a BA (Economics and Philosophy) from the London School of Economics and Boston College, respectively. He served as CEO of SEACOM from 2007 until 2012 and remains as a Director of the Board. Prior to SEACOM, he was the lead developer on a US$5 billion alumina refinery in Guinea (www.guineaalumina.com). He was elected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2011.
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About Black Rhino Group: Black Rhino Group provides energy, infrastructure, and communication developments and investments across the African continent.
Arthur Souritzidis
Co-Founder & CEO of Momentum Solar
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About Momentum Solar: Momentum Solar is one of the fastest growing solar companies in the nation.
Doug Campbell
Founder, CEO of Solid Power
Doug Campbell is the Co-Founder and CEO of Solid Power.
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About Solid Power: Solid Power is a developer of solid-state rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles and mobile power markets.
Sehee Lee
Co-Founder & Advisor of Solid Power
Sehee Lee is the Co-Founder and Advisor of Solid Power.
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About Solid Power: Solid Power is a developer of solid-state rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles and mobile power markets.
Jonathan Budd
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Powur
Jonathan Budd joined Powur, PBC as Founder, CEO in 2014. Jonathan heads up day-to-day operations and strategy that allow Powur’s entrepreneurs to succeed at their finest. From forming key strategic partnerships, attracting the best talent, and innovating how solar is sold… Jonathan has his hands in everything Powur. Prior to Powur, he built one of the largest online training and education companies in direct marketing with more than 100,000 customers. In 2010, he shifted his entrepreneurial pursuits toward projects focused on game-changing global impact. He founded MyStand in 2011, which developed a first-of-its-kind gaming app to engage users in positive global change. He is also Founder and Executive Director of The Global Transformation Council, Inc., a 501c3 organization that’s donated close to $1,000,000 to local and global initiatives for change.
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About AVOS Systems, Powur: Powur, a technology company, enables direct sellers to participate in the residential shift from dirty to clean energy.
George Votroubek
Co-Founder & Principal Scientist of Helion Energy
Votroubek was the Principal Investigator for the program that demonstrated the Fusion Engine technology at 1/3rd scale. George has more than 16 years of lab experience in Fusion. Votroubek received his MS and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington while pursing experimental research in fusion and plasma physics.
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About Helion Energy: Helion Energy is a fusion power company developing the world’s first fusion generators, enabling a future with unlimited clean energy.
Chris Pihl
Co-Founder & CTO of Helion Energy
Chris Pihl is the Co-Founder and CTO at Helion Energy.
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About Helion Energy: Helion Energy is a fusion power company developing the world’s first fusion generators, enabling a future with unlimited clean energy.
David Kirtley
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Helion Energy
David Kirtley is the Founder and CEO of Helion Energy.
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About Helion Energy: Helion Energy is a fusion power company developing the world’s first fusion generators, enabling a future with unlimited clean energy.
Daniel Farb
CEO and Founder of Flower Turbines
Founder and CEO. Multidisciplinary high achiever who had the vision for most of the technologies and has other skills to bring them to fruition. Has 3 degrees: Literature from Yale, where he set an academic record at Yale for taking twice the ordinary load in one semester and receiving all As in both science and humanities. Medical degree from Boston University. Executive Management from UCLA Anderson School. He ran a medical practice with over 100 contracts and a software company that sold to companies like BristolMyers Squibb. Author of over 100 books and CDs and over 30 patents.
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About Flower Turbines, Leviathan Energy: Flower Turbines develops small vertical axis wind turbines that produce low noise and are cost-effective.
Mark Friedgan
Co-Founder and CIO of Eligo Energy
Mark Friedgan is an early stage investor in startups. His background is in online consumer financial services.
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About Eligo Energy: Eligo Energy helps provide consumers and businesses with low cost energy solutions.
Harrold Rust
Founder, President & CEO of Enovix
Mr. Harrold Rust has served as CEO and President of ENOVIX since its founding in late 2006. He has 25 years of leadership experience in technology development and driving operational innovations that enable complex 3d structures to become highly cost effective. Prior to ENOVIX he was Vice President of Operations for FormFactor, a Global Top 10 MEMS based Manufacturer, where under his operations leadership the company experienced a highly successful IPO along with significant capacity, revenue, and gross margin expansion . Following his Stanford graduate degree, he spent 17 years at IBM’s industry leading magnetoresistive recording head group driving high volume manufacturing of the lithographically based heads that were increasing in areal density by over 60% each year. Hard drive storage systems saw a areal density increase of 1000x during this period.
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About Enovix: Enovix develops 3D wave array energy storage architecture for Lithium based cells to improve manageability of the stored energy.
Mateo Jaramillo
CEO & Co-Founder of Form Energy
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About Form Energy: Form Energy develops and commercializes a low-cost battery system that can store wind and solar energy for a long duration.
Ted Wiley
President, COO, & Co-Founder of Form Energy
Ted Wiley arrived at Aquion Energy as the first employee of the company in 2009 and ran all day-to-day operations for the first two years. He is currently focused on business and market development. Prior to Aquion, he was a senior associate at Hudson Clean Energy Partners where he helped develop the firm’s strategy on bio-fuels while working actively on two solar investments. Before Hudson, Ted deployed to Iraq as an Army platoon leader for the 1st of the 23rd Infantry Battalion leading hundreds of combat missions and helping to organize the country’s first free elections. Ted earned a BS in Physics at Seattle University and attended Harvard Business School where he received an MBA with concentrations in clean technology entrepreneurship.
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About Baseload Renewables, Form Energy: Form Energy develops and commercializes a low-cost battery system that can store wind and solar energy for a long duration.
