Neal M. Dikeman

Neal founded Cleantech.org and is one of the most cited and prolific writers on cleantech and energy technology. He served as chief blogger of Cleantechblog.com, named a 50 Best Business Blog by the London Times, was the anchor blogger on Greentech for CNET.com and News.com, and has been a guest contributor to numerous new and traditional media including AltEnergyStocks.com, Cleantech.com, Sustainable Industry Magazine, as well as spoken at over 100 industry conferences, and cited in 100s of publications on cleantech. Neal is a serial entrepreneur and venture capital investor with experience across energy, power, Cleantech and IT. He has a long track record of launching new ventures to commercialize technology across 9 startups and a number of multinationals on 3 continents, and has held every executive job in a startup. He is currently a venture capitalist at Energy Transition Ventures and Old Growth Ventures, and was formerly the corporate venture capital arm of Royal Dutch Shell, as well as board member of American Electric Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AETI) before its sale to Myers Power and Stabilis Energy.

Prior to Shell he was a founding partner at energy tech merchant bank Jane Capital Partners, investing in energy, Cleantech and IT. While at Jane Capital he helped found 6 startups and invest in and incubate numerous others, leading to multiple exits including two IPOs. He concurrently served as CFO and cofounder of Smart Wires (smart grid), CEO and cofounder of Carbonflow (SaaS), cofounder of Zenergy Power plc (AIM:ZEN) (superconductor materials and smart grid), as well as cofounding a solar business out of a state owned power company, a fuel cell company out of a private lab, and serving as VP of Business Development and leading the international expansion for TriniTEQ (wireless) in Australia.

Prior to Jane Capital he was an Investment Associate and later Director of Business Development at Globalgate, the parent company of internet pioneer Yellowpages.com (later sold to an SBC/Bellsouth JV), and an Associate at private equity fund Doyle & Boissiere. He began his career in the oil & gas investment banking group at Bankers Trust and Deutsche Bank. He holds a BA from Texas A&M in Economics.