Katie Mcclain
Partner & COO at Energize Capital
Greater Chicago Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner & COO
2022 - Current
Partner
2019
Director of Market Development
2018 - 2019
Deliver the Fund's strategic value to key stakeholders: limited partners and entrepreneurs. Responsible for developing business leads for the Fund's portfolio companies, helping portfolio and pipeline companies navigate and leverage the network, and leading the marketing and communication efforts of the Fund.
Board Member
2022
Board Member
2021
Jupiter is the market leader for climate risk analytics in key industries, including insurance, banking, asset management, real estate, energy, utilities and power, oil and gas, manufacturing, chemicals, mining, retail, agriculture, the public sector, and NGOs.
Jupiter offers climate risk analytics that turns sophisticated climate science into actionable data.
Raised $87,200,000.00 from DCVC, MS&AD Ventures, Jack L. Oliver III, Ignition Partners, SYSTEMIQ, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Energize Capital, Clearvision Ventures, MPower Partners and QBE Ventures.
Board Observer
2018 - 2023
DroneDeploy is the leading cloud software platform for commercial drones, and is making the power of aerial data accessible and productive for everyone.
DroneDeploy is a cloud-based drone mapping and analytics platform to help businesses get things done.
Raised $142,552,368.00 from Bessemer Venture Partners, Emergence, Uncork Capital, Frontline Ventures, Airtree Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, AngelPad, Energize Capital and BluePointe Ventures.
Board Member
2019 - 2022
Sitetracker empowers project managers to effectively manage increasingly numerous and complex capital projects. Built by industry experts, Sitetracker is the world's first full-lifecycle project management platform, enabling innovators to plan effectively, deploy efficiently, and grow both the use and valuation of their portfolios. Market leaders in the telecommunications, utilities, smart cities, and alternative energy industries - such as Verizon, SAC Wireless, Intersection Media, and Volta Charging - rely on Sitetracker to manage over 900,000 sites and projects representing over $12 billion of capital assets in the United States and Europe.
Vice President of Public Affairs
2017 - 2018
Director Public Affairs
2015 - 2017
Senior Manager, State Government Affairs
2013 - 2015
Invenergy is a privately-held developer, operator, and investor in clean energy solutions and services.
Raised $8,363,042,552.00 from Monarch Private Capital.
Director, Building Retrofit Program
2011 - 2013
Worked to accelerate the energy efficiency retrofit and clean energy markets. I was responsible for strategy and implementation of the program and oversee a team of 18 in multiple locations.
Chicago City Director
2007 - 2011
Worked directly with the City of Chicago to implement projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and acheive the goals of the Chicago Climate Action Plan.
Senior Policy Advisor
2004 - 2007
Advisor to then Lt. Governor Quinn on environmental policy issues, projects, and programs.