Evergreen Climate Innovations is a “501vc®” fund that invests in early-stage climate tech startups in the greater Midwest, operating a unique investment model that leverages a not-for-profit structure to address a gap in the capital market. The revolving evergreen fund invests across a wide range of climate and cleantech sub-sectors, including energy efficiency, energy storage, renewables, advanced materials, mobility, water, and ag-tech.

Next generation high-efficiency, high-torque electric motors

Catalyzing sustainable agriculture via TopSoil, a soil health data management platform.

Enabling smart buildings.

The world's first and largest on-demand A/E marketplace for the solar and telecommunications industries.

Making your building work for you through affordable, accessible building automation solutions - right out of the box.

SPLT is an enterprise ridesharing platform changing the way people commute to work together.

• Developed business model and growth strategies to commercialize intellectual property for clean-tech applications in the energy, electronics, and aerospace industries • Conducted financial modeling / valuations to derive value-based pricing and licensing strategies• Built relationships with supply chain partners for scaled up raw materials procurement and product manufacturing• Engaged early adopter customers; negotiated joint development contracts• Managed internal operations

• Executed energy-efficiency projects that utilized low-cost investments to reduce energy usage, including uncovering energy-saving opportunities with payback of one year or less, amounting to savings of up to 20%• Conducted statistical analyses to derive proprietary energy usage metrics; enabled client to independently identify energy-saving opportunities on an ongoing basis• Completed comprehensive market assessment to identify target customers and prospective strategic partnerships

• Managed large-scale, ongoing research studies for a variety of Fortune 500 B2B and B2C products and services• Developed custom-built, dynamic online reporting portal tailored to client’s needs• Collaborated with data processing associates to conduct statistical analyses to uncover valuable, data-driven insights • Coordinated project operations, handled day-to-day client requests, analyzed data tabulations, and authored client reports