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About
Clay Dumas is a founding partner at Lowercarbon Capital, where he focuses on backing climate technology companies working to reduce global warming. He is also a partner at Lowercase Capital, managing relationships with technology and consumer startups and advising founders on product, fundraising, messaging, and policy. Before venture investing, he held roles on President Obama's reelection campaign and at the White House, including work with the Office of Digital Strategy, and graduated with honors from Harvard College in philosophy and economics.
Invests in
CleantechClimate TechConsumerDeep TechEnergyHardwareRobotics
Beyond investing
- Education
- Studied at Harvard College (philosophy and economics, 2011)
- Boards
- Dumas serves on the Legal Services Corporation's Emerging Leaders Council.
- Charities
- Dumas advises climate nonprofits such as Silver Lining, which works to avert dangerous climate tipping points. Dumas has advised The Bail Project in its efforts to end cash bail and build a more humane pre-trial system.
- Communities
- Dumas was an officer of the Harvard Crimson's editorial staff during his time at Harvard.
- Hobbies
- Dumas enjoys running outside, chocolate croissants, and the Showtime era of LA Lakers basketball.
- Family
- Dumas lives in Venice, CA with his wife Sarah and their three children.
- More
- In 2008 Dumas drove 2,411 miles from Van Nuys, California to Ashtabula, Ohio to run a field office for the Obama campaign. Dumas wrote a Harvard thesis on the intellectual underpinnings of consumer borrowing.
From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.
Deals · 1
SolugenQuoted
via Lowercarbon Capital · filed Sep 2021
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Other disclosed investments
Led
MobilizeSwayableSwing Left
Board seats
Sources: the firm's website · curated public sources.
Colleagues at Lowercarbon Capital
Network10
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Clay Dumas?
- Clay Dumas is a founding partner at Lowercarbon Capital, where he focuses on backing climate technology companies working to reduce global warming. He is also a partner at Lowercase Capital, managing relationships with technology and consumer startups and advising founders on product, fundraising, messaging, and policy. Before venture investing, he held roles on President Obama's reelection campaign and at the White House, including work with the Office of Digital Strategy, and graduated with honors from Harvard College in philosophy and economics.
- Where does Clay Dumas work?
- Clay Dumas is General Partner at Lowercarbon Capital and Partner at Lowercase Capital.
- What does Clay Dumas invest in?
- Clay Dumas invests in Cleantech, Climate Tech, Consumer, Deep Tech, Energy, Hardware, Robotics.
- What boards does Clay Dumas sit on?
- Clay Dumas holds tracked board seats at TALA.
- What companies has Clay Dumas invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Mobilize, Swayable, Swing Left, Airloom Energy, Epoch Biodesign, Floodbase, Fuse Energy, Genomines, Kula Bio, Pledge, Safi AI, Solar Square, and 2 more.
- Does Clay Dumas lead rounds?
- Yes — Clay Dumas has led 3 tracked investments.
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