Boston · Seed–Late Stage · 39 people tracked
Also known as CLEAN ENERGY VENTURE MANAGEMENT, LLC
Investment thesis
Clean Energy Ventures backs founders pairing defensible science and technology innovations with disciplined commercial fundamentals to build climate companies capable of competing and lasting. Its team of trained engineers and operators applies rigorous diligence, targeting solutions where the science is proven, the commercialization path is clear, and impact can be measured in gigatons of decarbonization. The firm acts with speed and precision when fundamentals are strong, and supports portfolio companies through obstacles and opportunities. It has built an ecosystem of in-house expertise, strategic partners, and industry veterans who work alongside founders from pilot engineering through full commercialization and scale-up.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 39 people
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2 people who came through Clean Energy Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 107 of 154 portfolio companiesCleantech ×62Energy ×50Climate Tech ×41New Materials ×19Deep Tech ×18Hardware ×12Impact & Social Good ×11Advanced Manufacturing ×9
HQs:United States×48Canada×6United Kingdom×3Japan×2Israel×1Italy×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 23 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×142 founders×43 founders×34+ founders×2
Investments · 154 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 42024 · 22023 · 12020 · 12018 · 12014 · 110 dated
Brookfield is a global asset manager that invests in and operates businesses on behalf of institutions, family offices, financial advisors, and individuals.
Fintech
Co-investorsBCI
Co-investorsEnerTech CapitalDorm Room
John Pettigrew CBE FIET FEIin
Pentair provides water treatment and management products, including water filtration systems, hygienic process valves for food and beverage processing, and variable-speed pool pumps.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechHardware
Co-investorsID8 Investments
Scott Kirbyin
Morten Wierodin
ACVC Partners is a Silicon Valley-based deep tech venture fund that invests early in deep tech startups, focusing on artificial intelligence, tech-enabled life sciences, and new industrials.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechSilicon Valley, US
Advanced Ionics develops electrolyzer technology for producing green hydrogen, using its Symbiotic water vapor electrolysis that operates at intermediate temperatures and taps into existing industrial steam to lower electricity and capital costs.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyMilwaukee, US
Chad W. Mason(President and CEO)William Murray(Vice President)
BoardJohn Bobrowich(Director)in
Co-investorsAster CapitalClean Energy VentureGVP ClimateJERASWAN Impact Network
Advanced Ionics develops Symbiotic electrolyzer technology that produces green hydrogen for industrial customers, operating in an intermediate temperature range and tapping into existing steam to reduce electricity needs.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Aepnus is developing a sulfate recycling process that regenerates chemicals on-site from sodium sulfate waste, with a planned demonstration-scale plant designed to process over 500 tonnes of sodium sulfate annually.
Circular EconomyCleantechNew Materials
Lukas Hackl(Founder)in
Co-investorsISVLOWERCARBONLowercarbon CapitalNextFab VenturesVoyager PartnersIMPACT SCIENCE VENTURES+1 more
Amplify Capital is an impact-focused venture capital firm that invests in pre-seed to Series A technology companies addressing challenges in climate, health, and education.
Impact & Social Good
Co-investorsRBCx
Antares Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in science- and engineering-led deep tech companies at seed to Series B stages and supports their commercial deployment across Asia.
Deep Tech
Co-investorsAntares Ventures Pte. Ltd.
Aqua Membranes makes precision-printed elements for industrial reverse osmosis (RO) systems, designed to increase production, lower energy costs, reduce cleaning cycles, and improve recovery without retrofits.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechHardwareNew MaterialsAlbuquerque, US
Rodney Herrington(Founder)Craig Beckman(CEO)Christopher Kurth(Chief Technology Officer)Rick Sanders(Director)Michael Reardon(Director)Stuart Schoenmann(Director)
Co-investorsBURNT ISLAND VENTURESClean Energy VentureHelios Climate VenturesNovaCapitalCycle CapitalMicron Ventures
Aramco Ventures is the corporate venturing arm of Aramco, running sustainability, industrial, and the Prosperity7 funds to invest globally in start-up and high-growth companies with technologies of strategic importance to Aramco.
Atone Ventures is an investment firm whose team backs founders building physical and hardware technology businesses, offering support in talent, operations, marketing, IP strategy, and manufacturing.
Co-investorsFarvatn Venture
The Autodesk Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Autodesk that provides grants and impact investments, along with technical training and software access, to nonprofits and early-stage startups.
