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Danny Kennedy

Investor

Director at EnergyLab · Director at EnergyLab Angels

Oakland, California, United States

About

Danny Kennedy is a clean energy entrepreneur and investor with over 30 years of experience in climate and energy work. He serves as Secretary of the Global Solar Council and Senior Adviser to the Sunrise Project and Wollemi Capital, and previously founded New Energy Nexus, a global platform for climate funds and incubators that operated from 2015 to 2024. Kennedy co-founded multiple solar companies including Sungevity, which pioneered remote solar design, and has held board positions at organizations including Powerhive in Kenya and the Global Solar Council; he also authored "Rooftop Revolution: How Solar Power Can Save Our Economy – and Our Planet – from Dirty Energy" and co-hosted the award-winning podcast series "Climate of Change" with Cate Blanchett.

Experience

  1. Global Solar Council (GSC)Secretarycurrent2025 — presentOakland, CA
  2. The Sunrise ProjectSenior Advisorcurrent2024 — presentNew York, USA
  3. Wollemi CapitalSenior Advisercurrent2024 — presentSydney, NSW
  4. New Energy NexusVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentSingapore, Singapore
  5. New Energy NexusChief Energy Officer2019 — 2024Oakland, HoChiMinh City, Jakarta, Bangkok, Manila, New York, Kampala, Singapore
  6. UnreasonableUnreasonable Mentorcurrent2022 — presentGlobal
  7. CALIFORNIA CLEAN ENERGY FUND DBA CALCEF VENTURESManaging Director2015 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  8. CalChargePresident2015 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  9. California 100 InitiativeMember of the California 100 Commission2021 — 2023Oakland, California, United States
  10. Third DerivativeFounding Board Chair2020 — 2023Oakland, California, United States
  11. Powerhouse (formerly known as SfunCube)Cofounder2012 — 2023Oakland, CA
  12. SungevityCofounder2007 — 2016Oakland
  13. Greenpeace Australia PacificCampaigns Manager2002 — 2006
  14. Project UndergroundDirector1996 — 2000

Education

  1. Macquarie UniversityBSc, Human Geography1990 — 1994
  2. St Aloysius College, Sydney, Australia1981 — 1988

Skills & more

Working with Investors3Executive Support3Start-up Ventures4Board of Directors3Solar Energy99Photovoltaics99Renewable Energy99Energy Efficiency45Sustainability99Cleantech99Sustainable Energy99Alternative Energy39
+12 moreEnergyEnergy ManagementEntrepreneurshipGreen TechnologySolar PowerBusiness DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsBusiness StrategySalesforce.comLeadershipGreenStrategy

Languages Creoles and pidgins, English-based

From Danny's professional profile.

Colleagues at EnergyLab

Adam Skan
Investment Manager @ Impact Ventures (Managing the Climate Solutions Accelerator Fund) at EnergyLab
Audun Fiskerud
Program Lead, Investment Ready Startups at EnergyLab
Beryl Visser
Program Lead - Accelerator & Angel Network at EnergyLab
Derick Gyabeng
Program Lead, Supercharge Australia at EnergyLab
James Tilbury
Director at EnergyLab
Kirk McDonald
Project Manager, Supercharge Australia (EnergyLab & New Energy Nexus Initiative) at EnergyLab
Lara Ruetsch
Program Lead, Early Stage Startups at EnergyLab
Linda Koschier
Advisor: Corporate Partnerships at EnergyLab

Network4

Cameron Peterkin
Associate at Powerhouse
Emily Kirsch
Founder and Managing Partner at Powerhouse
Gabe Cuadra
Principal at Powerhouse
Gabriel VanLoozen
Principal at Powerhouse

Investors connected to Danny in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Danny Kennedy work?
Danny Kennedy is Director at EnergyLab.

Founder mafias

Unreasonable mafia11

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Jevan NagarajahUnreasonable FellowFounded Better Dairy +1Arturo ElizondoFellowFounded The Every CompanyPaul BreloffFellowFounded ShortlistMarcio LempertMentor & VolunteerFounded Red AccessLucy LyonsFellowFounded KestrixMike ZelkindUnreasonable FellowFounded 80 Acres Farms

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Macquarie University mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

James TennantGraduate CertificateFounded Isengard Industries IncMatt BarrieMAppFinFounded FreelancerTommaso DemarieDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)Founded Entropica Labs

Wollemi Capital mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Paul HunyorCo-Founder and Co-CEOFounded OpenSC

Same school

Also attended Macquarie University69

Matt LinklaterInvestor Relations Manager at Square Peg CapitalOssi TiainenPartner at NGP CapitalEd GregorySenior Legal Counsel at AirTree VenturesStuart FoxPartner at ArtesianJakub RodFund Legal Counsel at Rockaway VenturesPrashanth RangaswamyHead of Operations at Alium Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at New Energy Nexus7

Dinesh GanesanPrincipal at ArcTern VenturesJulie BlundenObvious Champion at Obvious VenturesAdeline PermataSenior Consulting Associate at SAGANAKirk McDonaldProject Manager, Supercharge Australia (EnergyLab & New Energy Nexus Initiative) at EnergyLabOraya WipawasombatJunior Program Manager, Venture Spark at A2D VenturesMark HartneyPrincipal at Breakthrough Energy Ventures

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Also worked at Powerhouse (formerly known as SfunCube)21

Emily FritzePartner at The Westly GroupNoemi WalzebuckSenior Associate at The Westly GroupEdward YangSenior Associate at Prelude VenturesEmma McDonaghPartner & COO at Overture ClimateEmily KirschFounder and Managing Partner at PowerhouseMarie ThompsonPartner at Powerhouse

+ 15 more

Also worked at Sungevity7

Ariel TseitlinPartner at Scale Venture PartnersEric BielkeDirector (former Temasek) / Investor at FathomSierra PetersonFounder + Managing Partner at Voyager PartnersJJ JacksonChief Financial Officer at Future Now CapitalNick LakeDirector at EnergyLabKonrad AugustinInvestor at Future Energy Ventures

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