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Ben Gust

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Managing Partner at Virescent Ventures · Board director at Ivantis Inc

Greater Melbourne Area

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About

Ben Gust is Managing Partner at Virescent Ventures, a climate technology venture capital firm. He began his venture capital career in life sciences in 2003 before transitioning to climate tech investing in 2018. His investment focus centers on founders operating in sectors with commercial and environmental impact potential.

Board director at Ivantis Inc

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Ivantis Inc's investors · 5

Ascension VenturesSaint Louis · $10M – $20M checks · since 2017Foresite CapitalWest Hollywood · since 2017MemorialCare Innovation FundLong Beach · since 2017New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2017RA CapitalBoston · since 2017

Experience

  1. Virescent VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2022 — present
  2. JET ChargeDirectorcurrent2020 — present
  3. Sunman EnergyDirectorcurrent2020 — present
  4. SILTRAXDirectorcurrent2023 — present
  5. Omni Tanker Pty LtdDirector2019 — 2023
  6. GreenSync Pty LtdDirector2018 — 2022
  7. Clean Energy Finance CorporationExecutive Director - Innovation Fund2018 — 2022
  8. Mimetica Pty LtdDirector2013 — 2022
  9. Ivantis, IncDirector2014 — 2022Irvine CA
  10. GBS Venture PartnersPartner2003 — 2018Melbourne, Australia
  11. Hatchtech Pty LtdDirector2012 — 2017
  12. NeuromonicsDirector2006 — 2017
  13. Hydrexia Pty LtdDirector2007 — 2015
  14. Spinifex Pharmaceuticals Pty LtdDirector2012 — 2015
  15. health.com.auAlt. Director2013 — 2015

Colleagues at Virescent Ventures

Alex Oppes
Investment Director at Virescent Ventures
Blair Pritchard
Partner at Virescent Ventures
Diane Connor
Head of Finance at Virescent Ventures
Gerd Goette
Investment Committee Member at Virescent Ventures
Ian Learmonth
Investment Committee Member at Virescent Ventures
Jonathon Cronin
Investment Manager at Virescent Ventures
Kristin Vaughan
Managing Partner at Virescent Ventures
Madi Benton
Investment Associate at Virescent Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ben Gust?
Ben Gust is Managing Partner at Virescent Ventures, a climate technology venture capital firm. He began his venture capital career in life sciences in 2003 before transitioning to climate tech investing in 2018. His investment focus centers on founders operating in sectors with commercial and environmental impact potential.
Where does Ben Gust work?
Ben Gust is Managing Partner at Virescent Ventures and Board director at Ivantis Inc.
Where did Ben Gust go to school?
Ben Gust studied at Monash University (Bachelor of Laws (LLB)); Monash University (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)); FINSIA (Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment).

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