JL

Jesse Lou

Fellow at Breakthrough Energy

Brooklyn, New York

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Co-Founder, CEO

    2024

    Scaling commercialization support for early stage climate innovators. More to come!

  • Business Fellow

    2022

    Helping accelerate early stage climate technologies on the path to commercialization Supporting teams innovating in HVACR, built environment, industrial separations, critical minerals Across topics like: Go-to-market, operations, economic modeling

  • Advisor, Entrepreneur-in-Residence

    2023

    Homeworld Collective is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to nurturing the growth of climate biotech by fostering community, building knowledge, and directly supporting early stage research.

2021 - 2022

  • Co-Founder

    2021 - 2022

    Commercial co-founder for microalgae biomanufacturing platform leveraging high-throughput genetic engineering technology from Harvard's Church Lab

2020 - 2021

  • Venture Analyst, Scout

    2020 - 2021

    Enabling deeptech food & ag entrepreneurs

2017 - 2020

  • Principal Product Manager

    2017 - 2020

    Launched Small Business Analytics product family. Led 15-member cross functional team of engineering, sales, customer success

2016 - 2017

  • Product Manager

    2016 - 2017

    Acquired by Guidewire Software (NYSE: GWRE) Launched industry's first probabilistic cyber catastrophe model and data platform, supported pre/post-sale efforts across North America and Europe

2014 - 2016

  • Business Analyst

    2014 - 2016

    Functional focus on strategy and operations, serving metals & mining, agriculture, chemicals, energy clients.

  • Researcher, Brostow Lab

    2008 - 2010

    Researching composite polymer and ceramic blends for improved thermal and mechanical properties