Noah Yates

Huron River Venture Partners LLC (Huron River Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Ryan Waddington and Tim Streit. The firm is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Cowboy Clean Fuels LLC is an emerging renewable energy technology company based in Wyoming. Cowboy Clean Fuels utilizes non-producing coal bed methane wells and infrastructure to produce renewable natural gas from agricultural byproducts through a naturally-occurring biogenic process. This process also results in permanent sequestration of CO2 in deep, geologic formations. The American company's proprietary and patented technology was developed by Dr. Michael Urynowicz, who is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of the company. The leadership team of Cowboy Clean Fuels has over 100 years of experience in clean energy technology commercialization, upstream gas operations, and large-scale energy project development. The company was founded in 2020 by Noah Yates, Michael Urynowicz, Rob Garland, Douglas Bottrell, and Ryan Waddington, with Ryan Waddington serving as the CEO since then.

Wolverine Venture Fund, an evergreen fund, invests in companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies that are affiliated with the University of Michigan and operating in the fields of biomedicine, healthcare IT, advanced materials, and other emerging technologies. It provides financing for seed and early-stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging from $0.05 - $0.10 million. It acts as a lead investor and makes follow-on investments.