Founded in 1993, Fortistar is a privately-owned investment firm that provides capital to build, grow and manage companies that address complex sustainability challenges. Fortistar utilizes its capital, flexibility and operating expertise to grow high-performing companies, first in power generation and now in mobility, carbon capture, the circular economy and other solutions that drive our transition to a zero-carbon future. As a team, Fortistar has financed over $3.5 billion in capital for companies and projects in the energy, transportation and industrial sectors.

Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) is a leading specialty finance company that provides customized financing solutions to private middle-market companies primarily in the United States. Apollo Investment Corporation’s investment objective is to generate current income and capital appreciation. The group invests primarily in various forms of debt investments including secured and unsecured debt, loan investments, and/or equity. AINV is a publicly-traded business development company and benefits from its affiliation with Apollo Global Management, Inc., a leading global alternative investment manager.

Berg & Berg Enterprises LLC

Carl E. Berg is one of the visionaries of Silicon Valley where he has been developing, leasing, owning, and operating R&D and office buildings since 1963.  Carl has built or owned over 15 million sq. feet of commercial real estate. Mr. Berg was the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Mission West Properties, Inc. from 1997 until its sale in 2012. Mission West Properties was a public real estate investment trust with Microsoft & Apple as major tenants.

Mr. Berg has been involved in the venture capital business since 1965 and was the first investor in Integrated Devices Technology and Sun Microsystems. He has been a major investor in over 100 other technology companies including NetLogic, Savi Technology, On Command Video, QED, and INS.

Husky Partners

Husky Partners serves as the investment vehicle for James Alpha Management, the family office of Mr. Denis J. Nayden.  Kevin R. Greene is the Managing Partner of James Alpha Management.  Mr. Nayden served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric Capital Corporation from 1994 through 2003, where he was responsible for 20 separate businesses and 90,000 employees in 35 countries. During his 27-year tenure at GE, Mr. Nayden also served as the Chief Operating Officer from 1994 to 2000, Executive Vice President from 1989 to 1994, Senior Vice President and General Manager in the Structured Finance Group from 1987 to 1989, Vice President and General Manager in the Corporate Finance Group from 1987 to 1989 and a Marketing Administrator for Air and Rail Financing as well as various other positions of increasing responsibility from 1977 to 1987.  Mr. Nayden served as Managing Partner of Oak Hill Capital Partners from 2004 through 2017, helping to grow Oak Hill from $3.5B in AUM to $15B in AUM over that period.

Since our founding in 2003, Braemar Energy Ventures has strived to make early, ahead-of-the-curve bets in transformative energy-tech and related companies which contribute to global sustainability and help combat climate change. We typically lead our investments, and use our sector expertise and experience to be an engaged partner with management to best help them navigate through the many challenges on the path to global impact with significant and measurable scale.