CleantechClimate TechImpact & Social Good
Ayrton Energy develops a hydrogen storage and transport solution based on a proprietary liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) and electrochemistry, storing hydrogen as a liquid at ambient conditions so it can be moved using existing fuel infrastructure.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyCalgary, CA
Co-investorsBDC Climate Tech Fund IICreative Destruction Lab (CDL)ForesightThe 51 VenturesThin Air LabsUCeed Funds+3 more
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) provides financing, advisory services, and educational resources to Canadian entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized businesses.
Fintech
Co-investorsBDC Climate Tech Fund IIBDC Fund Investments (Fund-of-Funds)BDC Growth Venture FundBDC Industrial Innovation Venture FundBDC Life Sciences Venture FundBDC Seed Venture Fund+8 more
Bodhi is a design-focused software company that provides customer experience software for the residential solar industry, using data automation and behavioral science to engage homeowners.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergySaaS
Scott Nguyen(CEO)Kay Paulus(Head of Engineering)Jana LG(Head of Design)Stefanie Naden(Head of Customer Success)Jeff Bennett(Head of Product)
Co-investorsClean Energy VentureHouston Angel NetworkSWAN Impact Network
BO Materials develops novel materials for industrial applications across trillion-dollar industries.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew MaterialsSemiconductorsMassachusetts, US
Michael Segal(Executive Officer, Director)Anvesh Gurijala(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDavid Miller(Director)inDwight Poler(Director)Andrew Goldman(Director)
Co-investorsAccelr8ACVC PartnersCollaborative FundDiamond Edge VenturesGood Growth CapitalGS Futures+2 more
Boston Materials develops thermal interface materials that address both heat transfer and mechanical stress in multi-kilowatt AI and high-performance computing semiconductor systems.
Deep TechNew MaterialsSemiconductorsMassachusetts, US
Co-investorsClean Energy VentureSABIC Ventures
Braavos is a self-custody cryptocurrency wallet offering 2FA and 3FA security for Starknet transactions, with built-in functionality to grow Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins through direct investment and staking features.
Crypto & Web3San Francisco, US
Antoine de Chevigne(Executive Officer, Director)Matt Voska(Executive Officer)Jonathan Chin(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsPantera CapitalAramco VenturesBraavos CapitalCrypto com CapitalEni NextIAGi Ventures+2 more
Co-investorsBeast VenturesRed Bear Ventures
Builders Vision is an impact-focused investment platform associated with Lukas Walton that uses a "systems approach," directing capital toward reform-minded organizations to shift entire sectors toward more sustainable and impact-friendly outcomes.
Impact & Social GoodSector Agnostic
Lukas Walton(Founder)in
Co-investorsCirculate CapitalEcho River Capital
Burnt Island Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in and supports startups building water-related technologies, with a focus on addressing water challenges tied to climate change.
CleantechClimate Tech
Co-investorsEcho River CapitalSalica Investments
Carbon Upcycling captures CO2 and converts industrial byproducts — such as iron and steel slag, coal ash, and mine tailings — into low-carbon cement and materials for cement, steel, energy, and mining manufacturers.
Circular EconomyCleantechNew Materials
Co-investorsAmplify CapitalClean Energy VentureClimate InvestmentBDC Capital Corporation
SubBase is a construction-technology startup that has raised a $7M Series A round; the page does not describe its product in detail.
Construction TechFort Lauderdale, US
Co-investorsFika Ventures
Cerberus is an alternative investment advisor managing approximately $70 billion across credit, private equity, and real estate platforms, including direct lending, corporate credit, non-performing loans, residential and commercial real estate, and early-stage venture investing.
Fintech
Co-investorsAHL Venture PartnersBooz Allen Ventures
CleanFiber manufactures cellulose-based insulation from recycled newsprint for the building materials industry.
Advanced ManufacturingCircular EconomyCleantechConstruction TechNew MaterialsBuffalo, US
Sami Rahman(CEO)Erik Gregory(Chief Financial Officer)Jonathan Strimling(Executive Officer)James Austin(Executive Officer)Marco Peterson(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardNoah Lerner(Director)in
Co-investorsAligned Climate CapitalBoston Harbor AngelsClean Energy VentureClimate Innovation CapitalGlobal BrainKeiretsu Forum+6 more
ClearSky is a venture capital and growth equity firm that invests in companies in the cybersecurity and energy transition sectors.
Co-investorsClean Energy Venture
ClimateIC (Climate Innovation Capital) is a venture firm that invests in mid-stage, commercially proven climate technology companies across buildings, industrials, energy and power, agriculture and food, transportation, and waste and recycling.
