Mr Rick Defieux

KANDO id: 4844

Bio

Rick Defieux, the Chair of SJF IC and co-founder of SJF, has been a venture capitalist for 27 years. Rick is currently a Venture Partner at Battelle Ventures, a $220 MM fund investing in early-stage technology companies typically within the fields of energy & environment, health & life science and security. As a General Partner of Allegra Partners IV and Edison Venture Funds I, II and III, Defieux led investments in more than 25 environmental, energy and communications companies; he received a Cleantech Pioneer Award in 2003 from the Cleantech Group for his early work in cleantech investing. He currently serves on the board of Silicon Power. Defieux has an MBA from Columbia University and a BA and MA from Boston University.

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