Ian Samuels

Crux is the capital platform for the clean economy. Our expert team, leading market intelligence, and AI-powered software are changing the way clean energy developers, manufacturers, and investors raise and deploy the capital needed to power a more prosperous, clean, and secure energy future. Crux facilitates transactions across the full stack, including transferable tax credits, debt capital, and tax and preferred equity. Securities are only offered through Crux Capital Securities, LLC, a member of FINRA and SIPC. Crux Capital Securities, LLC is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and various states.

Crux is the capital platform for the clean economy. Our expert team, leading market intelligence, and AI-powered software are changing the way clean energy developers, manufacturers, and investors raise and deploy the capital needed to power a more prosperous, clean, and secure energy future. Crux facilitates transactions across the full stack, including transferable tax credits, debt capital, and tax and preferred equity. Securities are only offered through Crux Capital Securities, LLC, a member of FINRA and SIPC. Crux Capital Securities, LLC is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and various states.

New System Ventures ("NSV") invests in the world’s leading companies accelerating decarbonization and innovation across mobility, energy and industry. At New System Ventures, we use systems-level research to evaluate and identify inflection points for the most promising climate and energy security solutions. Our strategy seeks to de-risk and scale the technologies that will transform our economy and create a more abundant and prosperous future.

Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP) is pioneering the future of infrastructure. We believe that technology-enabled infrastructure can and will help to solve some of the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges, from bridging the digital divide to strengthening the electrical grid. SIP is a consolidated holding company that builds innovative technology-enabled infrastructure companies and projects that deliver positive social and environmental impact. SIP’s platforms are next-generation infrastructure developers with proprietary technologies, all uniquely positioned at the intersection of technology and infrastructure. Our platforms are focused on the future of: the electrical grid, roads, wireless networks, data centers, and recycling. SIP was founded in 2019 and is backed by Alphabet, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, and StepStone Group as its anchor partners.

Centerbridge Partners, L.P. is a global alternative investment firm founded in 2005 on the complementary relationship between Private Equity, Private Credit and Real Estate with over $43 billion in assets under management. Centerbridge employs a One Team approach that offers us the capability to pivot across strategies, sectors and market cycles and capitalize on investment opportunities. Centerbridge is committed to delivering enduring value to all of our stakeholders by investing in diverse and inclusive teams, fostering safe workplaces, and supporting the communities in which we work. Through the Centerbridge Foundation, we support organizations that are strengthening communities by building pathways to education and employment opportunities.

Nyca is a fintech venture capital firm focused on connecting innovative companies to the global financial system. With just under $1 billion under management and investments in over 100 portfolio companies, Nyca is one of the premier fintech venture capital firms in the world. Investors include leading global financial institutions and technology companies as well as expert individuals through its unique Limited Partner Advisor model, which brings together over 100 of the most respected people in technology, financial services and academia as investors and advisors to our portfolio companies.