Gregory Irwin has left DCRBN Ventures, the corporate venture arm of US-based wholesale electricity supplier NextEra Energy Resources.
After serving a year as the senior director for DCRBN Ventures, Irwin will now act as the senior vice president of corporate development at Hut 8, a Florida-headquartered automotive innovation company.
Irwin began his stint at NextEra Energy Resources in 2013, starting as the principal financial analyst for the company’s treasury division. A year later he began overseeing NextEra Energy’s M&A strategies working as the project manager and project director for M&A development. In 2020, he moved to the NextEra Energy’s venture arm serving as their director for two years before progressing to be the firms senior director.
Prior to this, Irwin spent a year as the senior associate for KPMG US, a financial services and tax advisory company and was also the senior associate for business consultancy company Duff & Phelps for two years.
NextEra Energy Resources has invested in over 40 companies including operational data quality developer Aperio, which raised $9m in a series A round this year, and alternative energy equipment provider Modern Electron which raised $30m in a series B round in 2023.