Marco Ferrara
Co-Founder, SVP Analytics & Business Development of Form Energy
Marco Ferrara serves as Co-Founder at Baseload Renewables, Inc. Marco Ferrara serves as Director at Tessolar Inc.
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About Baseload Renewables, Form Energy: Form Energy develops and commercializes a low-cost battery system that can store wind and solar energy for a long duration.
William Woodford
CTO & Co-Founder of Form Energy
William Woodford serves as Co-Founder at Baseload Renewables.
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About Baseload Renewables, Form Energy: Form Energy develops and commercializes a low-cost battery system that can store wind and solar energy for a long duration.
Mike Segal
Founder & Chairman of LS Power
Mike Segal founded LS Power in 1990 and has more than four decades of experience in the power industry. Under Mr. Segal’s leadership, LS Power has grown to become one of the largest independent power and energy infrastructure developers in the United States, involved in the development of renewable and fossil-fired power plants as well as major transmission projects across the nation. Additionally, the Firm has raised $10 billion in committed equity capital for its power and energy infrastructure-focused private investment partnerships. Since its inception, LS Power has developed, constructed, managed or acquired more than 42,000 MW of power generation and 630 miles of transmission assets throughout the United States. Towards its endeavors, LS Power has raised more than $45 billion in debt and equity financing to support North American infrastructure.. Prior to LS Power, Mr. Segal served as Co-Head of Commercial Union Energy Corporation where led their investments in power generation projects. Before that, Mr. Segal was President of The Energy Systems Company, a private developer of cogeneration projects. He also held various positions, including General Manager of Power Generation and Systems Planning, with LEMCO Engineers, Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri. Prior to LEMCO, Mr. Segal worked for the Department of Energy in the former Soviet Union. Mr. Segal received an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kharkov Polytech Institute in the Ukraine. He immigrated to the United States in 1978 and is a United States citizen.
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About LS Power: LS Power is an employee-owned, independent power company focused on innovation and investment of energy.
Christopher Hopper
Co-Founder and CEO of Aurora Solar
Christopher Hopper is the Co-Founder and CEO at Aurora Solar.
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About Aurora Solar: Aurora Solar is a SaaS company that uses aerial imagery to assess solar installation projects.
Samuel Adeyemo
Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Aurora Solar
Samuel Adeyemo is the Co-Founder and COO at Aurora Solar.
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About Aurora Solar: Aurora Solar is a SaaS company that uses aerial imagery to assess solar installation projects.
Tim Reeser
CEO & Co-Founder of Lightning eMotors
Tim Reeser is CEO and Co-Founder of Lightning eMotors. Lightning designs and manufactures zero-emission all-electric powertrains for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, including delivery trucks, shuttle buses, passenger vans, chassis-cab models, and transit buses. Lightning Systems investors include BP Ventures, DHI, Aravaipa, and others, and OEM partners include Ford, GM, and Isuzu. Tim has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from CSU, and has been involved with alternative transportation technology since 1990, when he helped design the first dedicated CNG truck for General Motors while at Colorado State University. Prior to co-founding Lightning eMotors, Tim served as Vice President of Colorado State University Ventures, where he spun out clean-tech companies and built the framework to support accelerated growth of spin-outs and spin-ins at CSU. Prior to working at CSU, Tim founded, ran and successfully exited multiple software and IT infrastructure companies. Tim is an award-winning speaker and technical author and speaks regularly at industry conferences and events.
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About Lightning eMotors: Lightning eMotors is an automotive research and manufacturing company that develops zero-emission all-electric powertrains.
Mark Herrema
Co-Founder & CEO of Newlight Technologies
As CEO and co-founder of Newlight, Mr. Herrema has over a decade of industrial experience in chemical, biological, and process engineering, intellectual property development, polymer functionalization, private equity finance, and strategic business development. Mr. Herrema has invented a range of proprietary carbon capture and conversion systems and materials, receiving numerous associated US and international patents, steering Newlight through multiple private placement offerings, executing a range of strategic partnerships, and leading the engineering, construction, optimization, and expansion of Newlight’s carbon capture platform. Mr. Herrema graduated magna cum laude High Honors from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and Political Theory, with additional work in Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry.
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About Newlight Technologies: Newlight Technologies is a biotechnology company producing advanced sustainable materials.
Bill Gross
Founder and Chairman of Energy Vault
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About Carbon Capture, Elementary Robotics, Energy Vault, Evolution Robotics, Feedback.com, Heliogen, Idea Market, Idealab, Migo, Inc., Rollo Motion, tvScientific, X1 Discovery: Energy Vault offers a utility-scale, gravity-based storage solution for renewable energy.
Alexander Straub
Founder of WINDFINITY
Alexander Straub is the Founder of Windfinity and Straub Ventures, and the Managing Director of Material Machines.
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About Material Machines, Straub Ventures, WINDFINITY: Windfinity is an operator of wind turbines that generate and provide clean and economical energy.
Vic Shao
Founder and CEO of Amply Power
Vic is Chief Executive Officer of Green Charge Networks. Vic is the visionary and driving force behind the company’s overall direction and product strategy. He leads the development of its core technology and system infrastructure. Since 2009, Vic has been collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy and Fortune 500 companies on a ROI-driven energy storage appliance for the private sector, complementary to solar PV. With more than 15 years experience in software development and complex system implementation, Vic is passionate in applying software to improve power efficiency. He started his high tech career with Oracle Corporation, eventually leading engineering and product teams in Oracle’s middleware division. Prior to co-founding Green Charge Networks, Vic held engineering and management positions at several cloud computing software companies. He holds more than 12 published / granted patents in cloud computing and power efficiency. Vic holds a Master of Business Administration degree from UC Berkeley and an engineering degree from the University of Virginia, magna cum laude.
