Marcus Catsaras - Early Stage ClimateTech Investor

From his office in Tokyo, Marcus Catsaras studies the weather. But the Sydney-born energy trader isn’t staring out the window. He is elbows-deep in forecasting models that leverage reams of meteorological data and fast-evolving artificial intelligence tools.

And that hands him an edge in the nascent world of electricity futures markets. “Climate volatility makes things less predictable,” he said. “But there are a growing number of people that really need to understand what the real value of a kilowatt tomorrow is.”