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Logan Ashcraft

Principal at Standard Investments

United States

Overview 

Logan Ashcraft is a Principal at Standard Investments, specializing in Defense, Climate, and Industrials sectors. He is a Kauffman Fellow with a Master's in Environmental Science from Yale University and has held key roles at various companies, including Forterra, Quaise Energy, and Saildrone Inc, where he served as an Investor and Board Observer. Ashcraft's career highlights include his roles as a Board Director at Hippo Harvest and Leap, as well as his involvement in strategic investments at KoBold Metals and AssetWatch®. His expertise in financial modeling, energy, and program management has been instrumental in his success in investing in sectors like ClimateTech, CleanTech, and FinTech.

Work Experience 

  • Investor

    2024 - Current

  • In-Class Fellow

    2024

Co-investment VC firm supporting the mission of the Kauffman Fellows

  • Investor

    2023

  • Board Observer, Investor

    2023

Saildrone manufactures and operates a fleet of the capable and proven unmanned surface vehicles.

Raised $189,500,000.00 from Social Capital, Tribe Capital, Haystack, XN-Ventures, Bond, Standard Investment, Emerson Collective, Capricorn Investment Group, Sand Hill Angels and CCIX Global.

  • Board Director, Investor

    2023

Hippo Harvest develops an agriculture technology to help scale sustainable agriculture.

Raised $34,000,000.00 from Hawthorne Food Ventures, Congruent Ventures, Energy Impact Partners, Climate Pledge Fund and Collaborative Fund.

  • Board Director, Compensation Committee, Investor

    2023

Leap serves as a marketplace linking distributed energy resources with energy markets.

Raised $60,100,000.00 from Presidio Ventures, Congruent Ventures and Congruent Ventures.

  • Board Observer, Investor

    2023

AssetWatch is a deployable, remote, end-to-end condition monitoring solution providing predictive insight to enable proactive maintenance.

Raised $91,137,997.00 from OUP (Osage University Partners), G2 Venture Partners, Spark Growth Ventures, JobsOhio, Standard Investments, Wellington Management and Triangle Peak Partners.

  • Investor

    2023

KoBold Metals is an AI-powered critical mineral startup that discovers essential materials for electric vehicles and renewable energy.

Raised $898,955,627.00 from Bond, Equinor Ventures, Earthshot Ventures, T. Rowe Price, Andreessen Horowitz, July Fund, BHP Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Mitsubishi Corporation and John Zimmer.

  • Principal

    2022

    Standard Investments is a multi-billion-dollar fund spanning early-stage venture, venture growth and public market equities.

  • International Strategy Forum Fellow

    2023

    Schmidt Futures bets early on exceptional people making the world better. Founded by Eric (former CEO and Executive Chairman of Google) and Wendy Schmidt, Schmidt Futures is a philanthropic initiative that brings talented people together in networks to prove out their ideas and solve hard problems in science and society.

Schmidt Futures is a philanthropic initiative, founded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt, that seeks to improve societal outcomes.

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