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Category Leader Partner Corp 1

Underwriter: Citigroup
CIK
1846470
SPAC Ticker
CATLU
Focus
Software, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Technology, IoT, Energy, Renewable Energy, Distressed Companies
External link: SEC Filings

SPAC Team

Leadership

Daniel Ahn, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Ahn has been the Managing Partner of Clearvision Ventures since 2015 with a focus on enterprise software and AI / Machine Learning. Previously, Mr. Ahn was a Managing Director at two Silicon Valley firms for a total of 17 years. Mr. Ahn has led investments in ChargePoint (SPAC Merger NYSE:SBE), Analogix Semiconductor (acquired by Shanhai), ClearCare (acquired by WellSky), Berkeley Design Automation (acquired by Mentor Graphics), Wise.io (acquired by GE), and Zingbox (acquired by Palo Alto Networks). Mr. Ahn has also invested in Apache Design (acquired by Ansys), and Hotrail (acquired by Conexant). Prior to his investing career, Mr. Ahn co-founded Endpoint technologies, which was acquired by Applied Materials. Mr. Ahn earned an AB from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. We believe Mr. Ahn’s experience in the areas of technology, software and financial services make him well qualified to serve as a director.

Felix Zhang, Chief Financial Officer and Director

Mr. Zhang is a seasoned investor and successful entrepreneur. Since 2015, Mr. Zhang has served as a Managing Member at Clearvision Ventures. Mr. Zhang was the largest investor in one of the most successful European clean-tech companies (Sonnen) and has invested in numerous other private technology companies. In 2009, Mr. Zhang co-founded Envision Energy, Int’l a multi-billion-dollar wind farm developer and turbine manufacturer. From 2009 to the present, Mr. Zhang has been Group Executive Director at Envision Energy, Int’l. Since 2005, Mr. Zhang has also served as a Partner at Artesian Capital Management. Mr. Zhang has a BS degree in applied mathematics and sciences from the University of Wisconsin, a master’s degree from University of St. Thomas, and attended the AMP programs at Harvard Business School. We believe Mr. Zhang’s experience in the areas of technology, energy and financial services make him well qualified to serve as a director.

Ashish Gupta PhD, Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Gupta is a distinguished investor, entrepreneur and technologist. Since 2015, Dr. Gupta has been a venture partner at Clearvision Ventures. In 2005 Dr. Gupta co-founded Helion Ventures, from 2005 to the present Dr. Gupta has been a Senior Managing director at Helion Ventures. Previously, Dr. Gupta co-founded two successful technology companies – Tavant Technologies and Junglee (acquisition by Amazon). Dr. Gupta has invested in Flipkart (acquired by Walmart), PubMatic (IPO), Upwork (IPO) Azure Power (IPO), MakeMyTrip (IPO), Daksh (acquired by IBM), InfoEdge (acquired by Naukri.com), and Redbus (acquired by MIH). Prior to this, Dr. Gupta held engineering roles at Oracle and IBM. Dr. Gupta earned a BS from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, graduating number one in his class and was awarded the President’s Gold Medal. Dr. Gupta earned a PhD in computer science from Stanford University.

Thomas Englis — Vice President of Administration and Secretary

Mr. Englis is an investor at Clearvision Ventures. From 2018 to the present, Mr. Englis has focused on investments at the intersection of software and sustainable infrastructure at Clearvision. From 2016 to 2018, Mr. Englis was with GE Ventures, focusing on investments in technology companies serving energy and industrial applications. Mr. Englis earned a BS from Vanderbilt University.

Richard Lowenthal, Director

Mr. Lowenthal will serve as one of our independent directors as of the effective date of the registration statement. In 2007 Mr. Lowenthal became the founding CEO of ChargePoint, the leading electric vehicle charging company in North America. From 2007 to the present, Mr. Lowenthal has served as a Director of ChargePoint. ChargePoint is currently completing its merger process with Switchback Energy Acquisition Corp (NYSE:SBE). Mr. Lowenthal’s SPAC experience as a Board Member of ChargePoint will help our team and target company to understand this process through the eyes of a successful target company. Prior to founding ChargePoint, he was instrumental in starting several technology companies, including Lightera, Pipal Systems and Procket Networks. Previously, Mr. Lowenthal held senior executive roles at Cisco, StrataCom, Stardent Computers and Convergent Technologies. Mr. Lowenthal is a former Mayor of Cupertino, California. We believe Mr. Lowenthal’s experience in the areas of operations and technology make him well qualified to serve as a director.