CleantechClimate TechImpact & Social GoodToronto, CA
Climate Investment is a venture-to-growth equity investor backing climate-focused technologies in high-emission sectors such as energy, industry, built environments, and transportation, with the aim of delivering measurable greenhouse gas reductions.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Closed Loop Partners is an investment firm focused on the circular economy, deploying venture capital, private equity, catalytic capital and private credit alongside an innovation center and an operating group that builds circular economy infrastructure.
Circular EconomyCleantechImpact & Social Good
Co-investorsAtento CapitalCircular Innovation FundAutodesk Foundation
ConnectDER makes meter socket adapters (meter collars) that connect residential solar, battery, and EV charging systems directly at the electric meter, avoiding panel upgrades and complex electrical work.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyHardwarePhiladelphia, US
Whitman Fulton(Executive Officer, Director)inIvo Steklac(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Gustafson(Director)
BoardDaniel Goldman(Director)inRajan Gupta(Director)Matt Coleman(Director)
Co-investorsBlackRockTemasekClean Energy VentureEvergy VenturesLG Technology VenturesMassMutual Ventures+2 more
DG Matrix builds the Interport platform, a multi-port solid-state transformer (SST) system for software-defined power distribution and electrification.
CleantechEnergyHardwareCary, US
Vlatko Vlatkovic(Director)Haroon Inam(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsTech Square VenturesThe Engine Ventures
Doral Energy-Tech Ventures is the innovation and investment arm of Doral Group, backing energy and climate-tech startups worldwide from early concept through growth stages.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Roee Furman(Managing Director)
EDP is an energy company focused on renewable energy and the energy transition, generating and supplying electricity to consumers, businesses, and communities worldwide.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Joao Brito Martinsin
Co-investorsAramco VenturesEni NextEquinor VenturesFuture Planet CapitalHitachi Ventures
Developer of electrically conductive firebricks for ultra-high temperature electrification, replacing natural gas boilers in steelmaking, cement, glass, and chemicals.
Medford, US
Joey Kabel(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Stack(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardHector Abruna(Director)inDaniel Goldman(Director)
Co-investorsGVP ClimateClean Energy Venture
Emerson Collective is an investment and philanthropic organization founded by Laurene Powell Jobs that backs entrepreneurs and innovators working on education, economic mobility, immigration, and the environment.
Climate TechImpact & Social Good
Laurene Powell Jobs(Founder)
Energy Foundry is a venture capital firm focused on building and investing in companies across critical industries including energy, water, waste, mobility, agriculture, and infrastructure.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Energy Impact Partners is an investment firm that connects entrepreneurs with large corporations to fund and support companies working on transforming the global economy toward decarbonization.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Lindsay Luger(Founder)inHans Kobler(Founder)in
Co-investorsEvergy VenturesJERAMOL SwitchAmazon Alexa FundBlindspot Ventures Management CoBreakthrough Energy Ventures+9 more
Energy Innovation Capital is an investment firm that backs companies developing technology for clean, accessible, and abundant energy.
Engine Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in founders developing breakthrough "Tough Tech" and frontier technologies aimed at large-scale industrial and global challenges.
Deep Tech
Katie Rae(CEO & Managing Partner)
Co-investorsThe Engine Ventures
Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) is a ship management company operating a global fleet with roughly 7,000 sea and shore staff, focused on green and technology-driven operations.
Logistics & Supply ChainSingapore, SG
Peterborough, US
Jonathan Bass(Executive Officer)Steven J. Walker(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsFarvatn Venture
Evari Thermal manufactures miniature oil-free gas-bearing turbocompressors for heat pumps, aimed at improving heat pump efficiency across building heating and cooling, vehicles, refrigeration, healthcare, and industrial process heating.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechHardware
Co-investorsFarvatn Venture
Extantia is a venture capital firm that invests in climate technology companies working to decarbonize and re-engineer industries.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Co-investorsKfW Capital
Exterra Carbon develops metal extraction and processing technology for the mining industry, centered on ARC (Acid Regeneration Cycle), a proprietary system that recycles acids and bases used to extract metals from ore in a closed loop on-site.
Circular EconomyCleantechNew Materials
Co-investorsMOL Switch
Farvatn Venture is an investment company backing startups in the Ocean, Life Science, and Renewable Energy verticals, with a focus on the Nordic countries and Silicon Valley.
Bergen, NO
Finestructure is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in science- and technology-driven startups, backing companies from pre-seed through pre-IPO.
Deep Tech
The Grantham Foundation focuses on addressing climate change and environmental degradation, supporting technologies and solutions to build a sustainable society.
