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Dwight Poler

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Smart Money Rating: 94 out of 100

Partner, AccelR8

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AccelR8
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Record updated 18 September 2026

About

Dwight is a reformed private equity investor, dedicating his investment time to address the existential issues of climate change after 24 years at Bain Capital, where he opened and ran the European private equity business for 18 years. Dwight is a systems thinker with deep experience understanding how markets, businesses and organizations develop, complementing his science and tech savvy partners at AccelR8. Dwight is committed to the New England ecosystem, having earned his BA at Amherst, MBA at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, was an ALI Fellow at Harvard, and is currently on the boards of the MediaLab and MIT Sloan.

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having earned his BA at Amherst, MBA at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, was an ALI Fellow at HarvardSource (opens in a new tab)

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