Pulakesh Mukherjee

Solidia Technologies, Inc. develops a technology platform that enables production of next generation building and construction materials. The firm also commercializes its proprietary technology based on low temperature solidification, which enables the production of building and construction materials, such as concrete and stone at low temperatures and pressures. The company was founded by Richard E. Riman in 2008 and is headquartered in Piscataway, NJ.

Luca Technologies, Inc. operates as a clean energy company. Its proprietary technology stimulates native microorganisms that reside in subsurface hydrocarbon deposits, such as coal, oil and organic-rich shales to accelerate the bioconversion of such resources into methane, the principal component of natural gas, which the company produces and sells using existing infrastructure. The company was founded by Eric Szaloczi, R. Verlin Dannar, Jeffrey L. Weber, Robert S. Pfeiffer, Michael P. Batzer, Christie L. Haas, Roland P. DeBruyn, and Allan F. Wise in April 2003 and is headquartered in Golden, CO.

Allylix, Inc. develops terpene products for flavor and fragrance, food ingredients, pharmaceuticals, agricultural, and biofuels markets. The company was founded by Joseph Chappel, Thomas E. Jurgensen, and Joseph Noel on January 4, 2005 and is headquartered in Lexington, KY.

Innova Dynamics, Inc. invents disruptive advanced materials technologies. It supplies Innlay silver nanowire inks to manufacturers of transparent conductive electrode films and touch sensors. The firm also develops pastes and IonArmour antimicrobial technology platform. The company was founded by Arjun Daniel Srinivas, Michael Young, Alex Mittal and Alexander C. Mittal in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Imperative Management LLC (Imperative Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Tom Erickson and Pulakesh Mukherjee. The firm is headquartered in Stillwater, Minnesota.

ESS, Inc. is a company that provides sustainable, long-duration energy storage solutions to accelerate decarbonization. The company is based in Wilsonville, OR. The company's technology uses earth-abundant iron, salt, and water to deliver environmentally safe solutions capable of providing up to 12 hours of flexible energy capacity for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications. ESS was founded in 2011 by Julia Song, Craig E. Evans. Eric P. Dresselhuys has been the CEO of the company since 2021.