Werner Goetz
InvestorInvestment Committee Member, Partner Champion to Amped Innovation at Silicon Valley
Palo Alto
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About
Werner Goetz joined SV2 as a Partner in 2018 and focuses on impact investing, helping evaluate startups in areas such as renewable energy generation and social impact in sub-Saharan Africa. He is a Partner Leader for SV2's Impact Investing Working Group. He spent over 25 years in Silicon Valley engineering and senior management roles, including work on LED lighting technology, and now runs Goetz Technology Consulting. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Erlangen in Germany.
Invests in
EnergyImpact & Social Good
Experience
- Goetz Technology ConsultingPrincipal Consultantcurrent2019 — presentPalo Alto, California
- Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund - SV2Partner, Member Investment Committee - Impact Investingcurrent2023 — present
- Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund - SV2Partner, Co-lead of Impact Investing Working Group2018 — 2023
- LumiledsSenior Director, Illumination Product Development, Strategy, and Systems2011 — 2019San Jose, CA
- LumiledsSenior Director, Product Development, Illumination Products2011San Jose, CA
- Philips Lumileds Lighting CompanySenior Director, World-wide Characterization2010 — 2011San Jose, CA
- Philips Lumileds Lighting CompanySenior Director, Epitaxy Technology2004 — 2010
- LumiledsSenior Manager, III-Nitride Epitaxial Growth Development2000 — 2004San Jose
- HPTechnical Project Leader1996 — 2000San Jose
- PARC, a Xerox CompanyResearch Associate1993 — 1996Palo Alto
- Stanford UniversityResearch Associate1993 — 1995
Skills & more
Product Development14Characterization18Technology DevelopmentMaterials Science2Sensors2Manufacturing3Physics2Semiconductors17Photonics2Optics10Optoelectronics5Thin Films4
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Design of ExperimentsElectronicsICProduct ManagementR&DSPCAnalogEngineering ManagementTechnologySemiconductor IndustryFailure AnalysisSolid State LightingFrom Werner's professional profile.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Werner Goetz?
- Werner Goetz joined SV2 as a Partner in 2018 and focuses on impact investing, helping evaluate startups in areas such as renewable energy generation and social impact in sub-Saharan Africa. He is a Partner Leader for SV2's Impact Investing Working Group. He spent over 25 years in Silicon Valley engineering and senior management roles, including work on LED lighting technology, and now runs Goetz Technology Consulting. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Erlangen in Germany.
- Where does Werner Goetz work?
- Werner Goetz is Investment Committee Member, Partner Champion to Amped Innovation at Silicon Valley.
- What does Werner Goetz invest in?
- Werner Goetz invests in Energy, Impact & Social Good.
- Where did Werner Goetz go to school?
- Werner Goetz studied at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Applied Physics).
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Shared employers
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