Danielle Fong | |
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 Fong in 2011 | |
| Born | October 30, 1987 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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| Occupation(s) | Co-founder and Chief Scientist of LightSail Energy |
| Website | www |
Danielle Fong (born October 30, 1987) [1] is a Canadian scientist and entrepreneur. She was the co-founder and chief scientist of LightSail Energy.
Fong was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was raised in Dartmouth. [2] At age 12, she enrolled in Dalhousie University, where she got her Bachelor of Science in Physics and Computer Science in 2005 at age 17. [3] [4] [5] She joined the plasma physics program at Princeton University as a Ph.D. candidate, but later dropped out at age 20. [6] [7]
In 2009 at Berkeley, California, Fong co-founded LightSail Energy with entrepreneur Stephen Crane and Edwin P. Berlin Jr. [3] [8] LightSail Energy developed a form of compressed air energy storage, which was termed regenerative air energy storage (RAES). The company was initially backed by Khosla Ventures. [3]
In 2013, Fong stated she wanted to solve an energy problem and help democratize the storage of energy, in order to change how the average person lives in their home. [9]
LightSail raised over $70 million, including $2 million from Nova Scotia's Innovacorp, a government owned enterprise. [10] In 2016 it pivoted to producing transport modules for natural gas. [11] [8] It entered hibernation and shut down in 2018, [12] with Khosla Ventures retaining the patents. [13]
In 2011, Fong was featured in Forbes ' "30 Under 30" entrepreneurs under the Energy category [14] and interviewed by Forbes. [15] She was named by the MIT Technology Review in their 2012 "Innovators Under 35" list. [16] In 2013, Fong was included in Time 's "30 Under 30" list. [17]
Fong was a speaker at the Women 2.0 PITCH Conference & Competition in 2012. [18]
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