Thin Line Capital

Explosive Growth in

Renewable Energy Renewable energy has an annual growth rate of ~17% on an enormous installed base of over 2000 GW

In 2019, solar and wind provided the cheapest sources of new electricity for two-thirds of the world

We are experienced entrepreneurs with strong market knowledge of what’s required to succeed in energy/sustainability industries ​We have deep technical and engineering knowledge and the ability to mentor and guide founding teams We are passionate about entrepreneurs and want to be your first and last resource as we share the journey with you

Invest $300-$400k into seed stage, low-capex companies targeting the booming verticals of renewable energy, electrification of transport and climate resiliency

Invest in What We Know Invest in companies we have deep domain experience in, and then play an active role as a partner supporting the founders to drive success

This is not a scattershot We intend to build a portfolio with select companies in order to focus more resources on what it takes to succeed

As prior entrepreneurs, we know the value of a shared journey We are passionate supporters of our companies, acting as advisors and mentors

Founder and Managing Partner Aaron Fyke has spent over twenty years as an investor, engineer, and entrepreneur, having cofounded six companies, including two unicorns, in a number of technology areas including fuel cell, ocean power, concentrating solar, and grid-scale energy storage

He is currently Founder and Managing Partner of Thin Line Capital, bringing investment capital to bear on some of the world’s toughest problems in energy, water and food sustainability

While CEO of Heliogen, he was committed to lowering the costs of solar thermal power Prior to Heliogen, Aaron was the Founder and CEO of Energy Cache, a low-cost grid scale energy storage technology company, serving a multi-billion dollar energy market - backed by Idealab, Bill Gates, NRG, and others Aaron continued his work with gravity storage with Energy Vault, which received a significant investment from SoftBank

Previously he headed up the development of a $10M X PRIZE in Energy for the X PRIZE Foundation Prior to that he was a Partner at Starfish Ventures, Australia’s largest venture capital firm, where Aaron led the investment into the fund’s biggest investment and exit Aaron has been an adjunct lecturer on entrepreneurship at USC and a consultant and keynote speaker to utilities (e g , TransAlta), corporations (e g , Google) and a number of conference and media events (MIT Tech Review, AlwaysOn Going Green and others)

Aaron earned his MBA and MSME as an LGO fellow at MIT, and his BEng in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Victoria, graduating at the top of his class He has been certified as a Professional Engineer both in California and British Columbia

Eric Manlunas is the co-Founder and Managing Partner of Wavemaker Partners, an early-stage cross border venture capital firm dual headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore with over $350M of assets under management Eric started Wavemaker’s predecessor firm, Frontera Group, a prior early-stage boutique venture capital firm he founded in 2003 Eric has a proven track record as an early investor in over 300 early-stage businesses Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Eric founded two technology start-ups, one in e-Commerce in 1996 and the other in Internet services in 1999, both of which were successfully built and eventually sold to strategic buyers He earned an MBA from Pepperdine University in 1995 and an undergraduate degree in Communications from Florida International University in 1990

Sistine Solar transforms any traditional solar panel into one that blends in with a roof, no matter what color, style, or pattern Using design and aesthetics, Sistine helps homes and businesses to go solar with style

Kevala makes energy related data meaningful, transparent and accessible Utilities and regulators trust Kevala to provide analytics to accelerate smart investment in a more robust and environmentally sustainable electricity grid

Voltaiq’s software platform dramatically accelerates battery innovation by providing compre-hensive, interactive, battery-specific data management and analytics tools, valuable across the entire battery supply chain