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Anouck Champsaur

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Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Pivot Investment Partners · EIR at Energy Transition Ventures

San Francisco, California

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About

Anouck Champsaur focuses on early-stage technology and its commercialization. She previously served as Head of Business Development & Partnerships at Noon Energy, co-founded XL Batteries (a redox flow battery startup spun out of Columbia University), and spent three years as an investor on the Industrial Biotech team at Sofinnova Partners covering chemicals, materials, food, and agriculture. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Columbia University and a B.S. in Chemistry from UC Berkeley, and began her career at the DOE-funded Molecular Foundry.

Invests in

AgTechBiotechCleantechEnergyNew Materials

Experience

  1. Energy Transition VenturesEIRcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Noon EnergyHead of BD & Partnerships2024 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Sofinnova PartnersInvestor2021 — 2023Paris, Île-de-France, France
  4. BiosyntiaBoard Observer2022 — 2023Copenhagen Metropolitan Area
  5. XL BatteriesCo-Founder, CTO2018 — 2020Brooklyn, New York
  6. Columbia UniversityPostdoctoral Scientist2018 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
  7. Columbia UniversityPhD Candidate2013 — 2018New York City Metropolitan Area
  8. Berkeley LabPostbaccalaureate Fellow2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Materials Science2Chemistry4Research4Inorganic Synthesis1Inorganic Chemistry1Nanomaterials1Science3Experimental ResearchEnergy2

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Colleagues at Pivot Investment Partners

Akbar Poonawala
Investor at Pivot Investment Partners
Anouck Champsaur
Investor at Sofinnova Partners
Dinkar Jetley
Investor at Pivot Investment Partners
Larry Klane
Investor at Pivot Investment Partners

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Who is Anouck Champsaur?
Anouck Champsaur focuses on early-stage technology and its commercialization. She previously served as Head of Business Development & Partnerships at Noon Energy, co-founded XL Batteries (a redox flow battery startup spun out of Columbia University), and spent three years as an investor on the Industrial Biotech team at Sofinnova Partners covering chemicals, materials, food, and agriculture. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Columbia University and a B.S. in Chemistry from UC Berkeley, and began her career at the DOE-funded Molecular Foundry.
Where does Anouck Champsaur work?
Anouck Champsaur is Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Pivot Investment Partners.
What does Anouck Champsaur invest in?
Anouck Champsaur invests in AgTech, Biotech, Cleantech, Energy, New Materials.
Where did Anouck Champsaur go to school?
Anouck Champsaur studied at Columbia University (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemistry); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry); Freie Universität Berlin.

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Energy Transition Ventures mafia2

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Anouck ChampsaurEIRFounded Xl Batteries

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