Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Wayne Hao
Please join us for an amazing lineup in our online webinar on climate investing and the environment!
Following the panelist presentations, we will leave time for networking and Q&A for the audience members that will include investors, entrepreneurs and other environmentally focused alumni.
Please RSVP below for the link to the online event (sent in the confirmation email) or register on Eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-investing-roundtables-in-energy-ai-blue-economy-built-environment-tickets-945589602957?aff=oddtdtcreator
This will be an exciting first online panel event for the Wharton Environment and Climate Action Network (WECAN), for more information on how you can reach other Wharton alumni in the environmental space, please visit www.whartonecan.org.
Date: July 31, Wednesday | Time: 12noon EST / 5pm UK time
12noon: Featured Speaker
- Robin Castelli - Partner & Head of Transition Finance Investments, Orange Ridge Capital
12:10pm: Panels in preparation for Climate Investing Breakout Sessions
- Catherine Jadot - CEO, Elemental Solutions
- Wayne Hao | LinkedIn - VP of Corporate Development, Nano Nuclear Energy (NASDAQ)
- Mark Crawford - Head of Caterpillar Ventures
- Joyeeta Das - Co-Founder, SamudraOceans
- John White | LinkedIn - Managing Director (EMEA), RiskThinking.AI
- Lisa Lambie - Managing Partner & Chief Impact Officer, Maroon Venture Fund I LP
12:45pm: Climate Investing Roundtables / Breakout Sessions
- Energy & Built Environment
- Blue Economy
- Artificial Intelligence across Built Environment & Blue Economy
1:25pm: Roundtable Wrapup & Facilitation for continued networking
ABOUT OUR HOSTS:
Managing Partner & Chief Impact Officer of Maroon Venture Fund I LP (Affiliate of Maroon Invest Global)
Lisa Lambie is Managing Partner & Chief Impact Officer of Maroon Venture Fund I LP (affiliate of Maroon Invest Global), which is a highly differentiated US-based emerging fund manager investing anchor capital in innovative early-stage ventures (Pre-Seed to Series A) to accelerate innovation and close material funding gaps addressing chronic Population Health and Climate conditions (impacting Population Health) traditionally under-invested in. Climate priority areas are in Blue Economy, Built Environment (material innovation, health infrastructure), and leveraging Artificial Intelligence to accelerate impact and efficiency of Climate solutions.
Fund team has deep expertise and a proven investment track record (in Climate investments) as institutional LPs and successful venture builders, who have scaled and exited both ventures and funds in Maroon’s target Health and Climate sectors while astutely managing portfolio risk. Team track record collectively reflects significant AUM, multiple fund exits, venture exits, IPOs; and demonstrates the potential ability to deliver attractive returns in conjunction with tangible impact.
VP of Corporate Development, NANO Nuclear Energy (NASDAQ: NNE)
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Co-Director of the Wharton Environment and Climate Action Network (WECAN)
Wayne Hao (WG11) is currently the Vice President of Corporate Development for NANO Nuclear Energy, a NASDAQ-listed clean energy technology company that focuses on nuclear microreactors with additional vertically integrated business lines in the nuclear supply chain.
In past roles, Mr. Hao has held leadership positions in successful entrepreneurial ventures including helping build and sell two early-stage startups with successful exits of over $150M in exit value and serving as an investment analyst for an $800M venture investment firm.
Mr. Hao holds an MBA from The Wharton Business School and a BS from Washington University in St. Louis.
Co-Director of the Wharton Environment and Climate Action Network (WECAN)
Amy Richard Butte (WG03) has a career in delivering solutions for sustainability. Her experience includes product development, marketing and sales, commodity pricing and structuring, and project development.
At Constellation Energy, she launched successful renewable energy, onsite solar, and load management products representing hundreds of megawatts of power. As a consultant, she has worked with Pacific Gas and Electric, EPRI, PARC, Viridity Energy (now Ormat), EnerVault, the City of Santa Monica, and other clean tech startups and nonprofit organizations. Amy performs regulatory analysis and has worked as an advocate for equitable climate action. Amy earned her MBA in Operations and Finance from Wharton and a BA from Stanford.