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About Amply Power, Music Intelligence Solutions: Amply Power provides commercial fleet operations a charging-as-a-service approach to help fleets transaction to electric vehicles.
Rob Kelly
Founder and VP Business Development of Amply Power
Robert Kelly is the vice president of business development at AMPLY Power.
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About Amply Power: Amply Power provides commercial fleet operations a charging-as-a-service approach to help fleets transaction to electric vehicles.
Jonathan Ferrucci
Co-Founder & Owner of Asomeo
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About Asomeo, Epyon: Asomeo is the US-Based Energy Company Specializing in Oil Exploration.
Aram Shumavon
Co-Founder & CEO of Kevala
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About Kevala: Kevala provides data-driven insights for an evolving energy market by combining proprietary analytics with advanced grid mapping.
Jagdeep Singh
Founder & CEO of QuantumScape
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About QuantumScape: QuantumScape is a renewable energy company that develops solid-state battery technology to increase the range of electric cars.
Kevin Flick
Founder of Canacol Energy
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About Canacol Energy: Canacol Energy Ltd. is a Canadian-based international junior energy company.
Yet-Ming Chiang
Co-Founder of A123 Systems
Yet-Ming Chiang is a co-founder of Desktop Metal. As one of the top battery experts in the world, as well as a leading materials scientist, Prof. Chiang has been integral in Desktop Metal’s development of an office-friendly metal 3D printing system, as well as building out the company’s materials science team. Prof. Chiang is also the Kyocera Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, where his research focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of advanced inorganic materials and related devices. Prof. Chiang earned his SB in Materials Science and Engineering and his ScD in Ceramics, both at MIT. He has published approximately 200 scholarly articles and a widely-used textbook on ceramic materials, and holds about 20 issued patents and 30 pending patent applications (excluding substantially identical foreign filings).
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About 24M Technologies, A123 Systems, Baseload Renewables, Desktop Metal, Form Energy: A123 Systems is a manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries and battery systems for the transportation, electric grid, and commercial markets.
Sophia Wang
Co-Founder & Chief of Staff and Culture of MycoWorks
Sophia Wang leads MycoWorks with expertise in strategic fundraising, communications, and project management. As a former Program Director, she was responsible for materials procurement, resource allocation, and oversight of vendor relations and physical infrastructure. She has produced large-scale arts and science events at San Francisco cultural institutions that include Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Exploratorium, and California College of the Arts. As a Development Director, she has led successful capital campaigns for New York and Bay Area-based educational initiatives. Sophia earned a Ph.D. in English Literature from U.C. Berkeley and is active in the Bay Area performing arts community as a dancer and choreographer. Her deep interest in mycelium materials and biomimetic design stems from a lifelong immersion in her family’s ongoing professional research in molecular cell biology and mycology.
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About MycoWorks: MycoWorks is a biotech company that delivers commercially viable non-plastic and non-animal materials to the market.
Lyndon Rive
Co-Founder & CEO of SolarCity
Lyndon Rive is the co-founder and CEO of SolarCity. He co-founded SolarCity in July 2006 with the goal of significantly reducing the cost of solar power and building a trusted national brand adopted by millions of homes. In its first full year of operation, SolarCity became the largest residential solar power provider in California, and by early 2008, SolarCity was a full-service solar power company—providing design, financing, installation, monitoring and services. Lyndon has grown SolarCity has grown to over 300 employees , serving more than 300 communities in three states in its first two years of existence. Prior to SolarCity, Lyndon founded Everdream, an industry leader in software and services for large-scale distributed computer management. Lyndon negotiated the company’s partnership with Dell Computer, which acquired Everdream in 2007. A lifelong entrepreneur, Lyndon founded his first company at the age of 17 in South Africa, and in his spare time has been a member of the U.S. National Underwater Hockey Team.
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About SolarCity: SolarCity provides solar energy services to homeowners, businesses, government, and non-profit organizations.
Sujeet Kumar
CEO, Co-Founder of Zenlabs Energy
Dr. Sujeet Kumar is the founder and CEO of Zenlabs Energy, a company developing high-energy fast-charging lithium-ion batteries for Electric and Aerial Vehicles. Before Zenlabs, Dr. Kumar served as CTO of Envia Systems where he developed high-capacity manganese-based cathode and won several DoE awards. Dr. Kumar worked as a senior scientist for Greatbatch, leading the development of cathode materials for implantable medical batteries. Dr. Kumar started his career at Nanogram Corp as its first employee where he led several energy storage projects. Dr. Kumar has won the R & D 100 award for developing high energy lithium-ion batteries and is the inventor of over 60 patents. Dr. Kumar has a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Rochester and a B.Tech from IIT, Varanasi.
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About Envia Systems, Greatbatch, Zenlabs Energy: Zenlabs Energy has developed high energy density lithium ion batteries for ground and aerial electric vehicles.
Jacob DeWitte
CEO & Founder of Oklo
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About Oklo: Making reactors people want.
Yazan Harasis
Co-Founder of Power Edison
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About Power Edison: Power Edison is a mobile electric energy storage developer.
Remco van den Elzen
Co-Founder and COO of Leap
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About Leap: Leap is a marketplace for Distributed Energy Resources to participate in the energy market.
Alex Yu
Founder and President of Factorial Energy
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About Factorial Energy: Factorial Energy focuses on sustainable future with safe, high performance batteries for EVs, homes, and critical applications.
Siyu Huang
Founder and CEO of Factorial Energy
Siyu Huang is the Founder and CEO of Factorial Energy.
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About Factorial Energy: Factorial Energy focuses on sustainable future with safe, high performance batteries for EVs, homes, and critical applications.
