Paul is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Remora. In 2021, he was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Statistics and Data Science from Yale University, where his research received the Porter Prize, the highest class-wide thesis prize.

Phil is the Vice President of Research and Engineering at Remora. Phil has 25 years of R&D and product development experience leading engineering teams taking complex hardware products from idea to production and more than 10 years of gas separation experience in biopharma, aerospace & defense, and commercial industries. He developed a new class of piezo-electric, drop-on-demand print engines developed for the USPS that are currently used to mark every letter processed by the US postal processing centers. In another role, he developed (in just 18 months) an oxygen recovery system that could be dropped out of a plane, pull oxygen out of ambient air, then purify and liquify it to 99.9% to treat wounded soldiers. Prior to Phil’s role at Remora, he worked at Progressive Recovery Incorporated, Alberta Adsorbents. Inc, Essex Industries, and Videojet Technologies. He is a graduate from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Studies.

Darius is the Vice President of People at Remora. Before Remora he worked for Meta on their People Strategy team where he primarily focused on M&A transactions where he led the integration of several acquired companies into Meta. The rest of his career has been spent in a variety of consulting, client facing HR, and non-client facing HR roles at PwC, Tesla, and GE. He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Western Michigan University and has a Master of Human Resources and Labor Relations from Michigan State University.

Jeff is CEO of LWD Advisors, Inc., a Legal, HR, and Business consulting firm.  The LWD team functions as the virtual in-house legal team (and Jeff as General Counsel) to a group of venture-backed startups mainly focused on developing and manufacturing cutting-edge products and services in fields ranging from clean energy technologies to additive manufacturing, wireless power charging, and electrochromic glass products.

Before founding LWD Advisors, Jeff held executive roles at leading Silicon Valley companies, including Google, Apple, and Intel, and Pebble Technology Corp, the Palo Alto-based startup pioneer of the smartwatch industry. Jeff began his legal career as a commercial litigation associate at Cooley LLP in Palo Alto.  

Throughout his career, Jeff has volunteered thousands of hours in pro bono legal service through organizations like AIDS Legal Services of San Francisco, the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, and the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County. In recognition of his pro bono work and leadership, Jeff was awarded the Equal Justice Award by the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, and the Dorothy M. Wolfe Award by the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County. Jeff is a Board member of Jewish Family and Children’s Services in San Francisco, one of the nation’s leading human services agencies.

Jeff was born and raised in San Francisco. He earned his undergraduate degrees in Economics and Politics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his law degree from Santa Clara University’s School of Law. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of California Law School in San Francisco, and is the head coach of the Menlo School’s two-time champion JV mock trial team in Atherton, CA.

Keaton is the VP of Finance at Remora. He has over a decade of experience across corporate finance, FP&A, operations finance, and strategic finance. Prior to Remora, he spent nearly seven years at Impossible Foods, most recently as Senior Director of FP&A, and earlier in his career worked at Microsoft. Keaton earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a minor in Statistics from the University of Michigan.

Keith Ashley is the Vice President of Field Operations at Remora. He most recently served as Director, Engineering Operations at Kairos Power, overseeing operations for a PSM chemical plant, full-scale test units, and upcoming nuclear power plants. Prior to that, he was Director of Operations and Training at BayoTech, a hydrogen production company, and before that, Operations Manager for the Plutonium Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory. His career began in the U.S. Navy as a Nuclear Electronics Technician aboard the USS Nimitz, followed by a role in the Nuclear Engineering and Planning Division of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. The first half of his career was spent mastering formal Conduct of Operations in highly regulated nuclear and industrial environments; the second half has been spent applying that foundation to build operations organizations from the ground up, which included programs, processes, teams, and training, to support successful commercial deployment. He holds an MBA with a focus in leadership and a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering Technology.

Jon is a Partner and Co-President of Valor and the Fund Manager for Valor Siren Ventures (VSV). He serves as a member of all Valor Investment Committees. Jon has over 20 years of experience in private equity investing. Jon’s responsibilities include fund management for VSV I and II, as well as investment prospect generation, due diligence of potential investments, investment structuring and execution, and capital raising for Valor’s growth funds and VSV. Jon oversees Valor’s Operations, Finance, and People Teams.

