Nicholas Andruschak

Nicholas Andruschak

Vice President

Nicholas is a product driven innovator. He has more than 10 years’ experience in early-stage product management, R&D and commercializing new sensing and automation technologies in resource intensive heavy industries.

Nicholas plays a key role in the development of investment theses, deal sourcing, due diligence, and managing portfolio companies. He is currently focused on investments that enable the automation & digitization, circularity and decarbonization of resource intensive industries.

Nicholas holds a number of board positions and is actively involved with Chrysalix investments in DTE, Sortera Alloys, Luffy, Haila and Applied Impact Robotics.

Nicholas has an MBA from the University of British Columbia, an MASc in Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Toronto and a BASc in Mechatronics Engineering from the University of British Columbia.

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Fred van Beuningen

Managing Partner

Fred is a Managing Partner based in the Netherlands. His industry expertise spans C-level, Executive Board and CEO positions in oil & gas, chemicals, logistics, innovation and sustainability, and scaling up ventures.

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Dr. Wal van Lierop

Founding Partner

Wal is a Founding Partner of Chrysalix based in Vancouver. He launched Chrysalix in 2001 and is recognised for his expertise and thought leadership in industrial innovation, energy and cleantech.

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Dr. Charles Haythornthwaite

Senior Partner

Charlie is a Senior Partner based in the United Kingdom. He leads the opportunity recognition and investment selection process in the Chrysalix RoboValley Fund and has a special interest in mining innovation. 

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Dr. Alfred Lam

Partner

Alfred is a Partner based in the Netherlands. He has incubated and launched ventures from academia and is involved in the development of investment theses, deal sourcing and due diligence with a special interest in energy and resource productivity. 

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Greg Allen

Partner

Greg is a Partner based in Vancouver. He is an experienced CEO, turnaround leader and board member at multinational technology companies. He is responsible for supporting selected portfolio companies in director and observer roles, leads key aspects of Chrysalix operational activities and sits on the Chrysalix investment committee.

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Wendy Leong

Chief Financial Officer

Wendy is the Chief Financial Officer based in Vancouver. She has nearly 25 years of experience in private equity investment management and works closely with the investment team on valuation and finance matters.

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Alicia Lenis

VICE PRESIDENT

Alicia is a Vice President based in Vancouver. She works on investment theses development, deal sourcing, due diligence and portfolio management. Alicia has close to 15 years of industrial technology sector experience.

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Nicholas Andruschak

Vice President

Nicholas is a Vice President based in Vancouver. He is responsible for deal sourcing, due diligence, and developing investment theses. Nicholas is particularly interested in companies developing sensor systems and intelligent systems to facilitate Industry 4.0.

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Giuliana Unger

Associate

Giuliana is an Associate based in the Netherlands. She has expertise in cleantech innovation and carbon capture and utilization (CCU), and she is responsible for sourcing new deals and due diligence.

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