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Eileen Waris

Investor

Principal — Ventures at Energize Ventures · Associate at Energize Capital

Chicago, Illinois, United States

About

Eileen is a principal at Energize involved across the investment process from sourcing and diligence to portfolio support, and helps identify new investment trends through her sustainability background. She previously worked on sustainability at Tyson Foods, on the investment team at Westly Group, and at La Mer International and Deloitte Consulting.

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Experience

  1. Energize CapitalPrincipalcurrent2021 — present
  2. Energize CapitalAssociate2021
  3. InstaLILY AIBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentNew York, United States
  4. ArchiveBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  5. Chicago Climate Corps (C3)Membercurrent2024 — present
  6. Elum EnergyBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
  7. SINAI TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  8. AmperonBoard Observercurrent2023 — present
  9. Sourcemap: the Supply Chain Transparency CompanyBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
  10. SmartcarBoard Observercurrent2021 — present
  11. NCXBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
  12. UrbintBoard Observer2021 — 2022
  13. Tyson FoodsCorporate Sustainability2020
  14. The Westly GroupVC Summer Associate2019Menlo Park, CA
  15. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.Manager, International Business Development at La Mer2018Greater New York City Area
  16. Deloitte ConsultingConsultant2016 — 2018Greater Chicago Area
  17. Deloitte ConsultingBusiness Analyst2014 — 2016Greater Chicago Area
  18. Huron Consulting GroupSummer Analyst2013

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration - MBA2018 — 2020
  2. Stanford UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Environmental Science2018 — 2020
  3. Vanderbilt UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Public Policy

Skills & more

Data Analysis2Social Networking3Microsoft Office6Microsoft Excel7Microsoft Word6PowerPoint5Teamwork1Public Speaking6Microsoft PowerPoint3

From Eileen's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,150

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

+ 1,144 more

Also attended Stanford University1,578

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 1,572 more

Also attended Vanderbilt University150

Jacob JofeInvestor at Index VenturesRoss Perot Jr.Chairman of The Perot Group at Perot JainDavid JohnsonManaging Director at Intel Capital, North AmericaTom DriscollPrincipal at Differential VenturesPayton DobbsOperating Partner at Hoxton VenturesJosh KipnisHead of Marketing & Communications at AlleyCorp

+ 144 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Energize Capital28

John ToughCo-Founder & Managing Partner, Member of Investment Committee at Energize VenturesKatie McClainPartner & COO, Member of Investment Committee at Energize VenturesJuan MuldoonPartner — Co-Head of Ventures at Energize VenturesTyler LancasterPartner — Co-Head of Ventures at Energize VenturesKevin StevensPartner — Co-Head of Endurance at Energize VenturesAlan GlassPartner — Co-Head of Endurance at Energize Ventures

+ 22 more

Also worked at Chicago Climate Corps (C3)2

Kobi WeinbergVenture Partner at Contrarian VenturesJessica MurphyPrincipal, Director of Community at S2G Investments

Also worked at Elum Energy2

Ana HugenerPrincipal — Ventures at Energize VenturesGuilhem de VregillePartner at XAnge

Also worked at NCX1

Katie McClainPartner & COO, Member of Investment Committee at Energize Ventures

Deals · 1

SINAI Technologies Inc.Board seat

via Energize Ventures · filed Sep 2022 · $13.3M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Energize Ventures

Aaron Donenberg
Portfolio Finance Associate at Energize Ventures
Agustina Soriano Sergi
Senior Associate — Ventures at Energize Ventures
Alan Glass
Partner — Co-Head of Endurance at Energize Ventures
Ana Hugener
Principal — Ventures at Energize Ventures
Anson MacKinney
Senior Associate — Ventures at Energize Ventures
Becks Bondi
Director of Operations at Energize Ventures
Chloe Bierut
Community & Events Manager at Energize Ventures
Chris Bozzetti
Controller at Energize Ventures

Network5

Alex Taussig
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Jarell Mason
Senior Associate at Energize Capital
Mark Tomasovic
Principal — Ventures at Energize Ventures
Scott Friend
Partner at Bain Capital Ventures
Tyler Lancaster
Partner — Co-Head of Ventures at Energize Capital

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