About
Dinesh Ganesan is a Principal at ArcTern Ventures with an engineering background and experience across energy, investments, and startups in the US, Europe, and Asia. He began his career in Singapore at New Energy Nexus and later at Berkeley Energy, a private equity firm focused on renewables in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, before working on venture and M&A opportunities at Equinor across areas including carbon, power, minerals, and recycling. He holds a Chemical Engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master's in Metal & Energy Finance from Imperial College London.
Invests in
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Experience
- ArcTern VenturesPrincipalcurrent2023 — presentOslo, Norway
- CapturaBoard Observer2023
- eSmart SystemsBoard Observer2022 — 2023
- EquinorInvestor, Equinor Ventures2021 — 2023Oslo, Norway
- BERKELEY ENERGYInvestor2020 — 2021
- Voltiq - Renewable Energy FinanceAnalyst2020
- Imperial College LondonPostgraduate Researcher2019 — 2020Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- New Energy NexusRegional Program Coordinator2019South East Asia
- EYAdvisory Consultant2018 — 2019United States
- SpecWareCo-Founder2017Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- PwCTechnology Consulting Intern2016New York City Metropolitan Area
- ShellRBI Engineering Intern2015Singapore
- Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)Lieutenant2012 — 2014Singapore
- Singapore Economic Development BoardProject Officer, i3 Group2011Singapore
Skills & more
Leadership41Team Leadership21Teamwork37Public Speaking34Flexibility5Analysis7Critical Thinking8Matlab22Microsoft Excel29Microsoft Office27Microsoft PowerPoint7Market Research8
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Data AnalysisBilingual CommunicationsTechnical WritingEconomicsDifferential EquationsInstrumentationTime ManagementCustomer ServiceResearchLanguages Bahasa Indonesia · English · French · Spanish
From Dinesh's professional profile.
Colleagues at ArcTern Ventures
Andy Chisholm
Advisor, Investment Committee at ArcTern Ventures
Fiona Hamilton
Associate at ArcTern Ventures
Ian Pinnington
Partner at ArcTern Ventures
Jackson Wright
Associate at ArcTern Ventures
Jon Dogterom
Advisor, Investment Committee at ArcTern Ventures
Keegan Pinto
Principal at ArcTern Ventures
Kristin Aamodt
Partner at ArcTern Ventures
Louisa Liu
Chief Financial Officer at ArcTern Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dinesh Ganesan?
- Dinesh Ganesan is a Principal at ArcTern Ventures with an engineering background and experience across energy, investments, and startups in the US, Europe, and Asia. He began his career in Singapore at New Energy Nexus and later at Berkeley Energy, a private equity firm focused on renewables in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, before working on venture and M&A opportunities at Equinor across areas including carbon, power, minerals, and recycling. He holds a Chemical Engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master's in Metal & Energy Finance from Imperial College London.
- Where does Dinesh Ganesan work?
- Dinesh Ganesan is Principal at ArcTern Ventures.
- What does Dinesh Ganesan invest in?
- Dinesh Ganesan invests in Cleantech, Climate Tech, Energy.
- Where did Dinesh Ganesan go to school?
- Dinesh Ganesan studied at Imperial Business School (Master of Science - MS, Metals & Energy Finance); Georgia Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering); Jakarta Intercultural School (International Baccalaureate Diploma).
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Also attended Imperial Business School81
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Also attended Georgia Institute of Technology346
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Also attended Jakarta Intercultural School18
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Shared employers
Also worked at New Energy Nexus7
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Also worked at EY1,168
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Also worked at PwC1,102
David PhuController at Felicis VenturesTianen LiangTax Controller at Felicis VenturesJanet WolpertInvestor at Index VenturesAryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity PartnersAne Tolnes HaugdalInvestor at InvestinorEgilInvestor at Investinor
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Also worked at Shell104
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