Hans Kobler trained as an aerospace engineer in Bavaria before becoming CEO of a sensor technology company that he took public, giving him unusual operating experience for a venture investor. He designed Energy Impact Partners as a collaborative platform where more than a dozen global utilities invest together and use exposure to startups as a deliberate tool to influence utility culture and drive strategy change, not just access technology. Hans Kobler trained as an aerospace engineer in Bavaria before becoming CEO of a sensor technology company that he took public, giving him unusual operating experience for a venture investor. He designed Energy Impact Partners as a collaborative platform where more than a dozen global utilities invest together and use exposure to startups as a deliberate tool to influence utility culture and drive strategy change, not just access technology.