About
Venture Partner at Steel Atlas and Director at Rainmaker, a water resilience company. He was previously the first hire and a Partner at Lowercarbon Capital, deploying $2 billion into clean energy, manufacturing, and carbon removal; he was a Fulbright Scholar and holds a Masters from Stanford.
Experience
- Rainmaker Technology CorporationVice President of International Affairscurrent2024 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Stanford Alumni in Climate TechBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- Lowercarbon CapitalPartner2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Lowercarbon CapitalPrincipal2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Lowercarbon CapitalAssociate2020 — 2021New York City Metropolitan Area
- The Fulbright ProgramFulbright Scholar2016 — 2018Indonesia
- U.S. Department of StateCritical Language Scholar2016Indonesia
Skills & more
International Relations25Policy Analysis16Foreign Policy22Political Science18Social Media15Public Relations11Research19International Development10Foreign Languages8Foreign Affairs7Foreign Policy Analysis6International Organizations7
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DiplomacyEuropean UnionEuropean PoliticsEnvironmental PolicyInternational SecurityEuropean StudiesLatin American StudiesMicrosoft OfficePowerPointMicrosoft WordMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointLanguages English · French · Indonesian · Italian · Spanish
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Colleagues at Steel Atlas
Network7
Alex Prather
Investor at LOWERCARBON
Christina Chang
Partner at LOWERCARBON
Clay Dumas
General Partner at LOWERCARBON
Clea Kolster
Partner at LOWERCARBON
Crystal English Sacca
Partner at LOWERCARBON
Duncan Carlson
Associate at LOWERCARBON
Eric Helfgott
Principal at LOWERCARBON
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alex Laplaza?
- Venture Partner at Steel Atlas and Director at Rainmaker, a water resilience company. He was previously the first hire and a Partner at Lowercarbon Capital, deploying $2 billion into clean energy, manufacturing, and carbon removal; he was a Fulbright Scholar and holds a Masters from Stanford.
- Where does Alex Laplaza work?
- Alex Laplaza is Venture Partner at Steel Atlas.
- Where did Alex Laplaza go to school?
- Alex Laplaza studied at Stanford University (Master's, International Policy - Energy); American University (Honors Bachelor's Degree, International Economics).
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Also attended American University79
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Shared employers
Also worked at Rainmaker Technology Corporation4
Also worked at Lowercarbon Capital23
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Also worked at The Fulbright Program19
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Also worked at U.S. Department of State130
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