Jing Ge
Managing Partner at Vectors Capital
Jing Ge
Managing Partner at Vectors Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2022 - Current
Investing in the frontier of climate solutions
Founding Manager
2019
Vectors Angel is an angel group that focuses exclusively on impact investment with a primary focus on sustainability and healthcare. We invite angel investors to join the network and syndicate on deals. The deals we focus on are technology-driven solutions. We have a due diligence team that vet startups and we require our deal team leads to angel invest the deal themselves before recommending the deal to the investor network. However all startups are encouraged to apply and we will happy to provide visibilities of the startups through our deal days despite our investment decisions. For fundraising: please submit your deck through www.vectors.earth Please follow Linkedin or website to check out our investment insights. If you are interested in joining our deal team through investment fellowship program or as a venture partner, please apply directly online.
Affiliate
2018
Cleantech to market pathway research
Senior Research Associate
2015 - 2018
Work with U.S. DOE for numerous cross-border research projects that advance global collaborations on climate change. U.S. - China Clean Energy Research Center Building Energy Efficiency Program (CERC-BEE) Building energy efficiency research related to energy efficiency policies, financing, economic studies, and technical practices C40 China Building Energy Efficiency Pathway and U.S. best practice studies Pollution research Better Buildings Study Cool roof's applications and building energy efficiency standards
President (Volunteer)
2017
Energy Innovation Network is an all volunteer-run NGO that was founded at Stanford in early 2015. We are located in Silicon Valley, where the high-tech industry and the energy industry are developing rapidly together. Our vision is to strengthen the exchange of science and technology, business and policy globally to accelerate a sustainable future. Our focus areas include smart grid, energy big data, energy Internet of things, energy efficiency, solar and energy storage, electric vehicles, oil and gas, environmental policy and other aspects of energy-related fields. Energy Innovation Network brings together experts, scholars and business elites in all fields of the energy industry and hopes to promote the common development and progress of the industry in the future through cross-border collaborations.
Cleantech to Market Innovation Project Lead (CITRIS-CIEE)
2020 - 2022
Collaborate with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to evaluate cleantech innovation landscape and tech-to-market pathways/ gaps. Interview and collaborate with more than 50 industry collaborators, including VC, PE, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other stakeholders. Use energy storage as a case study example, and the State of California as a regional public-private partnership example that fosters regional cleantech innovation.
Innovation and Partnership Manager (CITRIS / CITRIS Foundry) / Venture Partner (Blue Bear Venture)
2018 - 2020
CITRIS Foundry deep tech incubator/accelerator program Startup mentorships International collaboration programs CITRIS healthcare programs Venture Partner at the affiliated VC fund Blue Bear Venture
Corporate Venture Stategy Investment Manager - International Deal Lead
2019 - 2020
I am an investor with Goldwind's startegic corporate venture unit. - Work with company leadership to identify corporation strategy and future business directions. - Work with the corporate venture Goldwind Innovation Capital on investment and M&A practices that align with corporate strategic direction. Facilitate business unit collaboration with startup companies. Evaluate new strategic directions in particular in emerging energy storage technologies. - The investment focuses on innovations in the renewable energy industry, water treatment, or cleantech in general. Goldwind is the world second-largest wind turbine manufacturer and the largest in China, with businesses in wind farm development, microgrids, solar, and water treatment. Expanding in other cleantech fields.
Consultant researcher and investor
2016 - 2016
Draft Tsing Capital's white paper on how disruptive technology and business model change cleantech industry. The White paper serves as the investment thesis for the fifth Clean Environment Fund ($800 M) Cleantech and smart tech deal sourcing, due diligence, and investment decision
Co-founder and Director of Student and Young Professional Branch
2014 - 2015
• Established organization foundation - worked on organization registration, bylaw, tax issues as well as board formation. Coordinate and lead the journal access initiative with Cornell library and publishers to provide sustainable building related journal access to developing countries • Organize online and off-line activities such as summer camp, seminars etc to facilitate international research collaboration, scholar exchange, and business engagement. • Develop organization growth strategies
Principle Research Investigator
2014 - 2015
Leading an international collaborative research project on demand responses program in China (Cornell U, Tsinghua University, Jiangsu Electric Company). Collect 1400+ surveys from families to understand electricity usage behaviors and how to better design Time of Use programs. Work is funded by: Jeffrey Sean Lehman Fund for Scholarly Exchange with China
Teaching Assistant
2014 - 2015
Teaching assistant for course: - Sustainable design - Human Factors and ergonomics - Studies in Design Thinking - Hospice Design
Founder and President
2010 - 2013
Non-profit organization founder, manage a 20+ team, responsibilities included: solicitation of initial and continuous organization funding, events organization including 200+ person conferences, periodic seminars and field trips targeted for students. Organize students and professor education events to incorporate sustainability into the engineering curriculum. Received media coverage, featured in "Engineering Dimensions" Magazine at Professional Engineering Ontario. 2011, March/April Issue Within three years, I have grown the membership base to over 1000 members. Over the past 8 years of growth, SEA today is still the most active sustainability student organization in U of T and pan-Toronto area. About the organization: The mission of the Sustainable Engineers’ Association (SEA) is to empower engineering students with knowledge, interest, passion, and ultimately experience within the domain of sustainable development. SEA host numerous events throughout the year, partners with other University of Toronto sustainability organizations, and provides opportunities for engineering students to collaborate with students in other disciplines and faculties on university-wide sustainability initiatives.
Education
Master of Science (MS)
2013 - 2015
Executive MBA
2021 - 2021
Bachelors
2008 - 2013