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Prime Movers Lab Webinar Preview: Emerging Carbon Sequestration Markets
Talks about Investing, Climate Change and Technology
CA
Carly Anderson
Principal at Prelude Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Carly Anderson is an Early Stage Investor specializing in Energy & Climate Tech, currently serving as Principal at Prelude Ventures in Oakland, California. With a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and experience at companies like Mosaic Materials and Prime Movers Lab, she brings expertise in chemical engineering and a strong track record of investing in sectors like EnergyTech and CleanTech in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Work Experience
Principal
2022 - Current
Investing in founders building the low carbon economy. I'm proud to support these Prelude portfolio companies: +Pyka, Jan 2020 - present (Board Observer) +Ebb Carbon, Sept 2022 - present (Board Observer) +Xcimer Energy, Dec 2022 - present +Thea Energy, Aug 2023 - present (Board Observer) +Fleet Robotics, Nov 2023 - present (Board Observer) +Graphyte, Jul 2024 - present (Board Observer) +Vaulted Deep, Sept 2024 - present (Board Observer)
We invest in climate.
Board Director
2021 - 2023
CarbonCapture is a climate tech company that develops direct air capture (DAC) machines to remove CO2 directly from the atmosphere.
Raised $115,000,000.00 from Alumni Ventures, Aramco Ventures, Siemens Financial Services, Climate Pledge Fund, IdealabX, Prime Movers Lab, Time Ventures, Neotribe Ventures, Climate Pledge Fund and Alumni Ventures.
Chemical Engineer and Partner
2020 - 2022
Early team member at this deeptech venture capital firm. Identified promising startups, performed due diligence on prospective investments, and supported portfolio companies at this physics and deep tech-focused venture capital fund. Built out the firm's energy and climate practice. Supported two early stage and one growth stage funds; over $750M raised and deployed over my tenure with the firm.
Prime Movers Lab invests in startups reinventing energy, transportation, infrastructure, manufacturing, human augmentation, and agriculture.
Senior Engineer
2019 - 2019
Engineer
2017 - 2019
Mosaic Materials help reduce the cost and environmental impact of fossil fuels.
Associate Engineer
2008 - 2011
Provided solutions for the nuclear industry at this technical consulting firm. As part of this position, I developed and carried out laboratory research programs on new water chemistry and corrosion mitigation technologies, performed statistical analysis of material failure rates, assisted in the qualification of new materials (addressing safety and materials compatibility), and deployed DEI technologies onsite at nuclear plants in the US and France.
Dominion Engineering provides innovative equipment, technology, and consulting services.
HHMI EXROP Scholar
2006 - 2006
Doudna Lab, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Engineering Intern
2005 - 2005
A Berkshire Hathaway company, is a technology-driven global company