Emily Kirsch is the Founder & Managing Partner of Powerhouse Ventures which backs startups building digital infrastructure for rapid decarbonization. She is also the Founder & CEO of Powerhouse, an innovation firm that works with leading global corporations to help them find, partner with, invest in, and acquire the most innovative startups in climate tech. Emily is the recipient of the Entrepreneurship Award from C3E and is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader Fellow, served on the Executive Committee for Clean Energy for Biden, and appeared on the San Francisco Business Times’ 2020 list of the “Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business.” Her work has been cited in Bloomberg, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, and The New York Times.
"When you believe so deeply in something, you just try every possible thing until something works. Maybe it doesn't work and then you're done, but until you try every possible avenue you're not done. We just kept trying and it worked."