Sai Shivareddy
CEO and Co-Founder of Nyobolt
Sai Shivareddy is the CEO and Co-Founder at Nyobolt.
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About Nyobolt: Nyobolt is a developer of high-power battery technology used to serve automotive applications.
Abhay Gupta
Founder & CEO of Bidgely
Abhay Gupta founded Bidgely with the mission to accomplish energy efficiency at a massive scale. He’s worked at a combination of energy and technology companies including Grid Net, Echelon and Sun Microsystems. He holds a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, M.S. from University of Southern California and MBA from Santa Clara University. Abhay is passionate about music and travel!
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About Bidgely: Bidgely leverages the power of AI to optimize utility customer engagement and is the choice of leading utilities
Vivek Garud
Co-Founder & CTO of Bidgely
Vivek is leading the technology team which is building the biggest and best energy analytics system yet. Prior to Bidgely, Vivek contributed to building voice recognition technology at Microsoft. He has a B.Tech degree in Computer Science from IIT Bombay. Once done solving the worlds energy problems, he fantasizes of becoming a full time musician and doing big things in Bollywood.
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About Bidgely: Bidgely leverages the power of AI to optimize utility customer engagement and is the choice of leading utilities
Christophe Schilling
Co-Founder, President & CEO of Genomatica
Christophe co-founded Genomatica and has served as our Chief Executive Officer since May 2009. Christophe holds a Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego where he was a Powell Foundation and Whitaker Foundation Fellow.He received a B.S. in biomedical engineering from Duke University where he was a Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellow. Christophe’s awards include the Top 100 Young Innovators from MIT’s Technology Review, R&D100 for the SimPheny part of the company’s technology platform, and the Distinguished Young Alumnus from Duke University’s Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School of Engineering.
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About Genomatica: Genomatica manufactures sustainable chemicals from renewable feedstocks.
Saul Griffith
Founder & Chief Scientist of Rewiring America
Saul Griffith is the Founder & Chief Scientist at Rewiring America.
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About 3D Fab Light, Gradient, HowToons, Kestrel Materials, Low Cost Eyeglasses, Otherlab, Rewiring America, ROAM, WattzOn, WattzOn: Rewiring America provides a blueprint for reducing climate change pollution and creating good-paying jobs.
Amit Narayan
Founder / CEO of Autogrid
Amit Narayan is the Founder and CEO of AutoGrid, Inc. From 2010 to 2012, he was the Director of Smart Grid Research in Modeling & Simulation at Stanford University, where he continues to lead an interdisciplinary project related to modeling, optimization and control of the electricity grid and associated electricity markets. Prior to founding AutoGrid, Dr. Narayan was the Vice President of Products at the publicly traded company Magma Design Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), where he led the product development and product management teams responsible for Magma’s flagship product in the design implementation area. Over one third of all semiconductor chips used in consumer electronic devices — such as smart phones, blue-ray players and video games — were designed using products developed by Dr. Narayan’s team at Magma. Prior to joining Magma, Dr. Narayan founded Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. (BDA), a venture-backed company in analog and radio-frequency semiconductor design software and served as its founding CEO and later Vice President of Engineering, responsible for all research and product development activities, as well as customer engagements. Under Dr. Narayan’s leadership, BDA saw its products adopted by over 100 semiconductor companies in the world (including 20 out of the top 25). For his work at BDA, Dr. Narayan’s received the EDN’s “Innovation for the Year” award in 2006.Dr. Narayan received his B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur and Ph.D. from University of California at Berkeley. He has published over 25 papers about design automation, holds seven U.S. patents and is an active advisor to several startup companies in the Bay Area.
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About Autogrid, Berkeley Design Automation: AutoGrid Systems organizes energy data and employs big data analytics to generate real-time predictions that create actionable data.
Alexandra Rasch Castillo
Founder and CEO of Caban Systems
Alexandra Rasch Castillo is founder and CEO at Caban Systems.
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About Caban Systems: Caban Systems designs a software enabled energy storage solution for telecom infrastructure providers worldwide.
Gautam Jayaraman
Co-Founder and CTO of Greenwork
Gautam Jayaraman is the co-founder and CTO of Greenwork.
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About Greenwork: Greenwork is a professional network for the people re-building America’s infrastructure. The company provides trade schools and their students with a community where they connect with one another and top companies, helping students get jobs for after graduation. Greenwork’s mission is to rebuild a large, well-paid, well-trained industrial workforce to tackle big physical challenges like decarbonization.
Sam Steyer
Co-Founder and CEO of Greenwork
Sam Steyer is the co-founder and CTO of Greenwork.
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About Greenwork: Greenwork helps government-funded training programs find jobs for their graduates.
James Mennell
Founder and CEO of Biogenic Reagents
Developer, board member, investor and advisor for more than fifty successful and currently operational renewable energy projects in North America; founder and former president of the biofuel business unit of a multi-national public company (NYSE: CLF); founder and managing partner of the Environmental Law Group; former partner at Oppenheimer, Wolff and Donnelly; lead and co-inventor on multiple patent-pending biobased products technologies. Currently serves on the board of directors of biofuels, green software and wind energy companies; B.S. University of South Dakota (University Scholar – highest honor), J.D. Duke Law School (with honors), M.A. Duke.
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About Biogenic Reagents: Biogenic Reagents produces low cost, high-performance carbon products made from renewable resources.
Jordan Ramer
Founder and CEO of EV Connect
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About EV Connect: EV Connect provides enterprise-class, electric vehicle charging software, and solutions.
