2x founder
Tooraj Arvajeh
CEO & Co-Founder @ Perl Street | Embedded Project Finance
Experience
Career
2018Perl Street
Co-founderCEO & Co-Founder · Greater New York City Area · 2018 – Present
2021For ClimateTech
Accountability Board Member (Scale for ClimateTech) · New York City Metropolitan Area · 2021 – Present
2018CUNY Building Performance Lab
Senior Applied Research Scientist · Greater New York City Area · 2018
2014BlocPower
Co-founderChief Engineering Officer / Co-Founder · Greater New York City Area · 2014 – 2018
2013Arup
Senior Engineer · New York · 2013 – 2014
- 2013
Investors' Circle
MBA Venture Fellow · 2013
2013Clinton Global Initiative
Built Environment Commitments · New York · 2013
2010Advitech Pty Ltd, Novecom Pty Ltd, Hushpak Engineering Pty Ltd
Senior Engineer · Sydney, Australia · 2010 – 2012
2008Hatch
Project Origination Lead · Sydney, Australia · 2008 – 2010
2006Hatch
Mechanical Engineer · Toronto, Canada Area · 2006 – 2008
2005University of Waterloo
Researcher · Waterloo, Canada · 2005 – 2006
2002AUTO21 Inc.
Scientific Researcher (HQP) · 2002 – 2006
Bio
Tooraj Arvajeh has 20+ years of experience in developing, financing, and operating $1B+ new infrastructure and climate-tech projects across the world. Tooraj has worked in senior engineering, project origination, and research roles at Arup, Hatch, and the Building Performance Lab. Tooraj holds degrees in mechanical engineering and business from the University of Waterloo, Columbia Business School, London Business School, and the University of Hong Kong.