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Nat Simons

Founder of Prelude Ventures

Berkeley, California

Overview 

Nat Simons is the Co-Founder of Prelude Ventures, specializing in alternative investments and venture capital, with a focus on ClimateTech/CleanTech and FinTech sectors in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in finance and business development, Nat has successfully co-founded multiple organizations, including Prelude Ventures and the Sea Change Foundation.

Work Experience 

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Prelude Ventures

  • Co Founder

    2009 - Current

    Prelude Ventures was founded in 2009 as a new platform for venture investing in the cleantech sector. The platform combines a long-term commitment to the sector, willingness to accept informed risks, the capital to enable companies to develop on appropriate timelines and a fundamental emphasis on venture-level returns. Prelude Ventures is committed to novel solutions that address climate change and a net reduction of CO2.

We invest in climate.

preludeventures.com
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Meritage Group

  • Managing Director

    2007

Meritage Group LP is a privately owned hedge fund sponsor formed in November 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California.

meritagegroup.com
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Sea Change Foundation

  • Co-Founder

    2006

Renaissance Technologies

  • Principal

    1994 - 2007

    Renaissance Technologies is a quantitative investment management company trading in global financial markets, dedicated to producing exceptional returns for its investors by strictly adhering to mathematical and statistical methods. Nat Simons remains a board member and vice-chair of Renaissance.

Cylink Corp

  • Worker

    1989 - 1992

    Cylink Corporation develops and delivers solutions for secure transactions and communications over local area networks, wide area networks, public packet switched networks, and broadcast networks.

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