Tem is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Nomadic Venture Partners, an early-stage climate tech VC firm decarbonizing mining, manufacturing, and transportation sectors. At Nomadic, he focuses on fund strategy, fundraising, portfolio construction, valuation, and financial analysis. Prior to co-founding NVP, Tem was an investment professional at Resource Capital Funds (RCF), a mining focused PE/VC investment firm (~$4B AUM), managing early to late-stage investments. He de-risked companies, commercialized their businesses and successfully completed M&As that delivered hundreds of millions of dollars to LPs. Prior to RCF, Tem worked for Newmont Mining Corporation as a mining engineer and then as a project engineer. He began his professional career as an entrepreneur where he started and operated a transportation company in college to help pay for college tuition and support extended family.