Daniel Gross is a venture capital, private equity, and infrastructure investor focused on clean energy, climate tech, and other sustainable technologies. He currently serves as a Director in the Corporate Development unit at Amazon and principally focuses on the Climate Pledge Fund, a corporate venture capital fund established by Amazon. Mr. Gross also serves as a Lecturer at Yale University, where he teaches courses on the finance of renewable energy at the School of the Environment, the Law School, and the School of Management. He was previously Chief Investment Officer of Climate Real Impact Solutions, a special purpose acquisition company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Gross was one of the founding Partners of Hudson Clean Energy, a private equity firm with over $1 billion in assets under management. At Goldman Sachs, he was a Vice President in the U.S. alternative energy investment group. Prior to Goldman, Mr. Gross worked in GE Capital's Energy Financial Services unit where he headed the renewable energy investment business. Mr. Gross is a Fulbright Scholar and a three-time graduate of Yale, from which he received a Masters in Environmental Management, M.B.A., and B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa).