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.