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Matt Cohen

Investor

Principal at Clean Energy Ventures

Greater Philadelphia

FoundedTransaera

About

Matt Cohen joined Clean Energy Ventures as an Investment Principal in May 2023, bringing over a decade of climate tech investing experience and serving on the boards of portfolio companies Exterra Technologies, Queens Carbon, and Transaera. He previously was Director of Technology at Pangaea Ventures and an early employee at nanotechnology startup PChem Associates, and holds an MPhil from Cambridge and a BSE in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Invests in

CleantechClimate TechDeep TechNew Materials

Experience

  1. Clean Energy VenturesPrincipalcurrent2023 β€” present
  2. Transaera, Inc.Board Membercurrent2024 β€” present
  3. Queens CarbonBoard Membercurrent2024 β€” present
  4. Exterra Carbon SolutionsBoard Membercurrent2025 β€” present
  5. TruTag Technologies, Inc.Board Member2020 β€” 2023Emeryville, California, United States
  6. Pangaea VenturesDirector of Technology2016 β€” 2023Phoenix, Arizona, United States
  7. Pangaea VenturesAssociate2012 β€” 2016Hillsborough, NJ
  8. PChem Associates IncProject Engineer2011 β€” 2012Bensalem, PA
  9. Cambridge Temperature Concepts & Oakfield Technologies Joint VentureExternal Advisor2011Greater Cambridge Area
  10. PChem Associates, IncIntern2010Bensalem, PA
  11. University of PennsylvaniaTeaching Assistant - Materials Science & Engineering2008 β€” 2010Philadelphia, PA
  12. University of PennsylvaniaUndergraduate Researcher - Materials Science & Engineering2008 β€” 2009Philadelphia, PA
  13. Northwestern UniversityNSF-REU Participant - Materials Research Science and Engineering Center2009Evanston, IL

Education

  1. University of PennsylvaniaBSE Summa Cum Laude, Materials Science & Engineering2006 β€” 2010
  2. University of CambridgeMPhil with Distinction, Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise2010 β€” 2011
  3. Wharton Executive EducationBoards that Lead: Corporate Governance that Builds Value

Skills & more

Materials15Engineering5Materials Science21Thin Films7Nanotechnology14Powder X-ray Diffraction2Characterization5Nanomaterials6Semiconductors2Design of Experiments4Experimentation3R&D4
+12 moreProduct DevelopmentCommercializationScienceAFMPolymersRenewable EnergyFuel CellsScanning Electron MicroscopyPhysicsSolar EnergyOpticsMEMS

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Investments

Board seats

Exterra TechnologiesQueens CarbonTransaera

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Clean Energy Ventures