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Christina Karapataki

Partner at Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Boston, Massachusetts

Overview

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2017 - Current

    Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) invests in companies that leverage innovative technologies to help address climate change. Backed by many of the world’s top business leaders, BEV has more than $1 billion in committed capital to support bold entrepreneurs building companies that can significantly reduce emissions from agriculture, buildings, electricity, manufacturing, and transportation. The fund was created in 2016 by the Breakthrough Energy Coalition.

  • Board Member

    2023

    ReMo is developing a fleet of distributed-scale ammonia plants that use renewable energy to make nitrogen fertilizers at prices competitive with those from the giant natural gas-fueled suppliers.

  • Board Member

    2022

    Solar power plant deployment using robotics and automation.

  • Board Observer

    2022

    Unlock zero-emission energy embedded in natural gas using methane pyrolysis and thermocatalysis to extract the carbon a dense solid and hydrogen.

  • Board Member

    2021

    Antora Energy is electrifying heavy industry with thermal energy storage for zero-carbon heat and power.

  • Board Member

    2021

    Modular lithium refining – Enabling the lowest cost production of battery grade lithium hydroxide

  • Board Member

    2021

    Making CO2 mineralisation feasible, accessible, and scalable.

  • Board Member

    2021

    Enabling affordable green hydrogen production at scale.

  • Board Observer

    2020

    Bloom selectively converts the most abundant biopolymers – cellulose & lignin – into added-value chemical products.

  • Board Observer

    2019

    Next-generation geothermal developer generating clean power.

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