Team

Experts in Scaling Physical Climate Solutions

We are a team of builders from founding teams at leading global companies like Impossible Foods, Apeel Sciences, Sightline Climate, and Forward Health, with a track record of turning breakthrough science into scaled businesses. 

Nick Halla

Founder & CEO

1st Employee and Executive at Impossible Foods, Board Director at InnerPlant and Hoxton Farms

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Grant Rickon

Commercial & Operations

Scaled Apeel Sciences from Seed to Series E, former EMEA Commercial Lead, and Research Chemist

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Grace Pluvinage

Commercial & Marketing

Grew technology businesses from Seed to IPO, Marketing and Business Development at Sightline Climate, Patch

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Santiago Arguelles

Finance & Operations

Scaled Forward from seed to Series E, deep experience with international and mixed-capital contexts

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Kalle Marsal

Finance & Commercial

Former impact CEO / COO, former HP Executive, led multi-billion dollar businesses, raised $200M+ in growth capital

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Serena Turner

Marketing & Strategy Intern

Stanford University M.A., Environmental Communications

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Yin Lin Tan

Go-To-Market Strategy Intern

Stanford University Ph.D. candidate, Linguistics

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Advisors

Leading Scientific and Strategic Experts

Dr. Rob Jackson

Scientific Advisor

Stanford University Earth System Science Department, Senior Fellow Woods Institute for the Environment and Precourt Institute for Energy

Jessica Appelgren

Marketing Advisor

Palmetto; former Impossible Foods,
The Moonshot Factory (Google X)

Adrian Aoun

Finance & Investment Advisor

Serial Entrepreneur & Investor

Giselle Guerrero

Brand & Strategy Advisor

VP of Brand and Creative at Ro, former VP of Creative at Impossible Foods

Chris Mangieri

Finance & Investment Advisor

BurCell; former Pulse Fund and Full Cycle Climate Partners

Dr. Rob Jackson

Scientific Advisor

Stanford University Earth System Science Department

Jessica Appelgren

Marketing Advisor

Palmetto; former Impossible Foods, The Moonshot Factory (Google X)

Adrian Aoun

Finance & Investment Advisor

Serial Entrepreneur & Investor

Giselle Guerrero

Brand & Strategy Advisor

VP of Brand and Creative at Ro, former VP of Creative at Impossible Foods

Chris Mangieri

Finance & Investment Advisor

BurCell; former Pulse Fund and Full Cycle Climate Partners

Key Collaborators

Leading Accelerators and Institutions