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Morgan DeFoort

Managing Principal, Factor[e] Ventures

Fort Collins, Colorado

Investor
VC

Invests in

Stages:

Series A
Seed

  • 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

Lists including Morgan

AS
AB
AR
AM

Based in Colorado

170 people

AT
AS
AT
AH

All Series A Investors

14752 people

AM
AT
AS
AR

All Seed Investors

19695 people

Investments

Roam

Seed

Total Funding: $61M

60Hertz Energy

Seed

Total Funding: $1M

Ferntech

Seed

Total Funding:

Work Experience

FV
Factor[e] Ventures

2013

  • Managing Partner

    2013

E
Equator

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.

S
SENTRY

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.

6E
60Hertz Energy

2020 - 2023

  • Board Member

    2020 - 2023

OE
Odyssey Energy Solutions

2017 - 2022

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2022

HE
HOMER Energy

2017 - 2019

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2019

WE
Waste Enterprisers Holding/Pivot Ltd

2016 - 2017

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2017

EI
Energy Institute, Colorado State University

2013 - 2015

  • Managing Director

    2013 - 2015

CS
Colorado State University

2007 - 2013

  • Co-Director, Engines & Energy Conversion Lab

    2007 - 2013

TW
The World Bank

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.