Growing ecologically-grounded, employee-owned, community-rooted companies—
The Picks and Shovels of the Next Economy™
Growing ecologically-grounded, employee-owned, community-rooted companies—
The Picks and Shovels of the Next Economy™
Critical Path Capital invests in growth stage, climate-relevant, small and midsized companies—with a particular focus on Energy, Buildings, Mobility, Soils, Circular, and Digital—to build their effectiveness, impact, and value, and broadly share that value with those that contribute to it.
Our initial primary focus:
HVAC, heat pumps, and electrification acquisitions.
We will accelerate the development and growth of sustainable/regenerative/restorative enterprise—both the innovators and the providers of the picks and shovels of the next economy—and enable employees and investors to benefit from a unique business approach designed for leverage and scale.
A seasoned team of pioneers and innovators—experienced in uncovering and generating massive value in wide range of industries—who are committed to business in service of life and to people as a key asset, not a cost.
Critical Path Capital is initially focusing on acquiring HVAC and electrification contractors in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest (potentially expanding to other regions in the future).
Prospects will have revenue exceeding $5m/year, a solid or growing heat pump and/or electrification practice, a strong team and reputation, and a desire for growth and impact. (We may consider smaller firms under particular circumstances.)
We will bring growth capital, our history of building value and beneficial impact, and our commitment to share value with those who contribute to value creation.
We are joined in this work by our capital partners, The Builders Fund, which shares our commitment to having a meaningful impact on large social and environmental challenges, and by Project Equity, which is a national leader in the movement to expand employee ownership.
Managing Director
Strategic sustainability leader. Unparalleled experience, reputation, network. 50-year pioneer of the sustainable business phenomenon. CEO Natural Logic, Inc. Former CSO City of Palo Alto. Inaugural member, Sustainability Hall of Fame.
VP, Strategy & Analysis
Multi-sector strategist and executive in engineering, planning, management, and advisory roles. Former vice president at the Boston Consulting Group, director at Arthur D. Little, and executive at Sprint. Senior Fellow, University of California at San Diego.
VP, Employee Ownership
Co-Founder and Chair of Sustainable Systems, Inc. Director of Business Development, REV+ALL. Lead consultant to the $250m Bay Area Family of Funds. Leadership Team, Our Planet Our Future. Previously, Senior Vice President of Progressive Asset Management.
Chief Investment Officer
Portfolio Manager, Strategic Turnaround Fund, LP. Former Managing Director, Deloitte HOLT Value Associates, Manager, BGC. MBA, Finance, UC Berkeley
VP, Research
Don parses big data to discover and analyze new markets and technologies. Don pioneered innovative market intelligence methods as a strategic consultant to Xerox for more than a decade, and he has served as Senior Research Fellow with the Institute for Sustainable Communication (ISC) for over 18 years.
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Edward is founder of Mission Motors, an electric vehicle company, Hylo, a collaborative software platform for groups, and multiple other ventures. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Yale University, and an MBA from Presidio Graduate School.
Sustainability executive at Fiber Industries, Amazon, Mohawk Industries, USGBC, Interface, University of of Texas.
CEO, Mobilize Network. Uniquely skilled diagnostician, designer and builder of new practices. Former MD, PNW Financial. SVP, Business Design Associates. President, Action Technologies
Chairman & Chief Pollinator, Volans; co-founder, SustainAbility; Author. Legend.
Founder, Greener Solutions. Past VP Sustainability Xanterra Travel Collection, VP Sustainability, Saatchi & Saatchi S, Team Leader RMI. Six Sigma Black Belt.
Founder, HIP Investor. Research Fellow, Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity; Founder, Center for Sustainable Finance, Presidio Graduate School.
President, Natural Capital Solutions. Professor of Sustainable Management, Bard MBA. Time Magazine “Hero for the Planet.” Author, A Finer Future. Co-Author, Natural Capitalism
Originator, Project Finance Investor and Developer . VP of Global Plastics and Acquisitions, Brightmark. Financier in Residence, Elemental Excelerator. Treasurer of a $2B Babcock & Brown infrastructure fund.
Intrapreneuring innovator. Founded and exited companies in manufacturing, software and consulting. Co-Founder/CEO, Bainbridge Graduate Institute. President/CEO, Pinchot & Co
Intrapreneuring innovator. Co-Founder, Bainbridge Graduate Institute (world’s first graduate school of sustainable business). Chair & CSO, Pinchot & Co.
Managing partner, Kairos Capital Advisors, LLC. Former partner and Chief Investment Officer, Cooke & Bieler ($6bn AUM); US Civil Rights Commissioner under three US Presidents.
Director of Policy and Systems Design, Schumacher Center for a New Economics. Former Massachusetts Commissioner of Agriculture. Chaired Massachusetts Office of Science and Technology. Board director, Ocean Arks International and Remineralize The Earth.
Independent Director, AMCI Acquisition Corp. Managing Director, Ascian Technology Advisor, LLC. Former Venture Partner, Vulcan Capital.
Use this form to inquire about collaborating with us, either as an exiting owner, an investor, an operating executive, or a member of our team.
We're open to conversations with mission-aligned investors interested in either SAFE/equity investment in the Critical Path Capital "mother ship" or in LP investment in our acquisition funds.
NOTE: This is not an offer of securities or other investment products, which can only be made through formal offering documents.