Sean Petersen is a deal lead in Wellington Climate Growth Investing. He helps manage the firm’s private investment activity in growth-stage, asset-light companies using software, automation, and AI to modernize constrained systems across energy, manufacturing, supply chains, and the built environment. He works closely with Wellington's private investment professionals, global industry analysts, and broader research platform to source, evaluate, and support high-growth businesses delivering operational efficiency, resilience, and productivity.
Prior to joining Wellington Management, Sean was a general partner at the AI Fund (2019 – 2020), where he managed a venture fund focused on health, human capital, logistics, and industrial AI-centric technology companies. He was previously the venture lead at International Finance Corp. (2011 – 2019), where he developed and oversaw its venture investment strategies focused on climate and education within an ESG and impact framework.
Prior to joining International Finance Corp., Sean worked at Good Energies Inc. (the cleantech venture fund of the Brenninkmeijer family) as a director (2006 – 2011), as a founding team member of Swapswire Limited (2001 – 2004), as a founding team member of Blackbird Holdings Inc. (1999 – 2001), and as an associate in Structured Finance/Derivatives at Merrill Lynch (1994 – 1999).
Sean holds a B.Sc. in chemical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1994) and an MBA from the Wharton School University of Pennsylvania (2006).
