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Alex Mitchell
Founder of Meridian Foresight
Los Angeles, California
Overview
Alex Mitchell is a seasoned professional in the cleantech industry, with a strong background in strategic partnerships and market transformation. Currently serving as the Founder of Meridian Foresight and a Venture Partner at Virta Ventures, Alex has a successful track record in scaling cleantech startups and driving large-scale deployments, with notable roles at organizations like Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) and Groupe PSA.
Highlights of Alex's career include holding leadership positions at well-known companies such as Groupe PSA and Toyota Motor Europe, as well as making strategic investments in promising startups like ChargeNet.
Work Experience
Founder
2024 - Current
Management consulting for climate solutions
Venture Partner
2024
Investing in bold founder working on critical climate solutions, generally at the pre-seed stage
Virta Ventures invests in companies enabling the rapid decarbonization of energy, mobility, agriculture and the built environment.
Venture Partner
2024
Investing in seed stage innovative, disruptive, and breakthrough startups that can demonstrate a measurable and meaningful positive impact in solving our climate crisis all the while generating attractive venture scale return
Senior Advisor
2023
SVP Unlocking Innovation (Incubation Services)
2020 - 2023
Designed and launched the nationwide LACI Cleantech Debt Fund, a first-of-its-kind $6M fund in the climate capital stack, offering loans of $20K to over $250K without personal collateral or guarantees. Deploying the LACI Impact Fund I, a venture capital fund designed to support LACI companies. Portfolio includes: Xeal, Ampaire, ChargerHelp!, Nature Coatings, Seatrec, Envoy (exited), Repurpose, Electrum (formerly Pick My Solar), SparkCharge, Hive, ChargeNet, Verity, Circuit and Automotus
SVP Market Transformation
2018 - 2020
Launching LACI’s pilots program, including the nation’s first zero-emissions delivery zone
Senior Fellow
2024 - 2024
Researching transportation, technology, investment and climate impact.
VP Strategy and Corporate Planning
2016 - 2017
Director, Head of Automotive Industry
2013 - 2016
VP of Retail Sales
2010 - 2013
A 325 person manufacturer of all-electric automobiles (EVs)
CODA Automotive designs and semi manufactures lithium-iron phosphate battery systems for automotive and power storage utility applications.
Raised $229,000,000.00 from Harbinger Ventures, Angeleno Group, Aeris Capital and Riverstone Holdings.
Network Development
2010 - 2010
Business Planning (Strategic Planning)
2007 - 2010
Associate
2005 - 2007
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity
Education
Investments
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