Anamika Mukherjee is a recognized Canadian thought leader in decarbonization and energy transition, and is currently a Partner at BDC Capital’s Sustainability Venture Fund and Industrial Clean Energy Technology Venture Fund, focusing on investing in early-stage technologies in clean energy, climate action, sustainable cities, and circular economy. She has led multiple transactions and serves on several investee boards. She is also an advisor & mentor at Avatar Innovations and serves on the board of The Academy for Sustainable Innovation, a not-for-profit aiming to educate Canadians on climate action and sustainable innovation.

Prior to venture capital, she was the head of innovation at Cenovus Energy. Anamika has a uniquely diverse career background that started with engineering design and operations troubleshooting in the energy sector; in 2016, she enabled the operationalization of Evok Innovations, in 2018-2019, she was Chief of Staff to the Resources of the Future Economic Strategy Table at Innovation, Science, Economic Development Canada, where she coordinated governments and resource sectors CEOs across Canada to land on policy recommendations to boost Canada’s economic and innovation competitiveness. She’s led the Canadian oil & gas industry in various multi-stakeholder, provincial and federal environmental policy negotiations.

In 2015, Anamika was recognized with a Young Women in Energy Award for climate change innovation. In 2016, she was recognized by the Alberta Oil Magazine for her efforts to enable oil to be a part of a clean energy future. In 2017, she was featured by Natural Resources Canada's Generation Energy for forging the path to clean energy. In 2018, Anamika received two Deputy Minister’s Awards from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada for her outstanding contribution to the Economic Strategy Tables.  In 2022, she was featured by the Canada West Foundation as being a thought leader in decarbonization and energy transition.