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RockPort Capital

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RockPort Capital Partners is a leading venture capital firm that invests in energy, mobility, and sustainability.

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RockPort Capital

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01.01.1998

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The Boston-based firm, established in 1998, invests in companies operating in the alternative and traditional energy, mobility, Clean tech, and sustainability sectors. With a collaborative approach to investing, RockPort has partnered with entrepreneurs for over a decade to foster growth and create value in a broad range of industrial and consumer-facing companies. Their deep domain expertise and insights into all aspects of energy and cleantech have made them globally recognized as one of the largest and most established energy-focused venture capital firms, with offices in Boston and San Francisco.
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William James
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William James

Wilber has been an energy entrepreneur for over three decades. He pioneered the unregulated marketing and trading of crude oil and petroleum products, natural gas, and electricity as Chairman and CEO of Citizens Corporation, an unaffiliated, independent energy company. Building on that success, he expanded into oil exploration and energy conservation. He created Citizens Lehman Power, a joint venture between Lehman Brothers and Citizens that was the nation's first electricity trading and asset acquisition/restructuring company, and then successfully sold it to The Energy Group PLC. Prior to co-founding RockPort, Wilber was Non-Executive Chairman of Citizens Power and a member of the Executive Committee of Peabody Energy, and was instrumental in the LBO of Peabody and Citizens from The Energy Group in 1998. Wilber is a graduate of Colorado College with a BA in History.

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David J. Prend
David J. Prend

David J. Prend

David is Managing General Partner and co-founder of RockPort Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in the areas of energy, mobility, and sustainability. Prior to founding RockPort in 1998, David was a Managing Director at Salomon Brothers, where he headed the Global Energy Investment Banking Group. He also worked at Shearson Lehman, Amoco and Bechtel. David received a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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David J. Prend

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Suzie Morano

Suzie Morano

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Diane Yung

Diane Yung

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Abe Yokell

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Stoddard M. Wilson

Stoddard M. Wilson

General Partner

Janet James

Janet James

Partner

Chuck McDermott

Chuck McDermott

General Partner

William James

William James

Co-Founder and General Partner

David J. Prend

David J. Prend

Co-Founder and General Partner

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