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Paul Seidler
Managing Director at Evergreen Climate Innovations
Chicago, Illinois
Overview
Paul Seidler is the Managing Director at Evergreen Climate Innovations, where he leads strategic planning, business development, and entrepreneurship initiatives in the renewable energy and cleantech sectors. With a background in venture capital and commercialization, he has successfully invested in companies like Bedrock Materials and Mito Material Solutions, focusing on sectors such as EnergyTech and ClimateTech/CleanTech.
Seidler's career highlights include his role in overseeing venture development at Evergreen Climate Innovations and serving on the boards of various innovative companies like C-Motive Technologies and CorePower Magnetics, contributing to the growth and success of startups in the Midwest region.
Work Experience
Managing Director
2018 - Current
Evergreen Climate Innovations is a “501vc®” fund that invests in early-stage climate tech startups in the greater Midwest, operating a unique investment model that leverages a not-for-profit structure to address a gap in the capital market. The revolving evergreen fund invests across a wide range of climate and cleantech sub-sectors, including energy efficiency, energy storage, renewables, advanced materials, mobility, water, and ag-tech.
Director, Venture Development
2014 - 2018
Evergreen Climate Innovations supports entrepreneurs and startups that are bringing impactful climate technologies to market.
Raised $1,049,703.00 from US Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administation and US Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administation.
Board Observer
2023
Board Member
2020 - 2023
Next generation high-efficiency, high-torque electric motors
C-Motive Technologies is a venture-backed cleantech startup that develops electrostatic motor technology.
Raised $14,527,217.00 from PRIME Coalition and Prime Impact Fund.
Board Observer
2022
CorePower Magnetics’ patented combination of advanced manufacturing processes and novel materials increases electric vehicle ranges.
Raised $28,699,802.00 from US Department of Energy, US Department of Energy and US Department of Energy.
Board Observer
2021
Catalyzing sustainable agriculture via TopSoil, a soil health data management platform.
Board Observer
2016 - 2023
Enabling smart buildings.
Igor is a developer of a power lighting platform used to offer an intelligent control over LED lighting systems in spaces of all sizes.
Raised $14,473,962.00 from Next Level Ventures and CMA Ventures.
Board Member
2016 - 2021
The world's first and largest on-demand A/E marketplace for the solar and telecommunications industries.
GreenLancer is an online marketplace for solar energy, telecom, and EV charging station design & engineering
Raised $5,500,000.00 from Evergreen Climate Innovations.
Board Observer
2018 - 2019
Making your building work for you through affordable, accessible building automation solutions - right out of the box.
75F is a predictive and proactive IoT-based building automation system that addresses HVAC, lighting, and equipment control needs.
Raised $29,855,000.00 from WIND Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Accurant International, Next47, Climate Investment, WIND Ventures, Revolution, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
Board Observer
2016 - 2017
SPLT is an enterprise ridesharing platform changing the way people commute to work together.
Director of Business Development
2011 - 2013
• Developed business model and growth strategies to commercialize intellectual property for clean-tech applications in the energy, electronics, and aerospace industries • Conducted financial modeling / valuations to derive value-based pricing and licensing strategies • Built relationships with supply chain partners for scaled up raw materials procurement and product manufacturing • Engaged early adopter customers; negotiated joint development contracts • Managed internal operations
Business Analyst Intern
2010 - 2010
• Executed energy-efficiency projects that utilized low-cost investments to reduce energy usage, including uncovering energy-saving opportunities with payback of one year or less, amounting to savings of up to 20% • Conducted statistical analyses to derive proprietary energy usage metrics; enabled client to independently identify energy-saving opportunities on an ongoing basis • Completed comprehensive market assessment to identify target customers and prospective strategic partnerships
Experience , Result & Relationship since 1990