Our Team
Induction Partners was founded by individuals with exceptional depth in grid technology, energy policy, and private equity. The team brings together a physicist-turned-investor, a fusion pioneer who has scaled deep science into commercial infrastructure, and a regulatory and utility veteran with three decades at the highest levels of energy governance and grid operations. Collectively, we understand the technology, the business models, and the regulatory and utility landscape that shapes grid infrastructure investment.
Chris Good
Founding PartnerChris Good founded Induction Partners in February 2026 to invest in companies solving grid infrastructure constraints.
He studied Physics at Oxford University (Trinity College, 1997–2001), where he developed the technical depth and analytical rigour that informs his approach to evaluating grid technology. His background spans management consulting (where he worked in energy and infrastructure), venture capital and private equity board experience at companies ranging from software (Drake Software, RTB House) to supply chain platforms (JAGGAER), and three decades of relationships across the energy ecosystem. Most recently, he co-founded Pine Island New Energy Partners, an energy transition investment partnership focused on companies in the grid and electrification supply chain.
At Induction Partners, Chris focuses on founders and teams with deep domain expertise, helps navigate the utility and ISO landscape, and sources and evaluates companies across the grid technology value chain. He's based in New York and regularly publishes analysis on grid infrastructure, policy developments, and supply chain dynamics.
Founder
James Glotfelty
Jimmy Glotfelty brings three decades of experience spanning federal government, state regulation, and private sector energy infrastructure.
He served as a Commissioner on the Public Utility Commission of Texas (2021–2024), appointed by Governor Abbott, where he strengthened ERCOT's operational resilience, led expansion of the transmission network to accommodate new generation, and chaired the Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group. Before his tenure at Texas PUC, Jimmy was Director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution — a $100 million per year R&D programme focused on modernizing the nation's grid. He previously served as Senior Policy Advisor to U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and Energy Policy Director to then-Governor George W. Bush. He led the U.S.-Canadian Power System Outage Task Force that investigated the August 2003 blackout.
In the private sector, Jimmy founded Clean Line Energy, which developed HVDC transmission projects connecting renewable generation to load centres. He held senior roles at Calpine Corporation (where he gained deep exposure to generation and grid operations), ICF Consulting (where he advised utilities and infrastructure developers), and Quanta Services (a major grid infrastructure contractor). He currently serves as Senior Government Programs Advisor at Aalo Atomics.
Jimmy's unique vantage point — having operated at the highest levels of federal energy policy, state utility regulation, and grid infrastructure development — brings invaluable perspective to evaluating companies based on how utilities actually buy, how regulatory frameworks shape market opportunity, and what it takes to build and deploy grid infrastructure at scale. He participates regularly in forums including the Aspen Institute Energy Forum, the Harvard Energy Policy Group, and the Keystone Energy Forum.
Advisory Partner
General PartnerDan Brunner
Dan Brunner is a fusion engineer and technology leader with exceptional experience in building deep science into commercial-scale infrastructure.
He holds a PhD in Applied Plasma Physics from MIT (2013) and a BSc in Engineering Physics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (2008). While at MIT, he was part of the "SPARC Underground" — the grassroots research effort that led to the founding of Commonwealth Fusion Systems. At CFS, Dan served as Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, overseeing the company's technology roadmap to commercial fusion energy, managing its intellectual property portfolio, and helping navigate the company through $1.8 billion in funding. He brings deep expertise in plasma diagnostics and control, fusion systems engineering, and superconducting magnet technology — the latter of which has become foundational to multiple grid technology applications beyond fusion.
Dan works with Induction Partners to evaluate deep technology companies and founders navigating the long development and capital cycles that characterise physics-based infrastructure solutions. His background offers a founder's perspective on scaling technical risk, building teams, and bringing unproven technology to commercial adoption — experience directly applicable to evaluating the next generation of grid infrastructure companies.