Firms

Clean Energy Ventures

Clean Energy Ventures is a venture capital firm backing early-stage companies that use defensible science and engineering to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. It invests in hardware-oriented climate technologies across energy generation and storage, mobility, carbon capture and utilization, industrial materials, critical minerals and other resource-intensive sectors. Its technical diligence evaluates both commercialization economics and potential emissions reductions. The firm supports portfolio companies with engineering, intellectual-property development, leadership coaching, commercial strategy and active board work, drawing on operating partners, industry specialists and a strategic advisory board. Founded in 2017, it operates from Boston and London and invests in North America, Europe and Israel.

Founded: 2017
Type: Venture capital

Funds1

Clean Energy Ventures Fund II2024-05-292024-05-29$305M
Second flagship early-stage climate technology fund, closed oversubscribed at $305 million in capital commitments. Backs hardware-oriented innovations in North America and expands the firm’s activity in Europe, with investments across storage, industrial decarbonization, clean fuels and related engineering-led technologies.

Team

Operations and support

Amy ZhaoPrincipal

Ben RogersVenture Partner

Bridget MichalowskiInvestor Relations Manager

Cara TobinVenture Partner

Cheryl HallettChief Financial Officer

Coleman AdamsVenture Partner

Cooper BatesAnalyst

Dan GoldmanCo-Founder & Managing Partner

Danae MinichOffice Coordinator

David MeyerCommunity Operations Manager

David S. MillerCo-Founder & Managing Partner

Eli CooperSummer 2026 Fellow (published cohort)

Elizabeth PacelleSenior Manager of Marketing & Platform

Ellen WilliamsStrategic Advisory Board Member

Ernest MonizStrategic Advisory Board Member

Gabe PlaceFinance & Accounting Associate

Girish NadkarniStrategic Advisory Board Member

Grace MemmoSummer 2026 Fellow (published cohort)

J. Michael McQuadeStrategic Advisory Board Member

Jake BrennerSummer 2026 Fellow (published cohort)

Jeff Weiss (Clean Energy Ventures)Venture Partner

Jimmy EllisVenture Partner

John BobrowichVenture Partner

John HarperVenture Partner

John OwenVenture Partner

John SantoleriVenture Partner

John WisniewskiVenture Partner

Louis (Lou) SchickDirector of Investments

Luis AntillonSummer 2026 Fellow (published cohort)

Mallika GummallaVenture Partner

Mariana Perez-GavilanSummer 2026 Fellow (published cohort)

Matt Cohen (Clean Energy Ventures)Investment Partner

Max WernyInvestor

Maya BhatInvestor

Nora Mead BrownellVenture Partner

Peter SopherVenture Partner

Raffi FreemanVenture Partner

Shanbor GuptaInvestment Partner

Stasha BurpeeManager of Impact Measurement and Management

Ted DillonChief Operating Officer

Temple FennellCo-Founder & Managing Partner

Wynston ReedPrincipal

Yi Jean ChowInvestment Partner

Co-investing

Extantia

NexDash€5M · 2025-11-21

Magnetic Capital

NexDash€5M · 2025-11-21

Micron Ventures

Aqua Membranes$— · 2021-04-22

Investments

$—2023-09-25	Aqua Membranes	Clean Energy Ventures
$—2021-04-22	Aqua Membranes	Micron Ventures, Clean Energy Ventures
€5M2025-11-21	NexDash	Extantia, Clean Energy Ventures, Magnetic Capital

team@apexlogos.ai18 hours ago
CEV was established in 2017, distinct from predecessors’ investing history since the early 2000s. Own directory publishes 20 core people, 14 venture partners, 4 strategic advisory board members and 5 explicitly labeled Summer2026 fellows. Fellows are historical summer-cohort affiliations, not asserted current employment; no unknown end dates invented. October7,2026 own announcement promotes Shanbor Gupta and Matt Cohen to Investment Partner and Elizabeth Pacelle to Senior Manager of Marketing & Platform, superseding directory Principal/Associate labels. Venture partners’ outside employer labels are background, not CEV job titles. FundII closed exactUSD305m May29,2024; totalAUM415m and predecessorFundI110m not individual new fund size. Aqua2021/2023 parts are manager-level; no FundII allocation inferred.