Clea Kolster
InvestorGuest Lecturer at Stanford University
San Francisco, California
Writes $100K – $3M checks · typically $1M
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1,649 people in our graph share verified history with Clea — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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Experience
- DioxycleCommercial Directorcurrent2026 — present
- DioxycleBoard & Commercial Advisor2025 — 2026
- Stanford UniversityGuest Lecturercurrent2022 — present
- Lowercarbon CapitalPartner and Head of Science2020 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Clean Energy Leadership InstituteFellow2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc.Consultant2017 — 2020San Francisco, California
- PayGo EnergyData Scientist2018Nairobi, Kenya
- Imperial College LondonDoctoral Researcher2014 — 2018
- AfricInvest GroupSummer Associate2017Tunis, Tunisia
- Stanford UniversityResearcher2016 — 2017
- VeoliaChemical Engineer2011 — 2013United Kingdom
Skills & more
Direct Air Capture of CO21Energy Modeling1Energy Markets1GeothermalHydrogenRemovalsChemical Engineering10Matlab6Materials Science3Data Analysis8Journalism2Languages2
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FinanceEnvironmental ScienceCarbon ManagementMicrosoft OfficeCommunity OutreachAspen PlusgPROMSHAZOPMicrosoft ExcelPythonNanotechnologyResearchLanguages Danish · English · French · Italian · Persian
From Clea's professional profile.
Deals · 1
Lone Gull HoldingsBoard seat
via LOWERCARBON · filed Feb 2022 · $70M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Stanford University
Alan Ma
Campus Lead at The MBA Fund
Alex Gould
General Partner at The Valley Fund
Aman Verjee
General Partner at Practical Venture Capital
Amit Etkin
Founder at Alto Neuroscience
Amy Chang
Founder, Accompany at Decibel Partners
Anand Lalwani
Angel at Wispr AI
Andrew Ng
Managing General Partner at AI Fund
Anjney Midha
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Network9
Sam AltmanScout
Co-founder & CEO of OpenAI; former President of Y Combinator
Crystal SaccaScout
Founding Partner at Lowercarbon
Daniel WaterhouseScout
Partner at Balderton Capital
Mike SchroepferScout
Founder, Partner at Gigascale Capital
Alex Laplaza
Venture Partner at Steel Atlas
Christina Chang
Partner at LOWERCARBON
Clay Dumas
General Partner at Lowercarbon
Duncan Carlson
Principal at Lowercarbon
Eric Helfgott
Principal at Lowercarbon
Investors connected to Clea in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Clea Kolster?
- Partner at LOWERCARBON
- Where does Clea Kolster work?
- Clea Kolster is Guest Lecturer at Stanford University.
- What check size does Clea Kolster write?
- Clea Kolster typically writes checks of $100K – $3M.
- What boards does Clea Kolster sit on?
- Clea Kolster holds tracked board seats at Lone Gull Holdings.
- Where did Clea Kolster go to school?
- Clea Kolster studied at Imperial College London (Ph.D., Chemical engineering and energy systems); Stanford University (Visiting Researcher, Energy Resources Engineering); Imperial College London (Master of Engineering (MEng), Chemical Engineering).
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Also attended Columbia University1,123
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Also attended Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle de Londres17
Emmanuel DelaveauGeneral Partner at Partech VenturesMaxim OwenPartner at Wavemaker Three-Sixty HealthSam CashInvestor at Entropy Industrial CapitalCarla PuelSenior Associate at LeadBlock PartnersVictoire RibertInvestment Manager at Lauxera Capital PartnersAmaury VangrevelynghePrincipal at Teachers' Venture Growth
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Shared employers
Also worked at Clean Energy Leadership Institute18
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Also worked at Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc.1
Also worked at PayGo Energy1
Also worked at AfricInvest Group8
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