2150

Christian Hernandez coined gigacorns for companies cutting a gigaton of CO₂, fired himself after a Princeton Andlinger Center climate awakening, and built an Article 9 fund backing climate‑scale outcomes.

Christian Joelck pairs industrial transformation experience at Coloplast and ROCKWOOL with climate policy impact—co‑founder of SYNERGI—and sits on the GFANZ‑ and UN‑backed Venture Climate Alliance steering committee.

Jacob Bro, a venture investor and former Rocket Internet CPO with deep global product experience, focuses on urbanization as the core climate lever after operational exposure to sustainable buildings.

Mikkel Bülow-Lehnsby spent 13+ years co-founding and leading NREP and later serving as Chairman, bringing rare operator depth, angel wins (Zendesk, Barkbox) and top-ranked proptech/climate expertise for pre-seed–Series A.

Rahul Parekh is a partner focused on climate tech across the urban stack, using his equity-derivatives background to emphasize risk management and capital efficiency and AI for complex real-asset systems.

Christian Hernandez Gallardo is a co-founder and partner at 2150, a venture capital firm focused on technology companies addressing urban sustainability. He has prior experience scaling products and emerging technologies at early-stage ventures that subsequently became leading technology companies.

Derek Brooks applies emerging‑markets private‑equity and impact experience plus a Fulbright‑backed Austrian‑American geopolitical lens—shaped by journalism and diplomatic work—to Series A (€5–6M) capital‑intensive urban and industrial climate hardware and infrastructure.

Investor with a finance and research background who previously worked in equity research at Morgan Stanley. Holds an MPhil in Economics from Oxford and degrees from Tulane University.

Impact entrepreneur and executive who led international growth at ChargePoint, with prior senior roles at Uber, First Solar, and Daimler. Advises across technology, energy, mobility, and sustainability.

Max is a trained scientist with a career largely in life sciences, spanning pharmaceuticals, medtech and healthcare services, and was previously a consultant at L.E.K. Consulting advising corporate and private equity clients on due diligence and strategy across the U.S. and Europe. He developed an interest in wastewater and biofuels during his PhD on microalgae and has expanded into climate tech.

Background in product design, engineering, and impact investing. Previously worked at Rivian on sustainable materials. Holds degrees from USC and Imperial College London.

Builds tools and models that sharpen 2150's data insights. Previously a Senior Analyst at a sovereign fund developing AI models for investment decisions, and studied at Copenhagen Business School.

Began in asset management in Brazil before investment banking at Hannam & Partners in London, advising the energy sector on M&A and capital raises. Studied at Insper and London Business School.

Spent two years at Cambridge Future Tech sourcing deep-tech deals and previously worked in IP law advising founders. Holds a first-class degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge.

Leads 2150's sustainability and partnerships practice, supporting the portfolio beyond capital. Previously spent six years on green investment at the EBRD and holds a master's from Yale's School of the Environment.

Alexander spent five years in venture capital at EIFO, largely as legal counsel handling the legal execution of equity and debt VC financings and operational matters, and previously worked in Corporate/M&A at a Copenhagen law firm. He holds a Master in Business and Commercial Law from Copenhagen Business School, a Master in Financial Law from King's College London, and an executive degree from Columbia Business School.

Gemma Shepherd has a background in impact investing, chemistry, and policy, previously working at Regeneration VC and in environmental policy in Hawai'i. She holds a BSc in Environmental Studies from Yale College and an MSc in Innovation & Entrepreneurship from the University of San Francisco.

Alexandra Perez is an investment and venture consultant with over seven years of experience in early-stage investing and founder support. As an investor at 2150, a European urban-tech VC firm, she deployed over $50 million across Series A and B investments and led Pre-Seed and Seed deals for a climate-focused syndicate, managing full deal lifecycles from sourcing through closing. She currently advises startups, funds, and family offices on fundraising strategy, investor readiness, and go-to-market execution, and has held multiple board observer positions while supporting portfolio companies in securing partnerships and corporate customers.

Margarita Skarkou is a Senior Principal at DWS Group leading infrastructure private equity investments, with experience investing across seed-stage through buyout in companies spanning technology, sustainability, and infrastructure sectors. She serves as a Board Director advising scale-ups and government entities, and holds Non-executive positions with UKRI and Innovate UK's Credit Supervisory Committee. Skarkou holds an MEng in Civil Engineering and CIMA certification in Business Accounting.

Nayreen Akhtar works in venture selection at Unreasonable, focusing on founders addressing societal and ecological challenges.