2150 is a venture capital firm investing in technology companies that seek to sustainably reimagine and reshape the urban environment. 2150’s investment thesis focuses on major unsolved problems across what it calls the ‘Urban Stack’, which comprises every element of the built environment, from the way our cities are designed, constructed and powered, to the way people live, work and are cared for. Find out more at www.2150.vc

Urban Partners is a platform of vision-aligned investment verticals shaped around urban problem solving. As such, it is an umbrella brand that houses all our verticals: Nrep, 2150 and Velo Capital.We exist to power the progress of cities and citizens by investing to help solve the most pressing urban problems. Today, our platform holds four verticals with close to €20 billion of assets under management, and we invest in assets, companies, technologies, and solutions.

AtmosZero is developing the world’s first heat pump that can act as a drop-in replacement of gas boilers for the production of industrial steam.

Kelvin, formerly Radiator Labs, is a national leader in intelligent HVAC solutions for legacy buildings in major cities. The company designs and installs cutting-edge systems that decarbonize, save money, and provide comfort and temperature control within buildings without prematurely retiring existing systems. Based in New York City, Kelvin has sold over fifteen thousand systems to date.

Hometree's mission is to help mitigate the climate emergency by making renewable energy solutions in the home more accessible to millions of people.

Blue Frontier is developing and commercialising novel cooling technology that significantly increases the efficiency of AC units while integrating a chemical battery to enable energy load shifting. Innovation in cooling could save over 460 Gigatonnes of CO2 over the next 40 years as the world heats and our bodies need cooling to survive.

Ampd Energy delivers infrastructure for the electrification of construction sites, leading to construction which is less polluting, less carbon intensive, quieter, safer, more productive and more cost effective.

Nodes & Links enables the builders of large and complex projects to identify and mitigate delivery risk, allowing trillions of dollars being invested into sustainable infrastructure projects to be delivered on budget and on time

CarbonCure Technologies has developed carbon removal technology that enables concrete producers to use captured carbon dioxide to produce low-carbon concrete. Available from hundreds of concrete plants, CarbonCure-based mixes are transforming the built environment.

eLife is a leading open-access journal that publishes promising research in the life and biomedical sciences. eLife is a joint initiative of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society, and the Wellcome Trust.

Guest Lecturer at London Business School on Marketing and Management of Innovation

Co-founded White Star Capital, an international Venture Capital firm.Invested and held Board or Observer roles in:KeyMe, AdGlow, Echo (Exit), Hole19, Unacast, RedSift, Aire Labs, Dice

Lead Facebook's efforts to connect people to the world's most recognized and innovative brands with UK-based and Pan-European partners.

Tasked with increasing the use and engagement of the Facebook platform across international markets through the establishment of partnerships with media firms, technology companies, innovative start-ups and leading brands.

Managed Google's presence across new markets in EMEA by establishing, incubating and growing our in-country sales and product efforts in over a dozen markets. Collaborated with our advertising clients, advertising agencies and partners, to grow the reach of digital media and digital advertising and the adoption of Google products and properties.

Led Google's business development and commercial efforts for our mobile (search, Maps, Android) and client (Chrome, Toolbar) products. Managed the rollout of Google's mobile advertising offer through engagement with agencies and advertisers. Served as a Director on the Global Board of the Mobile Marketing Association (www.mmaglobal.com)

Business development and account management responsibility for Microsoft's Windows Mobile, Windows embedded (VOIP, PNDs) and MSTV IPTV efforts with mobile and consumer electronics firms throughout Europe.

Led the global marketing and launch of Microsoft's first generations of branded Smartphones across 48 countries. Managed marketing budget to drive consumer education and adoption of the platform through retail and enterprise marketing programs.

Product Manager for MicroStrategy's web and wireless alerting platform. Led the product design and product launches through three major releases attracting over a million consumer and enterprise users.

Planned and co-founded the lobbying effort to welcome El Salvador into AIESEC, the world's largest student led organisation