Pursuing exceptional ESG & Industry 4.0 opportunities

Cascadia Acquisition Corp sources business combination opportunities in advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, deep learning, computer vision, gene sequencing, energy storage, and blockchain — commonly referred to as ‘Industry 4.0’ — as well as high-growth opportunities in the environmental, social and governance (’ESG’), and specifically, in the ‘Sustainability’ sector.

ABOUT US

Cascadia Acquisition Corp is a newly organized special purpose acquisition company. We intend to leverage our deep financial experience and long term relationships in order to pursue exceptional opportunities with high-quality growth companies in industry sectors where we have deep domain expertise.

Today, Industry 4.0 is seen as the fourth industrial revolution. Using the building blocks of computing and advanced technologies like Robotics, Automation and Artificial Intelligence (“RAAI”), we believe civilization will realize significant advancement and new levels of innovation. Entrepreneurs and industry leaders are combining these technologies to push automation forward to create a holistic and powerful digital and physical movement.

We will also utilize our experience and relationship networks to identify and source attractive and high growth opportunities in the environmental, social and governance (“ESG”), and specifically, in the “Sustainability” sector. We believe that companies in these sectors that are using advanced data analytics, software, artificial intelligence, and cutting-edge instrumentation and process automation to make their processes “intelligent” have a significant competitive advantage over those that have not yet embraced these solutions.

INDUSTRY SECTORS

AREAS OF INTEREST

  • Robotics, Automation & Artificial Intelligence (RAAI)
  • Deep Learning
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Gene Sequencing
  • Energy Storage
  • Blockchain
  • Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
  • Sustainability

TEAM

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Jamie Boyd
Chief Executive Officer
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Jamie Boyd is the Chief Executive Officer of Cascadia Acquisition Corp.  He also serves as a Managing Director and investment banker at Cascadia Capital since 2004, where he has advised on billions of dollars of innovative transactions. At Cascadia Capital, Mr. Boyd leads the origination and execution responsibilities for a global client base seeking M&A, capital raise and complex corporate finance advice. He founded and co-leads the firm’s Energy & Applied Technologies practice, in addition to co-founding the firm’s Robotics, Automation & Artificial Intelligence investment banking practice. Prior to joining Cascadia Capital, he was a lawyer practicing corporate securities and M&A law on the East Coast for Dechert LLP, an international specialist law firm. Before entering the legal profession, he was based in Vancouver, Canada with Colliers International, where he advised corporate and institutional clients with respect to significant commercial and residential real estate investment transactions. Mr. Boyd holds a L.L.M. from New York University School of Law, a J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law and a BComm from Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia.

Contact Jamie:
jboyd@cascadiaacquisitioncorp.com
Michael Butler
Chairman of the Board
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Michael Butler is the Chairman of the Board of Cascadia Acquisition Corp.  He also serves as Chairman and CEO of Cascadia Capital, which he co-founded in 1999. Mr. Butler has over 35 years of investment banking and mergers and acquisitions experience. Mr. Butler manages the firm and co-leads the firm’s Robotics, Automation &Artificial Intelligence practice and co-founded the firm’s Energy and Applied Technology Practice. Prior to co-founding Cascadia Capital, he served as a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers responsible for global equity sales and equity syndicate. He also served on Lehman Brothers’ Equity Commitment Committee, Equity Syndicate Committee and Private Equity Commitment Committee. Before joining Lehman Brothers, Michael was a Principal with Morgan Stanley & Company, where he was responsible for divisional global product and risk management and was a member of the division’s Operating Committee. Mr. Butler currently serves on the board of directors of Coldstream Capital Management, Inc. and D4DT Inc. Mr. Butler holds an M.B.A in International Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Washington.

Contact Michael:

mbutler@cascadiaacquisitioncorp.com

Innovative and Forward-Thinking Team and Board

Edgar Lee
Director
Mr. Edgar Lee has worked as a private investor since January 2020, and previously was a senior executive and Portfolio Manager for Oaktree Capital Management from July 2007 to January 2020. Mr. Lee currently serves on the board of directors of Neo Performance Materials (TSX: NEO) and Cloud5 Communications, and previously served on the board of directors of Oaktree Strategic Income II, Sorrento Therapeutics (Nasdaq: SRNE), Nine Entertainment (ASX:NEC) and Charter Communications (Nasdaq: CHTR). He received his B.A. in Economics from Swarthmore College and his MPP from Harvard University. We believe that Mr. Lee’s decades of experience investing in and advising companies in the technology, media and telecommunications industries qualify him to serve on our Board.
Scott Prince
Director
Mr. Scott Prince has been Chief Executive Officer of AP Shale Logistics Holdco, an industrial logistics company, since February 2018; he also served as Chief Executive Officer of Takkion Holdings, a renewables logistics and services company, from January 2020 to June 2021, both of these companies are portfolio companies of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. Mr. Prince was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of Pilot Thomas Logistics and Maxum Petroleum from October 2013 to June 2017, and Operating Partner and Lead Director of Industrial Distribution Group from 2008 until 2013. Mr. Prince has previously served on the boards of several private distribution, logistics, infrastructure, and technology companies. Mr. Prince received his B.A. in Economics and his MBA from Vanderbilt University. We believe that Mr. Prince is qualified to serve on our Board due to his decades of M&A experience as well as his advisory and operating expertise.
Arun Venkatadri
Director
Mr. Arun Venkatadri has worked as a Staff Product Manager at Aurora since January 2021. Prior to joining Aurora, Mr. Venkatadri was a Senior Product Manager at Uber ATG/ATC from January 2018 to January 2021, and a Product Manager at Lyft from January 2016 to November 2017. Mr. Venkatadri founded Extremis Ventures in December 2020, and has been an advisor for Buf since January 2020, and advisor at Bloomfield Robotics since January 2021, and an advisor at Gridwise since February 2021. He has also served as an Executive in Residence at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science & Tepper School of Business since 2020. Mr. Venkatadri received his MSEE from Columbia University and his B.S. in engineering from SUNY Buffalo. We believe that Mr. Venkatadri’s extensive expertise in the areas of Automation, Data and Artificial Intelligence qualify him to serve on our Board.

SEC FILINGS

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CONTACT US

Cascadia Acquisition Corp
1000 Second Avenue, Suite 1200
Seattle WA 98104