KM

Katie McClain

Partner & COO @ Energize Capital

Greater Chicago Area

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $20,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $15,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Partner & COO

    2022

  • Partner

    2019

  • Director of Market Development

    2018 - 2019

    Deliver the Fund's strategic value to key stakeholders: limited partners and entrepreneurs. Responsible for developing business leads for the Fund's portfolio companies, helping portfolio and pipeline companies navigate and leverage the network, and leading the marketing and communication efforts of the Fund.

2022

  • Board Member

    2022

  • Board Member

    2021

    Jupiter is the market leader for climate risk analytics in key industries, including insurance, banking, asset management, real estate, energy, utilities and power, oil and gas, manufacturing, chemicals, mining, retail, agriculture, the public sector, and NGOs.

2018 - 2023

  • Board Observer

    2018 - 2023

    DroneDeploy is the leading cloud software platform for commercial drones, and is making the power of aerial data accessible and productive for everyone.

2019 - 2022

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2022

    Sitetracker empowers project managers to effectively manage increasingly numerous and complex capital projects. Built by industry experts, Sitetracker is the world's first full-lifecycle project management platform, enabling innovators to plan effectively, deploy efficiently, and grow both the use and valuation of their portfolios. Market leaders in the telecommunications, utilities, smart cities, and alternative energy industries - such as Verizon, SAC Wireless, Intersection Media, and Volta Charging - rely on Sitetracker to manage over 900,000 sites and projects representing over $12 billion of capital assets in the United States and Europe.

2013 - 2018

  • Vice President of Public Affairs

    2017 - 2018

  • Director Public Affairs

    2015 - 2017

  • Senior Manager, State Government Affairs

    2013 - 2015

  • Director, Building Retrofit Program

    2011 - 2013

    Worked to accelerate the energy efficiency retrofit and clean energy markets. I was responsible for strategy and implementation of the program and oversee a team of 18 in multiple locations.

  • Chicago City Director

    2007 - 2011

    Worked directly with the City of Chicago to implement projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and acheive the goals of the Chicago Climate Action Plan.

  • Senior Policy Advisor

    2004 - 2007

    Advisor to then Lt. Governor Quinn on environmental policy issues, projects, and programs.