Steve Kloos is a Partner at Burnt Island Ventures, a water specialist venture capital firm. Steve is an experienced investor and company leader with a deep background in water, energy, hydrogen, chemicals & fuels, and climate. He started his career as a membrane chemist at Osmonics and was acquired into GE Water, where he first led Membrane Technology globally before being sent on a 3.5 year global assignment to start GE’s water R&D efforts in Shanghai and in Singapore. After returning to the US in 2009, Steve served in the newly created Advanced Technology Leader role, overseeing longer range innovation efforts including internal programs as well as engaging with start-ups and innovators globally and was a member of GE's venture capital team. Steve joined True North Venture Partners in late 2011, leading new investment sourcing as a Partner, and served in two stints leading True North portfolio companies before joining Burnt Island in late 2023. Steve was the founding board chair, and is currently a Director, of Current Water, a water non-profit based in Chicago, is a longtime advisor to ImagineH2O, and is a judge for the Global Cleantech 100. Steve has a PhD in chemistry from North Dakota State University and lives just outside Boulder, Colorado.