Felipe Branch CV
Professional Experience
GdOSolar. Renewable Energy Transactions & Advisory.
July 2022 - present
- Transactions in Spain for international institutional investors across solar, wind, and battery energy storage systems (BESS).
- Built a systematic pipeline of solar, wind, and storage, projects and assets representing 400+ MW pipelines.
- Supported renewable startup with patented technology in mapping and reaching international institutional investors.
- Advised 3 Swiss companies on Spanish market entry: 2 battery manufacturers on partnership identification and market positioning, and 1 BESS operator on project acquisition evaluation.
- Developed a beta trading platform for Guarantees of Origin and Power Purchase Agreements that attracted the interest of 26 producers with over 310 MW.
- Conducted applied research focused on flexible ownership and software development for community solar projects and compensation strategies through green certificates.
BaselDAO - Kunst21. Founder and Team lead.
July 2020 - July 2022
- Founded and led the development of a regulated digital investment vehicle for physical assets, structured under the Swiss Distributed Ledger Technology Act.
- Designed tokenization, governance, and investor protection frameworks for fractional ownership of real-world assets (artworks).
- Established Kunst21 GmbH (Germany), hired and managed a team of three, and raised grant funding from FutureSAX and the Stellar Development Foundation.
HTW Dresden University. Autonomous Vehicles Laboratory.
March 2020 - June 2020
- Student Assitant. Employed at the autonomous vehicles laboratory. Final research project for bachelor's degree. Developed Multi-Object test procedures for ADAS/HAD (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems Highly Automated Driving) with MATLAB.
Awards:
- 2024 Prize best project at Hackathon Stoos, organized by Schwyz Next, business association canton of Schwyz, Switzerland.
- 2021 Grant by the Stellar Development Foundation from San Francisco via the Stellar Community Fund.
- 2020 Grant by FutureSAX the innovation agency from Saxony, a German federal State.
Education
- Industrial engineering, production systems. Universidad de Málaga · 2015 - 2020
- Final research project. Autonomous driving tests simulation. HTW Dresden 2020
- Exchange year. Production systems. HTW Dresden · 2018 - 2019
- German language course. LMU München · Summer 2017
Additional
- International exposure: United Kingdom (8 months), United States (2 months)
- Public edication Spain