Alicia Lenis (she/her)

Alicia is a Vice President at Chrysalix based in Vancouver. Chrysalix is a lead seed investor in industrial innovation, targeting first institutional cheques into companies. Chrysalix has invested as a first round investor into notable companies such as GaN Systems, Svante, MineSense and Sortera.

A long-time industrial technology enthusiast, Alicia has close to 20 years of experience working with industrial companies in both technical and management roles. Prior to Chrysalix, Alicia worked with Bain & Company in London, UK and she started her career in heavy industry as an engineer. She holds an MBA and a MS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, where she was a Leaders of Global Operations Fellow, focused on Energy and Environment. She is also a Professional Engineer and holds a BASC in Mechanical Engineering with Distinction from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She serves as a Board Director with Chrysalix portfolio companies Rithmik and as Board Observer with Chrysalix portfolio companies MineSense, Novamera and VerAI. She represents Chrysalix on the National Renewable Energy Lab’s (NREL) Investor Advisory Board. Alicia is a Kauffman Fellow.