CleantechClimate TechImpact & Social Good
Gravity is an expert-led venture capital firm founded by two energy specialists, investing in the energy and climate space.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
GS Futures is a venture capital firm that invests in founders building businesses across physical AI and robotics, the built environment and construction, energy and industrial transition, and digital platforms and infrastructure.
GVP Climate is an active venture investor backing climate-tech and clean technology companies working on breakthrough solutions in areas such as batteries, low-carbon materials, hydrogen, and geothermal power.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyNew York, US
Brett Olsher(Co-Founder & CIO)inLiad Meidar(Co-Founder)
Hertha Metals develops a proprietary pyrometallurgical process to produce iron and steel more efficiently and cost-effectively.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechDeep TechNew MaterialsConroe, US
Laureen Meroueh(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsKhosla VenturesPear VC
Holcim MAQER Ventures is the corporate venture arm of the Holcim Group, making early-stage investments in startups strategic to the construction and built environment sector.
CleantechConstruction TechDeep Tech
Impact Science Ventures (ISV) is an early-stage venture firm that identifies, invests in, and builds companies commercializing scientific breakthroughs in energy, materials, mining, chemicals, agriculture, and the built environment.
CleantechClimate TechDeep Tech
Cody Finke(CEO & Co-Founder)Robert Ethier(Founder)in
Investissement Québec is a Quebec government economic development organization that provides financing solutions and advisory services to support the growth of businesses.
FintechQuébec, CA
KdT is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in frontier science and deep technology startups.
Deep Tech
Co-investorsLevel VenturesNimble PartnersVintage Investment PartnersBertelsmann India InvestmentsTribe Capital
Vinod Khosla(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsBeast VenturesCalm/Storm VCModi VenturesPerot Jain
Kiko Ventures is the cleantech investment arm of IP Group plc, providing evergreen, permanent capital to science-based startups focused on climate change and planetary sustainability.
Karpowership, part of Turkey-based Karadeniz Holding, operates Powerships (floating power plants) that generate and supply electricity.
EnergyIstanbul, TR
Co-investorsBDC Capital CorporationInvestissement QuebecMOL Switch
LG Technology Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of the LG Group, investing in early-stage technology startups and giving portfolio companies access to LG's global network and affiliates.
Deep Tech
Lineage operates a global network of temperature-controlled cold storage facilities and provides food supply chain logistics, including import/export, transportation, warehousing, and fulfillment services.
AgTechFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainNovi, US
Jeffrey Rivera(Executive Officer)W. Gregory Lehmkuhl(Executive Officer)Natalie Matsler(Executive Officer)
Co-investors1/1 CapitalSJF VenturesStonepeak
LineVision provides a grid intelligence platform offering Dynamic Line Ratings and situational awareness for electric utilities, using contactless edge sensors to monitor transmission lines and forecast capacity.
CleantechEnergyIoTSomerville, US
Jonathan Marmillo(Executive Officer)G. Hudson Gilmer(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Hudson Gilmer(Co-founder, Chair of the Board)Vishal Kapadia(Chief Executive Officer)John Biasi(Chief Technical Officer)Matt Mitchell(Chief Financial Officer)
Co-investorsNational Grid PartnersClean Energy VentureClimate Innovation CapitalS2G InvestmentsUP PartnersMarubeni
Medford, US
Mohammad A. Alkhadra(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardDaniel Goldman(Director)in
Co-investorsLOWERCARBONLowercarbon CapitalGS FuturesTechEnergy Ventures
Lithios develops brine-agnostic electrochemical lithium extraction systems (Advanced Lithium Extraction) that use lithium-selective battery electrodes to recover lithium directly from brine at lower cost and with reduced water, chemical, and waste inputs.
CleantechEnergyNew Materials
Mohammad A. Alkhadra(Founder)in
Co-investorsTechEnergy Ventures
Lowercarbon Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in climate technology companies working to reduce CO2 emissions, remove carbon from the atmosphere, and cool the planet.
CleantechClimate TechImpact & Social Good
Chris Sacca(Founder)in
Co-investorsFarvatn VentureFoundryLowercarbon CapitalNimble PartnersShrug CapitalSwordfish Investments+1 more
Luminate is an accelerator and investment fund for startups developing optics, photonics, imaging, and laser-enabled technologies, awarding $3 million annually across a cohort of 10 companies from around the world.
