Bruce Schechter

Lodestar Ventures LLC (Lodestar Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Shayna Modarresi. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Cleantech Open Northeast, Inc. is a non-profit organization that runs the largest clean technology accelerator program in the world. The non-profit company's innovation ecosystem spans key cleantech innovation hubs in the US and France. Since 2005, they have trained over 3,500 entrepreneurs from 1,800 early-stage clean technology startups through their annual business accelerator. As a non-profit organization run largely by volunteers, there are many ways to contribute to their network of innovation and together let’s forge a clean and sustainable future. A majority of their alumni have gone on to raise over $1.50 billion equity, and in recent cohorts, 39% of founder CEOs self-identified as BIPOC and/or women.