We're on a mission to democratize lab-to-market commercialization support for scientific founders around the world.
Our vision is to reach all early-stage climate teams, proto-companies, and applied researchers, and empower them to front-load economic feasibility de-risking through right-sized techno-economic analysis (TEA), accelerating their path to impact and making capital allocation more efficient for funders.
Techno-economic analysis is crucial yet underutilized for guiding early-stage climate-tech innovation.
Most teams lack personalized guidance and expertise for effective TEA. We bridge that gap through hands-on coaching that meets teams where they are — whether they're building their first model or refining an existing one.
Our Team
Jesse Lou
Co-founder & CEO
BS Columbia, MBA Harvard. Previously at Conductor Labs, Breakthrough Energy, and McKinsey. Jesse leads Recursion Works' coaching programs and strategy, bringing deep experience in climate tech economics and business building.
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Rosie Keller
Co-founder & COO
MBA MIT Sloan, BA St. Gallen. Previously at Newlab, ARPA-E, and Seedstars. Rosie manages operations and partnerships, connecting Recursion Works with ESOs and research institutions worldwide.
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Jim Matheson
Harvard, Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Dan Goodwin
Homeworld Collective
Teasha Feldman-Fitzthum
Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Our Story
Recursion Works grew out of a simple observation: too many promising climate technologies fail not because the science is wrong, but because the economics are never properly modeled. Early-stage teams — often brilliant scientists and engineers — lack the tools, data, and guidance to build credible techno-economic analyses.
We started coaching individual teams, then expanded to work with the programs that support them — accelerators, incubators, universities, and research labs. Today we serve 50+ organizations across academia, government, and industry.
In parallel, we're building TEA Commons — an open-access platform of data, tools, and resources to make TEA accessible to every climate team, everywhere.
In Action
Panel for Climatetech Launchpad | New York Climate Week Sept 2025
Workshop with the MIT Martin Trust Center | May 2025
TEA lecture at Technical University Munich | Nov 2025
Field building with Homeworld Collective: Roundtable of startups, industry, and venture partners | San Francisco, April 2025
On-site with ChemFinity Technologies | Brooklyn 2023