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Investor profile

Jim Cabot

Managing Director, Breakthrough Energy Ventures

About

Jim Cabot brings an unusual combination of policy expertise and environmental communications experience to venture investing, having spent a decade leading clean energy public affairs at Rasky Baerlein and previously directing the EPA's first cleantech development center. He founded an environmental publications company early in his career and is known for helping climate companies craft their narratives for government and public audiences, distinguishing him from investors with purely finance or technical backgrounds. Jim Cabot brings an unusual combination of policy expertise and environmental communications experience to venture investing, having spent a decade leading clean energy public affairs at Rasky Baerlein and previously directing the EPA's first cleantech development center. He founded an environmental publications company early in his career and is known for helping climate companies craft their narratives for government and public audiences, distinguishing him from investors with purely finance or technical backgrounds.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Sectors
Climate
Energy
Food
Ag
Transportation
Deeptech
Hardware

Investment details

Avg check size$500K - $50M
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
USA
Europe