Fundraising Fox

Katie Clasen

Investor

Principal at Prelude Ventures

San Francisco, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Katie Clasen is a Principal at Prelude Ventures, which she joined in 2023. She previously held process integration engineering, product development, and product management roles at battery materials startup Sila Nanotechnologies, and began her career as a process engineer at Royal Dutch Shell. She holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Washington and an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, and got her start in venture capital as a fellow at Buoyant Ventures.

LinkedIn ↗X / Twitter ↗

Invests in

Climate TechEnergy

Experience

  1. Prelude VenturesPartnercurrent2026 — present
  2. Prelude VenturesPrincipal2023 — 2026
  3. LightshipBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
  4. AugmentaBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
  5. TempoBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
  6. Photara Inc.Board Observercurrent2023 — present
  7. UnderstoryBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
  8. TroveBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
  9. Sila Nanotechnologies Inc.Product2022 — 2023
  10. Sila Nanotechnologies Inc.Senior Process Integration Engineer2019 — 2022
  11. ShellCrude Flexibility Lead2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  12. ShellProcess Engineer2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  13. ShellProcess Safety Engineer2014
  14. Eastman Chemical CompanyProcess Improvement Engineer2014
  15. Ashland IncTechnical Sales Engineer2013

Education

  1. Northwestern University - Kellogg School of ManagementMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Finance
  2. University of WashingtonBachelor of Science (B.S.), Honors

Skills & more

Leadership2Process Safety Engineering2Chemical Engineering21Process Optimization4Engineering4Chemistry3Research3Customer Service1Time Management2Energy1Project ManagementProcess Improvement

From Katie's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management521

Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaAndy FligelSenior Managing Director at Intel CapitalDavid Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundGiuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 VenturesAntonio TurroniOperating Advisor at P101 VenturesJon TurowVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group

+ 515 more

Also attended University of Washington162

Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzVictoria TreygerGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesJoseph HorsmanInvestor at Madrona Venture GroupTed KummertVenture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applicationsJohn CarpenterInformation Technology Director at Madrona Venture Group

+ 156 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Prelude Ventures19

Joshua PosamentierManaging Partner and Co-Founder at Congruent VenturesDanny CotterManaging Partner at The Westly GroupMark CuptaManaging Director at Prelude VenturesMatt EggersManaging Director at Prelude VenturesGabriel KraManaging Director at Prelude VenturesJuan Pablo SoulierPartner at Prelude Ventures

+ 13 more

Also worked at Augmenta5

Connie WangVice President at Electric Feel Ventures LlcMatt EggersManaging Director at Prelude VenturesCharly MwangiPartner at Eclipse VenturesWan Li ZhuCo-Founder and Managing Director at Suffolk TechnologiesBlake LuseManaging Director at Ferguson Ventures

Also worked at Understory2

Tim WoodwardManaging Director at Prelude VenturesKiersten SteadManaging Partner, DCVC Bio at DCVC (Data Collective)

Also worked at Shell75

Elina HolkkoPartner and CFO at Lifeline VenturesSamuel MugoyaGeneral Partner Advisor at Beyond Capital VenturesBikram DangInvestor Relations at Group 11Mira InbarPartner at ArcTern VenturesDinesh GanesanPrincipal at ArcTern VenturesMatt BlomstedtFounding & Managing Partner at SpringTime Ventures

+ 69 more

Colleagues at Prelude Ventures

Alexandra Harbour
Advisor at Prelude Ventures
Anneli Matheson
Executive Assistant at Prelude Ventures
Bryan Shill
Principal at Prelude Ventures
Carly Anderson
Principal at Prelude Ventures
Edward Yang
Senior Associate at Prelude Ventures
Eileen McMahon
Coordinator of Operations and Executive Support at Prelude Ventures
Gabriel Kra
Managing Director at Prelude Ventures
Juan Pablo Soulier
Partner at Prelude Ventures

Network4

Alexandra Harbour
Advisor at Prelude Ventures
Bryan Shill
Principal at Prelude Ventures
Carly Anderson
Principal at Prelude Ventures
Gabriel Kra
Managing Director at Prelude Ventures

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