Energy Seminar at Harvard: Daniel White, Director of Business Development, National Grid Partners
Monday, Sep 14, 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, Room 3.5. Located in the Belfer Building of Harvard Kennedy School, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
Daniel White, Director of Business Development, National Grid Partners will speak at the next Energy Seminar on Monday, September 14.
Join for a deep dive on clean energy entrepreneurship and investing from one of the only utility venture & innovation funds.
Daniel White is a Director of Business Development at National Grid Partners—a corporate venture capital and innovation organization he helped establish at National Grid in 2018. Since that time, Daniel has helped National Grid trial and deploy several start-up technologies including Copperleaf’s investment planning software and Linevision’s dynamic line rating technology. Prior to National Grid, Daniel was president of Thimbleberry Research L.L.C., a finance and strategy consulting firm he founded shortly after leaving The Boston Consulting Group. Before BCG, he was a finance manager at Intel Capital where he helped deal teams close several million dollars in venture investments. Daniel began his career in the institutional equity research group at D.A. Davidson & Co. He is a CFA charter holder and a licensed CPA. Daniel has an MBA with distinction from Cornell University and graduated magna cum laude from the College of Idaho.
** Note for non-Harvard affiliates and attendees without HUIDs: HKS security requires guest lists to be submitted 2 business days prior. Please register ASAP to guarantee your admission to the event.
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Join for a deep dive on clean energy entrepreneurship and investing from one of the only utility venture & innovation funds.
Daniel White is a Director of Business Development at National Grid Partners—a corporate venture capital and innovation organization he helped establish at National Grid in 2018. Since that time, Daniel has helped National Grid trial and deploy several start-up technologies including Copperleaf’s investment planning software and Linevision’s dynamic line rating technology. Prior to National Grid, Daniel was president of Thimbleberry Research L.L.C., a finance and strategy consulting firm he founded shortly after leaving The Boston Consulting Group. Before BCG, he was a finance manager at Intel Capital where he helped deal teams close several million dollars in venture investments. Daniel began his career in the institutional equity research group at D.A. Davidson & Co. He is a CFA charter holder and a licensed CPA. Daniel has an MBA with distinction from Cornell University and graduated magna cum laude from the College of Idaho.
** Note for non-Harvard affiliates and attendees without HUIDs: HKS security requires guest lists to be submitted 2 business days prior. Please register ASAP to guarantee your admission to the event.
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