Sandeep Ahuja
CEO, Co-Founder of Covetool
Sandeep Ahuja, co-founder of cove.tool, brings her experience of building a successful sustainability consulting firm Pattern r+d (the consulting arm of cove.tool). Most recently, Sandeep presented at the UN environment assembly, with 1500 global delegates, on the impact of building on climate change, showcased at the Tedx Atlanta, won the Atlanta Startup Battle and the 30 under 30 award for developing cove.tool, the automated sustainability consultant. Multiple publications have written about Sandeep’s impact in the AEC industry including Architect magazine, Tech Crunch, Site Selection, ArchDaily and more. With her desire to bring automation into the AEC world, she is pioneering the integration of building performance into the design and construction process by developing and using intelligent technology and software.
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About Covetool: Covetool is a B2B SaaS company that helps make buildings energy efficient while saving on construction cost.
Daniel Chopson
Co-Founder of Covetool
Daniel leads the software development at cove.tool, Inc. and brings his passion of crafting high quality software within an Agile framework. With 10 years of experience across the entire Software Development Life Cycle, he understands the challenges and opportunities in a fast-paced industry. He enjoys bridging the gap between business and technical requirements and adapting to user feedback through rapid iterations. He previously developed an accounting application at an industry leading software company.
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About Covetool: Covetool is a B2B SaaS company that helps make buildings energy efficient while saving on construction cost.
Patrick Chopson
COO, Co-Founder of Covetool
Focusing on the crossover between architecture and technology, Patrick Chopson leads cove tool, a building consulting software company delivering daylight, cost, and energy modeling. He oversees product development and strategy for cove.tool providing a web based software for cost optimization vs energy performance to dramatically lower the cost of green buildings. Graduating in 2014 with a Master’s in High Performance Buildings from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Patrick focuses on architecture, process integration, and computational design. Multiple publications have written about Patrick’s impact in the AEC industry including Architect Magazine, Tech Crunch, Site Selection, ArchDaily and more. He is a licensed architect with over 14 years of experience in both architecture and mechanical engineering firms. His undergraduate in architecture is from Kennesaw State University in Marietta, GA.
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About Covetool: Covetool is a B2B SaaS company that helps make buildings energy efficient while saving on construction cost.
Rick Luebbe
CEO and Founder of Group14 Technologies
Rick is the CEO and co-founder of Group14 Technologies, a nano-materials company specializing in silicon-based, lithium battery technology helping usher in the electrification of everything. Before founding Group14, Rick co-founded and led EnerG2 as its CEO from 2003 until its acquisition by BASF in 2016. Rick held the position of Co-CEO at EnerG2 – as a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF – from 2016 to 2018. Rick began his career as an Army aviation officer, leading an aeroscout platoon in Desert Storm, where he was awarded the Bronze Star and two Air Medals in recognition for performance in combat operations against the Iraqi Republican Guard. Rick later flew Apaches as commander of an Attack Helicopter Company. Prior to co-founding successful startups EnerG2 and Group14 Technologies, Rick was the co-founder and CEO of Hubspan, one of the most successful integrators of web-based B2B transactions. At Hubspan, he raised the company’s first two rounds of funding and secured several partnerships. Rick also served as a management consultant with Booz Allen, where he specialized in operations, manufacturing efficiency, and developing and implementing lean manufacturing. Rick holds a B.A. in Biology from Cornell University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About EnerG2, Group14 Technologies: Group14 Technologies is a battery storage technology company that develops silicon-carbon composite materials for lithium-ion markets.
Tom Buttgenbach
Founder and CEO of 8minute Solar Energy
Tom Buttgenbach is co-founder and president of 8minutenergy. He has over 15 years of experience in large-scale project development, entitlement, due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, and capital structuring and origination. Tom has successfully managed over $1 billion in transactions in the solar energy and electric utility industry. Tom has also worked in the clean-tech, high-tech, large-scale real estate project, land development, asset management, private equity and financial services sectors. He is responsible for the land entitlement process for over 2,000 megawatts of 8minutenergy’s solar projects, and for becoming the first solar PV project in California’s Imperial County to complete the land entitlement process.
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About 8minute Solar Energy: 8minute Solar Energy is the nation’s largest independent developer of solar PV and energy storage projects.
Arcady Sosinov
CEO & Co-Founder of FreeWire Technologies
Founder at FreeWire Technologies
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About FreeWire Technologies: FreeWire Technologies is a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and power solutions.
Jawann Swislow
CIO and Co-Founder of FreeWire Technologies
Chief Commercial Officer at FreeWire Technologies, Inc.
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About FreeWire Technologies: FreeWire Technologies is a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and power solutions.
Rich Steele
Chief Engineer and Co-Founder of FreeWire Technologies
Director of Engineering at FreeWire Technologies, Inc.
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About FreeWire Technologies: FreeWire Technologies is a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and power solutions.
Claire Woo
VP of Energy Systems and Co-Founder of Blueprint Power
Claire currently works as Vice President of Energy Systems and co-founder at Blueprint Power.
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About Blueprint Power: Blueprint Power is a real estate and energy tech company that turns buildings into urban power plants.
Nicholas Squires
VP of Software Engineering & Co-Founder of Blueprint Power
Nicholas currently works as Vice President of Software Engineering and Co-Founder at Blueprint Power.
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About Blueprint Power: Blueprint Power is a real estate and energy tech company that turns buildings into urban power plants.
