Josh Agenbroad

Josh Agenbroad is a Mechanical Engineer & Partner at Prime Movers Lab.
He supports early-stage deal sourcing and diligence with a focus on energy, manufacturing, and transportation.
He has a mechanical engineering background with particular expertise in techno-economic analysis of energy systems.
He serves on the boards of Carbon Capture Inc. and Wacomet Water Co. Prior to joining Prime Movers Lab, Josh co-founded a leading climate-tech startup accelerator ecosystem called Third Derivative.
Third Derivative works with 12 strategic corporate partners and 20 VC funds to support a portfolio of 100+ startups that have now raised over $500M of follow-on funding.
In addition to his role on the leadership team, he led the startup selection and diligence team while also providing portfolio support for 20+ startups.
Before Third Derivative, Josh worked for 10 years at the Rocky Mountain Institute, gravitating toward client-driven work done in a management consulting style.
He worked with a wide variety of Fortune 500 corporations, governments, utilities, regulators, and startups from around the world, identifying opportunities and presenting the business case for energy efficiency and renewables.
He helped launch RMI’s China and Africa programs.
Josh earned an MSME from Colorado State University while researching woodburning cookstove efficiency at the CSU Energy Institute.
He earned his BSME from University of New Mexico while competing on the FSAE motorsports team.
He takes great inspiration from friends and family as well as the natural world, enjoyed via bike, hike, splitboard, or raft.
He loves to tinker, hack, design, build, and learn by doing.