SG

Stefano Galiasso

Vice President at Energy Capital Ventures

Chicago, Illinois

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Vice President

    2020

2023

  • Board Observer

    2023

  • Board Observer

    2023

  • Board Observer

    2022

  • Guest Lecturer

    2023

  • Consultant

    2020 - 2021

    • Identifying Emerging Technologies and New Measures for electric and natural gas utilities in California

2019 - 2019

  • Associate

    2019 - 2019

    • Served as the Dealflow lead for Seed-stage Fund focused on AI, IoT and Smart Hardware • Tested & codified NSV's heuristics /framework to evaluate early stage startups within high volume in-bound process (evaluated 350+ opportunities) • Built new new relationships with accelerators, incubators, VC firms and startups to enable NSV’s entrance into a new geography • Sourced a deal in which NSV has invested in 8 weeks • Onboarded and mentored 2 summer interns • Favorite VC podcasts: The Full Ratchet, Zero to IPO, Acquired • Favorite VC readings: Ben Evans' newsletter, AVC, my "Best of" notes from 100s of calls and partner meetings

2019 - 2019

  • Business Lead

    2019 - 2019

    • Partnered with 2 pioneer MDs from the University of Chicago (Dr. Oto and Dr. Karczmar) on the go-to-market strategy for QMIS, an AI prostate cancer (PCa) diagnostic software for MRI machines • Developed product and funding roadmaps and launched strategic partnerships with OEMs (MRI machine owners) Note on QMIS: PCa is the second leading cause of cancer death in men (fifth overall) with increasing mortality rates as longevity and medicine advances allow men to live longer. When detected early, survival rates are >99.9%, but detection and proper diagnosis are still challenging. QMIS aims to solve several pain points in the challenging detection process to improve patient outcomes.

  • Principal

    2016 - 2019

    • Owned the P&L for the energy efficiency business unit at the ERC • Grew to several $M in annual revenue and expanded team • Responsible for BU's business development, sales, operations, marketing • Delivered engineering consulting services to electric and natural gas utilities, working with large commercial and industrial energy users on energy management and conservation strategies

  • Senior Energy Engineer / Energy Engineer

    2011 - 2015

    • Launched energy efficiency practice at the ERC and grew to 7 FTEs • Developed a suite of consulting & implementation services of energy efficiency programs for State, Federal & local government, infrastructure, public education and public healthcare customers • Led teams to tackle all aspects of project sales & delivery from ideation, design, launch and implementation

  • Research Engineer

    2009 - 2011

    • Worked on several consulting projects involving energy policies for State and Federal entities • Sample work: analysis of market penetration of new energy efficiency technologies for Commercial and Residential customers in Illinois