The Team

Energize holds an annual summer retreat, alternating between a Chicago-based
event and a travel destination. This year we went to the east coast and focused
on how we can continue to invest in our team’s resources to meet the scale and
complexity of the growing climate opportunity.

The purpose of the retreat is for the Energize team to evaluate and realign our
short-term and long-term goals. We view this event as a chance for us to ensure
we are on track to achieve the goals we’ve committed to each other and our external
stakeholders: LPs, entrepreneurs, co-investors.

As an investment firm our “products” are our decisions and the
ways we engage with and help our portfolio create, protect and realize value.
It has been well-documented that the feedback cycles on private market
investors can be extended. I’ve found that the leading indicator to success in
our business is the quality of the team. One of our new teammates is
a semi-professional photographer and we had a few photos takes from the trip. I
was looking through the photos and this one jumped out – I feel very fortunate
to have so many high-quality colleagues here at Energize. With this crew
guiding and executing upon our goals, I think we are going to have a very
exciting second half of 2024, and beyond.