Robyn Beavers
Co-Founder & CEO of Blueprint Power
Robyn started her career off as an energy efficiency consultant and then joined Google in 2004 as a direct report to the co-founders to help support on strategic initiatives as they took the company public. With the founders’ support, Robyn went on to found Google’s Green Business and Operations Strategy Group, the first business unit focused on sustainability strategy at the company. During her 3 years in this role, she spearheaded the approval and installation of the 1.7 MW solar PV project on the rooftops of the Mountain View HQ, created progressive green building guidelines for global Google offices, kick-started the corporation’s renewable energy project finance strategy, and served as a sustainability advisor on Google products. In 2008, she returned to Stanford for graduate school, during which she served as a Recovery Act Fellow for the Department of Energy in 2009. Robyn has since lived in Denmark, where she helped create a global NGO called WindMade on behalf of Vestas Wind Systems, and also served as Director of Commercialization for Distributed Power & Water products for Dean Kamen’s DEKA research. In 2013, Robyn joined NRG Energy to create the Station A Group, an internal innovation team focused on advancing microgrid strategy for NRG. In 2012, Robyn was selected to be featured on Makers.Com: Women Who Make America, a PBS/AOL video archive showcasing the stories of women from a diverse set of experiences and professions. Robyn has served as a board member for GridAlternatives.org, the US chapter of the UN Women organization, and also for the Carbon Lighthouse Foundation. She holds both a B.S. in Civil Engineering and an MBA from Stanford University.
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About Blueprint Power, NRG Energy: Blueprint Power is a real estate and energy tech company that turns buildings into urban power plants.
John Taggart
Co-Founder and CTO of WeaveGrid
John Taggart is the co-founder and CTO of Weave Grid.
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About WeaveGrid: WeaveGrid develops electrification software for the scalable deployment of electric vehicles on the electric grid.
Chip Ransler
Co-Founder of Husk Power Systems
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About Husk Power Systems: Husk Power Systems designs and provides end-to-end renewable energy solutions by installing mini-power plants.
Brad Kavin
Founder of Lieef
Trained at BlackRock and by former Goldman Sachs Principal Strategies Portfolio Managers, Brad has over eight years of principal investment experience. He has been involved in 19 transactions totaling $1.5 billion dollars of sustainable private equity investments ($10B EV) with a focus on control and operationally intense situations in the US, Canada, Japan, and Mexico. Brad began his career as a principal investor focused on Growth Equity while a college sophomore. His responsibilities were deal sourcing and screening technology and consumer growth stage companies looking for $5M-$25M. Brad has been involved in the successful launch of several first time fully discretionary private equity funds at BlackRock and Cowen. Brad joined Blackrock renewable power as the 8th hire when assets under management were $0. At the time of his departure assets under management were $20Bn with 350 employees. Brad has deep knowledge of the renewable energy, sustainability, and infrastructure sectors. While at BlackRock Brad supported the creation of the firm’s global sustainability program. Brad co-developed BlackRock’s proprietary merchant power forecast, which was adopted in 2018. As the first analyst BlackRock hired directly from college into an investment role within alternatives, he also created the firm’s global financial modeling training program. While at Cowen, Brad sourced over $17Bn of private equity opportunities across sustainable energy, transportation, food, and industrials. Brad focused on bi-lateral and off market situations. He also supported fundraising of the first fund through first close of $300M. Most notably at Cowen, Brad created the first electric vehicle charging station PPA construct in conjunction with a California utility company which was backed by large institutional capital partners. Brad was nominated for promotion to Managing Director but would have needed to remain in New York to support growing the business. Brad left Cowen to relocate back to his hometown of Los Angeles California and founded Lieef.
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About Lieef: Bridging the gap between Venture Capital and Mature Private Markets by enhancing investment professionals via proven technologies
Ajeet Rohatgi
Founder, CTO of Suniva
Dr. Ajeet Rohatgi is a Regents’ Professor and a John H. Weitnauer, Jr. Chair in the College of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He joined Georgia Tech’s ECE faculty in 1985 and is regarded as one of the world’s leading research scientists in photovoltaic (PV) technology. Dr. Rohatgi is also a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, the founding director of the University Center of Excellence for Photovoltaic Research and Education (UCEP, where Suniva got its start) and the founder and CTO of Suniva®, Inc. Dr. Rohatgi has positioned Suniva as a U.S. leader in the research, development and manufacturing of high-efficiency, low-cost crystalline silicon cells using unique technology that evolved from his work at UCEP. Under Dr. Rohatgi’s leadership, Suniva has accomplished several industry firsts and achievements, including the fastest ramp-up to 100MW production in the industry (and current expansion to 170MW); the raising of $270 million in capital since Suniva’s inception; the successful production of cell efficiencies exceeding 19%, and R&D cell efficiencies exceeding 20%. Dr. Rohatgi received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in 1971, and a M.S. degree in Materials Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA in 1973. He received a Ph.D. in Metallurgy and Material Science from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, in 1977. Prior to joining the Electrical Engineering faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Rohatgi was at the Westinghouse Research and Development Center in Pittsburgh, PA in 1977 and became a Westinghouse Fellow while working on the science and technology of photovoltaic and microelectronic devices.
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About Georgia Institute of Technology, Suniva: Suniva develops, manufactures and markets PV solar cells for clean, earth-friendly power generation.
Ken Ogata
CEO and Co-Founder of TeraWatt Technology
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About TeraWatt Technology: We engineer ultra-high energy density lithium-ion rechargeable batteries
Jim Lovewell
CTO, Co-Founder of Electriq Power
CTO of ElectrIQ Power.
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About Electriq Power: Electriq Power is a provider of smart home battery storage solution for homes and small businesses.
Bill Grinstead
Co-Founder and CEO of Orenda
Bill Grinstead is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Orenda. Prior to founding Orenda, he gained extensive experience in both the public and private financial markets researching and advising on various technologies, including renewables. He previously worked at Marlin Equity Partners, a $7B tech-focused private equity firm, as well as Susquehanna International Group, a global technology, and trading firm. Mr. Grinstead earned a B.S. in Finance from the WP Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. He also studied Sustainable Finance and Real Estate Investing at Harvard University.
