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Flipping the Switch on Home Decarbonization
Talks about Climatetech, Worldpositive and home decarbonization
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Andrew Beebe
Managing Director at Obvious Ventures
San Francisco, California
Overview
Andrew Beebe is the Managing Director at Obvious Ventures in San Francisco, California, where he leads investments in various sectors including Lodging/Hospitality and CleanTech. His career highlights include serving as a board member for multiple companies and investing in successful ventures like Zanskar, Halcyon, and Lightship.
Andrew Beebe has a strong background in renewable energy and start-ups, with a focus on solar energy and cleantech. His role at Obvious Ventures involves strategic leadership in investing in innovative companies, contributing to the growth of sustainable energy solutions.
Work Experience
Managing Director
2015 - Current
Obvious is a venture capital firm investing in startups reimagining trillion-dollar industries through a world positive lens. Our three investment pillars are Sustainable Systems, Healthy Living, and People Power. We invest at both early and growth stages. Select investments include Beyond Meat, Miyoko's Creamery, and Good Eggs in food; Virta, Devoted Health, and Galileo in healthcare; Zymergen, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, and LabGenius in computational biology; Proterra, Lilium, and Amply in electrified transportation; Hedvig, One Finance, Corvus, and Openly in fintech; and Incredible Health and Gusto, platforms helping people thrive at work. For more, head to https://obvious.com/
Investing in entrepreneurs who are reimagining trillion-dollar industries across planetary, human, and economic health.
Board Member
2024
Zanskar develops a predictive platform informed by massive data for discovering previously unknown geothermal resources.
Raised $42,230,000.00 from Munich Re Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Obvious Ventures, Clearvision Ventures, Safar Partners, First Star Ventures and Lowercarbon Capital.
Board Member
2024
Arbor is a home energy advisor that assist you automatically decrease your electric rate on an ongoing basis for free.
Raised $9,000,000.00 from FJ Labs.
Board Member
2024
Board Member
2023
Board Member
2022
Synop develops a smart charging platform for commercial EV fleets.
Raised $10,000,000.00 from Wireframe Ventures, Congruent Ventures, Obvious Ventures and Better Ventures.
Board Member
2021
Forum Mobility provides zero-emission drayage turnkey battery electric truck and charging solutions for fleets and drivers.
Raised $27,000,000.00 from Ava Community Energy.
Board Member
2021
Lightship is an all-electric RV manufacturer, designer, and a producer of an aerodynamic, battery-powered trailer for the electric age.
Raised $61,214,778.00 from HyperGuap, Obvious Ventures, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, Congruent Ventures, Green D Ventures, Prelude Ventures, Climate Tech Circle, Thor Industries, Alumni Ventures and Allegis Capital.
Board Member
2021
SINAI Technologies builds enterprise decarbonization software to monitor, analyze, and reduce carbon emissions.
Raised $35,950,000.00 from Presidio Ventures, Afore Capital, High Alpha, Energize Capital, HighSage Ventures, Singtel Innov8, NEC Orchestrating Future Fund, Obvious Ventures, Stardust Equity and Valo Ventures.
Board of Managers
2015
Education
BA
1989 - 1993