Our Team

Jonathan Naimon

Managing Partner

Jonathan Naimon

Managing Partner

  • Founder, Sustana Cooling Partners 
  • Sustainable investment pioneer active in institutional strategy development, product development renewable finance, corporate technology venture, structured finance, carbon markets and climate policy
  • Designed new sustainability funds offered by UBS (Switzerland), Storebrand (Norway), and EFG (Sweden) with $1B+ in AUM today
  • First Sustainability manager selected by a leading California pension fund
  • Grew modest $50M allocation to $94M
  • Invested into Tesla at $16
  • Developed the third party PPA model for solar as SunEdison’s founding advisor
  • Solar industry has since grown 1000x+ with institutional investor participation 
  • Identified electronics acquisition candidates for ABB  corporate technology
  • Managed ABB DOE technology demonstration partnership, EPA contracts
  • Led startup environmental unit of investor research center IRRC (now part of MSCI)
  • Managed IRRC partnership on corporate sustainability reporting with GEMI.org
  • Managed refrigeration alternatives cost benefit analysis for EPA stratospheric ozone protection rule (under the Montreal Protocol)
  • MSPH, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) fellowship
  • BS,  Biology, Cognitive Science, MIT
  • Visiting Professor, Carnegie Mellon,  Norwegian School of Management  (BI- Oslo)
  • Board advisor, Stealth Asia Cooling Startup

Boian Spassov

Managing Director

Boian Spassov

Managing Director

  • Founder & CEO of Locbit, an AI-enabled IOT platform
  • Responsible for managing technical and sales teams at growing California-based software company
  • Locbit optimization software enables real estate clients to reduce electric costs
  • Locbit software supports real time data transport, digital twin display applications, and automated systems integration 
  • Mr. Spassov is one of the inventors of a common machine language (CML) that enables any machine (IOT, BMS, meta-data system) to talk to other machines in real time
  • The National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and the California Energy Commission demonstrated substantial incremental savings at a California WalMart during operations
  • Visibility across multiple systems enables fault detection on an automated basis
  • Open ADR Certified, hardware agnostic
  • Locbit software provides device level monitoring & verification of energy systems that is required to verify carbon impact
  • Security and control functionality validated by strategic partners including Panasonic
  • BA, Finance, San Diego State University
  • Conflict Resolution coursework, Oxford University

Rajan Rajendran

Corporate Technology Advisor

Rajan Rajendran

Corporate Technology Advisor

  • 30+ years experience in R&D, product, regulatory and innovation roles with Emerson (a top 10 refrigeration company)
  • Spearheaded development of the Emerson Helix innovation hub
  • Cochair of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps Technical Options Committee (RTOC) and committee member, Technical and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP), UNEP
  • Ph.D., and MS, Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University
  • MBA, Wright State University, Ohio
  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Madras (India)

David Frost

Senior Diligence Advisor

David Frost

Senior Diligence Advisor

  • Managed due diligence process for family office allocating energy sector profits into cleantech investments
  • Managed renewable fund focused on operating wind, solar and hydro assets
  • Led public partnership efforts for multiple renewable energy tech companies
  • Led diligence activities for repowering hydropower projects with new turbines
  • Managed on-campus energy technology demonstrations for Stanford University
  • MBA, Harvard Business School
  • MSc, Stanford School of Environmental Engineering
  • BA Columbia University, Political Science

Aidan Stretch

Senior Asia Advisor

Aidan Stretch

Senior Asia Advisor

  • Senior executive with investment banking, private equity, cleantech and IFC experience.
  • Wide network from 20+ years conducting business in all major Asian markets 
  • Operating executive at Full Cycle, a climate focus private equity fund
  • Co-founder and board member, Syngenera, an Asian natural capital asset manager
  • Co-founder, Synova, a circular economy company focused on plastics, biomass
  • Development Bank Advisor, IFC (India)
  • Former board member, Novo Tellus, technology focus private equity  (Singapore) 
  • Architect for pioneering CFC free warehouse for Patagonia
  • Resident in Bangkok
  • University of Washington, MBA
  • University of Oregon, Architecture, MS
  • University of Liverpool, Architecture, Honors

Juan Emilio Cano Reveles

CEO, Norcantabric

Juan Emilio Cano Reveles

CEO, Norcantabric

  • Norcantabric is a land-based recycled water aquaculture company based in Spain
  • Norcantabric represents the next generation of aquaculture, preventing feeding pen effluent and genetic pollution of wild animals with a closed loop terrestrial system
  • Norcantabric has won multiple awards in Spain 
  • Mr. Cano cofounded an electronics recycling company in Mexico, building on his role as the exclusive licensee of Norwegian circular economy company Tomra.
  • Emilio previously headed DSE, a sustainable business and investment advisory firm with public and private sector clients in multiple industries.
  • Mr. Cano co-founded Ecobanca.org, a not-for-profit bank focused on financing environmental community organizations in Mexico.
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, Desarollo Organizational Sostenible, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
  • BA, Urban and Environmental policy, Tufts University

Bas Hetterscheid

Wageningen University Research (WUR) partnerships manager

Bas Hetterscheid

Wageningen University Research (WUR) partnerships manager

  • Lead global multi-stakeholder partnerships for European food research organization
  • Subject matter expert on agricultural supply chain and climate issues.
  • Managed dozens of cold chain projects for private sector, development banks and governments.
  • Previously managed an energy sector logistics partnership with Peterson
  • Partnership focus was North Sea energy companies.
  • Executive master in supply chain & operations, TIAS School for Business and Society
  • Bachelor, Logistics & Economics, Windesheim (Netherlands)

Bharat Jaisinghani

Executive Director, PolyCab Limited

Bharat Jaisinghani

Executive Director, PolyCab Limited

  • Polycab is the largest electrical cables and wire company in India with ~$13B market cap 
  • Core Team Member, Young Volunteer’s Organization (YVO) 
  • Investor in various sustainability businesses. Prime focus is servitization business models like cooling as a service.
  • Harvard Business School (Executive Education Leadership Program)
  • Singularity University (Executive Program, Technology)
  • University of Manchester, MSc, Operations Engineering
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