Americas Program
Scaling impact across the Americas
Launched in 2016, we are now in our 11th year of supporting growth-stage ventures operating at the nexus of advanced technology, profit and impact.
Meet our Americas Cohorts
Each year we identify and privately invite a select portfolio of growth-stage ventures to join the Unreasonable Impact Americas.
Alpha Grid
Standardizing volatile charging revenue into an investment-grade asset class.
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Luke Ackerknecht
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Ampaire
Retrofitting existing aircraft with hybrid-electric propulsion to cut fuel burn by over 50%
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Kevin Noertker
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Ayrton Energy
Transforming hydrogen logistics by utilizing existing liquid fuel infrastructure.
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Natasha Kostenuk
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Bridge Green Upcycle
Building a profitable critical mineral recovery platform.
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Balki Iyer
Founder and CEO
Commons
Helping people use their money to shape the life and world they want.
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Sanchali Pal
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Ebb Carbon
Transforming waste brine into permanent carbon removal and industrial value.
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Ben Tarbell
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Evercloak
Integrating high-performance membranes into global HVAC systems to slash energy use.
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Evelyn Allen
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Geoship
Building climate-resilient homes with bioceramic geodesic domes
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Micha Mikailian
Chief Executive Officer
InventWood
Reinventing wood to deliver a building material that outperforms conventional alternatives.
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Alex Lau
Co-Founder and CEO
it's electric
Harnessing unutilized building energy to power sleek curbside electric vehicle chargers (V2X)
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Tiya Gordon
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
Nevoya
Building an AI-native, all-electric truckload carrier to consolidate a fragmented industry
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Sami Khan
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Rodatherm Energy
Generating clean, waterless geothermal baseload power to secure data center grid stability.
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Curtis Cook
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
South 8 Technologies
Powering critical defense and commercial operations with extreme-temperature liquefied gas batteries.
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Jungwoo Lee
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Strella Biotechnology
Predicting produce shelf life to eliminate global food waste and improve supply chain efficiency
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Katherine Sizov
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Talusag
Decentralizing critical ammonia production through modular, zero-carbon intermittent infrastructure.
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Hiro Iwanaga
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
VEIR
Delivering superconducting power systems to scale AI beyond the physical limits of copper
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Tim Heidel
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
150 Ventures are part of Unreasonable Impact Americas
The Unreasonable Fellowship is supported by a global community of 1,200 Mentors — from industry experts to renowned executives and policymakers. Below are just some of the Mentors who are proactively supporting our Americas cohorts.
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Ben Christensen
Co-Founder @ Handshake
Benjamin Leavenworth
Advisor to Sovereign Investors & Family Offices | Ag/Food, Biotech & Wellness Investor | Former Honorary Consul of Chile
Bisi Akinola
Founder- Fadaka; Senior Director Legal, Meta Platforms
Celinne Da Costa
Executive Leadership Coach & Story Alchemist at Story Atlas®
Christopher Aw
Investor / adviser / technologist - focused on the sectors of film, finance, food/agriculture, waste management, water, energy, healthcare, and industries that are experiencing technological transformation
Craig Marris
Co-Founder seeo | Executive Affiliate Harvard (IQSS) - Core Mentor Startups Foundry
Dan Rosen
Co-founder of Mosaic (one of the largest solar lenders in the US), Navajo Power, Ezra Climate, Solara, Unreasonable Fellow and former Board member
David Jaffe
Experienced public company CEO now retired and focused on mentoring, social impact investing and my climate change X education startup.
Dean Marris
Co-Founder of seeo | Executive Affiliate Harvard (IQSS) - Core Mentor Startups Foundry
Deborah Goldfarb
MD of Citizenship, Barclays
Divya Reddy
Founding Partner of F5 Collective I Investor I Mentor
Jack Swift
Serial Founder | CEO | Author of Level 7 Leadership
Jalaj Hora
Systems change agent/Innovator
Josh Yguado
Co-Founder & Former CEO, Jam City | Founder & CEO, Secret Territory
Katie Hanson
Chief Business Officer, Wonder Sciences
Kelly Kimball
Founder, Vitu, F5 Collective, Investor
Kriss Deiglmeier
Board Director, CEO, Social Innovation Champion
Kyle Nel
Co-Founder Aligned AI
Miriam Isa
Leadership & Storytelling Coach, The Isa Method
Nathan Freitas
Crystal clear messaging, branding feedback, and guaranteed leads for growth companies
Nick Kislinger
Executive Director Flourish Trust
Nico Shea
FinTech/EdTech Entrepreneur
Peter Bryant
Oceans Managing Director at Builders Vision
Phil Hagerman
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, pharmacist and former CEO and chairman of Diplomat Pharmacy. Current CEO of Forum Health, the nations most unique ecosystem of Integrative/Functional medicine services
Radhika Malpani
Climate tech Investor | Founder Google Images| Stanford Adjunct Prof - Climate, Entrepreneurship, Oceans | Former: Senior Director Eng @Google | Board Member/Advisor
Scott Leonard
Impact Pioneer - Circular Economy - Regenerative & Climate Tech Investor - Strategic Partnerships - Fractional CSO - CEO - Board & Foundation Advisor - Biodiversity - IDC Co-Founder - Fair Trade
Thomas Baker
Founder & CTO, Goldstar AI | AI Research Faculty, Harvard Business School
Recent News from the Impact Americas Fellowship
September 24, 2026
It's Electric Kept Its New York City Win Quiet To Protect Its Investors
Tiya Gordon of it's electric kept the New York win from bridge investors to protect their Series A markup. Gordon is lining up green bank financing for the hardware.
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September 23, 2026
The Climate Case for EVs Goes Deeper Than You Think
Representative Mike Levin, It’s Electric, Rivian, and more showed up for the mobility session at Heatmap House.
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September 15, 2026
New York City Just Bet Its Curbside EV Future on a 5-Year-Old Startup
It’s Electric won the contract to build out New York City’s permanent curbside EV charging network across all five boroughs.
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August 18, 2026
Ampaire Raises Series B, Studies Hybrid-Electric APUs
Hybrid-electric propulsion developer Ampaire has closed a $19 million Series B funding round with backing from International Airlines Group (IAG) and Alaska Airlines.
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August 7, 2026
Utah Begins Real-World Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Demonstrations
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has launched real-world demonstrations with a hybrid-electric aircraft, which Thursday morning flew close to 250 miles from Salt Lake City to Cedar City.
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