Jeff van Steenbergen
General Partner @ Azimuth Capital Management
Calgary, Canada
Jeff van Steenbergen is a founding and General Partner of KERN. Prior to jointly establishing the Firm, he was co-head of North American Oil and Gas with JP Morgan & Co. JP Morgan’s energy sector mergers team played a leading role in the consolidation of the global oil and gas industry. Jeff has been active in the North American andinternational energy sector for close to 30 years and has a wide range of experience in oil and gas and energy infrastructure as a private equity investor, investment banker, and in operating and operations management roles with ExxonMobil (Mobil) and with Schlumberger.Jeff has been a finance professional for 21 years and has broad experience in private equity, capital markets, mergers and corporate finance. He has 10 years of private equity experience with KERN as well as 11 years of energy sector operating experience in North America, Asia and Western Europe, including eight years in offshore drilling operations. Major projects experience with Mobil includes Hibernia (offshore oil production facilities design) and Sable Offshore Energy (natural gas development planning). Jeff was associated with Mobil’s well control response group for five years.His education includes a Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) in Civil Engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston and an MBA in International Business and Finance from Dalhousie University in Halifax. Jeff also attended a series of Executive Programs at Harvard Business School and INSEAD. From 1982-1987 he held a US Coast Guard Master’s License (Captain) for Mobile Offshore Drilling Units. Jeff is a professional engineer registered in the Province of Nova Scotia.Jeff represents KERN on the boards of Aduro Resources Ltd., Altex Energy Ltd., Cobalt International Energy, Inc., Fairfield Energy Limited, Magma Global Ltd., OSUM Oil Sands Corp. and Seven Generations Energy Ltd.
- Total investments:
- 1
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- Lead investor:
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Investments
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H Cycle
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H Cycle deploys proven waste gasification technology to produce low-cost, low-carbon hydrogen for industrial and retail customers. | Series A / Apr 24, 2023 |
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About Azimuth Capital Management
Azimuth Capital Management is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in seed/startup, mid venture, early stage, middle market, and emerging companies. It makes direct investments and co-investments. Azimuth Capital Management seeks to invest in the energy sector resource and infrastructure development companies with a focuson oil and gas exploration and production, oil sands, non-conventional resource plays, energy infrastructure, services and energy technology. It prefers to invest in companies based in Canada and also invests in the United States and international energy sector opportunities. Azimuth Capital Management makes investments between $7.58 million and $36.12 million. It makes investments for a period of more than ten years. Pentti O. Karkkainen, and D. Jeffrey van Steenbergen founded KERN Partners in 2000 that later became Azimuth Capital Management. It has its headquarters in Calgary in Canada with additional office in San Francisco Bay Area and Operating Partners in Houston and Denver.
Azimuth Capital Management Contacts
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Jeff van Steenbergen
General Partner
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Cherry Ma
Senior Finance Analyst
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Jason Montemurro
Partner
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Jim Nieuwenburg
General Partner
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Kim Lynch Proctor
CFO & General Counsel
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