National Grid Partners
Corporate VCLos Gatos · Seed–Growth · 11 people tracked
Investment thesis
Provides startups direct access to US and UK utility grids and to operating business partnerships, combining venture capital, internal innovation, and co-innovation programs to co-develop whole-system decarbonization projects.
Team · 11 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 30 of 48 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×16Enterprise Software ×13Energy ×12SaaS ×9Cybersecurity ×7Cleantech ×6Climate Tech ×6IoT ×6
HQs:United States×14United Kingdom×4Israel×1
Investments · 48 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAccuKnox provides a Zero Trust security platform covering AI, API, application, cloud, Kubernetes, data, and supply chain security, using eBPF and LSM-based runtime protection for enterprise and public sector organizations.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurity
Leap builds a platform that enables virtual power plant management by connecting storage, electric vehicle, and smart building systems to grid-support energy programs, helping reduce fossil fuel dependence and integrate renewable energy.
CleantechClimate TechEnergySaaS
Remco van den Elzen(Co-founder)
Leap builds a platform for virtual power plants that connects distributed energy resources like battery storage, electric vehicles, and smart buildings to grid support programs, enabling utilities to reduce reliance on fossil fuel plants and integrate more renewable energy.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnergySaaSSan Francisco, US
Remco van den Elzen(Co-founder)NICK GROSSMAN(Director)THOMAS FOLKER(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
VEIR manufactures low- and medium-voltage superconducting systems that deliver electricity for high-performance AI data centers.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnergyHardwareWoburn, US
Tim Heidel(CEO & Co-Founder)inDoug Stewart(Director)
BoardAdam Wallen(Executive Officer, Director)
Amperon provides AI-driven energy forecasting and real-time grid analytics to utilities, renewable generators, and energy market participants across North America, Europe, and Australia.
AI & Machine LearningEnergySaaSHouston, US
Sean Kelly(Founder & CEO)Abe Stanway(Founder)Timothy Healy(Director)Catherine Flax(Director)Michael D'Aurizio(Director)
BoardTyler Lancaster(Director)
Avathon develops an AI-powered technology platform for industrial operations that extends the lifespan of critical infrastructure and enables autonomous industrial processes.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply Chain
Baffle provides an enterprise data security platform that applies masking, tokenization, and encryption with role-based access control to protect data as it is ingested and used in object stores, databases, analytics, and GenAI workflows.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Captura develops electrodialysis technology for direct ocean capture of carbon dioxide from seawater, removing CO₂ while enhancing the ocean's natural carbon removal cycle.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechPasadena, US
Stephen James Oldham(President and Chief Executive Officer)Chengxiang Xiang(Chief Technology Officer)Michael Wheeler(Director)inBernard David(Chairman of the Board of Directors)Johan Fredrik Pfeiffer(Director)Christene Banda(Secretary)
A no-code platform automating visual inspection tasks in industrial verticals using deep learning.
IFS Copperleaf provides enterprise decision analytics and asset investment planning software that helps electric utilities evaluate, optimize, and prioritize capital investment portfolios across their asset base.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Dragos provides cybersecurity software, threat intelligence, and professional services to protect operational technology (OT), IT, and IoT assets in industrial environments.
CybersecurityDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareHanover, US
Robert M. Lee(CEO and co-founder)
Palo Alto Networks provides cybersecurity platforms and services to protect organizations' digital infrastructure across cloud, network, and security operations.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US
Nir Zuk(Founder - Emeritus)
Finite State provides an AI-native platform for embedded device and IoT security that integrates security scanning and compliance automation directly into software release workflows.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityIoT
GoCardless provides bank payment collection and open banking data access services.
FintechLondon, GB
Hiroki Takeuchi(Founder/CEO)inTom Blomfield(Founder)in
GridCARE offers an AI-native platform, Energize, that helps data centers and electric utilities unlock latent grid capacity and accelerate power delivery to large-scale AI infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergy
Incorta provides a data analytics platform that offers a semantic layer and self-service analytics on live, detailed data across an organization's systems of record without complex ETL processes.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareRedwood Shores, US
Klaus Fabian(Executive Officer, Director)Hichem Sellami(Executive Officer, Director)Ronald Wohl(Director)Osama Elkady(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
LineVision develops grid-enhancing technology that provides transmission grid intelligence to help utilities and system operators optimize grid operations and planning.
CleantechEnergyIoTSomerville, US
Erik Levy(Director)David Bewster(Director)Todd Gershkowitz(Director)Jonathan Marmillo(Executive Officer)G. Hudson Gilmer(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Nathan Pinney(Executive Officer, Promoter)
Luminance provides AI-powered document analysis software for legal investigations, arbitrations, and litigation matters, enabling faster discovery processes and early case assessment through automated search, filtering, and compliance features.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechCambridge, GB
Adam Guthrie(Co-Founder and Chief Technical Architect)Dr Graham Sills(Co-Founder and Director of AI)Eleanor Lightbody(Chief Executive Officer)in
Pixeom developed an edge computing and edge management platform.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareIoT
Risilience develops Riise, a platform that quantifies climate and nature-related risks into financial metrics for corporate decision-making.
