Spring Lane Capital

Nikhil Garg is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Spring Lane Capital, where he focuses on sustainable resource investments. He was previously a Partner at Black Coral Capital, making project finance, growth equity, and venture capital investments across cleantech sectors, and earlier co-led U.S. strategy development for a $1B private equity fund at Climate Change Capital, following roles at Comcast, America Online, and Bain & Co. Garg holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University, and is based in Boston.

Partner focused on Sports, Media and Entertainment investments who leads RedBird's Miami office. She spent 15 years at BlackRock, most recently as a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager leading growth equity strategy.

Eric Assouad co-leads WP Global Partners' venture capital and growth equity investments. He previously worked on the Technology, Media & Telecommunications team at Boston Consulting Group and served as Vice President of Strategic Investments and Alliances at FIS, leading initiatives in digital, mobile, and big data technologies. He holds an M.B.A. from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Tom Thompson has over 30 years of experience in the investment industry, along with a legal background and experience in mergers, acquisitions, and operations. He previously served as a Director at WestAM, where he handled international investments, special situations, and real estate and sat on the firm's executive and investment committees, and earlier was a Director in the Private Markets Group of Forstmann-Leff International. He holds a J.D. from Indiana University Law School and a B.A. in government from Bowdoin College.

Katherine St. James is an Associate on the deal team at Spring Lane Capital, where she evaluates sustainable distributed infrastructure projects for private equity investment. She previously served as Senior Director of Programs at Greentown Labs, leading the Greentown Go program focused on startup-corporate commercialization partnerships in climatetech, and earlier worked in process improvement and commercial strategy at Schneider Electric. She holds a BBA in Finance and Economics from the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago and is a member of the 2023-2024 cohort of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment's Financing and Deploying Clean Energy program.

Mark Reuss is Principal, Portfolio Operations at Spring Lane Capital. His background spans project development, engineering, and project management in the power and petrochemical industries, including combined cycle and open cycle gas plants, LNG to power, onshore and offshore wind, solar, and battery storage, as well as refineries and gas compression stations. He holds a LEED Green Associate credential.

Dereck Grey is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ who works with private clients at Caliber, helping them with tactical asset management and risk management strategies including private real estate allocations. He previously spent about eight years as a financial advisor at firms including Charles Schwab and Merrill Lynch, where he managed over $730 million in combined private client assets. He holds a BS in Finance with a certificate in economics from Northern Arizona University.

General Counsel who previously served as Deputy General Counsel of Media and League Business Affairs for the NFL and held senior legal roles at 21st Century Fox and News Corporation.