Deep TechHardwareRochester, US
Lummus Technology develops and licenses proprietary process technologies and equipment for the energy and chemicals industry, covering petrochemical and polymer processes, heaters and heat transfer equipment, clean fuels, catalysts, hydrogen, and natural gas processing.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechEnergy
Co-investorsGVP ClimateRhone
Stwart Peña Feliz(Founder)in
MacroCycle uses a proprietary chemical process called SolvoGenesis, based on solvent systems and macrocyclic chemistry, to convert textile waste into pure polyester resin at low cost.
Circular EconomyCleantechNew MaterialsCambridge, US
Stwart Peña Feliz(Executive Officer, Director)inJan-Georg Rosenboom(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardCatia Cesari(Director)Temple Fennell(Director)
Co-investorsCircular Innovation FundNeotribe VenturesVolta CircleClean Energy VentureCycle CapitalKdT Ventures
Masayuki Omotoin
MassCEC (Massachusetts Clean Energy Center) is a state-affiliated organization that funds climate and clean energy innovation through grants, investments, and consulting services to help meet Massachusetts emission reduction goals.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyBoston, US
Co-investorsEcho River Capital
MassMutual Ventures is the venture capital arm of MassMutual, investing in enterprise SaaS, climate technology, fintech, cybersecurity, and healthtech companies and providing capital, connections, and expertise to support their growth.
CybersecurityFintechSaaS
Co-investorsBuoyant Ventures Management, LlcMassMutual Ventures
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group is a global industrial group operating across energy, logistics and infrastructure, industrial machinery, and aerospace and defense.
Advanced ManufacturingEnergyLogistics & Supply Chain
MolSwitch is a corporate venture capital firm based in the United States that invests in technologies and business models supporting decarbonization.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Co-investorsShell Ventures
Electrified Thermal Solutions builds the Joule Hive Thermal Battery, a thermal energy storage system that runs electricity through electrically-conductive E-bricks to store off-peak power as heat up to 1,800°C and deliver zero-carbon industrial heat to furnaces, boilers, and kilns.
CleantechClimate TechEnergySan Antonio, US
Co-investorsClean Energy VentureMassVenturesTechEnergy VenturesStarlight Ventures
Ndustrial provides the Nsight energy optimization platform that unifies data from energy use, production, controls, and external datasets like energy markets and weather to reduce energy waste in cold chain operations.
EnergyLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSRaleigh, US
Ed Lam(Director)Jason Massey(Executive Officer, Director)Jungho Cho(Director)Mads Moeller(Director)Jan van Dokkum(Director)
BoardPeter Sopher(Director)
Co-investorsClean Energy VentureENGIE New VenturesImperative Science Ventures
NitroFix develops a modular, scalable technology for decentralized on-site production of green ammonia with zero-carbon emissions.
CleantechClimate TechDeep Tech
Co-investorsUM6P Ventures
Petach Tikva
Ophira Melamed, Ph.D.(Founder)inOphira Melamed(Executive Officer, Director)
Noon Energy develops ultra-long-duration battery storage using a reversible solid oxide fuel cell and carbon-based storage media to deliver 100+ hours of clean, firm power.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyPalo Alto, US
Christopher Ronald Graves(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Mary Kalee Whitehouse(Executive Officer, Promoter)Chris Graves(Co-founder)Kalee Whitehouse(Co-founder)Richard M. Swanson(Director)
BoardAmy Duffuor(Director)in
Co-investorsAt One VenturesAzolla VenturesPrime Impact FundTechEnergy VenturesXplorer CapitalAramco Ventures
Critical minerals midstream refining company building modular technology to convert industrial scrap, black mass and primary feeds into refined nickel, cobalt, copper and rare earth products for Western supply chains.
Burlington, US
Megan O'Connor(Executive Officer, Director)Gabi Knesel(Executive Officer)
BoardRaffi Freeman(Executive Officer)inEdward Meir(Director)Joseph Goodman(Director)inBrian Baynes(Director)in
Co-investorsAutodesk FoundationBroadscaleMuus Climate PartnersVoLo Earth VenturesClean Energy VenturePillar VC
OXCCU develops a patented one-step Fischer-Tropsch catalyst and reactor that converts waste carbon sources—CO2, CO, hydrogen, biomethane, and gasified biomass—into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), petrochemicals, and biodegradable plastics.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyOxford, GB
Andrew Symes(Co-founder)inJane Jin(Co-founder)Peter Edwards(Academic Co-founder)Tiancun Xiao(Academic Co-founder)Benzhen Yao(Academic Co-founder)James Oliver Hutchings(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsTechEnergy VenturesAramco VenturesBraavos CapitalEni NextIAGi VenturesInternational Airlines Group (IAG)+2 more
Oxy (Occidental) is an energy company producing oil and gas while developing carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) and direct air capture technologies to reduce emissions.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Pear VC is a venture capital firm specializing in pre-seed and seed-stage investing, providing portfolio companies with support in recruiting, founder-led sales coaching, and fundraising.