Climate TechEnterprise SoftwareCambridge, GB
San Francisco, US
Michael Brown(Director)Greg Goldfarb(Director)Elias Manousos(Executive Officer, Director)Steve Leightell(Director)Jack Russo(Executive Officer, Director)
Tomorrow.io develops an AI-powered weather intelligence platform that combines satellite technology and proprietary data to help organizations forecast weather impacts and build resilience.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US
Shimon Elkabetz(CEO, Co-Founder)Rei Goffer(CSO, Co-Founder)Itai Zlotnik(CCO, Co-Founder)
EnergyHuntington Beach, US
Jason Huang(Director, Executive Officer)Chris Martin(Executive Officer)Rulong Chen(Director, Executive Officer)Lian de Castro(Executive Officer)Tagare Pradeep(Director)
BoardBrian Mayers(Director)
EnergyBuffalo, US
Jon M. Williams(Executive Officer, Director)Claire K. White(Executive Officer)Eric Stein(Executive Officer)Bror Jan-Roger Linna(Executive Officer)Mario Mattia Montanile(Executive Officer)Edward Frits Abell(Executive Officer)
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAvathon (spark) · themiddlemarket.com · Jul 17, 2026
Captura · intelligence360.news · Jul 16, 2026
GoCardless · startups.rip · Jul 15, 2026
VEIR · newmarketpitch.com · Jul 13, 2026
Luminance · globallegalpost.com · Jul 10, 2026
Tomorrow Io · intelligence360.news · Jun 24, 2026
Uniphore · inforcapital.com · Apr 8, 2026
Panaseer · datacenterdynamics.com · Feb 11, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does National Grid Partners invest at?
- National Grid Partners invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does National Grid Partners focus on?
- National Grid Partners focuses on Climate Tech, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Energy, Enterprise Software, Hardware, SaaS.
- Where is National Grid Partners located?
- National Grid Partners is headquartered in Los Gatos, US.
- Does National Grid Partners lead rounds?
- National Grid Partners typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
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Co-investors · 49
Energy Impact Partners is an investment firm that connects entrepreneurs with major corporates to help transform the global economy toward a more sustainable future.
Energize Ventures is an investment firm that partners with entrepreneurs and operators to deploy AI-enabled software solutions across climate, energy, and industrial sectors, focusing on the digitization and decarbonization of critical industries.
Congruent Ventures is an early-stage venture firm backing North American teams innovating across hardware, software, and business models, with a focus on climate and sustainability.
Clearvision Ventures is a firm founded by entrepreneurs that invests in companies driving disruption in energy and infrastructure sustainability, structured as independent evergreen funds with no fixed end-of-life date.
Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm backing founders with transformative ideas across technology and healthcare.
Piva Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in companies aiming to shape the future for humanity.
Blue Bear is a venture capital and early growth equity firm investing in AI-powered digital technology companies addressing energy, infrastructure, and climate challenges.
Clean Energy Ventures is a climate-focused venture capital firm that has invested for nearly two decades in breakthrough climate technologies, backing founders who combine defensible science with strong commercial fundamentals.
Energy Foundry pioneers a venture capital approach focused on critical infrastructure sectors including energy, water, waste, mobility, agriculture, and infrastructure, leveraging AI, proprietary data advantages, specialized expertise, and efficient capital deployment strategies.
Norwest is a venture and growth equity investment firm that has backed over 700 companies across sectors including AI, retail, and healthcare, working alongside entrepreneurs from early to late-stage growth.
Breakthrough Energy is a global platform founded to accelerate clean energy innovation and build climate-focused industries, supporting innovators developing affordable, reliable, clean energy technologies.
Cisco Investments is the corporate venture arm of Cisco, investing in, merging with, or acquiring fast-growing technology startups. Over more than thirty years it has backed hundreds of companies across areas such as infrastructure, cloud, security, and AI.
▶37 more co-investors
G2 Venture PartnersSquare Peg CapitalFontinalis PartnersStage 2 CapitalConnecticut InnovationsWIND VenturesGeneral CatalystBenchmarkSapphire VenturesBattery VenturesCanvas VenturesQueensBridge Venture PartnersNexus Venture PartnersIntel CapitalCostanoa VenturesTenaya CapitalTCVTribeca Venture PartnersHyde Park Venture PartnersZeev VenturesRubicon Venture CapitalWestWave Capital.406 VenturesMotivate Venture CapitalWI Harper GroupBioGeneration VenturesFlint CapitalAlpha EdisonJerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)Flagship PioneeringWellington ManagementConvergence VenturesVerve VenturesGeneration Investment Management10DJefferiesD.E. Shaw
Firms observed investing alongside National Grid Partners, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with National Grid Partners's recorded portfolio.
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