Rupert Mayer

Co-Founder at Bright Saver • Climate Tech Entrepreneur, Executive & Evangelist • Berkeley Haas EMBA Candidate ‘26 & VP Sustainability

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 4 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2022
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Investor & Advisor
Aug 2022
Leitnium makes the PowerBloc nanogrid. A nanogrid is a system that stores energy from multiple sources, such as the sun, the grid, or a generator and delivers power to the entire home or business. PowerBloc can expand into microgrids connecting hundreds of homes. We are establishing PowerBloc as a platform for distributed power. PowerBloc delivers primary power. Our customers rely on Leitnium for their power supply and we are serving as a private utility. Leitnium, Inc. is emerging as a power infrastructure company building a resilient and clean energy future.   Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company has evolved from an early-stage solar battery innovation venture into a vertically integrated developer of advanced nanogrid systems. Leitnium’s core mission is to redefine how electricity is generated, managed, and delivered by enabling customers to operate their own localized, utility-grade power systems.   At the center of this vision is the company’s flagship product, the PowerBloc, a modular, high-performance nanogrid platform that integrates solar generation, battery storage, utility grid connections, and backup generators into a single, intelligent system. Unlike conventional solar-plus-battery solutions, which are typically designed for partial backup, PowerBloc is engineered to serve as the primary power source, capable of delivering uninterrupted, high-quality electricity to entire homes or commercial facilities. PowerBloc typically powers all loads. As a primary power system, it makes the grid secondary—or even optional. This distinction positions Leitnium at the forefront of a shift from centralized grid dependence to distributed, customer-owned energy infrastructure.
Climate Tech Investor
Jan 2022
Steamer Lane Ventures is a private investment office founded on the belief that the transition to a low-carbon, non-toxic global economy is not only the biggest challenge that humanity faces, but also holds vast opportunity for those who embrace and enable it. We are building a diversified impact portfolio with early-stage investments in four key areas where we see the boldest innovation and biggest potential for improving lives: Clean Tech, Food & Materials, Health & Equality, Software & AI.
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2025
Co-Founder
Jan 2025
Bright Saver is a nonprofit with the mission to make solar energy accessible to everyone. Our goal is to lower peoples living expenses, develop energy resilience across America, and decarbonize homes to create a cleaner, more sustainable environment.
2024
Product & Stratey
Jun 2024
Investature is an impact investment advisor and financed emissions expert. We transform our clients’ employer-sponsored investment and retirement plans into a catalyst for achieving institutional sustainability goals. Our first-of-its-kind impact platform allows organizations to quantify environmental impact scenarios of their investments. Investature’s clients boost recruitment and employee satisfaction by ensuring their retirement plan aligns with employees’ values. Our expert advice, employee engagement tools, and impact platform enable your employees to easily invest with intentionality and understand the impact of their investments.
2022
Investor & Advisor
Aug 2022
Leitnium makes the PowerBloc nanogrid. A nanogrid is a system that stores energy from multiple sources, such as the sun, the grid, or a generator and delivers power to the entire home or business. PowerBloc can expand into microgrids connecting hundreds of homes. We are establishing PowerBloc as a platform for distributed power. PowerBloc delivers primary power. Our customers rely on Leitnium for their power supply and we are serving as a private utility. Leitnium, Inc. is emerging as a power infrastructure company building a resilient and clean energy future.   Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company has evolved from an early-stage solar battery innovation venture into a vertically integrated developer of advanced nanogrid systems. Leitnium’s core mission is to redefine how electricity is generated, managed, and delivered by enabling customers to operate their own localized, utility-grade power systems.   At the center of this vision is the company’s flagship product, the PowerBloc, a modular, high-performance nanogrid platform that integrates solar generation, battery storage, utility grid connections, and backup generators into a single, intelligent system. Unlike conventional solar-plus-battery solutions, which are typically designed for partial backup, PowerBloc is engineered to serve as the primary power source, capable of delivering uninterrupted, high-quality electricity to entire homes or commercial facilities. PowerBloc typically powers all loads. As a primary power system, it makes the grid secondary—or even optional. This distinction positions Leitnium at the forefront of a shift from centralized grid dependence to distributed, customer-owned energy infrastructure.
Climate Tech Investor
Jan 2022
Steamer Lane Ventures is a private investment office founded on the belief that the transition to a low-carbon, non-toxic global economy is not only the biggest challenge that humanity faces, but also holds vast opportunity for those who embrace and enable it. We are building a diversified impact portfolio with early-stage investments in four key areas where we see the boldest innovation and biggest potential for improving lives: Clean Tech, Food & Materials, Health & Equality, Software & AI.
2019
Founder & Chief of Product
Apr 2019
IPfolio provides next-generation, cloud-based IP Management software that helps with all aspects of creating and managing a corporate IP portfolio. IPfolio reduces administrative overhead, allows better visibility into the IP portfolio, facilitates collaboration and decision-making throughout global teams, and enables IP management at a strategic level by tying IP assets to products, markets, and revenue streams. A key differentiator is IPfolios flexibility for easily tailoring the solution to each companys specific needs with custom fields and workflows, interactive reports and dashboards, and a fully configurable Inventor Portal. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Indianapolis, IPfolio is used by forward-thinking companies around the globe, from the worlds hottest tech startups all the way to the Fortune 50.