Frederick Wasch

Fred has more than 25 years of experience in organizational development, executive leadership, and finance. In 2020, Fred co-founded Energy Transition Capital (“ETC”), a renewable energy private equity firm where he serves as Partner and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to ETC, Fred served as Managing Partner, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Compliance Officer of Raging Capital Management, LLC, a long/short equity hedge fund with peak AUM of over $900MM where he led the firm’s financial, operational, compliance, and organizational functions. Fred currently supports the fund in its process of winding down. Fred is active in the alternatives COO/CFO community and is a regular speaker at industry conferences and events.

Earlier in his career, Fred co-founded CallStreet, a corporate events calendar and transcript business, where he led fundraising efforts, built and maintained the company’s accounting, tax and audit controls, and spearheaded new business development opportunities. The founders successfully sold the company in the mid-2000s to FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

Fred started his career in the venture capital group at Hambrecht & Quist, where he focused on companies in software, communications, and the Internet. He was active in sourcing, evaluating, and executing on new investment opportunities and served on the board of several portfolio companies in the enterprise software and hardware industries.

Fred has a B.A. from Princeton University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.