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Morgan DeFoort

Managing Principal, Factor[e] Ventures

Fort Collins, Colorado

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Renewable Energy
Research
Engineering
Matlab
Mechanical Engineering
Sustainability
Cleantech
Biofuels
R&D
Commercialization
Biomass
Energy
Energy Efficiency
Solar Energy
Sustainable Energy
Finite Element Analysis
Photovoltaics
Combustion
Alternative Energy
Sustainable Development

Education

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2013

2020

  • Partner

    2020

    Equator is a venture capital firm with teams in Nairobi, Lagos, London and Colorado that targets technology-enabled, early-stage ventures in energy, agriculture and mobility that are accelerating an equitable climate transition in Sub-Saharan Africa and supporting inclusive economic growth.

2021

  • Board Member

    2021

    Sentry has developed a unique bio-electrode sensor technology that provides real-time microbial performance monitoring in anaerobic and aerobic wastewater treatment systems.

2020 - 2023

  • Board Member

    2020 - 2023

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2022

2017 - 2019

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2019

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2017

  • Managing Director

    2013 - 2015

  • Co-Director, Engines & Energy Conversion Lab

    2007 - 2013

2009 - 2010

  • Independent Contractor - Biomass Cookstoves

    2009 - 2010

    Assessed the local capabilities relevant to the manufacture of biomass cookstove across multiple counties in Africa, and helped develop technology development path forward for government cookstove programs in Bangladesh.