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.

To date, alongside our partners at Barclays, we have supported 134 ventures headquartered across the Americas that are uniquely positioned to create the jobs of tomorrow while solving our most pressing societal and environmental challenges. The Americas program is part of Unreasonable Impact's broader global initiative that is actively supporting 421+ ventures across the world.

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Meet our Americas Cohorts

Each year we identify and privately invite a select portfolio of growth-stage ventures to join the Unreasonable Impact Americas.

This cohort is supported by a curated community of Unreasonable mentors, investors, and Barclays' colleagues. Together this community of support is dedicated to championing the growth and impact of the ventures now and into the future.

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

Integrating expert sustainability ratings into everyday personal financial decisions.

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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

It's Electric

Harnessing unutilized building energy to power sleek curbside electric vehicle chargers.

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Tiya Gordon

Co-Founder and Chief Operating 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

134 Ventures are part of Unreasonable Impact Americas

The Unreasonable Fellowship is supported by a global community of 1,170 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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