Over the years, Jon has focused on investment opportunities in the food and retail technology sectors. Jon began this focus with Valor’s 2006 acquisition of Sizzling Platter. Currently, Jon is a Director of several Valor growth fund and VSV portfolio companies, including Gopuff, Misfits Market, Fooda, Wow Bao, and Atmosphere.

Prior to Valor, Jon was part of MG Capital’s Investment and Portfolio Team. During his tenure at MG Capital, Jon worked on acquisition teams focused on executing transactions in the electronic connector industry. Jon served in operational roles at MG Capital’s portfolio companies, including Chief Operating Officer of Connector Service Corporation’s Plating Division, where he managed the business through 100% growth over a 12-month period. Jon also served as President of Electronic Plating Service and Chief Operating Officer for Amax Plating, Electronic Plating Service, and Associated Plating Company. Prior to joining MG Capital, Jon worked with Bain & Company as an Associate Consultant. At Bain, he worked on assignments for various Fortune 500 clients in Texas and Australia.

Jon has served on the Boards of Directors of several charitable organizations, including the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, the Chicago Children’s Museum, and he most recently co-founded Prosper Chicago. He is the former Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Lycée Français de Chicago.

Jon holds a B.B.A. in Accounting (with honors) from the University of Texas at Austin.

Clay is a founding partner at Lowercarbon Capital and, as the team’s most active investor, he identifies and supports the preposterously ambitious companies working to undo global warming. He also advises climate nonprofits who are working to avert dangerous climate tipping points. Clay previously spent a decade working in the federal government and presidential campaigns. He was the Chief of Staff for the White House Office of Digital Strategy, a team tasked by President Obama with connecting people with purpose. At the start of President Obama’s second term, he served as an aide in the Chief of Staff’s office. Before joining the White House, Clay worked on President Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns. He graduated from Harvard in 2011.

Sarah Sclarsic is an investor and former founder and executive with high-growth technology companies. She is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Voyager, a venture firm investing in early stage companies focused on decarbonization. Ms. Sclarsic serves on the Board of Directors of XL Fleet (NYSE:XL), North America’s leading provider of fleet electrification solutions. Previously, she co-founded Getaround, a pioneering peer-to-peer carsharing marketplace, and was an early employee at Modern Meadow, the world’s first company making biofabricated leather. She holds a B.A. from Harvard and a M.S. from MIT, where she researched atmospheric carbon removal. Ms. Sclarsic lives in New York City.

Steve is former Vice President of Special Projects at Apple where he led an effort to explore a new product space for the company. Before that, he spent over 15 years defining and leading engineering efforts for the iPhone, iPod and hundreds of other Apple products. While at Apple Steve was responsible for wide range of large engineering organizations including Product Design, Material Science, EE, Project Management, Acoustics, Firmware, etc. Prior to joining Apple, he worked at Ford Motor Company in their Executive Training Program where he worked in a number of areas inside the company ranging from Product Marketing to Vehicle Dynamics. Steve received his Masters in Engineering from Stanford University and his undergraduate degree in Engineering from University of California Berkeley. Steve holds over 150 patents and is on the Advisory Board of the Mechanical Engineering Department of UC Berkeley.

Albert Wenger is a managing partner at Union Square Ventures. Before joining USV, Albert was the president of del.icio.us through the company’s sale to Yahoo and an angel investor (Etsy, Tumblr). He previously founded or co-founded several companies, including a management consulting firm and an early hosted data analytics company. Albert graduated from Harvard College in economics and computer science and holds a Ph.D. in Information Technology from MIT. Photo Credit: Sebastian Weinmann

Ali Partovi heads Neo, a diverse mentorship community and VC fund that identifies America’s most promising CS students and helps them become tomorrow’s tech leaders. Ali invests in people smarter than himself and has backed Airbnb, Dropbox, Facebook, & Uber. He grew up in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war, attended Harvard, and sold his first startup, LinkExchange, in 1998. He co-founded Code.org (Hour of Code) to bring Computer Science to classrooms. He’s passionate about education, diversity in tech, and sustainable food; and loves climbing, guitar, puzzles, and family.

