Zaid Ashai

Zaid Ashai

Venture Partner

Zaid is a Venture Partner at PJC and currently works as the CEO of Nexamp, a previous portfolio company of PJC. Zaid focuses on the firm’s Energy Efficiency Investments.

Prior to joining PJC, Zaid worked at GoodEnergies, where he was elected a Kauffman Fellow. Zaid joined Good Energies from Harbourvest Partners and was previously an investment banking analyst in Credit Suisse’s Technology Group.

Zaid has served as a judge and mentor for the New England Cleantech Open and has served as guest faculty member for the Pennsylvania Power Law Conference hosted by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.

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Education

Harvard University, School of Business M.B.A.

Harvard University, JFK School of Government M.P.A. – Zuckerman Fellow

Brown University, B.A. International Relations and Economics, Phi Beta Kappa

Notable Investments

Lively
Mederva Health
Monotony.AI
SparkCharge
Upside

Exits

MyEnergy
Powerhouse Dynamics
Retroficiency

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