Christina Karapataki
Partner at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
- Role
- Board Member at Antora Energy
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Christina Karapataki
I invest in outstanding entrepreneurs building companies to address energy and sustainability challenges.I focus on decarbonization solutions for the electricity, transportation and manufacturing sectors, and I am interested in finding technologies that can leverage expertise from established industries. Previously worked in corporate venture capital, and now invest on behalf of Breakthrough Energy Ventures since 2017. Experiences include evaluating both traditional oil & gas and clean energy technologies. I believe securing sustainable energy production is one of the biggest challenge of our time, and I am driven by finding solutions that can be commercially deployed at scale.Recognized by Forbes in the 2017 30 Under 30 Energy category and the Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) Rising Stars award in the corporate venturing industry. Participate as panel speaker at corporate venturing and innovation conferences with recent conferences being hosted by SPE, NVCA, GCV, and Department of Energy ARPA-E. Specialties: Startups, Technology Investments, Due Diligence, Business Development, Corporate Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Board representative.
Experience
Board Member
Oct 2021 — Present
Delivering zero-emission industrial heat and power, using thermal energy storage solutions.
Education
University of Cambridge
BA (Hons), MEng, Chemical Engineering
2006 — 2010
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge-MIT Exchange Programme, Chemical Engineering, Management and Finance
2007 — 2008
American Academy Larnaca
High School Diploma
1999 — 2006
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Master’s Degree, Technology and Policy Program (TPP)
2010 — 2012
Skills
- Matlab
- Upstream
- Due Diligence
- Strategy
- Analysis
- Market Research
- Competitive Analysis
- Entrepreneurship
- Start-Ups
- Business Development
- Oil & Gas Industry
- Natural Gas
- Water
- Business Planning
- Valuation
- Management
- Venture Capital
- Energy Policy
- Market Analysis
- Economics
- Energy
- Oilfield
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