Rise to meet the moment

com·mon·weal
/ˈkämənˌwēl/
The common welfare; The public good.

Our country faces great challenges, from competition with China and public safety to climate change and a broken healthcare system. These challenges provide immense opportunities for entrepreneurs with bold ideas. Founders can best seize these opportunities by partnering with government. Governments enable scale, fund innovation, determine market standards, tax, and regulate.

While some see government as a roadblock, we know first-hand that working with government can unlock value. We focus on business models that can tap this potential. Our team combines venture investors with experienced public officials, from former Cabinet members to mayors, offering you an asymmetric advantage in some of the world’s largest markets.

Kitchen Cabinet

Commonweal’s senior advisors help you build government partnerships that unlock value.
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Steve Koch
Deputy Mayor of Chicago under Mayor Emanuel
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Modernizing Government
Mary Nichols
Longest-serving Former Chair of the California Air Resources Board (CARB)
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Powering our Energy Future
Brett Lambert
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Defense and VP of Corporate Strategy at Northrup Grumman
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Defending the Homeland

Zero to One Mentors

Unicorn founders helping the next generation. Backed by the best investors in the world.
Taylor Matthews
Co-Founder and CEO of Farther Finance, backed by Bessemer, Lightspeed, CapitalG, Khosla, MassMutual, Cota and Moneta
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National Advisory Network

Across industries and geographies, our advisors are here to help you win.
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Eric Shuffler
Former Counselor, Chief Policy Advisor and speechwriter to New Jersey Governors Jim McGreevey and Dick Code
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New York
Transportation & Logistics
Government & Law
Erica Smiley
Executive Director of Jobs With Justice
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Washington DC
Government & Law
Health
Manufacturing
Alan Solow
National Co-Chair of the 2012 Obama-Biden campaign, charter member of the 2008 and 2012 Obama Finance Committees
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Chicago
Government & Law
David Spielfogel
Chief Policy and Communications Officer at Lime, former senior advisor to Mayor Rahm Emanuel
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Chicago
Transportation & Logistics
Shanna Tellerman
Founder and CEO of Modsy (now Lennar), current Chief Product Officer at Lennar
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California
Real Estate
Kacey Wulff, MPH
Counselor to the Secretary at the US Department of Health and Human Services under President Biden
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Washington DC
Health
Adam Zurofsky
The State of New York, Northeast Clean Hydrogen Hub, Rewiring America, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, LLP
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New York
Financial Services
Government & Law
Energy
Our team draws from

In the Press

New York Times
Let’s Build a Climate Wall of Shame
The Atlantic
How America Wasted Its Most Powerful Economic Weapon
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Eddie Fishman
Associated Press
Forget saving the planet. Clean energy interests sharpen a different message: Money and jobs
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Bob Inglis
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