Pangaea’s partners have built successful companies and bring together deep domain knowledge, a broad range of applicable experience and effective leadership. This includes a wide array of technical, operational, high tech start-up, financial, legal and transaction expertise.

Chris Erickson
General Partner
 Chris is the founder of Pangaea and has been working with cleantech and advanced material companies since 1997. Chris is a lawyer by training and served as a partner with Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt.
Purnesh Seegopaul
General Partner
 Purnesh has worked with advanced materials for over 25 years, directly involved with clean technologies, nanotechnology, semi-conductors, thin films and coatings, catalysts, powder metallurgy, and manufacturing technologies.
Keith Gillard
General Partner
 Keith has been making cleantech and advanced material venture investments since 2001, having managed Mitsubishi Corporation's Canadian VC activities and BASF Venture Capital America out of Silicon Valley.
Andrew Haughian
Partner
 Andrew Haughian has over 12 years of energy and industrial experience, recently leading several of Pangaea’s investments in the energy generation, energy storage and energy efficiency domains. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Mechanical Engineering) and an MBA.
Sarah Applebaum
Associate
 Sarah is an environmental scientist and MBA who has been active in sustainability efforts for York and Dalhousie universities, as well as the City of Toronto's Environment Office.
Matthew Cohen
Associate
 Matt holds an MPhil in Micro- & Nanotechnology Enterprise from the University of Cambridge and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a BSE in Materials Science & Engineering.

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