Mr. Chesonis co-founded Safar Partners in early 2019 and is currently one of the Managing Partners of the venture capital fund family with over $900 Million in assets under management. Mr. Chesonis has also served as CEO of Sweetwater Energy and earlier as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PAETEC Holding Corp., a Fortune 1000 telecommunications company acquired in 2011 by Windstream Corp. (NASDAQ: WIN), one of the largest national telecom carriers. Mr. Chesonis co- founded PAETEC in 1998.Mr. Chesonis has a long history in sustainability initiatives. His family has supported numerous environmental and renewable energy projects at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to address climate change. He also has personally invested in clean tech, life sciences, and software companies through his involvement at universities in Boston and Rochester. Mr. Chesonis received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award by the College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology and was elected to the Rochester Business Hall of Fame.He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MBA from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester, and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Rochester. Mr. Chesonis was a member of the M.I.T. Corporation for 10 years and is a life trustee of the University of Rochester.
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Managing PartnerSafar Partners Jan 2019 - PresentCambridge, Massachusetts, UsSafar Partners is a venture capital/growth capital fund family concentrating on commercializing technologies in the cleantech, advanced materials, life sciences, artificial intelligence, and robotic industries. Primary focus of deal flow is companies spun out of MIT, Harvard, and the University of Rochester.www.safar.partners -
Chairman & CeoSweetwater Energy Dec 2011 - Apr 2023Rochester, Ny, UsSweetwater Energy developed a unique technology for producing low-cost nanofibrillated cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, sugars, and clean lignin from non-food plant materials to help meet the modern world's increasing bioenergy and biochemical demands.www.sweetwater.us -
Managing PartnerCranberry Capital Jan 2011 - Dec 2018Cranberry Capital invested in ideas that had the potential to be globally important. Commercial execution of great ideas can be difficult, and Cranberry Capital was a group of successful entrepreneurs that loved to build new ideas into successful businesses, such as Clerio Vision, C2Sense, Satelles, Ubiquitous Energy, EagleDream Technologies , and Nanoramic Laboratories. Mr. Chesonis was an active participant in Cranberry and has now transitioned away from those duties.www.crancap.com
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Chairman And CeoPaetec 1998 - Dec 2011PAETEC (NASDAQ:PAET) was formed in 1998 by focusing on business communications for medium and large enterprise businesses across the United States. The company grew to over $2 Billion in annual revenues and more than 5,000 employees before being purchased by Windstream in 2011.
Arunas Chesonis Education Details
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Massachusetts Institute Of TechnologyCivil Engineering -
University Of RochesterBusiness Administration
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University Of RochesterHonorary Doctorate Of Laws
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Arunas Chesonis attended Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, University Of Rochester, University Of Rochester.
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