Climate Tech, Venture Capital, and Re-Exploring Your Career | Talk with an MIT Sloan Student

Wonder how Sloanies are tackling climate issues? Listen as Alex Harbour, MBA '25, a Forbes 30 Under 30 in Energy, shares her extensive experience in the climate tech/ clean energy space.

Mind & Hand + (Heart) is a student interview series highlighting members of MIT Sloan's underrepresented minority community – covering their journey to and at Sloan, and providing advice to prospective students.

This interview originally aired live on March 6, 2023, on the MIT Sloan Admissions Instagram page.

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More About Alex ♻️

Alex, MBA ‘25, is the Founder & Chair of the Venture Climate Alliance, a group of leading VCs committed to achieving a rapid, global transition to net-zero or negative greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner.

She founded the VCA during her role as a Principal at Prelude Ventures, a climate tech venture fund deploying approx. $2B across early-stage startups with the greatest potential to mitigate climate change. Prior to Prelude, Alex was an investor and founding employee at Powerhouse Ventures, a seed fund backing clean energy and electric mobility startups.

Alex is a 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 in Energy and a World Economic Forum Global Shaper. She graduated from Boston University with a BA in Economics and a minor in Sustainable Energy and is pursuing an MBA at MIT Sloan.