About
Amy Zhao is a Principal at Clean Energy Ventures focused on early-stage climate technology investments. Her recent investment areas include climate risk and insurance, geothermal technologies, low-carbon cement solutions, and operational technology cybersecurity. She works on CEV's "Structuring for Scale" initiative to develop financing solutions for climate tech companies in the growth stage.
Experience
- Clean Energy VenturesPrincipalcurrent2026 — present
- Clean Energy VenturesInvestor2023 — 2026San Francisco, CA
- Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore (URA)Strategic Researcher2022
- Strategy&, part of the PwC networkAssociate Consultant | Power & Utilities2018 — 2021Houston, Texas Area
- Harvard Student AgenciesMember of the Board of Directors2015 — 201767 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration - MBA
- Harvard UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA with Honors (Cum Laude), Economics
Skills & more
Project Management13Customer Service9Research9Social Media6Nonprofits3Event Planning3Program Development2Education Program Development1Curriculum Development3Marketing Strategy2Marketing Communications1Marketing2
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TeachingCommunity OutreachBusiness DevelopmentMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft WordMicrosoft ExcelPowerPointMicrosoft PowerPointLeadershipPublic SpeakingManagementTeamworkLanguages English · Mandarin · Spanish
- Social & Behavioral Research Investigators Ethics Training Completion — Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative
From Amy's professional profile.
Colleagues at Clean Energy Ventures
Ben Rogers
Venture Partner at Clean Energy Ventures
Bridget Michalowski
Investor Relations Manager at Clean Energy Ventures
Cara Tobin
Venture Partner at Clean Energy Ventures
Cheryl Hallett
Chief Financial Officer at Clean Energy Ventures
Coleman Adams
Investor at Clean Energy Venture
Cooper Bates
Analyst at Clean Energy Ventures
Danae Minich
Office Coordinator at Clean Energy Ventures
Daniel Goldman
Co-Founder and Managing Director at Clean Energy Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Amy Zhao work?
- Amy Zhao is Principal at Clean Energy Ventures.
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Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,291
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Also attended Harvard University1,457
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Shared employers
Also worked at Clean Energy Ventures32
Daniel GoldmanCo-Founder and Managing Director at Clean Energy VenturesTemple FennellCo-Founder and Managing Director at Clean Energy VenturesDavid MillerCo-Founder and Managing Director at Clean Energy VenturesPeter SopherInvestment Partner at Clean Energy VenturesShanbor GuptaPrincipal at Clean Energy VenturesYi Jean ChowInvestment Partner at Clean Energy Ventures
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Also worked at Strategy&, part of the PwC network125
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Also worked at Harvard Student Agencies14
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