James Everett
Managing Partner & Founder @ Ecosystem Integrity Fund
San Francisco, United States
James Everett is a Managing Partner with the Ecosystem Integrity Fund, where he authored the fund strategy; leads research, due diligence, and strategy development; and serves as Chairman of the Investment Committee. He has been focused on environmental sustainability for 30 years, and has cultivated a sophisticated understanding of sustainabilityproblems and strong pattern recognition with respect to workable solutions in green business. James is committed to the integration of economic and ecological sustainability, believing that green ideas have increased potential for scale and impact when they are directed toward practical solutions of business problems.James serves as a Director on the boards of LumiGrow, Complete Solar, Pegasus Solar, and CleanFund. He was a board member at Zep Solar prior to Zep’s acquisition by SolarCity. He is a board observer at Opti and Upflex. He is also formerly a board member at Opti, T-Rex, and SynchroNet, and was a board observer with Synova Power and OneEnergy Renewables. James has many years of experience in a range of areas related to natural resources and renewable energy, as well as very strong analytical and due diligence capabilities. Before co-founding the Ecosystem Integrity Fund, James was a partner at Aquillian Investments, was Conservation Finance Manager for Pacific Forest Trust, and managed integrated conservation and development projects for the World Conservation Union.Previously, James worked in commercial finance with GATX Capital, where he conducted financial analysis and due diligence on investments in rail, air, marine, distributed power generation, telecommunications, and natural resources; worked in timberland investment and management with Wagner Forest Management; led a research and demonstration center for sustainable technologies; was co-director of a university recycling program; worked for a photovoltaic systems integrator on installation of some of the first grid-tied PV systems in the San Francisco Bay Area; and has run his own arboricultural consulting business. He holds a Master of Forestry degree from Yale University and a BSc in Environmental Policy and Management from Humboldt State University, and completed the UC Berkeley Venture Capital Executive Program.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 82%
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Industries James Everett invests in
Stages James Everett invests in
Countries James Everett invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 2 (18%)
- Solar 1 (9%)
- AgTech 1 (9%)
- Energy 1 (9%)
- Forestry 1 (9%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (27%)
- Series B 2 (18%)
- Series C 1 (9%)
- Funding Round 1 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (9%)
Country
- United States 2 (18%)
- Canada 1 (9%)
- Rwanda 1 (9%)
- United Kingdom 1 (9%)
Investments
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Ampersand
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Ampersand catalyzes and power mass-market electric mobility. By supplying the battery swap network and operating system the company makes sustainable mobility rapidly accessible and affordable for developing markets, to improve livelihoods and the environment. With over a million km already covered by e-motorcycles in Africa using our plug-and-playpowertrain and energy network. | Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 16, 2025 | |
Poseidon Ocean Systems
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Poseidon Ocean Systems are engaged in aquaculture infrastructure design, development, supply, and installation. They are committed to minimizing the environmental impact of producing nutritious, sustainable protein to feed the world's population. The aquaculture industry is facing major environmental challenges. They believe that developingengineered responses to these challenges is critical to ensuring environmental sustainability and future industry growth. | $20.7M / Series B / Mar 18, 2024 | |
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Ampersand
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Ampersand catalyzes and power mass-market electric mobility. By supplying the battery swap network and operating system the company makes sustainable mobility rapidly accessible and affordable for developing markets, to improve livelihoods and the environment. With over a million km already covered by e-motorcycles in Africa using our plug-and-playpowertrain and energy network. | Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 15, 2024 | |
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Ampersand
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Ampersand catalyzes and power mass-market electric mobility. By supplying the battery swap network and operating system the company makes sustainable mobility rapidly accessible and affordable for developing markets, to improve livelihoods and the environment. With over a million km already covered by e-motorcycles in Africa using our plug-and-playpowertrain and energy network. | $12M / Dec 21, 2023 | |
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Ampersand
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Ampersand catalyzes and power mass-market electric mobility. By supplying the battery swap network and operating system the company makes sustainable mobility rapidly accessible and affordable for developing markets, to improve livelihoods and the environment. With over a million km already covered by e-motorcycles in Africa using our plug-and-playpowertrain and energy network. | $12M / Series A / Dec 21, 2023 | |
Revalue Nature
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Revalue Nature supercharge the world's leading nature-based carbon project developers. | $10M / Series A / Jul 27, 2023 | |
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Ampersand
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Ampersand catalyzes and power mass-market electric mobility. By supplying the battery swap network and operating system the company makes sustainable mobility rapidly accessible and affordable for developing markets, to improve livelihoods and the environment. With over a million km already covered by e-motorcycles in Africa using our plug-and-playpowertrain and energy network. | $3.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 08, 2021 | |
Pegasus Solar
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Pegasus Solar designs innovative rooftop mounting systems for global solar markets. The company was funded for commercialization in mid-2014 and is currently launching LightSpeed Mount Residential, a revolutionary new rail-less system. Operating from facilities in San Jose, California, Pegasus Solar’s team of solar industry veterans, talentedengineers, and experienced business executives are dedicated to simplifying solar, speeding up installations, and driving out cost. | $5.4M / Series A / Jul 10, 2018 | |
LumiGrow
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In 2007, LumiGrow emerged to offer smart lighting and adjustable spectrum LEDs as the newest in horticultural lighting technology.10 years later – our technology is still revolutionary. Throughout this time our products have proven their performance time and time again. Many of the world’s leading commercial horticulture and research institutionshave deployed LumiGrow LED lighting strategies in replacement of traditional HID lighting and static LEDs. What they’ve seen have been profoundly successful results. Our customers are producing the highest quality crops, elevated yields, and are using smart LED lighting to push the notion of what it means to see good returns, through innovative production techniques enabled by light. | $5.1M / Series C / Feb 19, 2018 | |
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Pegasus Solar
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Pegasus Solar designs innovative rooftop mounting systems for global solar markets. The company was funded for commercialization in mid-2014 and is currently launching LightSpeed Mount Residential, a revolutionary new rail-less system. Operating from facilities in San Jose, California, Pegasus Solar’s team of solar industry veterans, talentedengineers, and experienced business executives are dedicated to simplifying solar, speeding up installations, and driving out cost. | $4.6M / Series A / Sep 11, 2017 | |
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Co-Investors
About Ecosystem Integrity Fund
The Ecosystem Integrity Fund (“EIF”) is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies contributing to environmental sustainability. It seeks to demonstrate that there is no trade-off between having a positive impact and achieving outstanding financial returns. The movement toward environmental sustainability is making incrementalimprovements to the largest industries in the world. Over the next several decades, the economy will be transformed by this movement.Sustainability is fundamentally about making things better: more efficient, more functional, less toxic, less costly. This is the next phase of the Industrial Revolution.
Ecosystem Integrity Fund Contacts
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Amanda Bamberger
Vice President
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Brandon Blaesser
Associate
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Devin Whatley
Managing Partner
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Geoff Eisenberg
Partner
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James Everett
Managing Partner & Founder
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What does James Everett invest in?
James Everett invests primarily in Manufacturing, Solar and AgTech startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did James Everett last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for James Everett closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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