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Prime Movers Lab Webinar Preview: Emerging Carbon Sequestration Markets
Talks about Investing, Climate Change and Technology
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Carly Anderson
Principal at Prelude Ventures
Oakland, California
Overview
Carly Anderson is an Early Stage Investor specializing in Energy & Climate Tech, currently serving as Principal at Prelude Ventures in Oakland, California. With a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and experience at companies like Mosaic Materials and Prime Movers Lab, she brings expertise in chemical engineering and a strong track record of investing in sectors like EnergyTech and CleanTech in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Work Experience
Principal
2022 - Current
We invest in climate.
Board Member
2021 - 2023
CarbonCapture is a climate tech company that develops direct air capture (DAC) machines to remove CO2 directly from the atmosphere.
Raised $115,000,000.00 from Alumni Ventures, Aramco Ventures, Siemens Financial Services, Climate Pledge Fund, IdealabX, Prime Movers Lab, Time Ventures, Neotribe Ventures, Climate Pledge Fund and Alumni Ventures.
Chemical Engineer and Partner
2020 - 2022
Identifying, performing diligence for and supporting prospective portfolio companies at this physics and deep tech-focused venture capital fund.
Prime Movers Lab invests in startups reinventing energy, transportation, infrastructure, manufacturing, human augmentation, and agriculture.
Senior Engineer
2019 - 2019
Engineer
2017 - 2019
Mosaic Materials help reduce the cost and environmental impact of fossil fuels.
Associate Engineer
2008 - 2011
Completed technical consulting projects for the energy sector, focusing on corrosion mitigation and water chemistry optimization. Helped nuclear industry clients identify opportunities to recover generation capacity through chemical cleaning and water chemistry modifications. As part of this position, I developed and carried out laboratory research programs, performed statistical analysis of material failure rates, assisted in the qualification of new materials (addressing safety and materials considerations), and deployed technologies we developed at nuclear plants around the world.
Dominion Engineering provides innovative equipment, technology, and consulting services.
HHMI EXROP Scholar
2006 - 2006
Doudna Lab, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Engineering Intern
2005 - 2005
A Berkshire Hathaway company, is a technology-driven global company