Kelsey Lynn

Bio

Ms Lynn is a Partner at Firelake Capital Management, where she focuses on private investments in the cleantech sector. Kelsey leads Firelake's efforts in energy storage, transportation and carbon mitigation sectors, among others. She serves on the board of EOS Climate and is a board observer with EnerG2, Simbol, and Zeachem. As part of her investment strategy, she looks for game-changing technologies backed by smart, savvy entrepreneurs dedicated to improving the status quo. Kelsey has worked in the energy sector since 2003, when she joined the Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University. As a technical researcher at GCEP, Kelsey focused on large-scale energy storage technologies and their potential to mitigate carbon emissions. She also worked at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and in Google's green energy strategy group. She has served on the judging committee for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's venture competition and she co-founded the Bay Area chapter of Young Professionals in Energy (YPE). Kelsey graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University with her bachelor's in mechanical engineering and played for the national champion Stanford Women’s Rugby Team. She returned to Stanford for a master's degree in engineering focused on energy systems analysis. Kelsey holds an MBA from Stanford, where she was president of the GSB Energy Club, and she currently serves as a cleantech career advisor for Stanford MBA students.