Ira Ehrenpreis

Ira Ehrenpreis General Partner Technology Partners

Ira Ehrenpreis is a General Partner with Technology Partners.  He has been with the firm since 1996.  Ira leads Technology Partners’ Cleantech investment practice, investing in Energy Technology, Water Technology, and Advanced Materials opportunities.  Ira is a recognized leader in both the venture capital industry and the Cleantech sector, and in 2007, was named one of the “Top 50 Most Influential Men Under 45” by Details Magazine.  

In the venture community, Ira has served on the Board and Executive Committee of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and on the Board of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists (WAVC).  He served as Chairman of the 2010 NVCA Annual Meeting.  Ira also serves as the Co-Chairman of the VCNetwork, the largest and most active Bay Area venture capital organization.

In the Cleantech sector, Ira has served on several industry Boards, including the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Advisory Committee (ERAC), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Advisory Council, the Clean-Tech Investor Summit (Conference Chairman  in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012), Cleantech Venture Network (Past Chairman of Advisory Board), ACORE (American Council on Renewable Energy), Energy Investors Forum (Past Conference Chairman), Energy Venture Fair, and California Climate Change Advisory Board.

He has also served on the Advisory Boards of the Southern California Tech Coast Alliance, Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE), and the Comerica Venture Capital Advisory Board.  Ira is also an active leader at Stanford University, where his contributions have included teaching the course on Venture Capital, serving on the Board of Visitors of Stanford Law School, and being an advisory board member of the Stanford Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP).  

Ira received his JD/MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Law School, where he was an Associate Editor of Stanford Law Review.  He holds a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude.  

Technology Partners is a 28 year venture capital firm that has managed approximately $750 million of investment capital with current investments being made from Technology Partners Fund VIII.  Technology Partners has invested in more than 100 companies in a variety of industries serving principally as a lead investor.  The firm invests approximately half of its capital into Cleantech companies and the other half into companies focused on the Life Sciences.  For more information on Technology Partners, www.technologypartners.com

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