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Katie Clasen

Principal at Prelude Ventures

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Katie Clasen is currently a Principal at Prelude Ventures in San Francisco, focusing on investing in EnergyTech and ClimateTech/CleanTech startups at Series A and Seed stages. With a background in Chemical Engineering and Process Safety Engineering, she has held key roles at Shell and Sila Nanotechnologies, demonstrating expertise in process optimization and project management. Highlights of Katie's career include her roles as Crude Flexibility Lead at Shell and Senior Process Integration Engineer at Sila Nanotechnologies, where she showcased leadership in energy-related projects and process improvement initiatives.

Work Experience 

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Prelude Ventures

  • Principal

    2023 - Current

    Prelude Ventures is a venture capital firm partnering with entrepreneurs to mitigate climate change by investing in the low carbon economy. Since 2013, we have invested in over 70 companies across advanced energy, food and agriculture, advanced computing, transportation and logistics, and advanced materials and manufacturing.

We invest in climate.

preludeventures.com
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Buoyant Ventures

  • MBA Associate

    2022 - 2023

    Buoyant is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in digital solutions to climate risk across energy, agriculture & water, mobility, and the built environment.

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Sila Nanotechnologies Inc.

  • Product

    2022 - 2023

    Through new battery materials chemistry, Sila Nano enables lighter, safer, higher energy density lithium-ion batteries for mass adoption of electric vehicles, smarter, longer-lasting portable electronics, and broader use of renewable power sources.

  • Senior Process Integration Engineer

    2019 - 2022

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Shell

  • Crude Flexibility Lead

    2018 - 2019

    Leading site effort to understand, prioritize, and address key constraints, risks, and opportunities associated with new site feedstock to promote supply flexibility and resiliency

  • Associate Process Engineer

    2017 - 2018

    Process engineer supporting operational monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization for atmospheric crude distillation, vacuum distillation, and catalytic reforming technologies

  • Graduate Process Engineer

    2015 - 2017

    Process engineer supporting operational monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization for hydrotreating, desulfurization, and multipoint flaring technologies

Shell Oil Company is an oil and gas company that explores and produces energy products.

shell.us
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Shell

  • Process Safety Engineer

    2014 - 2014

Shell Oil Company is an oil and gas company that explores and produces energy products.

shell.us
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Eastman Chemical Company

  • Process Improvement Engineer

    2014 - 2014

Eastman Chemical Company-Tire Additives business is a segment of Eastman's business for the tire industry.

eastman.com
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Ashland Inc

  • Technical Sales Engineer

    2013 - 2013

Ashland provides specialty chemical solutions to customers ranging from consumer to industrial market.

ashland.com

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