Pejman Nozad(Founder)inAjay Kamatin
Co-investorsNimble PartnersSGH CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Plug and Play Ventures
Pearl Certification operates a national home performance registry that verifies and records energy-efficiency and other home improvements, giving homeowners a permanent record that stays with the property so upgrades can be accurately valued.
CleantechEnergyPropTech
Co-investorsClean Energy Venture
Piedmont Capital is a real estate investment firm that acquires retail, self-storage, office, hospitality, and industrial assets in the Southeastern United States.
PropTech
William Hodges(Founder)in
Builds clean power solutions using advanced DC nanogrids to capture, manage and distribute renewable energy.
EnergyWestbrook, US
Joshua Kaufman(Executive Officer, Director)Benjamin Polito(Executive Officer, Director)Joshua D. Kaufman(Director)
BoardBengt Karlsson(Director)Catherine York(Director)Paul Farrow(Director)
Co-investorsCEI VenturesNXT VenturesClean Energy Venture
Co-investorsAcario InnovationGENIUS Venture CapitalKintetsu Venture PartnersVolvo Group Venture Capital AB
Powerhouse Dynamics provides IoT-based platforms (SiteSage and Open Kitchen) for remote monitoring, automation, and energy and equipment management in multi-site foodservice and retail facilities.
CleantechEnergyIoTNewton, US
Martin Flusberg(Executive Officer, Director)Tim Curran(Director)
BoardZaid Ashai(Director)Bruce Bedford(Director)Bradford Higgins(Director)Michael Smith(Director)
Co-investorsEarthrise CapitalEmerald Technology Ventures AgLaunchpad Venture Group
Queens Carbon develops a cement technology platform aimed at the cement production industry.
CleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsCedar Grove, US
Daniel Kopp(Founder)in
Co-investorsClean Energy Venture
Quidnet Energy develops geomechanical energy storage technology that repurposes existing oil, gas, and hydroelectric infrastructure to provide grid-scale, long-duration energy storage.
CleantechDeep TechEnergyHardwareHouston, US
Aaron Mandell(Executive Officer)Dagong Zhou(Executive Officer, Director)Howard Schmidt(Director)
BoardChristina Karapataki(Director)inMatthew Nordan(Director)Michael Biddle(Director)
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesClean Energy VentureCongruent VenturesHelium-3 VenturesNXT Ventures
Rebound Tech develops adaptive cooling infrastructure for industrial facilities dealing with high cooling demand, peak energy charges, and humidity control.
CleantechEnergyHardwareCommerce City, US
Russell Goldfarbmuren(Executive Officer, Director)inRussell Muren(Executive Officer, Director)Kevin Davis(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMatthew Coleman(Director)John Fox(Director)William Temple Withers Fennell(Director)
Co-investorsAutodesk FoundationClean Energy VentureiSelect FundSkyview VenturesTaronga Group
REbeing provides data, software, and advisory services for valuing renewable energy projects, managing production volatility, and measuring carbon impact in the clean energy market.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyBoston, US
Lee Taylor(Founder & CEO)
BoardBill McCullen(Director)in
Co-investorsAngeleno GroupClean Energy VentureLaunchCapitalS2G InvestmentsLaunch Capital
S2G Investments is a venture capital firm that invests in market-based solutions across food and agriculture, oceans, and energy, focusing on interconnected, commodity-driven, policy-sensitive sectors with hard-to-abate emissions.
AgTechClimate TechEnergy
SABIC is a petrochemicals company that develops and manufactures chemical and material solutions used in applications such as automotive, aviation, water conservation, and consumer electronics.
Advanced ManufacturingNew Materials
Safran is an aerospace and defense manufacturer supplying aircraft equipment such as landing gear, nacelles, wiring, avionics and navigation systems, along with aircraft interiors, engines for airplanes and helicopters, defense systems, and space technologies.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechSpace Tech
Jetendra (JS) GavankarinKelly Svihlain
Co-investorsKarista
Second Century Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by the National Association of REALTORS that invests in technology companies serving the real estate, financial services, insurance, and home services industries.
