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Pradeep Tagare

VC Investments to enable a safe, clean, affordable energy future and meet climate change goals

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

Skills

Climate Change
Energy transition
Decarbonization
Clean Energy Technologies
Enterprise Software
Venture Capital
Corporate Venture Capital
Entrepreneurship
Programming
Early-stage Startups
CEOs
Board of Directors
Advisory Boards
Information Technology
Corporate Social Responsibility
Mentoring

Education

Work Experience

  • Board Observer

    2023

  • Board Member

    2023

  • Vice President and Head of Corporate Venture Fund

    2018

    Leading the Venture Capital investments team at National Grid Partners, the CVC arm of National Grid, one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world operating in the UK and US. National Grid Partners invests in enterprise technology companies that disrupt the energy business to create a clean, fair, affordable, and safe energy future. Our portfolio includes: 1Touch Aporeto (acquired by Palto Alto Networks $150M) AutoGrid Carbon Lighthouse ClimaCell CNI Guard Copper Leaf Dragos Edcast Go Cardless Leap Omnidian Pixeom (acquired by Siemens) Risk IQ Sitetracker Sparkcognition Uniphore Urbint as well as the following Fund investments Energy Impact Partners Jerusalem Venture Partners IQ Capital IQ Capital Growth

  • Limited Partner Advisory Committee Member

    2018

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Board Member

    2019

  • Board Observer

    2021

2021

  • Board Observer

    2021

  • Limited Partner Advisory Committee Member

    2019

  • Angel Investor / Advisor

    2018