Sam Runkle
Partner, Syndicate at Climate Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partnerships/BD + Enterprise Sales
2023 - Current
Go-to-market
2022
We enable profitable decarbonization - with speed, precision, and value - across 100s to 1,000s of buildings at once. We built technology to make it simple for commercial real estate owners to evaluate, rank, select, then mass-deploy clean energy wherever it meets their carbon and IRR targets. Customers include Hines, Bridge IG, Nuveen, Tishman and many other CRE leaders. Backed by Lowercarbon, Designer Fund, Ajax Strategies, Climate Capital, Third Derivative
Lumen Energy focuses on helping building owners save money with clean energy.
Raised $15,291,900.00 from Lowercarbon Capital, Designer Fund and Bridge Investment Group.
Partner, Syndicate
2023
Principal
2022
Focused on built environment & energy. Led CC investments in: -Tangible Materials (Seed) -Gradient Comfort (Series A) -Ever.green (Seed) -Marathon Fusion (Pre-seed) -Electric Air (Seed) -Keeling Labs (Seed) -Upfront (Seed) -Zero (Seed) -Reflect Orbital (Pre-Seed)
Associate
2022 - 2022
Backing emissions reduction & adaptation since 2015. 100+ incl Mosaic, Weavegrid, BlocPower & Arcadia. Invest in the fund @ angel.co/v/l/PN41p Back the syndicate @ angel.co/s/climate-capital/dinwa More @ climatecapital.co
Climate Capital is an investment firm that supports companies that directly or indirectly reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
Scout
2022
Enduring Planet is a fintech lender focused on the New Climate Economy.
Raised $5,000,000.00 from Dangerous Ventures.
Climate Tech Fellow
2021 - 2023
ODCT + Build for Climate
On Deck is a community platform designed to develop different ideas and build companies.
Raised $20,000,000.00 from Pioneer Fund.
Venture Fellow
2021 - 2022
Venture Fellow for the Green D Ventures fund of AV. We are a Venture Capital firm and community of Dartmouth alumni investors, executives, entrepreneurs, and innovation enthusiasts. We raise capital from Dartmouth alumni and friends of the community, and seek to invest primarily in alumni-led startups. We are private, for-profit, and not part of (but friendly with) Dartmouth. Every year, we build a portfolio of 20-30 companies spanning industry, stage and geography. We co-invest alongside established venture capital lead investors. We are an experienced, diverse community of 24,000 alumni with different backgrounds and reasons for joining. If you are interested in entrepreneurship or venture capital, let's connect. Learn more here: https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/19/alumni-ventures-group-is-the-most-active-venture-fund-youve-never-heard-of/
Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital investment firm that manages fund families that invest in a portfolio of companies.
Raised $500,000.00 from Michael Bunning.
Sustainability Lead
2021 - 2022
Head of Sales
2020 - 2022
B2B SaaS backed by Susa Ventures, Struck Capital, Day One Ventures and others
Paylode is the easiest way to launch and manage the best Perks & Engagement Programs in the industry.
Raised $8,000,000.00 from Struck Capital, Day One Ventures, Susa Ventures and Vinyl Capital.
Consultant
2020 - 2020
Zipnosis is a hospital and healthcare company that specializes in online diagnosis and triage, telehealth, and virtual care.
Raised $24,750,009.00 from Hyde Park Venture Partners, Omphalos Venture, Safeguard Scientifics, Arthur Ventures, Fairview Health Services, Ascension Ventures and Waterline Ventures.
Consultant
2020 - 2020
Sustainability Lead
2020 - 2020
Business Development Lead, Real Estate
2019 - 2020
Real Estate Partnerships
2018 - 2019
Zeus Living provides furnished housing intended for business and personal travel.
Raised $151,570,000.00 from TI Platform Management, Susquehanna International Group (SIG), NFX, BBQ Capital, Miras, Initialized Capital, Castor Ventures and Eric Wu.
Business Development Associate
2017 - 2017
The Real Estate Performance Platform(TM) - SF-based CRE Technology SAAS