Tom Rand

Founder of ArcTern Ventures

Montreal, Quebec

Overview

Tom Rand is the Co-Founder of ArcTern Ventures, a prominent investor in impact and cleantech startups, with investments in companies like Carbon America and Clir Renewables. He holds multiple board positions in companies focused on renewable energy and climate change, showcasing his expertise in sustainable energy and environmental awareness.

Work Experience

ArcTern Ventures

Co-Founding Partner
2012 - Current
Tom is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at ArcTern Ventures, a venture capital firm obsessed with helping solve the climate crisis and rethinking sustainability. ArcTern invests globally in breakthrough technology companies solving climate change and sustainability - we call it #earthtech. We were founded on the premise that accelerating the transition to a carbon-neutral economy will disrupt all industries and present an unprecedented opportunity for outsized financial returns. Solving our planet’s biggest problems will lead to big rewards—for companies, their investors, and of course, Mother Earth.

Domaine Heritage Ciders

Proprietor
2022

Carbon America

Board Observer
2021

Carbon America transforms the carbon capture and sequestration industry by lowering costs and increasing deployment.

Raised $39,480,000.00 from US Department of Energy.

carbonamerica.com

Clir Renewables

Board Member
2020

Hydrostor

Founding Board Member / Current Board Observer
2011
Developing affordable, low impact, emission free #longduration energy storage using compressed air, gravity, and water.

Woodland Biofuels Inc.

Board Chair
2013
Carbon-negative fuels/chemicals (H2, rNG, methanol, ethanol) production platform with highly profitable project economics, and the lowest cost of carbon capture in the industry.