Dee Zheng

Dee Zheng helps empower a new generation of climate tech visionaries, backing those who are redefining the boundaries of sustainability and global impact.

At the helm of Orca Climate Fund as Managing Director, Dee led investments at the pre-seed and seed stages that advance climate and cleantech innovation—enabling transformation in chemicals, materials, manufacturing, energy, and agtech. Dee is also a Venture Partner for Hustle Fund, a preseed fund that invests in hilariously early startups.

Dee’s journey includes co-founding and exiting a manufacturing startup serving utility-scale generation facilities ranging from 60MW to 3GWs, and decades of operating experience in the energy, petro-chemicals, and steel industries, as well as asset management roles in private equity and investment banking. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley and SUNY Albany.

Dee also supports purpose-driven entrepreneurs with an unwavering commitment to the planet through organizations such as Activate, Generator, and Greentown.

Shaped by winters in Wisconsin, Dee enjoys his downtime holed away somewhere warm and reading sci-fi or fantasy.