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Rokas Peciulaitis

Investor

Managing Partner at Contrarian Ventures

Lithuania

Writes $50K – $1M checks · typically $350K

About

Founder and managing partner at Contrarian Ventures who led first institutional checks in climate tech companies including PVcase, BeZero Carbon and Ember. He co-founded climate ecosystem initiatives such as the Energy Tech Summit, Climate 50 and Climate Brick, and began his career as an inflation trader at Bank of America Merrill Lynch before moving into early-stage climate investing in 2016. He holds an M.A. in Economics from the University of Glasgow and is a Kauffman Fellow (Class 25).

Invests in

CleantechClimate TechEnergy

Experience

  1. Contrarian VenturesFounder & Managing Partnercurrent2017 — present
  2. altroveBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
  3. MetafuelsBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentZurich, Switzerland
  4. EmberBoard Observercurrent2024 — presentEdinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
  5. EmberBoard Member2022 — 2024Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
  6. PVcaseBoard Observercurrent2023 — presentVilnius, Vilniaus, Lithuania
  7. PVcaseBoard Member2018 — 2023Vilnius, Vilniaus, Lithuania
  8. StarflowInvestorcurrent2025 — presentStavanger/Sandnes, Rogaland, Norway
  9. MarvinInvestorcurrent2023 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  10. DelfosBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  11. UrbioBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentSwitzerland
  12. EliqBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentStockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
  13. Satellite VuInvestorcurrent2022 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
  14. BeZero CarbonInvestorcurrent2021 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
  15. H2ProInvestorcurrent2019 — presentQaesarea, Haifa, Israel
  16. ChoooseInvestorcurrent2019 — presentOslo, Norway
  17. Vilniaus universiteto fondasShareholdercurrent2024 — presentVilnius
  18. Kauffman FellowsFellowcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  19. Lithuanian Private Equity and Venture Capital AssociationChairman Of The Board2018 — 2022Vilnius, Vilniaus, Lithuania
  20. Avia Solutions GroupVP of Investments2016 — 2017

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolPrivate Equity and Venture Capital2018
  2. University of GlasgowMA, Economics2008 — 2012
  3. UC Santa BarbaraBA, Economics2010 — 2011

Skills & more

Investments93Venture Capital77Investment Banking39Start-ups71Trading33Economics30Entrepreneurship28Financial Markets17Fixed Income11Financial Analysis19Derivatives8Financial Modeling14
+12 moreFX OptionsDue DiligencePrivate EquityStartupsEmerging MarketsMergers & AcquisitionsAlternative InvestmentsInvestor RelationsDeal SourcingPrincipal InvestingCapital FormationVenture Development

Languages English · Lithuanian

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