Adrian De Luca

InfraTech VC

Miami, Florida, United States

About

Seasoned executive who, as a founding team member and investor, has successfully brought multiple clean energy technology businesses through infancy into maturity. Alongside core executive management expertise, strong experience in business development, marketing and applications engineering management.

Experience

  • Principal at I Squared Capital
    Aug 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

    I Squared Capital is an independent global infrastructure investment manager with over $36 billion in assets under management focusing on utilities, digital infrastructure, energy, transport, environmental infrastructure and social infrastructure in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia. Founded in 2012, the firm has offices in Miami, London, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taipei.

  • GridPoint (9 yrs 6 mos)
    • Board Observer
      Jun 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 1 mo

    • Member Board Of Directors
      Jan 2017 - Jun 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos

      GridPoint is a smart buildings technology leader that makes site optimization simple. The platform provides visibility into facility operations to help customers automate and control sites, lower energy spend and proactively manage day-to-day operations. GridPoint’s customers include 4 of the top 10 retailers by total sales, 3 of the top 10 casual dining restaurants, 5 of the top 20 quick serve restaurants, leading commercial and industrial enterprises, and major government and educational institutions. Powered by the best data, GridPoint is validated in 16,000 locations.

  • Board Member at KODE Labs
    Aug 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

    Founded in Detroit, KODE Labs delivers a data centric, intuitive, ROI driven operating system and an unrivaled client experience that transforms how real estate is managed and experienced. Its smart building operating system, KODE OS, utilizes a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model to standardize and optimize building performance. KODE has over 100 team members with a variety of backgrounds and experiences.

  • Investor at Palmetto
    Feb 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 5 mos

    Palmetto is a clean energy platform, with proprietary technology designed to make it easier and more affordable for homeowners to source their energy from renewables like solar power. Palmetto believes that choosing clean energy sources is a right, not a privilege. Palmetto is leading the call for a New Utility Revolution, which is focused on the democratization of energy. The Company continues to innovate with proprietary products that reduce costs and drive widespread distribution of simple energy management solutions. Palmetto is a triple bottom line, fully distributed company with teammates throughout the United States. Palmetto’s Get-Solar, Give-Solar program provides underserved communities with access to solar energy systems.

  • Board Member at Fermata Energy
    Jun 2021 - Mar 2022 · 10 mos

    Fermata Energy’s proprietary vehicle-to-everything (V2X) software and bidirectional hardware technology turns EVs into energy-storage assets, and makes it possible for EVs to combat climate change, increase energy resilience, and reduce energy costs.