Matthew Claxton Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Houston, Tx, Us

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

-Co-founder of PnP’s Global Sustainability Vertical, who has launched, and managed, programs in 10 offices -Silicon Valley, Alberta, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo, Shanghai, São Paulo, Riyadh, Malaysia, and Johannesburg. -Created accelerator programs in Circular Economy, Carbon Neutrality, Sustainable Fashion, Clean Resources, and ShelterTech. Through these programs, we have sourced 7000+ startups, accelerated 230, and helped startups form 280+ pilots and raise $215M+ in capital.-Invested in 40 Sustainability-focused startups (50% Deeptech) in series Pre-seed to Series A. Notable companies- Checkerspot, Heirloom, Valuted Deep, Mona Lee, Ketos, Sylvera, Helical Fusion, Basetwo, Epoch Biodesign, Circulor, Rubi Labs, Greyparrot, rePurpose Global, and numerous other exciting startups.-Oversee investments for our Sustainability, New Materials, Packaging, Food and Beverage, and Agriculture verticals. -Consulting and advised 38 Fortune 500 Companies on how they could reach their Sustainability Goals by partnering with startups.-Advised hundreds of startups on their business plans, fundraising strategies, and strategies on how to form partnerships with corporate partners.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

PNP Ventures is an early-stage investor with a portfolio that includes Dropbox, Rappi, Lending Club, Soundhound, Honey, Tenor, Guardant Health, Hippo, N26, and 500+ others-Sourcing and investment diligence for early-stage companies in the sustainability, new materials, and packaging industries.

San Francisco, Us

New York, Ny, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Seed Investor on behalf of Plug and Play Ventures

London, Gb

Milpitas, California, Us

Alameda, Ca, Us

Series A Investor on behalf of Plug and Play Ventures

Kitchener, Ontario, Ca

Acquired in November 2019 by Innozyme

San Jose, California, Us

Costa Mesa, California, Us

▪Invented commercial water recycling and desalination systems to transform wastewater or salt water into potable drinking water using 40-70% less energy than current methods.▪Raised private and public funding for IAS and partner companies; negotiated term sheets, and company valuations, and proved technical viability at different scales. ▪Generated $40M+ projected revenue by sourcing and negotiating joint ventures, partnerships, manufacturing contracts, and licensing agreements.▪Increased 4S Energy valuation 8x by re-purposing its turbine technology to pivot from wind energy to hydropower recovery; similarly pivoted Synergy Fuels from tire-to-oil to plastic-to-oil technology, increasing valuation by 4x. ▪Co-created, designed, or managed the construction of the following technologies for partner companies: plastic-to-oil, tire-to-oil, geothermal, algal biofuel, wind turbine, hydropower recovery, and hydroelectric▪Developed business plans and Tech-to-Market strategies for 8 startups in the oil, water, and energy industries; strengthened 12 patent applications by co-authoring or assessing vulnerabilities.

Moffett Field, California, Us

▪Co-invented Desalgae systems, advanced water recycling and desalination processes which combine biological treatment, electrocoagulation, and membrane filtration; requires 40% less energy than comparable systems, and produces algal biofuels using 82% less energy than current methods.▪Collaborated on the design and engineering of the OMEGA (Offshore Membrane Enclosure for Growing Algae) System, an $11M sustainable biofuel R&D project funded by the U.S. Departments of Defense & Energy; featured on TED Global Talk and other TED Talks.▪Awarded a NASA grant to build and develop the Desalgae systems.▪Co-authored peer-reviewed publications on the OMEGA system.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemistry

Chemical Engineering

Energy Innovation And Emerging Technologies

Advanced Project Management Certificate