Jason Holt, Ph.D.

Jason Holt joined Orion in 2023. He has over 25 years of experience in the climate and sustainability field, spanning roles in R&D, entrepreneurship, and investing. Prior to Orion, he was a Partner with Baruch Future Ventures, a leading ClimateTech venture capital firm, where he developed investments theses in a number of different verticals, sourced and diligenced investment opportunities, and worked closely with a number of management teams in the portfolio. He has also served as a Venture Partner with Tai Partners, a cross-border fund that invests in companies ready to enter the China market, helping them to build their local teams and partner ecosystem. Jason previously founded two ClimateTech startups - Heliotrope Technologies (low-cost electrochromic windows) where he was the founding CEO and a Director and NanOasis (high efficiency reverse osmosis membranes, acquired 2012) where he was CTO and a Director. Prior to these startups, Jason was a Staff Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, serving as Principal Investigator on several projects in advanced separations technologies. He has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (Summa Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa) from UC Irvine.