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About Orenda: Orenda is a renewable energy technology company that develops and operates utility scale energy storage assets.
Aidan Snyder
Co-Founder and COO of Orenda
Aidan Snyder is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Orenda. He has extensive consulting experience in the renewable energy industry, primarily focused on energy storage in New York State. Mr. Snyder previously worked for both NY-BEST and NYSERDA, where he supported developers in determining the viability of energy storage projects and advising on permitting. He also contributed to the development of New York’s Energy Storage Roadmap and several other procedures that were vital to the development of New York’s energy storage markets. Mr. Snyder earned a B.A. in Political Science from Haverford College.
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About Orenda: Orenda is a renewable energy technology company that develops and operates utility scale energy storage assets.
Stephen Ellis
Co-Founder & CEO of Vutility
Stephen Ellis is a Co-Founder of Vutility.
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About Visible Divers, Vutility: Vutility gathers and provides real-time information on utility usage.
Guillermo Morro
Founder & Inventor of SmartBE
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About GO BEYOND, SmartBE: Smartbe is the first intelligent baby stroller of the new generation.
Sandy Reisky
Founder of Apex Clean Energy
Sandy’s companies have developed over $1 billion of wind and solar facilities now operating around the country. He was founder and president of Greenlight Energy, a leading independent wind energy company that was acquired by BP in 2006. Sandy was also the founder of Axio Power, a utility-scale solar developer; Columbia Power Technologies, a pioneer in wave energy technology; and Greenlight Biofuels, a waste-to-energy company. He was presented with the Leadership in Energy Award at The Keystone Center’s 20th Annual Leadership Awards Dinner. He has a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.
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About Apex Clean Energy: Apex Clean Energy is a developer of commercial-scale wind and solar energy facilities.
Duncan Earl
Founder & CEO of Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Earl has over 20 years of experience developing optical technologies for both private businesses and government organizations. As a former staff member at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Dr. Earl was a researcher with ORNL’s Cyber Warfare group and Quantum Information Sciences team. During his 18 years with ORNL, Dr. Earl’s research focused on quantum encryption solutions and the integration of this technology with the emerging smart grid. He holds numerous patents and research publications and is the inventor of GridCOM’s principle IP. Dr. Earl is also the former founder and CEO of Sunlight Direct, Inc., an ORNL spin-off that commercialized a passive, fiber optic solution for delivering sunlight to the interior of commercial buildings to reduce energy consumption. Dr. Earl invented the technology, founded the company in 2004 and secured $1M in federal funding and $1.2M in private seed investment from the California-based Tech Coast Angels. He oversaw the evolution of the product from a laboratory prototype to a commercial product with over 80 installation sites before returning to ORNL in 2009.
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About Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Qubitekk: Oak Ridge National Laboratory holds a range of R&D assignments, from fundamental nuclear physics to applied R&D on advanced energy systems.
Stan Herasimenka
CEO & Co-Founder of Regher Solar
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About Arizona State University, Regher Solar: Regher Solar is developing cutting edge silicon solar panels to power the future space economy.
Mikhail Reginevich
CTO & Co-Founder of Regher Solar
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About Regher Solar: Regher Solar is developing cutting edge silicon solar panels to power the future space economy.
Patrick Sherwin
Founder and CEO of GoSun
Driven by passion and purpose, Patrick brings to the table decades of experience in solar energy, electric vehicles and youth wilderness education. His favorite GoSun recipe is a medley of seasonal root veggies with a light seasoning.
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About GoSun: GoSun offers solar technology that provide fuel-free cooking, cooling, charging, lighting and water purification and more!
Ravikant Barot
Founder and CEO of OxiCool
Ravi is a former merchant marine oil-tanker Captain. During his over ten years of sailing career, Ravi served as an Officer on many different types of ocean-going ships including as Chief Officer on modern fully refrigerated ships. He has sailed to over hundred countries around the globe. Prior to founding OxiCool, Ravi gained valuable banking experience when Ford Motor Company asked him to go to India on an expat assignment as Chief Financial Officer of ~$1.0 billion Ford Credit joint ventures in Mumbai. Previously, Ravi also had profit leadership on a $12 billion global new car program in Cologne, Germany – joint between Ford, Volvo, and Mazda. Ravi is a hands-on leader who has been fortunate to lead an invigorating childhood growing up in a small town in India with his auto enthusiast father learning to repair and maintain their collection of English motorcycles and a Ford Falcon when no spare parts were available. Ravi is passionately committed to OxiCool and his mantra for OxiCool – ‘let us leave a better environment for future generations’.Ravi holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, a Pre-MBA from the University of Dallas, and a Master Mariner’s license (B.Sc) from LBS College of Advanced Maritime Research and Studies, Mumbai, India.
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About OxiCool: OxiCool develops environmentally-friendly cooling units and air conditioning technologies.
Sean O’Day
Founder – President & Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Titan Advanced Energy Solutions
Sean O’Day is the Founder, President, and Chief Commercial Officer at Titan Advanced Energy Solutions.
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About Florida Solar Energy, Titan Advanced Energy Solutions: Titan Advanced Energy Solutions is a provider of ultrasound-based battery management solutions
Shawn Murphy
Founder | Chief Executive Officer | Chief Technology Officer of Titan Advanced Energy Solutions
Shawn Murphy is the co-founder, CEO, and CTO of Titan Advanced Energy Solutions.
