Veery Maxwell

Veery Maxwell is Founding Partner and Co-Head of Innovation + Expansion at Galvanize. She has spent her career focused on climate change, and is a deep believer in the virtuous cycle of markets, technology, and policy reinforcing each other to drive decarbonization and investment returns. Previously, Veery was a founding partner at Ajax Investment Strategies, where she invested in technology companies solving climate change. She currently sits on the boards of Alcemy, Arable, Quilt, Regrow Ag, The Routing Company, and Voltus. Veery additionally manages Galvanize’s investments in Octopus Energy and Veir. She also sits on the nonprofit board of the CREO Syndicate.

Prior to co-founding Ajax, Veery was a director at Energy Innovation managing a large climate philanthropy portfolio focused on supporting regulatory interventions to drive emissions out of the power, transport, and industrial sectors. Veery previously worked at Climateworks Foundation and The Nature Conservancy. Veery earned a J.D. from University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, and a B.A. from Georgetown University with a double major in finance and international business. Veery lives in Marin with her husband and two children.