Nate Laurell

Nate is the Managing Director of New Frontier Holdings which invests in the renewable energy space.

Prior to New Frontier, Nate was a principal and active director of Infinium Capital Management, a proprietary-trading firm with offices in Chicago, New York, and London. Nate managed the market-making business in addition to starting Infinium’s energy business, which soon became a leader in the space. Infinium was recently named one of the top 20 firms to work for in Chicago and is widely recognized as a leader in the proprietary-trading space.

Nate has been involved in startups since forming his first company in college. The firm built software prototypes for clients with unique intellectual property, many of whom held patents on business processes. Since then Nate has been an active adviser to and investor in dozens of startups, including Vernon & Park Capital and IA Ventures. He also currently serves on the board of Selerity Financial. Nate is a partner and member of the Advisory Council of Acumen Fund, a patient capital fund based in New York, and a member of the TED community.

He holds a BS and MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Nate also holds a Chicago Management Institute Certificate from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and has completed the Executive Seminar at the Aspen Institute.

He lives in Chicago with his wife, Kris, and their neurotic dog and enjoys growing things on his roof.