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Alex Prather

Investor

Investor at LOWERCARBON

Brooklyn, New York

Writes $1M – $3M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Alex Prather is founder and CEO of Project SPINOUT, which focuses on lab-to-market commercialization and academic spinouts. His background includes building fund structures to support early-stage startups in emerging markets and commercialization work in climate technology at MIT and Harvard.

Experience

  1. Project SPINOUTFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentBrooklyn, New York, United States
  2. RecursionCo-Founder2025Brooklyn, New York, United States
  3. NewlabDirector of Ventures | Climate Tech Investments & Academic Spinouts2023 — 2025Brooklyn, New York, United States
  4. Lowercarbon CapitalAssociate2023New York City Metropolitan Area
  5. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Carbon Confusion Project, Research Assistant2022 — 2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology15.366: MIT Climate & Energy Ventures, Teaching Assistant2020 — 2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  7. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyFellow, Innovation Ecosystem Builders Fellowship Program2018 — 2020Cambridge, Massachusetts
  8. Woodwell Climate Research CenterCarbon Markets Entrepreneur in Residence2022 — 2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  9. Harvard UniversityHarvard Climate Internship Program2022Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  10. The EngineInnovation Scout | MBA Associate2021 — 2022Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  11. FootPrint CoalitionSummer Associate2021New York City Metropolitan Area
  12. Project DrawdownDrawdown Labs Support2020San Francisco Bay Area
  13. Cleantech GroupResearch Intern2020San Francisco Bay Area
  14. CapriaCo-Founder Capria VentureBasecamp/ Strategy and Partnerships2018 — 2019Bangalore, India
  15. CapriaCo-Founder Capria VentureBasecamp (Acquired)2016 — 2019Bengaluru Area, India
  16. CapriaIncubation and Acceleration Program Manager2017Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  17. CapriaIncubation and Acceleration Program Lead2015 — 2017Bangalore, India
  18. CapriaIncubation and Acceleration Intern2015Greater Seattle Area
  19. Seva MandirResearcher2014 — 2015Rajasthan, India
  20. Institute of Economic Affairs, GhanaIntern2013Accra, Ghana

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMBA - dual degree, Sloan School of Management2020 — 2022
  2. Harvard UniversityMPA - dual degree, John F. Kennedy School of Government2021 — 2023
  3. Washington and Lee UniversityB.A. in Economics, Global Politics

Skills & more

Languages English · French · Hindi · Spanish

From Alex's professional profile.

Colleagues at LOWERCARBON

Caie Kelley
General Partner, Growth at LOWERCARBON
Chris Sacca
Investor at Lowercase Capital
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

Network7

Alex Laplaza
Venture Partner at Steel Atlas
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

Investors connected to Alex in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Alex Prather work?
Alex Prather is at LOWERCARBON.
What check size does Alex Prather write?
Alex Prather typically writes checks of $1M – $3M.

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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,281

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Also attended Harvard University1,465

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Also attended Washington and Lee University40

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Shared employers

Also worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology443

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Also worked at Capria22

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Also worked at UNCTAD1

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