Team & Track Record

Meet Precursor

The deepest bench of FOAK expertise with an unmatched track record.

Since launch · Feb 2025
  • Secured billion-dollar offtakes with hyperscalers
  • Reduced client CAPEX by tens of millions
  • Raised $100M+ in FOAK capital
  • ID'd $100's of billions in sales pipeline
  • Negotiated multiple JVs with Global 1000 companies
The team

Precursor fields the top team in FOAK — $50B+ deployed across revolutionary projects, 100+ years of collective experience.

We helped spark the electrification of transport (Tesla), the US utility-scale solar sector (LPO), and the geothermal (Fervo) and nuclear renaissance (Vogtle).

Thought leadership

We helped establish the FOAK market through defining thought leadership — CTVC's FOAK 101 articles (60K+ reads each) and the Catalyst podcast (~20K listens).

Team members
David Yeh
David Yeh
Founder
25+ yrs VC & infra – Tesla, Fervo, Procore
White House infra & sovereign wealth fund lead
Started $Bn energy banking partnership in China
Thought leader who catalyzed the FOAK market
Dartmouth, Wharton MBA
Bernie Yoo
Bernie Yoo
Exited Founder/CEO of $100M revenue company
Deeptech exec with hyper-growth scaling experience ($500M+ raised)
Strategic finance + project planning veteran
Morgan Stanley energy banker & Harvard alum
Michael Walton
Michael Walton
20+ years FOAK project development ($20B)
White House Advisory Council Member
CEO-GM-Partner, Energy Transition Finance, Emerald Strategy Group, Green Spaces
HBS Young American Leader · ETH Zurich, UT Architecture
Paul McDonough
Paul McDonough
NET Power's FOAK Developer
40-year Project Veteran
Built 10 power plants
CCUS expert
Dong Kim
Dong Kim
Partner Emeritus
35+ yrs DOE veteran
LPO Director + COO + Chief Engineer ($43B FOAK portfolio)
Led engineering due diligence and portfolio management
ChemE, MS Env. Eng, GWU
David Yeh speaking at CERAWeek Innovation Agora
S&P Global CERAWeek
Microsoft Climate Innovation Summit
Microsoft Climate Innovation Summit
NorthX Converge
NorthX Converge
David Yeh at VERGE Trellis Impact
VERGE · Trellis Impact
Select advisors
Christian Okoye
Christian Okoye
Veteran of Generate, Emerson Collective, Sidewalk Infrastructure, and Goldman Sachs
Dave Rogers
Dave Rogers
Stanford Adjunct Professor with three decades of project development and finance experience
Daniel Steingart
Daniel Steingart
Serial Founder, Battery Scientist, Head of Columbia University's Battery Effort
Kendra Kuhl
Kendra Kuhl
Former CTO & Cofounder at Twelve
Petros Lekkakis
Petros Lekkakis
Seasoned FOAK and sustainable infrastructure investor. Partner, IntegrEn
Dolly Singh
Dolly Singh
Founder, Terra Talent & ex-SpaceX, Oculus, Citadel
Geoff Trukenbrod
Geoff Trukenbrod
CFO at Sedron, ex-CFO at Lanzatech, veteran executive, entrepreneur, and investor
Dr. Joseph Batir
Dr. Joseph Batir
Geothermal geoscientist with 15+ years of global exploration and project development experience
Wesley Lien
Wesley Lien
Clean infrastructure finance and FOAK commercialization expert; ex-SunEdison (1GW-$1B), Pattern Energy veteran
Luis Rios
Luis Rios
20 year infrastructure finance and FOAK startup veteran; Tellurian ($1.2B exit) & Nacero ($5B effort to build low carbon fuels facility)