# Alfred Lam

> Alfred Lam is a seed investor at Chrysalix Venture Capital backing Forestry and Manufacturing. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Chrysalix Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chrysalix-energy)
- Location: Delft, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfredywlam/

Alfred Lam is a seed investor at Chrysalix Venture Capital in Delft focused on Forestry and Manufacturing. Alfred joined Chrysalix EVC in 2012 with over eight years R&D experience with clean energy systems. He is a technology innovator with two patent applications and eight first-authored journal publications in the areas of chemical and electrochemical engineering.Prior to Chrysalix EVC, Alfred was a Strategic Analyst at the Clean EnergyResearch Centre at the University of British Columbia (UBC) where he developed a five-year strategic energy initiative framework and championed information flow across academic institutions, commercial enterprises, and government bodies to accelerate innovation. He also led the prototype development of a Carbon Management Canada Project focused on the solar conversion of CO2 to sustainable fuels and led the design of a government-funded 1W fuel cell-based battery charger prototype. During his time at UBC, he was awarded a NSERC Innovation Challenge Award – one of three nationally – recognizing his entrepreneurial spirit and the commercial potential of his PhD research in novel fuel cell architectures.Beyond his university work, Alfred has completed industrial internships with BASF Canada, Ballard Generation Systems, Ballard Power systems, and others and in his spare time, he is in the process of launching his own consumer-focused small business.Alfred has PhD in Chemical & Biological Engineering from the University of British Columbia and a BASc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Forestry | 1 | 33% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series C | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deadwood Innovations | Deadwood Innovations transforms low-value timber into high-quality lumber, partnering with producers to unlock new value in the forest industry. |  |  | Dec 03, 2024 |  |
| Sortera Technologies | Sortera Alloys manufactures low-cost, high-quality metal alloys for domestic manufacturing using its artificial intelligence technology. Sortera Alloys is a company based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and was established in 2020. | $44.4M | Series C | Aug 30, 2023 |  |
| Sortera Technologies | Sortera Alloys manufactures low-cost, high-quality metal alloys for domestic manufacturing using its artificial intelligence technology. Sortera Alloys is a company based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and was established in 2020. | $2M | Seed | Oct 13, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ARPA-E](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arpa-e) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Assembly Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/assembly-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Macquarie Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/macquarie-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mineral Resources](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mineral-resources) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [RA Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ra-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Chrysalix Venture Capital

VC Fund · Vancouver, Canada

Chrysalix is an early-stage industrial innovation venture capital firm that connects market-driven problems to breakthrough solutions.It invests in and supports compelling technologies and entrepreneurial management teams that address the changing demands of the global industry and actively work with their clients and support them with deepindustry and technical knowledge, management and board assistance, organized networking with industrial and financial partners, management of intellectual property, and direct access to capital.In 2001, Wal van Lierop established the firm in Vancouver, British Columbia.

5 contacts available at Chrysalix Venture Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alfred Lam | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alfred-lam |
| Charles Haythornthwaite | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-haythornthwaite |
| Fred van Beuningen | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fred-van-beuningen |
| Dr. Wal Van Lierop | President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wal-van-lierop |
| Richard MacKellar | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-mackellar |

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## FAQ

### What does Alfred Lam invest in?

Alfred Lam invests primarily in Forestry, Manufacturing and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series C stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alfred Lam last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alfred Lam closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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