Robert Parker

Rob Parker is ClimateTech ecosystem leader with domain expertise at the intersection of capital

formation, operations, and scaling innovation across numerous technology verticals. He has 25 years of experience in leadership, management, and capital markets in roles that range from investment banking & consulting to venture investing to project development and as an entrepreneur. His most recent professional roles have focused on scaling early and growth stage ClimateTech companies and helping them build a full, diversified capital stack, as well as supporting investment funds and government agencies dedicated to ClimateTech with due diligence, program development, and program operations.

Rob has significant operating experience in Energy, Government, Telecom, Utilities, Finance, and Non-Profits. He has worked with more than 200 projects and companies across multiple clean technology and decarbonization verticals, supporting those firms on strategy, operations, deploying capital, business development, finance, and growth. Rob has experience with renewable energy generation, energy storage, energy efficiency, smart grid, waste-to-value, CarbonTech, FinTech, SaaS, PropTech, mobility & charging infrastructure, and AgTech.

Prior to joining Strategic Ventures, Rob was the was the Deputy Director of Finance and Innovation Investment at the Maryland Clean Energy Center. Earlier roles included Managing Partner of Honu Hoku Advisors and the CEO of Zinc8 Energy Solutions USA. Before that, he was a Director at Sif Capital and an Innovation Advisor to NYSERDA’s Technology-to-Market Division. Previously, he was an Operating Partner at S-CAP Cleantech Venture Fund, and was Co-Founder of Empire State Greenhouses. Robert began his career in ClimateTech as a Senior Investment Banking Associate at Strategic Ventures in 2005. For more than a decade, Robert has supported numerous organizations focused on innovation and accelerating the Clean Energy Transition as a volunteer, judge, and mentor.

Rob is also an Adjunct Professor at New York University, teaching in the Clean Start Program as well as an EIR for NYSERDA’s ClimateTech Expertise Network run by Columbia Technology Ventures. Rob has an MBA from Loyola University – Chicago and a BA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University.