Nicholas Minekime
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Sunrise Mountain Partners
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United States
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Renewable Energy Power Generation
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1 - 100 Employee
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CEO & Founder
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2021 - Present
Greenwich, Connecticut, United States Sunrise Mountain Partners develops, builds, and operates sun farms that provide clean electricity and economic benefits to local communities.
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Altus Power, Inc.
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United States
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Solar Electric Power Generation
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1 - 100 Employee
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Managing Director || Project Development || Acquisitions || Project Financing
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Aug 2020 - Sep 2021
Greenwich, Connecticut, United States During my tenure, we developed over a dozen large industrial rooftop projects in New Jersey and were awarded 35 megawatts in the 2021 community solar solicitation, more than any other national developer by a factor of two. In addition, we grew the company's operating solar fleet by 89%, from 180 megawatts to over 340 megawatts.
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Solomon Community Solar LLC
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United States
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Member, Board of Directors
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Feb 2018 - Aug 2020
New York City Metropolitan Area Connecting community solar farms to residents who support renewable energy in their local communities. Founded in 2018, Solomon Community Solar has rapidly become one of the fastest growing vendors for community solar project developers nation wide.
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True Green Capital Management LLC
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United States
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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General Partner || Project Development || Acquisitions || Project Financing
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Feb 2015 - Aug 2020
Westport, Connecticut Between 2015-2020, our team closed over $1.1 billion of equity, tax equity and debt capital and grew our operating fleet from 25 to 500 megawatts. I served as the Director of Deal Development & Execution, leading underwriting, deal execution and project development. My role also encompassed development, financings, fundraising, procurement and operations.
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DEPCOM Power, Inc
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United States
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Solar Electric Power Generation
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300 - 400 Employee
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Senior Adviser & Investor
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2014 - 2016
Scottsdale, AZ and Bridgewater, NJ I helped lead an investment in DEPCOM Power while I was at Capricorn and continued to stay involved as an adviser during the early months of my transition to True Green Capital.
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Capricorn Investment Group
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United States
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Investment Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Principal
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Sep 2007 - Feb 2015
New York & Palo Alto Capricorn Investment Group is an investment firm founded to demonstrate that it is possible to invest profitably while driving sustainable positive change. Capricorn manages approximately $6 billion in assets for Jeff Skoll, the Skoll Foundation and others who strive for extraordinary investment results by leveraging market forces to accelerate large scale impact. • Closed investments into 17 companies or assets and completed 30+ financings. • Sourced, structured and negotiated… Show more Capricorn Investment Group is an investment firm founded to demonstrate that it is possible to invest profitably while driving sustainable positive change. Capricorn manages approximately $6 billion in assets for Jeff Skoll, the Skoll Foundation and others who strive for extraordinary investment results by leveraging market forces to accelerate large scale impact. • Closed investments into 17 companies or assets and completed 30+ financings. • Sourced, structured and negotiated transactions across the capital structure.
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Venture Capital Investment Team, Energy & Technology
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2010 - 2013
Palo Alto I helped establish our platform to pursue direct venture capital investments in cleantech, energy technology, and technology. We incubated, invested in, and helped grow the world's most promising companies in renewable energy, energy technology and healthcare.
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Planet
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Seed Investor
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2011 - 2014
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Liquidity Nanotech Corporation (US)
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United States
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Nanotechnology Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board of Directors & Investor
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2011 - 2013
San Francisco Bay Area Observer.
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Encell Technology, Inc.
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United States
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board of Directors & Investor
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2011 - 2013
Board Observer. Encell Technology is developing an energy battery using nickel-iron chemistry for a variety of applications. Nickel-iron batteries are known for having long cycle lives and inexpensive costs.
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Sunpreme Inc.
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United States
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Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board of Directors & Investor
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2010 - 2013
Sunnyvale, CA & Jiaxing, China Board Observer. Sunpreme was a pioneer in bi-facial solar module technology.
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Applied Solar Technologies India P Limited
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India
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Solar Electric Power Generation
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100 - 200 Employee
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Board Observer & Investor
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2010 - 2013
New Delhi Area, India AST was the largest developer of off-grid solar-battery-generator hybrid systems on telecom base stations in northern India. It later expanded to sub-Saharan Africa.
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Morgan Stanley
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Investment Banking Analyst, Financial Sponsors Group
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2005 - 2007
Hong Kong
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Education
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Williams College
BA, Chinese, Religion -
National Chengchi University
Master's, Politics