Morgan Defoort
Managing Partner at Factor[e] Ventures
Fort Collins, Colorado
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2013 - Current
Partner
2020
Equator is a venture capital firm with teams in Nairobi, Lagos, London and Colorado that targets technology-enabled, early-stage ventures in energy, agriculture and mobility that are accelerating an equitable climate transition in Sub-Saharan Africa and supporting inclusive economic growth.
Board Member
2021
Sentry has developed a unique bio-electrode sensor technology that provides real-time microbial performance monitoring in anaerobic and aerobic wastewater treatment systems.
Board Member
2020 - 2023
Board Member
2017 - 2022
Odyssey provides technology and finance solutions for distributed renewable energy companies at every stage of project deployment.
Raised $20,340,000.00 from MCJ, Equator, Founder Collective, Transition, FJ Labs, Transition Venture Capital, Union Square Ventures, Twelve Below, Standish Spring Investments and Climate Capital.
Board Member
2017 - 2019
Board Member
2016 - 2017
Managing Director
2013 - 2015
Co-Director, Engines & Energy Conversion Lab
2007 - 2013
Independent Contractor - Biomass Cookstoves
2009 - 2010
Assessed the local capabilities relevant to the manufacture of biomass cookstove across multiple counties in Africa, and helped develop technology development path forward for government cookstove programs in Bangladesh.
The World Bank Group provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries.
Raised $81,000,000.00 from Northern Trust, QBE Insurance Group, NSW Treasury Corporation, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, SAFA, Aware Super and Treasury Corporation of Victoria.
Education
PhD
2000 - 2008
Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy
2007 - 2007
BA
1996 - 2000