Maria Casciani
Venture & Growth Investment Associate at Galvanize Climate Solutions
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Venture & Growth Investment Associate
2022 - Current
Galvanize Climate Solutions provide the capital, and partnerships necessary to produce and scale vital and urgent climate solutions.
Investment Associate
2021 - 2022
Associate on Double Impact Team, focused on the Sustainability vertical
Bain Capital is an alternative investment firm specializing in private equity, venture capital, and credit products.
Business Analyst
2019 - 2021
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity
Public Policy Intern
2018 - 2018
• Composed policy memos to support startups’ regulatory strategy development • Performed social media analysis and synthesis for an organization looking to improve PR
Tusk Venture Partners invests in early-stage technology startups operating in highly-regulated markets.
Summer Business Analyst
2018 - 2018
• Compared a Northeast utility’s current initiatives to ones at other US utilities • Sized the savings potential of over 50 new initiatives across the Electric & Capital groups • Created a highly-referenced internal document of best practices for utilities to lower OpEx & CapEx • Co-wrote a synthesis of the utility’s current efforts and strategic vision, for the CEO to present to the board
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity
Research Intern
2018 - 2018
• Developed a machine learning model to more precisely estimate the incidence of steam heating of ~1 million buildings in the New York Area, based on public tax and building audit data • Authored an executive report for NYSERDA, documenting the research methodology and findings
Urban Green Council focuses on creating a more sustainable city. Specifically, we work to make a difference in the New York City building
Summer Business Analyst
2017 - 2017
• Analyzed sales data to drive the development of a new pricing strategy for a high-growth tech startup • Engaged in problem solving with client and McKinsey leadership to improve the client’s pricing strategy • Selected & bundled key metrics for a performance dashboard & modeled the ROI of growth initiatives
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity
Research & Implementation Intern
2016 - 2016
• Researched the political feasibility of Community Choice Energy, a disruptive energy supply model which allows for more renewables in the electricity mix, to inform the organization’s West Coast political strategy • Consolidated employees’ disparate professional contact systems into a CRM database, doubling the network by adding 4,000 supporters into the system & creating a report to track member payments • Directed & successfully completed the CA Green Business certification process, strengthening CCP’s reputation
Software Engineering Intern
2016 - 2016
• Created a web-app tool in Django enabling Operations to increase order & production data transparency, saving ~$250k annually • Devised software quality assurance practices, which resulted in the creation of a quality assurance position
Brewers of fine ales, mystery, and romance.
Youth Advisory Board Member
2013 - 2015
• Founded and organized an annual Green Teen conference, enabling 75-100 local teen activists to share strategies • Served as Youth Advisory Board Member for the Center for Climate Protection: wrote grant proposals, organized events to reduce the carbon footprint of high school students, & spoke at the Spare the Air conference • Led my high school's Eco2School Program, increasing 1,700 students’ car low-carbon transportation by 21%