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Alicia Lenis

Investor at Rithmik Solutions

Vancouver, British Columbia

Overview 

Alicia Lenis, Vice President at Chrysalix Venture Capital in Vancouver, British Columbia, is known for her expertise in investing in decarbonization and digitalization of industrials. With a background in mechanical engineering and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, she has excelled in leadership roles at companies like Bain & Company and Algoma Central Corporation. Lenis has a strong track record in project management and engineering management, having held technical manager positions in environmental technology and new designs at Algoma Central Corporation, and currently leads investments in sectors such as EnergyTech and ClimateTech/CleanTech at Chrysalix Venture Capital.

Work Experience 

  • Vice President

    2018 - Current

    Chrysalix is a global venture capital fund with a long history commercializing step-change innovation for resource intensive industries. We invest in intelligent systems, energy technology and resource productivity solutions to deliver outsized financial returns and environmental sustainability. By teaming up with leading industrial companies and outstanding entrepreneurs, Chrysalix connects market driven problems to breakthrough solutions.

  • Kauffman Fellow

    2022

    The Kauffman Fellows Program identifies and develops global leaders in VC while providing a structured curriculum, peer learning, executive coaching, and networking — all with a focus on giving back and one's responsibility as a leader in venture capital. With 800+ Fellows across 65 countries, Kauffman Fellows is the largest network of VCs and innovation leaders in the world.

Co-investment VC firm supporting the mission of the Kauffman Fellows

  • Investor & Board Director

    2021

  • Investor & Board Observer

    2019

    "Key hole surgery" for mining. Accessing high grade narrow veins through drilling and smart sensing. A greener mining method for our planet!

  • Investor & Board Observer

    2021 - 2022

    VerAI Discoveries is disrupting Mineral Exploration by deploying a revolutionary Artificial Intelligence Platform that detects concealed mineral deposits.

VerAI Discoveries accelerates the global zero-carbon transformation by deploying an AI platform that detects concealed mineral deposits.

Raised $15,400,000.00 from Blumberg Capital, Chrysalix Venture Capital, T. Rowe Price and Orion Resource Partners.

  • Case Team Leader

    2013 - 2018

    Bain & Company is one of the world's leading management consulting firms. Bain advises global leaders on their most critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, information technology, digital transformation and strategy, advanced analytics, transformations, sustainability, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. Bain has worked with the majority of the Global 500, thousands of major regional and local organizations, hundreds of nonprofits, and private equity funds representing 75% of global equity capital. Specific Focus: Industrial Goods & Services, Utilities & Energy, Energy Services

  • Leaders for Global Operations Fellow

    2011 - 2013

    Fellow in Dual Degree M.Eng/MBA program, specialization in Energy, Natural Resources & Environment Merit Scholarship for outstanding applicants

  • Global Operations Intern

    2012 - 2012

  • Technical Manager - Environmental Technology

    2010 - 2010

    Canadian shipping company operating largest domestic fleet of bulk and self-unloading bulk carriers

  • Technical Manager - China Shipbuilding

    2008 - 2010

  • Technical Manager - Projects & New Designs

    2007 - 2008

  • Hull Technician

    2006 - 2007

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