Climate & Energy
Renewable energy, hydrogen, sustainability and emerging energy technologies.
Founder
Gary Tomchuk
Venture Builder · Impact Strategist · Impact Entrepreneur
Building enterprises that move transformational ideas into action. Gary is an entrepreneur, venture builder and impact strategist with more than four decades of experience turning ambitious ideas into businesses, organizations and platforms that create economic, environmental and social value.
40+
Years building ventures
$13M+
Raised in funding
Inc. 500
and other Awards
>100
Companies helped
Throughout his career, Gary has worked at the intersection of entrepreneurship, business strategy, innovation and positive impact, helping launch, build and scale organizations across renewable energy, climate and sustainability, natural products, health and life sciences, technology, media and social enterprise.
His experience combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution. He has raised more than $13 million in funding, led acquisitions, built organizations from the ground up, and helped develop companies that achieved significant growth, including an Inc. 500 company. His work has encompassed venture strategy, business development, financial modeling, marketing, operations, strategic partnerships, organizational development and executive leadership.
Four Decades of Venture Building
Across industries and models
Gary's career has crossed multiple industries and business models, giving him a broad perspective on how innovative enterprises are created and scaled.
Health & Life Sciences
Health technology, integrated health, wellness and life sciences.
Natural Products & Consumer Brands
Natural products, sustainable consumer goods and mission-driven brands.
Technology & Innovation
Technology platforms, digital businesses and emerging business models.
Media & Social Change
Impact media, socially responsible business, film, television and digital platforms.
Leadership Roles Have Included
- CSRwire
- Healthy.com
- H2 World
- Whole Life Expos and Media
- Response Scientific
- Essential Living Foods
- Aquamantra
- Rewire Health
- Common Kindness
- Bamboo Eco-Resort
- Deepak Chopra's MyPotential.com
- Vital Basics
- Convergence Health
- EcoKat Energy
Connector, Catalyst & Community Builder
A cornerstone throughout Gary's career has been his ability to bring together people and organizations that would not otherwise connect. He has organized and promoted major national events, worked alongside prominent thought leaders, served as an executive director for nonprofit organizations, and held board leadership positions including Board Chair of Nourish America.
Whether working with an entrepreneur developing a new venture, an organization seeking to scale its impact, an investor exploring emerging opportunities, or a media creator seeking to reach a larger audience, Gary brings a combination of entrepreneurial experience, strategic perspective, operational understanding and relationship-building.
Evolutionary Ventures helps opportunities move from
- Idea →
- Enterprise →
- Scale →
- Impact
Evolutionary Ventures
From idea to impact
As founder of Evolutionary Ventures, Gary works with entrepreneurs, emerging companies and organizations developing solutions to significant social, environmental and economic challenges.
His approach is grounded in a simple premise: transformational ideas require more than vision — they require the strategy, relationships, resources and execution needed to become viable enterprises. His cross-disciplinary experience allows him to connect people, ideas, capital, markets and organizations in ways that accelerate the development of emerging ventures.
Gary has developed his own model for building enterprises based on his 3-legged structure for building a company that is stable as well as sustainable.
Where He Helps
- Venture and capital strategy
- Business model and financial strategy
- Strategic partnerships and business development
- Go-to-market and product strategy
- Impact and sustainability strategy and implementation
- Media, communications and audience development
Transformational Media
Business, Media & Social Impact
As CEO of Ethical Markets Media, Gary helped launch the first national weekly television series focused on socially responsible business, reaching more than 44 million homes. He was also instrumental in launching Harmony Channel on Comcast VOD and developing See The Change TV, a marketing and distribution platform for films focused on social change.
Through his work with Transformational Media, Gary supports filmmakers, creative entrepreneurs and media platforms with business strategy, organizational infrastructure, marketing and distribution — helping transformational stories and ideas reach larger audiences.
Media Collaborations
- BroadcastHealth.com
- PlayItFWD
- Humanity Channel
- Earth Protect TV
- The Last Witch
- Evolution of Organic
- I Am Never Alone
- The Perfect Donor
- A New Resilience
- Racing Extinction
- Rise of the Eco Warriors
- Unacceptable Levels