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Edem Dzakpasu

Sr. Commercial Director, Growth & Strategic Projects at LanzaTech

Houston, Texas

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

2023

  • Sr. Commercial Director, Growth & Strategic Projects

    2023

    Commercial & Project Development | Energy Transition

2022 - 2023

  • Sr. Director, Strategy & Chief of Staff - Global Power Generation

    2022 - 2023

    Corporate Strategy I Venture Capital | Energy Transition

2013 - 2022

  • Investment Principal, Future Energy Fund

    2020 - 2022

    Venture Capital investments in early-stage startups with groundbreaking technologies that enable the ongoing Energy transition deploying Chevron’s $400M Future Energy Funds I & II. Specialties: Deal origination, execution and portfolio management spanning Macro Decarbonization, Emerging Mobility, Energy Decentralization & Circular Carbon Economy

  • Commercial & Business Development

    2013 - 2020

    Execution of business development and commercial opportunities spanning Upstream, Midstream and Downstream segments of the Energy (Oil & Gas) value chain. Specialties : Asset acquisitions & divestitures, Commercial negotiations, Economic modeling & decision analysis, Executive communications, Joint venture (JV) interests & relationships management, Project management, Strategic planning & portfolio optimization

2012 - 2012

  • Investment Banking Summer Associate

    2012 - 2012

    Technology Investment Banking

2007 - 2011

  • Semiconductor Manufacturing Engineer

    2007 - 2011

    Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturing

2005 - 2007

  • Teaching Assistant

    2005 - 2007

    Electrical and Computer Engineering