About
Venture Partner at Ascent Energy Ventures and Chief Commercial Officer of Clean Energy Services, a Houston-based clean energy provider. Her career spans engineering roles at Schlumberger, Callon Petroleum, and Occidental (including Oxy Low Carbon Ventures), investment banking at Piper Sandler, and lecturing on MBA topics at Rice University and University of Houston-Downtown.
Experience
- Untapped VenturesAssociatecurrent2025 — present
- Untapped VenturesAnalyst2025
- Longstreet VenturesPartnercurrent2022 — present
- Thomas (YC P26)Seedcurrent2026 — present
- SiteVue AISeedcurrent2026 — present
- Piris Labs (YC W26)Seedcurrent2026 — present
- Scott AI (YC F25)Seedcurrent2025 — present
- Harper (YC W25)Pre-seed, Seed, & Series Acurrent2025 — present
- Ani BiomeSeedcurrent2025 — present
- SluiceboxPre-seed & Seedcurrent2025 — present
- Nexxa.aiPre-Seed & Seedcurrent2025 — present
- Eon Systems PBCSeedcurrent2025 — present
- ExtropicSeedcurrent2025 — present
- FerretChief of Staff2023 — 2024Santa Monica, California, United States
- FerretFounding Team2022 — 2023
- PitchBook DataBusiness Development2022 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
- Longstreet VenturesInvestment Analyst2021 — 2022
Skills & more
LeadershipDue Diligence2Investments2Venture Capital2Business DevelopmentPresentationsFinancial TechnologyAdministrative Assistance1
From Nancy's professional profile.
Colleagues at ASCENT ENERGY VENTURES
Chris Lang
Investor at ASCENT ENERGY VENTURES
David Forsberg
Managing Partner at ASCENT ENERGY VENTURES
David McClellan
Investor at ASCENT ENERGY VENTURES
James Burke
Government Relations, Portfolio Support Team at ISV
Jim Newell
Venture Partner at ASCENT ENERGY VENTURES
Joe McConaty
Investor at ASCENT ENERGY VENTURES
Steve Enger
Investor at ASCENT ENERGY VENTURES
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nancy Zakhour?
- Venture Partner at Ascent Energy Ventures and Chief Commercial Officer of Clean Energy Services, a Houston-based clean energy provider. Her career spans engineering roles at Schlumberger, Callon Petroleum, and Occidental (including Oxy Low Carbon Ventures), investment banking at Piper Sandler, and lecturing on MBA topics at Rice University and University of Houston-Downtown.
- Where does Nancy Zakhour work?
- Nancy Zakhour is Venture Partner at ASCENT ENERGY VENTURES.
- Where did Nancy Zakhour go to school?
- Nancy Zakhour studied at University of San Francisco (Masters of Science, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (STEM)); University of Oregon (Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Economics and Business with a minor in Entreprenuership); Junipero Serra High School, San Mateo, California (General Education).
Same school
Also attended University of San Francisco79
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Also attended University of Oregon82
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