Matthew Garratt

Senior Associate
Silicon Valley
mgarratt@battery.com

Matthew joined Battery in 2008 and focuses on clean technology and advanced materials. Prior to Battery, he was Vice President of Plymouth Ventures, where he developed a cleantech focus for the fund. He has also worked for GE in their Renewable Energy group where he helped to set strategy for the wind and solar markets, and also spent time in Africa monitoring clean energy investments for E+Co, a public purpose investment company.

Matthew has also worked for Alcoa where he applied his materials expertise in the development of new applications ranging from next generation aerospace to consumer products. Matthew has published numerous technical papers in peer-reviewed materials science journals and has presented at international conferences. He has a BS from Purdue University and MS from the Pennsylvania State University, both in Materials Engineering. At Pennsylvania State he holds a patent for his research in advanced processing of aluminum for aerospace applications. He also holds an MBA from the University of Michigan, where he helped to develop a student run cleantech fund.