Meet The Team

Tuatara's founders bring an unusual mix of deep technology expertise, knowledge of markets and policy incentives, experience in startups and project finance, and an entrepreneurial mindset to match our investment partners.

Matt Lucas

Matt Lucas, PhD

  • Corporate partnerships @ Siemens
  • Early employee @ three hardtech startups
  • Policy experience @ NGO focused on carbon management
  • Led originations @ New Energy Risk
  • PhD @ UC Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry
  • BS @ Harvard

Matt Lucas

Brentan Alexander, PhD

  • Chief Investment Officer @ Synonym
  • Led diligence @ New Energy Risk
  • Technical consultant @ Exponent
  • Early employee @ three hardtech startups
  • PhD @ Stanford, Mechanical Engineering, Thermochemistry, Electrochemistry
  • BS and MS @ MIT


How Can We Help?

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