Jane has been Managing Partner of Jane Capital Partners since co-founding it in 2001. An operating executive who has launched a number of start ups, including Zenergy Power plc, Carbonflow, Inc., Trinitech Pty, she is particularly passionate about the environment. Under her leadership, Jane Capital has won mandates to advise the technology and/or renewable arms of Macquarie Bank, Conoco Phillips and New Zealand’s state-owned power generator, Meridian energy Ltd. Previously, she was a Director and Chief Operating Officer for Globalgate, an e-commerce holding company that was the parent of Yellowpages.com and was instrumental in raising $30 mm in financing. She also served as Executive Director of WI Harper Group, a technology venture fund – one of the first to focus on bridging the gap between China and Silicon Valley where her group was responsible for executing 16 transactions in 3 years with companies such as Legend Corp, Zenith Electronics and SyQuest. Earlier in her career, Jane owned and operated Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics in Australasia, a successful educational service company. Jane holds a B.S. from Syracuse, an M.A. from the University of Connecticut and was a Ph.D. candidate at UC-Berkeley before joining Evelyn Wood. She has held directorships at a number of technology companies and currently sits on the boards of Smart Wire Grid, Inc., Cleantech.org, Greenhome LLC and Zenergy Power, Inc.