Meet The Team
Our team unites specialized experience across venture, entrepreneurship, deep technology, and government to offer our founders an unfair advantage.
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Shomik Dutta
CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING PARTNER
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Leila Pirbay
PARTNER
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Michael O’Neil
CO-FOUNDER & PARTNER
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Emma McDonagh
PARTNER & COO
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Allison Hinckley, PhD
SENIOR PRINCIPAL
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Brandon Hurlbut
CO-FOUNDER
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Tamim Mourad
CO-FOUNDER & VENTURE PARTNER
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Liron Gitig
VENTURE PARTNER
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Julius Genachowski
VENTURE PARTNER
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Rohan Patel
OPERATING PARTNER
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James Prussing
Operating Partner
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Boundary Stone
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FIRM
Advisory Board
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Kate Brandt
FUND II CHAIR
Chief Sustainability Officer, Google
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Ray Rothrock
FUND II CHAIR
Former Partner & Internet and Energy Investment Program Lead, Venrock
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Richard Kauffman
FUND I CHAIR
New York Energy Czar; Chair, Generate Capital
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Dan Brunner
ADVISOR
Co-Founder and former CTO, Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Partner, Future Tech Partners
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Neil Chatterjee
ADVISOR
Former Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
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Mike French
ADVISOR
Space Policy Group & BCG Senior Advisor; Former Chief of Staff, NASA
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Maud Texier
ADVISOR
Head of Clean Energy & Carbon Development, Google
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Ben Rhodes
ADVISOR
Former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama
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Michael Pilliod
ADVISOR
President & CTO, Central Tension; Former Director of Tesla Glass
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Dr. Guarav Sant
ADVISOR
Director, UCLA Institute for Carbon Management
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Kiran Bhatraju
ADVISOR
Founder & CEO, Arcadia; National Council, WWF
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Dr. Lara Pierpoint
VOLUNTEER ADVISOR
Managing Director, Early Climate Infrastructure
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Peter Gross
ADVISOR
Managing Partner of PMG Associates; Former Founder and CEO of EYP Mission Critical Facilities
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Barker Carlock
ADVISOR
Former Staff Product Manager, Industrial Energy Products, Tesla
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Karen Skelton
ADVISOR
Visiting Scholar At Stanford's Doerr School Of Sustainability; Former Senior Policy Advisor, US Department Of Energy