Bill Trenchard is a partner at First Round Capital, a leading early-stage venture capital firm that has invested in startups like Uber, Square, Notion and Roblox. He’s passionate about working with founders who take unconventional approaches to solving the world’s most important problems. This mindset has cultivated an interest in the climate tech space, where Bill has made investments in startups like Flexport, Last Energy and Remora. Before joining First Round, Bill was an angel investor, operator, advisor and founder.

Gustaf Alstromer is a Group Partner at Y Combinator which he joined in 2017. Y Combinator is a startup program in Mountain View, California. Every year they fund and work closely with several hundred new startups. In the past, Y Combinator funded Airbnb, Doordash, Stripe, Cruise and many others. Prior to joining Y Combinator, Gustaf was a Product Lead at Airbnb from 2012 to 2017. As one of its first product managers, he was a founding member of Airbnb’s growth team. Gustaf lives in San Francisco and is an active angel investor with Decarbonization and ClimateTech as his primary focus.

Sierra Peterson is an investor and former policymaker and climate technology company executive. She is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Voyager, a venture firm investing in early-stage companies focused on decarbonization. Prior to venture investing, Sierra created and led corporate development teams for financial technology companies responsible for more than $3 billion in sustainability investment. Sierra has worked in market-driven climate protection since 2005, serving with the International Energy and the Obama White House Office of Energy and Climate Change. She is a graduate of Stanford and Harvard.

Dr. Agustin Venero is an Advisor at Remora. He’s also the Founder and Director of Research at L&C Science and Technology, which provides lab services and consulting for gas separations. During Dr. Venero’s tenure at L&C the first commercial benchtop PSA/VSA/TSA instrument to study gas separations was developed. Prior to L&C, Dr. Venero was at Exxon Research and Engineering and worked on Zinc-Bromine batteries for electric cars and power storage, desiccant cooling for solar driven air conditioners, and Fisher-Tropsh catalysts to convert CO/H2 to chemicals. Dr. Venero was a Founding member of Omicron Technology, developing the first high resolution adsorption analyzer for the characterization of microporous materials like activated carbons and zeolites. He also consulted the Gas Research Institute on thermal driven air conditioning. Later he founded VTI Corporation (sold to TA Instruments, a subsidiary of Waters Corporation) and developed the first commercial high pressure adsorption analyzer, and first commercial water vapor adsorption analyzer. Dr. Venero is a graduate from University of Michigan with a PhD in Chemistry.

Kipp Bradford is a founder of multiple hard-tech startups in the fields of HVAC+R, transportation, consumer products, and medical devices, and holds numerous patents for his inventions. He is an engineering scientist who works across engineering disciplines to develop new ways to manage climates at every scale—from personal thermal comfort up to global weather systems. This practice, at the boundaries of emerging technology and industries, has been called “so interdisciplinary that it’s anti-disciplinary” by Nicholas Negroponte of the MIT Media Lab where Kipp was hired as a Research Scientist through the search for a “Professor of Other”. As a technology executive with three decades of experience, Kipp has led teams through the design, development, certification, manufacturing, and introduction of new products. He has created successful technology strategies to align future products with industry and market trends and built out intellectual property portfolios in collaboration with leading IP lawyers to protect the value of those products. Kipp brings an integrated approach to managing engineering design and prototyping activities, as well as building supply chains that meet the needs of timelines and budgets. Kipp is a licensed universal HVAC technician and is dedicated to providing unique clean energy and thermal solutions including heat pumps, controls, and electronics that drive efficiency and automation across systems. In addition to his consulting and manufacturing work, Kipp is currently appointed to the Harvard University School of Engineering as an instructor in the Masters in Design Engineering program.