Enterprise SoftwarePropTech
Skyview is a renewable energy investment company that operates across environmental commodities, solar project finance and development, EV charging infrastructure, and early-stage startups.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyNashville, US
Andrew Karetsky(President)Timothy O'Donnell(Principal)Matt Coleman(Principal)Ronnie Black(Partner)Wallace "Mac" Kyle, Jr.(Principal, Venture Investments and Capital Markets)Nick Stoker(COO, Skyview Finance Company)
Co-investorsConnecticut Innovations
Co-investorsPresidio Ventures
SOSV is a deep tech venture capital firm that makes pre-seed investments (up to $550k) in about 60 startups per year and joins follow-on rounds, backing founders in biotech, therapeutics, climate, energy, and physical AI.
BiotechClimate TechDeep TechNew York, US
Co-investorsdlabFarvatn VentureGolden Sparrow Ventures, LlcWYO VC
SparkMeter provides metering and low-voltage transformer-sensing hardware combined with software for billing, payments, prepaid metering, customer and asset management, and grid management.
CleantechEnergyHardwareWashington, US
Daniel Schnitzer(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDaniel Goldman(Director)inBunmi Adekore(Director)Tokunboh Ishmael(Director)inRaymond Jay Dunn(Director)Allison Archambault(Director)
Co-investorsAlitheia CapitalBreakthrough Energy VenturesCapria VenturesEndgame CapitalLateral CapitalGoodwell Investments
Co-investorsAIR CapitalBeast Ventures
SunDensity develops nanomaterial coatings, including a Perovskite Solar Coating, that increase the power output of solar modules and lower the cost of green energy, along with low-emissivity solar control coatings for architectural glass.
CleantechEnergyNew MaterialsRochester, US
Boston, US
Nishikant Sonwalkar(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardWilliam Temple Withers Fennell, Jr.(Director)
SWAN Impact Network is an angel investor network that connects and supports founders and impact investors focused on combining positive social or environmental impact with financial returns.
Impact & Social Good
TechEnergy Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm that invests in and builds startups focused on energy transition and industrial decarbonization, including geothermal energy, methane pyrolysis, and hydrogen technologies.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Co-investorsEvok InnovationsTDK VenturesTechEnergy VenturesToyota Ventures
The51 is an investment platform focused on activating women's capital through venture funds and alternative investments, connecting investors with assets at the intersection of culture and capital such as women's sports, art, fashion, and real estate.
FintechImpact & Social GoodCanada, CA
Judy Fairburn(Founder)in
TITAN is a cement and building materials producer offering low-carbon construction products and solutions, with operations across multiple regions and a focus on reducing CO2 emissions.
Climate TechConstruction TechNew Materials
Co-investorsEntropy VenturesGeneral Catalyst
Transaera develops heat pump systems and Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems (DOAS) that use novel materials to dehumidify, cool, and heat air for commercial buildings.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyHardwareSomerville, US
Sorin Grama(Co-founder)inMircea Dinca(Co-Founder & CS)in
BoardAshwin Shashindranath(Director)inMatthew Cohen(Director)inMitch Tyson(Director)inRoss Bonner(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsClean Energy VentureEnergy Impact PartnersJuniperMassMutual VenturesMassVentures
Laura Lammers(Founder)in
Travertine develops next-generation phosphate processing technology that converts ore into purified phosphoric acid and cementitious materials while avoiding gypsum waste and removing carbon dioxide.
Circular EconomyCleantechClimate Tech
Laura Lammers(Founder)in
Co-investorsClean Energy Venture
The University of Calgary is a public research university in Calgary, Canada, offering undergraduate and graduate education across disciplines and supporting research and entrepreneurship.
EdTechCalgary, CA
Co-investorsCABHI Ventures
UM6P Ventures is the early-stage investment arm of University Mohammed VI Polytechnic, running a Digital Transformation startup fund and a Deeptech Ventures fund that back pre-seed and seed companies.
Vale is a global mining company that extracts and processes minerals and base metals, operating an integrated logistics network of mines, railways, ships, and ports to transport ore to distribution centers.
EnergyLogistics & Supply ChainNew MaterialsCharleston, US
Gustavo PimentainTanner Metzmeier(Executive Officer, Director)Joseph Porter(Executive Officer, Director)
Valo Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in startups working on the electrification of industry, focusing on data-centric technologies, decarbonization through emerging energy technologies, and climate adaptation across sectors like housing, food, transportation, energy, and insurance.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Damien Despinoyin
Volexion develops cathode active material encapsulation technology and drop-in composite materials for lithium-ion battery manufacturing, improving cycle life, power density, temperature range, and voltage window.
