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Wal Van Lierop

Founding Partner at Chrysalix Venture Capital

Vancouver, British Columbia

Overview 

Wal Van Lierop is a Cleantech Pioneer and Investor, known for his role as the Founding Partner, President, and CEO of Chrysalix Venture Capital. He has made significant contributions to the cleantech industry by investing in companies like General Fusion and Axine Water Technologies, showcasing his expertise in venture capital and renewable energy. Van Lierop's career highlights include serving on the boards of companies such as General Fusion and Axine Water Technologies, as well as co-founding SET Ventures and contributing as a Content Contributor for Forbes, demonstrating his thought leadership and strategic impact in the cleantech sector.

Work Experience 

  • Founding Partner

    2025 - Current

  • Founding Partner

    2023 - 2024

  • Founding Partner and Executive Chair

    2020 - 2022

  • Managing Partner

    2017 - 2019

  • President & CEO

    2001 - 2018

    Founded in 2001, Chrysalix is an award-winning technology focused venture capital company with a long history of building and commercializing innovations for resource intensive industries: oil and gas, electric power and utilities, mining, chemicals and materials, manufacturing, agriculture, transportation and mobility. We invest in innovations that can be enhanced by the application of intelligent systems such as artificial intelligence (AI), sensors, big data, Internet of Things (IoT), smart materials, machine learning, blockchain, 3D-printing and other frontier technologies.

  • Member YVR Energy Advisory Council

    2024

  • Advisor to CEO and Board

    2020

  • Advisory Board Member

    2019

    The BC Cleantech Cluster Initiative brings together key sectoral groups to support the economic development of cleantech sectors across the Province and to put in motion a sustainable model to advance British Columbia's thriving sector.

  • Content Contributor

    2018

    Contribute articles regularly to Forbes on energy-related topics such as smart citites, nuclear fusion, industrial innovation and startup ecosystems.

Forbes Magazine is a business magazine that is focused on business news and financial information.

Raised $200,000,000.00 from Binance.

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2018

    General Fusion is a globally leading developer of fusion energy: making clean, safe, abundant and affordable power available whenever and wherever customers want it. This may be the only viable technology to help us round out the clean energy supply necessary for a successful energy transition. While for a long time fusion was a dream always 20 years out in the future, now General Fusion is poised to achieve two major milestones in 2005 and 2006. That should put the company on a path to deliver the first commercial fusion power plant to the grid by the early to mid 2030s.

  • Member Board Of Directors as Observer

    2015

    Svante is a global unicorn in CO2 capture. They make filters and machines that capture and remove CO2 from industrial emissions (point of source carbon capture) and the air (direct air carbon capture). Their proven carbon capture technology is based on unique solid sorbents — and it’s scalable, eco-friendly, and commercially available today.

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2012

    Axine Water Technologies has developed a low-cost, breakthrough solution for treating toxic organic pollutants and PFAS in wastewater. Especially PFAS are drawing a lot of attention and are positioning Axine for a successful exit in the very near term

  • Co-Founder and Member of the Investment Committee and GP Board of SET-1

    2007

    Co-founded SET Ventures together with Robeco, raised Euro50M, hired management team and assisted in starting operations. SET Ventures manages venture capital funds targeting the Energy Sector and invests in European early growth-stage companies that can impact the future of the energy markets worldwide.

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2023

    Power electronics company sold for Cnd$1.3Bn to Infineon. Biggest exit in Chrysalix' history

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