Investment Director
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The official roster identifies Katherine Mellis as Investment Director. This profile applies Sandwater's published strategy and does not infer undisclosed personal signing authority or a narrower individual mandate. Relevant founder fit follows the firm's thesis: Back ambitious founders in industrial technology, energy and resources, helping technical proof become scalable operations, contracts and follow-on financing.
At firm level, Sandwater is aligned with back ambitious founders in industrial technology, energy and resources, helping technical proof become scalable operations, contracts and follow-on financing. This is firm-level guidance, not an invented personal preference.
No personal pass list is public. Opportunities outside Sandwater's stated stages, sectors, geography or team criteria should be treated as lower fit rather than a confirmed personal rejection rule.
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Katherine Mellis is currently Investment Director at Sandwater, as listed on the firm's official roster. Where the roster does not publish a longer biography, this profile avoids inferring prior employers, education, deals or decision authority.