Teddy Albertson
Science Director at Collaborative Fund
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Science Director
2024 - Current
Due diligence - Perform due diligence on investments in physical science / computing spaces. Focus sectors include energy generation (Acceleron Fusion), energy storage (Anthro Energy), and industrial transformation (Brimstone, Ferrum Technologies, Limelight Steel). Diligence process focuses on all aspects of the business plan, with particular depth in understanding technological differentiation and advantage. Thesis roadmapping - Develop firm investment theses around numerous topics within the umbrella of decarbonization, including energy generation/storage/transportation, application electrification, and industrial transformation. Deal sourcing - Leverage networks in VC / academia to source investment opportunities.
Science Advisor
2023 - 2024
Collaborative Fund is an investment fund that provides funding to companies based on creativity and collaborative consumption.
Investment Associate
2019 - 2022
I performed deal sourcing, due diligence, and negotiations for investments in early-stage companies built on foundations of scientific innovation. I worked mainly with companies in the physical sciences, with a particular focus in energy storage and in applications where AI overlaps with the physical world, such as in computational material discovery and manufacturing automation.
Kairos Ventures invests in ideas, patents, and businesses from universities and scientists.
Graduate Student Researcher
2012 - 2019
I worked with Prof. Sandra Troian in the Laboratory of Interfacial & Small Scale Transport {LIS2T} investigating several topics involving transport and deformation of liquids driven by surface stresses. My main project was a numerical study of the response of free liquid surfaces to strong applied electric fields with an aim to optimize a Liquid Metal Ion Source (LMIS) satellite thruster. Work was primarily computational but I was also involved in experimental aspects of designing the satellite thruster.
NASA Space Technology Research Fellow
2014 - 2017
Undergraduate Student Researcher
2009 - 2012
Optimized novel antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) platform.