Co-Founder And Managing Director
CurrentLightsmith Group invests in growth-stage technology companies with solutions for climate resilience, decarbonization, and sustainability in energy, water, food and agriculture, supply chains, and finance.
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Sanjay Wagle is listed as Investor in climate change solutions companies at The Lightsmith Group, based in San Francisco Bay Area, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at lightsmithgp.com, phone signal with area code 510, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Sanjay Wagle.
Sanjay Wagle previously worked as Co-Founder and Managing Director at The Lightsmith Group and Board Member at Solinftec. Sanjay Wagle holds Mba from University Of California, Berkeley, Haas School Of Business.
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Sanjay has 20 years of experience in venture capital/growth equity, entrepreneurship, and public policy focused on clean energy, resource productivity, and climate change.Specialties: Venture capital, private equity, energy technology, energy policy, technology commercialization, carbon, electric vehicles, batteries, smart grid, water
Listed skills include Venture Capital, Renewable Energy, Energy Policy, Energy, and 25 others.
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New York, Ny, Us
Lightsmith Group invests in growth-stage technology companies with solutions for climate resilience, decarbonization, and sustainability in energy, water, food and agriculture, supply chains, and finance.
Oakland, Ca, Us
Former Member of Board of Directors for Vote Solar (http://votesolar.org), a leading policy advocacy organization working to remove regulatory barriers and implement key policies needed to bring solar to scale in the US.
Senior advisor for CEOs on developing and implementing strategic business initiatives, including partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, and new financing approaches. Client engagements included:• Sunfolding - advised solar tracker company on market strategy, capital raising, and innovative financing. • Diamond Foundry – advised CEO on expansion strategy, partnerships, and capital raising for cleantech company making jewelry-grade diamonds sustainably. See www.diamondfoundry.com.• Broadscale Group – advised corporate clients including GE, Johnson Controls, Duke Energy, and Engie (fka GDF Suez) on investment, partnership, and acquisition opportunities in distributed energy, including in solar, storage, efficiency, and smart grid.• Ubiquiti Networks (Nasdaq: UBNT) – co-led launch of "SunMax", Ubiquiti's downstream solar business, including go-to-market strategy, sales software functionality, contractor recruitment and training, and consumer financing. • Confidential Leading Solar Provider – advised on market strategy and utility partnerships for growth. • Soligent – served as SVP for Corporate Development at Soligent, the largest US solar distributor, with $200 million in revenues. Led new business initiatives and led implementation of the acquisition of the #2 competitor, SunWize, including integration of the two companies operations.• TerraVia (TVIA) – served as Senior Advisor for Corporate Development on business and technology partnerships, acquisitions, and new financing approaches.
Washington, Dc, Us
Served as Associate Director for Commercialization at the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) within US DOE. Founded and ran a "tech to market" program to help commercialize high-risk, high reward projects funded by ARPA-E to develop the next generation of energy technologies, including: batteries for electric vehicles, non-photosynthetic biofuels, grid-scale storage, carbon capture, power electronics, and efficient cooling. Also founded and ran the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit and Technology Showcase for its first two years.
Washington, Dc, Us
Served as Renewable Energy Grants Advisor for Recovery Act programs at U.S. DOE, helping to oversee $32.7 billion in Recovery Act funding for energy. Responsible for grant programs supporting renewable energy, electric vehicles, and battery manufacturing, as well as tax credit programs for renewable energy (Section 1603) and energy manufacturing (Section 48C).
San Bruno, California, Us
Served as first Principal in the CleanTech Group at VantagePoint Capital Partners, which invested over $1 billion in companies involved in solar, electric vehicles, smart grid, biofuels, and green buildings, among other areas. Led investing efforts in the biofuels sector. Helped manage the firm's relationships with its 12 corporate strategic partners, which included BP, DuPont, Procter & Gamble, Best Buy, and PG&E.
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Founding Principal of $80 million venture capital firm focused on clean technologies. Responsible for sourcing, screening and due diligence of prospective investments. Served as Board Observer for two portfolio companies. Involved in all areas of the firm's investment management, corporate development, and research.
Washington, Dc, Us
Managed the financing of private sector power, transport, and environmental projects, including a $100 million water supply project in Indonesia and a $20 million shipping terminal in Mexico.
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Served as lead analyst on consulting projects involving the privatization of state-owned enterprises and the financing of transportation and infrastructure projects in emerging markets.
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Sanjay Wagle holds Mba from University Of California, Berkeley, Haas School Of Business.
Sanjay Wagle is listed with skills including Venture Capital, Renewable Energy, Energy Policy, Energy, Cleantech, Strategy, Private Equity, and Energy Efficiency.
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