Rodrigo Prudencio
Fund Development @ Amazon Alexa Fund
Seattle, United States
Rodrigo Prudencio is a Series A investor at Amazon Alexa Fund in Seattle focused on Analytics and SaaS. A seasoned executive with twenty years of experience in public policy, energy and environmental technology and venture capital. I lead investments in early to mid-stage energy technology companies and have a passion for businesses that can make a meaningful impact on society's use of natural resources.Frequent speaker at industryconferences relating to venture capital, energy technology, clean tech, start up companies, business plan competitions, entrepreneurs and policy.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 8%
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Industries Rodrigo Prudencio invests in
Stages Rodrigo Prudencio invests in
Countries Rodrigo Prudencio invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Analytics 2 (17%)
- SaaS 1 (8%)
- Software 1 (8%)
- Wireless 1 (8%)
- GreenTech 1 (8%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (17%)
- Series B 2 (17%)
- Series C 2 (17%)
- Funding Round 2 (17%)
- Seed 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Forum Mobility
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Forum Mobility offers zero-emission trucks and charges a single monthly fee. Charging stations open at night and throughout the day near ports and key drayage routes. Purchase and lease options for new electric heavy-duty vehicles that are cost-effective. Access to a network of convenient, safe, and secure places that allow you to free up space atyour facility. | $15M / Series A / Jan 17, 2023 | |
Pulse Labs - The Best Insights Have a Pulse
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Pulse Labs is the premier user testing solution for developers in the voice ecosystem (Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Cortana, etc...). Pulse Labs provides a testing platform and panel of testers for generating UX feedback on voice applications. Developers and designers of these voice applications can test what they've built on users from anytarget demographic, obtaining insights that let them build applications their users will love.Pulse Labs was one of nine startups in the inaugural Alexa Accelerator Powered by Techstars, an accelerator for startups working in the Alexa space sponsored by Amazon's Alexa Fund and Techstars Seattle. | $2.5M / Seed / May 02, 2018 | |
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Pulse Labs - The Best Insights Have a Pulse
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Pulse Labs is the premier user testing solution for developers in the voice ecosystem (Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Cortana, etc...). Pulse Labs provides a testing platform and panel of testers for generating UX feedback on voice applications. Developers and designers of these voice applications can test what they've built on users from anytarget demographic, obtaining insights that let them build applications their users will love.Pulse Labs was one of nine startups in the inaugural Alexa Accelerator Powered by Techstars, an accelerator for startups working in the Alexa space sponsored by Amazon's Alexa Fund and Techstars Seattle. | $100K / Convertible Note / Jul 21, 2017 | |
FirstFuel Software
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FirstFuel Software provides a customer intelligence platform that transforms energy providers into trusted advisors to their business customers. FirstFuel’s SaaS solutions accelerate customer acquisition, optimize energy efficiency and DSM programs, and boost customer engagement and satisfaction. The company draws on deep domain expertise in dataanalytics, building science, and software in its deployments with large utilities, energy service providers, and government agencies in North America and Europe.Requiring only electric or gas utility meter data and address, FirstFuel produces a remote set of building-specific performance benchmarks and custom recommendations that utilities and energy service providers use to target, guide and enable their sales, service and engagement activities with commercial customers.Founded in 2009 and privately held, FirstFuel is headquartered in Lexington, MA. For more information, please visit www.firstfuel.com. | $23M / Series C / Apr 08, 2015 | |
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FirstFuel Software
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FirstFuel Software provides a customer intelligence platform that transforms energy providers into trusted advisors to their business customers. FirstFuel’s SaaS solutions accelerate customer acquisition, optimize energy efficiency and DSM programs, and boost customer engagement and satisfaction. The company draws on deep domain expertise in dataanalytics, building science, and software in its deployments with large utilities, energy service providers, and government agencies in North America and Europe.Requiring only electric or gas utility meter data and address, FirstFuel produces a remote set of building-specific performance benchmarks and custom recommendations that utilities and energy service providers use to target, guide and enable their sales, service and engagement activities with commercial customers.Founded in 2009 and privately held, FirstFuel is headquartered in Lexington, MA. For more information, please visit www.firstfuel.com. | $8.5M / Series B / Dec 10, 2013 | |
SynapSense
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SynapSense provides complete wireless instrumentation solutions that offer energy efficiency and carbon footprint reduction for the world's leading data centers and enterprises. | $4M / Jul 11, 2013 | |
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FirstFuel Software
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FirstFuel Software provides a customer intelligence platform that transforms energy providers into trusted advisors to their business customers. FirstFuel’s SaaS solutions accelerate customer acquisition, optimize energy efficiency and DSM programs, and boost customer engagement and satisfaction. The company draws on deep domain expertise in dataanalytics, building science, and software in its deployments with large utilities, energy service providers, and government agencies in North America and Europe.Requiring only electric or gas utility meter data and address, FirstFuel produces a remote set of building-specific performance benchmarks and custom recommendations that utilities and energy service providers use to target, guide and enable their sales, service and engagement activities with commercial customers.Founded in 2009 and privately held, FirstFuel is headquartered in Lexington, MA. For more information, please visit www.firstfuel.com. | $10M / Series A / Feb 23, 2012 | |
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FirstFuel Software
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FirstFuel Software provides a customer intelligence platform that transforms energy providers into trusted advisors to their business customers. FirstFuel’s SaaS solutions accelerate customer acquisition, optimize energy efficiency and DSM programs, and boost customer engagement and satisfaction. The company draws on deep domain expertise in dataanalytics, building science, and software in its deployments with large utilities, energy service providers, and government agencies in North America and Europe.Requiring only electric or gas utility meter data and address, FirstFuel produces a remote set of building-specific performance benchmarks and custom recommendations that utilities and energy service providers use to target, guide and enable their sales, service and engagement activities with commercial customers.Founded in 2009 and privately held, FirstFuel is headquartered in Lexington, MA. For more information, please visit www.firstfuel.com. | $2.4M / Sep 22, 2011 | |
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SynapSense
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SynapSense provides complete wireless instrumentation solutions that offer energy efficiency and carbon footprint reduction for the world's leading data centers and enterprises. | $16M / Series C / Jul 19, 2011 | |
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SynapSense
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SynapSense provides complete wireless instrumentation solutions that offer energy efficiency and carbon footprint reduction for the world's leading data centers and enterprises. | $5M / Jul 26, 2010 | |
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Co-Investors
Emerald Technology Ventures
5 deals together
Frontier Venture Capital
3 deals together
RockPort Capital
3 deals together
Techstars
2 deals together
Bezos Expeditions
1 deal together
CBRE Investment Management
1 deal together
About Amazon Alexa Fund
The Amazon Alexa Fund is Amazon’s venture capital fund investing in artificial intelligence, frontier tech, voice, robotics, and digital health across consumer and enterprise. We invest in early- to growth-stage companies globally. To learn more, visit us at alexafund.com.
Amazon Alexa Fund Contacts
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Rodrigo Prudencio
Fund Development
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Zain Gulamali
Investor
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Brian Adams
Portfolio Manager
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Hanns Anders
Venture Investor
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Paul Bernard
Director
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FAQ
What does Rodrigo Prudencio invest in?
Rodrigo Prudencio invests primarily in Analytics, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 12 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 Rodrigo Prudencio last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Rodrigo Prudencio closed in Jan 2023. Shizune tracks 12 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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