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Don Wood
InvestorVenture Partner/ West (Senior Advisory Board) at Energy Impact Partners · Senior Advisor at Piva Capital · Venture Partner, Energy at B Capital Group
New York, NY
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About
Don Wood is a Venture Partner at B Capital focused on climate tech, where he works to expand the firm's climate investment strategy and advise its climate team. He previously served as a managing director at DFJ and as a Venture Partner and advisor at Energy Impact Partners and Piva Capital, and has held 15 public and private company board seats. He is also a faculty member at the Stanford Graduate School of Business teaching climate tech and entrepreneurship.
Invests in
Climate TechEnergy
Experience
- Stanford Graduate School of BusinessFacultycurrent2014 — present
- B CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2023 — present
- PivaSenior Advisorcurrent2019 — present
- Energy Impact PartnersSenior Advisorcurrent2016 — presentNew York City, San Francisco
- DFJManaging Director2006 — 2026Menlo Park, California
- Vanguard VenturesManaging Director1998 — 2006
- Wood Howard ProductsFounder and CEO1989 — 2005
- MetricomPresident and Board Member1994 — 1998
- Octel CommunicationsMarketing and General Management1991 — 1994Milpitas, California
- International Power TechnologyEVP Sales and Marketing1984 — 1988
- McKinsey & CompanyManagement Consultant1980 — 1983San Francisco Bay Area
- US EPAEconomist1976 — 1978Washington DC
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Business StrategyMergers & AcquisitionsEmerging MarketsBusiness DevelopmentFrom Don's professional profile.
Investments
Board seats
Metricom
Investor
Cooking.comVocera Communications
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Don Wood?
- Don Wood is a Venture Partner at B Capital focused on climate tech, where he works to expand the firm's climate investment strategy and advise its climate team. He previously served as a managing director at DFJ and as a Venture Partner and advisor at Energy Impact Partners and Piva Capital, and has held 15 public and private company board seats. He is also a faculty member at the Stanford Graduate School of Business teaching climate tech and entrepreneurship.
- Where does Don Wood work?
- Don Wood is Venture Partner/ West (Senior Advisory Board) at Energy Impact Partners.
- What does Don Wood invest in?
- Don Wood invests in Climate Tech, Energy.
- What boards does Don Wood sit on?
- Don Wood holds tracked board seats at Metricom.
- What companies has Don Wood invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Cooking.com, Vocera Communications.
- Where did Don Wood go to school?
- Don Wood studied at Stanford University (Bachelor's degree, Economics); Stanford University (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance, Marketing).
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