Scott Booth, Director

Mr. Booth will serve as one of our independent directors as of the effective date of the registration statement. Mr. Booth is the Founder and continues to serve as the Managing Partner of Eastern Advisors, a global equity hedge fund founded in 2003 with seed capital from Tiger Management. Since 2019, Mr. Booth has been the Chairman of Tech Pioneers Fund. Mr. Booth was also the Founder of Lead Edge Capital, a three billion dollar AUM growth equity investment group launched by Eastern Advisors, focused on growth stage software and Internet businesses. Prior to Lead Edge, Mr. Booth was an investor at Tiger Management. Mr. Booth has been an investor in Alibaba, Ant Financial, Bazaarvoice, Compass Spotify, Uber, Duo Security and Zoom, which all surpassed one billion dollars in market capitalization. We believe Mr. Booth’s experience in the areas of software and financial services make him well qualified to serve as a director.

Eric Dresselhuys, Director

Mr. Dresselhuys will serve as one of our independent directors as of the effective date of the registration statement. Mr. Dresselhuys is an accomplished entrepreneur and executive with operating and board experience from startups to public companies. Mr. Dresselhuys founded Silver Spring Networks in 2002, the pioneer in smart grid and industrial IoT, which went public in 2013 and achieved a greater than one billion dollar market capitalization. From 2002 to 2017, Mr. Dresselhuys served multiple roles at Silver Spring Networks, including VP of Sales, VP of Marketing, CMO, EVP Product Management, EVP Corporate Development. From 2018 to 2019, Mr. Dresselhuys was the President of Development at Smart Energy Water. From 2017 to the present, Mr. Dresselhuys has been the CEO of Juncion, Inc. Mr. Dresselhuys serves on the board of directors of AutoGrid Systems, Inc. We believe Mr. Dresselhuys’ experience in the areas of operations and technology make him well qualified to serve as a director.

Taher Elgamal, Strategic Advisor

Dr. Elgamal, PhD will serve as a strategic advisor as of the effective date of the registration statement. Dr. Elgamal is an internationally renowned cybersecurity luminary. From 2013 to the present, he has been the CTO of Security at Salesforce (NYSE:CRM). He is recognized as the “Father of SSL encryption”, the industry standard for Internet security and ecommerce. Dr. Elgamal invented other industry and government standards including the DSS government standard for digital signatures. He is the recipient of the RSA Lifetime Achievement Award and the Marconi. Dr. Elgamal has extensive experience as founder, CEO, CTO, CISO, and Chief Scientist of numerous organizations, including Netscape, RSA, Tumbleweed Communications, Securify, and NokNok Labs. He received a PhD in Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford University.

Susan E. Siegel, Strategic Advisor

Ms. Siegel will serve as a strategic advisor as of the effective date of the registration statement. Ms. Siegel is a seasoned executive, public board member and investor. She is currently a Board Member of Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN), Align Technologies (NASDAQ: ALGN), Nevro (NYSE: NVRO) Kaiser Family Foundation, and is Chairman of the Board of MIT’s The Engine. From 2017 to 2019, Ms. Siegel served as GE’s Chief Innovation Officer and from 2013 to 2019 she was the CEO of GE Ventures. Ms. Siegel was also a VC investor at Mohr Davidow Ventures. Prior to investing she drove strategy, technology development, and new market growth at Bio-Rad, DuPont, Amersham and Affymetrix. While President and Board Member of Affymetrix, Ms. Siegel led the company’s transformation from a pre-revenue start up to a global, multi-billion-dollar market capitalization, genomics leader.

Arun Majumdar, Strategic Advisor

Dr. Majumdar, PhD will serve as a strategic advisor as of the effective date of the registration statement. Dr. Majumdar is a prominent expert on energy, renewables and sustainability. Recently he led the Biden Administration’s Department of Energy Transition Team. Dr. Majumdar is the Former Director of the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University. He is currently the Jay Precourt Provostial Chair Professor at Stanford University. From 2014 to the present he has been a faculty member of the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science. During the Obama administration, Dr. Majumdar was the acting Under Secretary of Energy and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy (Dr. Steven Chu). After leaving Washington, DC and before joining Stanford, Dr. Majumdar was the Vice President for Energy at Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL). He received a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley.