Ben Kortlang brings over 15 years of investment experience in venture capital and growth equity to his role as a G2 founding partner. Previously, Ben led investments for Kleiner Perkins’ $1B Green Growth Fund, where he focused on smart grid, big data and renewable energy. A number of Ben’s portfolio companies have been acquired or gone public, including OSIsoft (shares sold to SoftBank and Mitsui), Opower (acquired by Oracle), Silver Spring Networks (SSNI) and Enphase (ENPH). Ben sits on the board of Enphase Energy (ENPH) and G2 portfolio companies Arcadia, ProducePay, Sunfolding, Crusoe Energy and Scandit, as well as Luminar (LAZR) from 2019-2021.