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About Titan Advanced Energy Solutions: Titan Advanced Energy Solutions is a provider of ultrasound-based battery management solutions
Elaine Hsieh
Co-Founder & Head of Corporate Partnerships & Marketing of Third Derivative
Elaine Hsieh heads the programming for GreenBiz Group’s VERGE events. She has almost 20 years of industry experience consulting with Fortune 500 companies on a wide range of sustainability, green building, and technology issues. She brings solid technical background with a understanding of the energy, construction, biotechnology, education, retail, manufacturing, and finance industries. Hsieh is an effective communicator to people across diverse age groups, cultures, and business sectors and is passionate about helping people understand and respect the interconnectedness of our world. Hsieh has been featured in Mashable, Green Economy Post, Reuters, The Guardian, and other publications for her social media influence within the green building, green business, and sustainability communities.
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About Third Derivative: Third Derivative is an accelerator focused on clean energy and climate tech.
Pablo Pulido Mendoza
Co-Founder and Director, Global Head of Business Development of Sonnedix
Pablo Pulido Mendoza is the Co-Founder, Director, and Global Head of Business Development at Sonnedix.
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About Sonnedix: Sonnedix Solar is a global power producer dedicated to produce low-carbon solar energy for the future.
Peter H. Diebel
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Zipline Green
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About Zipline Green, Zipline Performance: Zipline Green’s Oasis Smart Guideway is the world’s most intelligent transit guideway providing low carbon transport and infrastructure.
Emily Kirsch
Founder and CEO of Powerhouse
Emily Kirsch is the Founder and CEO at Powerhouse.
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About Powerhouse, Powerhouse: Your partner in building the future of energy and mobility.
Hasty Granbery
Founder and CEO of Currant
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About Currant: Currant creates smart home products that enable people to control their homes and their energy bills.
Greg Lambrecht
Founder and President of SinglePoint
Founder/President at SinglePoint.
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About 1606 Corp., SinglePoint, TextPayMe: SinglePoint is a manufacturing company focused on providing renewable energy solutions to small to mid-sized companies.
Dan Foley
CEO, Founder of Glidepath Power
Dan is Founder and CEO of GlidePath Power. Dan has over 25 years of energy sector experience, particularly in developing, building, owning, and operating traditional and renewable energy projects throughout North America. Prior to founding GlidePath Power, Dan served as COO for Lincoln Renewable Energy and CEO of ACCIONA Energy North America. His efforts have led to the construction of 1GW in power projects. Dan earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Master of Engineering degree from the State University of New York-Buffalo, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago.
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About Glidepath Power: Glidepath Power develops solutions for the energy markets.
Omer Ghani
Co-Founder and Chief Sales Officer of Kilowatt Labs
Omer Ghani is the Co-founder and Chief Sales Officer at Kilowatt Labs.
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About Kilowatt Labs: Kilowatt Labs is a developer of energy storage and distribution platform designed to deliver stable and reliable electricity 24 hours a day.
Bryce Smith
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of LevelTen Energy
An industry professional with nearly 20 years’ experience evaluating renewable energy trends, technologies, and projects,Bryce has demonstrated success designing and leading new ventures. In 2009, Bryce co-founded OneEnergy Renewables, a leading national developer of utility-scale solar projects, raising seed, Series A, and Series B rounds, and guiding the company to profitability. Prior to founding OneEnergy, Bryce led the Bonneville Environmental Foundation’s nationwide investment in clean power projects, developing more than 160 solar projects in 16 states and establishing the highly acclaimed Solar 4R Schools program.
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About LevelTen Energy: LevelTen is a safe and cost-effective way for C&I customers to purchase renewable energy.
Nate Laurell
Founder & Board Member of ampCNG
Nathan Laurell is the Founder & CEO at The Fresh Factory.
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About ampCNG, New Frontier Holdings, R2 Companies, The Fresh Factory: ampCNG is engaged in the transition to compressed natural gas (CNG) as a transportation fuel in the commercial trucking industry.
Steve McDougal
CEO and Co-Founder of 3Degrees
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About 3Degrees: 3Degrees is a provider of carbon offset and renewable energy services and solutions.
Dan Kalafatas
Chairman and Co-Founder of 3Degrees
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About : 3Degrees is a provider of carbon offset and renewable energy services and solutions.
Ray Caamano
Chief Science Officer/Founder of Blue Power Systems
Ray Caamano, the inventor of the Blue Power System, has been on the forefront of electric propulsion and generation systems development since the 1980′s and is a leading pioneer in the field of low loss, cost efficient electric motor systems, utilizing thin film soft magnetic materials. He brings over 30 years of extensive research and product development in transportation technology with a focus on efficient electric drive systems. Caamano currently holds 28 issued U.S. Patents and is founder and CEO of iCAP technologies.
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About Blue Power Systems: Adaptive Energy Generation and Storage System
Jeremy McCool
Founder and CEO of HEVO Power
CEO at HEVO.
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About HEVO Power: HEVO provides a seamless, safe, and universal wireless charging solution for electric vehicles.
Jonathan Bonanno
Co-Founder of Cool Earth Solar
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About Cool Earth Solar: Cool Earth Solar employs its proprietary concentrated photovoltaic technology to develop and operate power plants.
Ashoke Bose
Founder of Sustainable Energy & Agriculture Technology
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About AGR Health LLC, AskNshare, Bose International Investement Fund, Sustainable Energy & Agriculture Technology, Sustainable Energy & Agriculture Technology: SEAT was founded by Ashoke Bose, a former IBM Senior Manager, in 2014. Driven by his passion for renewables and agriculture.
Max Crespo
Founder of MOVE Systems
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About MOVE Systems, NEAPOLITAN EXPRESS, Zevv: Simply Grid is a veteran-run company that provides a solution for on-demand access to grid electricity.
