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Dave Riess
Co-Founder & CEO at Wunder
- Energy
- Technology
- Entrepreneur
- đź“ŤBoulder, CO
Dave holds a B.A. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of San Diego. He began his career in New York City, where he led platform architecture and development for multiple venture capital-backed technology organizations. Dave has recently raised more than $650M from Blackstone to fund solar energy systems through Wunder.
Wunder partners with the nation’s largest property owners and Fortune 1000 firms to programmatically deploy solar, battery storage, and EV infrastructure across their national portfolios. In doing so, Wunder help’s clients and their various stakeholders navigate asset management considerations, ESG reporting requirements, tenant implications, and the revenue and OpEx savings benefits of these deployments.
Prior to Wunder’s founding in 2014, Dave was embedded within the Environmental Energy Technologies Division and the Grid Integrations Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Since founding Wunder in 2014, Dave has been involved in commercial and industrial solar project finance and development transactions exceeding $1 billion in value.
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 BOOK NOW FOR your podcast
Dave Riess
Co-Founder & CEO at Wunder
- đź“ŤBoulder, CO
- Energy
- Technology
- Entrepreneur
Dave holds a B.A. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of San Diego. He began his career in New York City, where he led platform architecture and development for multiple venture capital-backed technology organizations. Dave has recently raised more than $650M from Blackstone to fund solar energy systems through Wunder.
Wunder partners with the nation’s largest property owners and Fortune 1000 firms to programmatically deploy solar, battery storage, and EV infrastructure across their national portfolios. In doing so, Wunder help’s clients and their various stakeholders navigate asset management considerations, ESG reporting requirements, tenant implications, and the revenue and OpEx savings benefits of these deployments.
Prior to Wunder’s founding in 2014, Dave was embedded within the Environmental Energy Technologies Division and the Grid Integrations Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Since founding Wunder in 2014, Dave has been involved in commercial and industrial solar project finance and development transactions exceeding $1 billion in value.
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As seen on
“Lender Wunder Capital pulls in $112 million in equity and debt to finance small commercial projects”Â
“Wunder, a category-defining provider of commercial and industrial solar solutions, today announced a partnership with ClearGen, a Blackstone Credit portfolio company, providing Wunder with a large-scale capital solution to fund deployment of commercial solar.”Â
Timeline
Nov 2013 - Present
Wunder
CEO & Co-Founder
Jul 2013 - Jan 2014
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Researcher
Nov 2011 - Apr 2012
Knewton, Inc
Product Manager
Aug 2009 - Oct 2010
Bug Labs
Electrical Engineer / Kernel Developer
Ask me
| Aside from helping me meet ESG/sustainability goals, why should I care about solar/batteries/EV charging? |
| How are these project structured? How much am I going to pay for solar (as an example), and what's the return profile look like? Are there no-cost options available? |
| What should I look for when selecting a partner to evaluate my portfolio and deploy/manage energy assets across my properties? |
| There are a lot of consultants, advisors, frameworks, reporting benchmarks, and -- largely-- noise out there. How do I make sense of it all, who do I trust, and what should I do to get started? |
| What makes Wunder different? |