CleantechEnergyNew Materials
Co-investorsClean Energy VentureEarth FoundryEnergy Foundry
VoloEarth invests in low-carbon energy generation and storage, connectivity infrastructure, net-zero buildings and construction, and industrial solutions across materials, energy, and transportation.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Kareem Dabbagh(Founder)in
Volta Circle is a venture capital fund investing in technology-driven companies that convert linear economic systems into circular ones, focusing on pollution prevention, closed-loop consumption, and waste valorization.
Circular EconomyCleantechNew Materials
VoltServer develops fault-managed power distribution systems (Digital Electricity) for delivering electrical power to buildings and infrastructure projects.
CleantechData & InfrastructureEnergyHardwareEast Greenwich, US
Stephen Eaves(Executive Officer, Director)Steve Eaves(Founder & CEO)Stanley Mlyniec(Executive Officer)Charles Garcia(Executive Officer, Director)Jorge Acevedo(Director)Matthew Giuliano(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsClean Energy VentureConstellation Technology VenturesSlater Technology Fund
Co-investorsFarvatn Venture
Bonterra CyberGrants (formerly WeSpire/CyberGrants) is a corporate social responsibility software platform that combines employee giving, volunteering, and grant management in one system.
Enterprise SoftwareImpact & Social GoodSaaSBoston, US
Susan Hunt Stevens(Executive Officer, Director)Stuart Weigensberg(Executive Officer)
BoardJohn Landry(Director)William Wiehl(Director)Anton Szpitalak(Director)Tim Healy(Director)
Co-investorsConverge
Cambridge, US
Timothy Ericson(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew W. Feinberg(Director)Jason Meinzer(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardWilliam McCullen(Director)inAndrew W Feinberg(Director)
Co-investorsBantam GroupLaunchCapitalTechstarsEdison PartnersFontinalis Partners
Zero Carbon Capital is a deep tech climate venture capital firm making pre-seed and seed investments in scientific founders across Europe.
Climate TechPortsmouth, GB
Pippa Gawley(Founder & Managing Partner)
Co-investorsExtantia Capital
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IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioAvista Corp.NYSE: AVABrookfield Asset ManagementNYSE: BAMCaterpillarNYSE: CATNational GridNYSE: NGGPentairNYSE: PNRUnited AirlinesNASDAQ: UAL
Portfolio news
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Clean Energy Ventures made?
- Clean Energy Ventures has 132 tracked investments, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Clean Energy Ventures invest at?
- Clean Energy Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Late Stage stages.
- What is Clean Energy Ventures's typical check size?
- Clean Energy Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What sectors does Clean Energy Ventures focus on?
- Clean Energy Ventures focuses on Cleantech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Energy.
- Where is Clean Energy Ventures located?
- Clean Energy Ventures is headquartered in Boston, US.
- Does Clean Energy Ventures lead rounds?
- Clean Energy Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Clean Energy Ventures co-invest with?
- Clean Energy Ventures most often shares deals with Clean Energy Venture, Farvatn Venture, Lowercarbon Capital, among 109 tracked co-investors.
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Breakthrough Energy, founded by Bill Gates, backs innovators developing affordable, reliable, and clean energy technologies, investing across manufacturing, electricity, agriculture, transportation, and buildings.
Energy Impact Partners is an investment firm that connects entrepreneurs with major corporate partners to help drive the transformation of the global economy toward a more sustainable future.
National Grid Partners is the venture capital unit of National Grid plc, a major investor-owned energy utility company. The firm invests in innovative energy-related technologies and business models.
SOSV is a deep tech venture capital firm that makes first-check pre-seed investments and follow-on rounds in startups focused on human and planetary health, providing lab space and hands-on support at its US locations.
Azolla Ventures is an early-stage climate investor that backs founders building solutions with the potential for large-scale greenhouse gas reductions. It was created by Prime Coalition, a nonprofit that directs catalytic capital toward scalable climate solutions.
Great Oaks Venture Capital is a New York-based early-stage investor that partners with founders at the earliest stages of company building across the United States.
SignalFire is a seed-stage venture capital firm that combines a full-team support model with its data-driven Beacon AI platform to back founders.
BP Ventures invests in private technology companies developing innovations in the energy sector. The firm focuses on early to growth-stage companies globally.
NCT Ventures is a Columbus, Ohio-based investment firm focused on the Midwest, partnering with entrepreneurs and providing hands-on operational support drawn from over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience.
Firms observed investing alongside Clean Energy Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Clean Energy Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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