Christopher Brown
InvestorVenture Partner at Contrarian Ventures
London
Writes $560K checks · typically $560K
About
Chris Brown is a Venture Partner at Contrarian Ventures with over 15 years of experience in commodities trading, clean energy infrastructure, and climate tech investing. He is Head of Supply & Principal Investments at Rubicon Carbon and previously held roles at Goldman Sachs/J Aron Commodities and SSE.
Invests in
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Experience
- Rubicon CarbonHead of Origination & Investmentscurrent2023 — presentNew York, United States
- Contrarian VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2020 — presentNew York & London
- JumptechInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- BeZero CarbonInvestorcurrent2021 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
- Madison Energy InfrastructureVP2022 — 2023
- Alexa CapitalClimate & Clean Tech Investment Banking - Vice President2019 — 2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- SSE plcHead of Commercial & Strategic Partnerships | Distributed Generation2018 — 2019London, Greater London, United Kingdom
- Goldman SachsVice President - FICC2017 — 2018London, United Kingdom
- Goldman SachsAssociate - FICC2012 — 2017
- TrafiguraBusiness Operations2011 — 2012Houston, Texas, United States
Skills & more
Decision-MakingAttention to DetailPublic SpeakingAnalysisStrategyStrategic PlanningManagementLeadershipCorporate DevelopmentInvestments1Term SheetsDeal Execution
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Deal DevelopmentBusiness StrategyCorporate FinanceVenture CapitalFinanceRenewable EnergyFinancial ModelingResearchInfrastructureInvestment BankingValuationMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)From Christopher's professional profile.
Colleagues at Contrarian Ventures
Agne Gudonaviciute
Chief of Staff at Contrarian Ventures
Benjaminas Venslovas
Data Scientist at Contrarian Ventures
Bunmi Adekore
Venture Partner at Contrarian Ventures
Darius Zakaitis
Venture Partner at Contrarian Ventures
Eryk Frontczak
Venture Partner at Contrarian Ventures
Giedrius Muckus
Investor at Contrarian Ventures
Iohan Dessard
Finance & Operations Manager at Contrarian Ventures
Kobi Weinberg
Venture Partner at Contrarian Ventures
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Darius Zakaitis
Venture Partner at Contrarian Ventures
Eryk Frontczak
Venture Partner at Contrarian Ventures
Giedrius Muckus
Investor at Contrarian Ventures
Marc Wesselink
Venture Partner at Contrarian Ventures
Nityen Lal
General Partner at Icos Capital
Patrikas Feiferas
Principal at Contrarian Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Christopher Brown?
- Chris Brown is a Venture Partner at Contrarian Ventures with over 15 years of experience in commodities trading, clean energy infrastructure, and climate tech investing. He is Head of Supply & Principal Investments at Rubicon Carbon and previously held roles at Goldman Sachs/J Aron Commodities and SSE.
- Where does Christopher Brown work?
- Christopher Brown is Venture Partner at Contrarian Ventures.
- What does Christopher Brown invest in?
- Christopher Brown invests in Cleantech, Climate Tech, Energy.
- What check size does Christopher Brown write?
- Christopher Brown typically writes checks of $560K.
- Where did Christopher Brown go to school?
- Christopher Brown studied at University of Nottingham (Economics (BSc)).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Contrarian Ventures14
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