Author
Melinda Chow Alankar
Director of Investment and Funding Opportunities
Melinda Chow Alankar identifies investment and funding opportunities in climate tech and leads Anthropocene’s numeracy program.
Biography
Melinda Chow Alankar works with other members of the Anthropocene team to identify investment and funding opportunities in climate tech. Additionally, she leads Anthropocene’s numeracy program, which aims to improve the general public’s fluency with numbers so that they can have a better grasp of the impact of issues we are facing and make better decisions.
Melinda began her career as a lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, and eventually became a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, where she worked on complex private investment transactions, mergers and acquisitions, as well as public securities offerings. Moreover, she worked pro bono for various non-profit organizations. She transitioned to the technology industry, when she became General Counsel for Debias VR, a Silicon Valley startup that made virtual reality games for diversity, equity, and inclusion training.
Melinda earned her JD from Harvard Law school, and has a BS in Business Administration and BA Rhetoric from UC Berkeley.
