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 41 of 49 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×22Energy ×17SaaS ×17Enterprise Software ×16Cleantech ×11Cybersecurity ×10Climate Tech ×8Data & Infrastructure ×5
HQs:United States×18United Kingdom×4Israel×2
Investments · 49 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 42018 · 16 dated
AccuKnox provides a Zero Trust runtime security platform covering AI, API, application, cloud, container, Kubernetes, and supply chain security for enterprise DevSecOps and security teams.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurity
Co-investorsAvanta VenturesDreamit VenturesDolby Family VenturesMDSV CAPITALOutliers VCZ5 Capital
AccuKnox 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
Co-investorsAvanta VenturesDolby Family VenturesDreamit VenturesSparq Capital (SFO)
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)Thomas Folker(Founder)in
Co-investorsPresidio VenturesCongruent VenturesGaruda VenturesLightbankUnion Square Ventures (USV)Apis Partners+3 more
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)THOMAS FOLKER(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)NICK GROSSMAN(Director)
Co-investorsCongruent VenturesPresidio Ventures
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-investorsClean Energy VentureClean Energy VenturesClimate Innovation CapitalS2G InvestmentsUP PartnersMarubeni
Sitetracker provides project and asset management technology, delivered together with a partner network offering training, certification, and support.
Construction TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Giuseppe Incitti(CEO)
Co-investorsClearvision VenturesEnergize CapitalEnergy Impact PartnersH.I.G. Growth PartnersNTT DOCOMO VenturesDTCP+5 more
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)in
BoardDoug Stewart(Director)Adam Wallen(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesCongruent VenturesPiva CapitalTyche PartnersVXI CapitalBaruch Future Ventures+5 more
1touch.io offers Kontxtual, a data security platform that continuously discovers sensitive data at rest and in motion, builds a contextual record per data element to track access, behavior, and exposure risk, and automates protection, compliance, and governance workflows.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsConnecticut InnovationsMindset VentureNeotribe VenturesOcean Azul PartnersJerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)SixThirty Ventures
AiDASH uses satellite imagery and AI to help industries become more resilient, efficient, and sustainable.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechEnergySaaSSanta Clara, US
Abhishek Vinod Singh(Chief Executive Officer)
Co-investorsG2 Venture PartnersSE VenturesThe Lightsmith GroupBenhamou Global VenturesG2VP
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)inAbe Stanway(Founder)
BoardTyler Lancaster(Director)inTimothy Healy(Director)Catherine Flax(Director)Michael D'Aurizio(Director)
Co-investorsAcario InnovationAmbush CapitalBlackhorn VenturesEnergize CapitalGaruda VenturesIntelis Capital+6 more
Aperio provides DataWise, an autonomous data quality system that monitors, scores, and remediates industrial historian, sensor, and process data before it reaches AI models, reports, or operational decisions.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareWellesley, US
Jonas Hellgren(President)Liran Tancman(Director)Michael Majors(Director)Doron Bergerbest-Eilon(Director)
BoardJane Arnold(Director)Bahram Nour-Omid(Director)
Co-investorsData Point CapitalMomenta VenturesSoundproof VenturesJump CapitalScopus Ventures Management, Llc
Aakrit Prasad(Founder)in
Co-investorsCarya Venture PartnersCounterpart VenturesPathbreaker VenturesStage 2 CapitalUnusual Ventures
Co-investorsClearvision VenturesEnergy Impact PartnersGS FuturesSE VenturesVoyager CapitalFoundation Capital
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
Co-investorsDalus CapitalEnergize CapitalJC2 VenturesMarch Capital Partners
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
Co-investors1809 CapitalCelesta CapitalCelesta CapitalEngineering Capital
Captura develops Direct Ocean Capture technology using bipolar membrane electrodialysis to remove CO₂ from the upper ocean and atmosphere.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechPasadena, US
Chengxiang Xiang(Chief Technology Officer)Bernard David(Chairman of the Board of Directors)Harry Atwater(Executive Officer, Director)inStephen James Oldham(President and Chief Executive Officer)
BoardMichael Wheeler(Director)inEd Phillips(Director)in
Co-investorsEni NextFREEFLOWFuture Planet CapitalHitachi VenturesMaersk GrowthMOL Switch+3 more
Centinel provides continuous monitoring and data-driven analysis of commercial building HVAC and energy systems, flagging faults and identifying energy-saving projects for commercial real estate investors and property teams.
CleantechEnergyPropTech
Raphael Rosen(CEO & Co-Founder)Brenden Millstein(Co-Founder & President)
Co-investorsUlu Ventures
Cogniac develops a computer vision AI platform that uses deep learning to enable subject matter experts to train systems to detect visual patterns without extensive technical AI knowledge.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US
Bill KishinAmy Wang
Co-investorsAutotech VenturesCisco InvestmentsVanedge Capital Limited PartnershipWing
A no-code platform automating visual inspection tasks in industrial verticals using deep learning.
Co-investorsShield CapitalVanedge CapitalAutotech VenturesCisco Investments
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
Co-investorsPender Growth Fund
Cyolo provides a remote access solution focused on secure, privileged connectivity to OT and SCADA systems, designed to work with a company's existing security infrastructure rather than replacing it.
CybersecurityDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareIoTRamat Gan, IL
Almog Apirion(CEO, Co-founder)inDedi Y(Founder)inEran Shmuely(Founder)in
Co-investorsDifferential VenturesGlilot Capital PartnersMerlin VenturesFlint CapitalGlobal Founders Capital
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)in
Co-investorsAllegisCyber CapitalBYU Cougar CapitalCanaan PartnersCyber Mentor FundDataTribeEarth Foundry+9 more
Co-investorsSmartStart FundThe Perkins Fund
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-investorsClean Energy VenturesEvergy VenturesJERAMOL SwitchAmazon Alexa FundBlindspot Ventures Management Co+9 more
ev.energy operates a platform that helps utilities and energy retailers run distributed energy resource (DER) flexibility programs across EVs, solar, and batteries, while also giving EV drivers and solar/battery owners tools to coordinate their home energy use to earn money and lower costs.
CleantechEnergySaaS
Co-investorsBootstrap EuropeEnergy Impact PartnersFuture Energy Ventures
Finite State provides a product security and compliance platform that analyzes firmware, binaries, source code, and documentation to create a continuous system of record for connected devices.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityIoTSaaS
Co-investorsDrive CapitalEnergize CapitalEnergy Impact PartnersSE VenturesWUTIF Capital
GoCardless provides bank payment collection and open banking data access services.
FintechLondon, GB
Hiroki Takeuchi(Founder/CEO)inTom Blomfield(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAccelBalderton CapitalBalnord Sp. z o.o.Change VenturesNotion CapitalNyca+5 more
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
Co-investorsClearvision VenturesFuture Energy VenturesSherpalo VenturesOverture Climate
Co-investorsValor Capital Group
Incorta provides a data and analytics platform that unifies structured and unstructured data from complex enterprise systems such as ERPs in real time, using its Direct Data Mapping technology to query billions of rows without traditional data pipelines.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareRedwood Shores, US
Osama Elkady(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Klaus Fabian(Executive Officer, Director)Hichem Sellami(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRonald Wohl(Director)
Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)Kleiner PerkinsM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Titanium VenturesWipro Ventures
IQ Capital is a European venture capital firm focused on deep tech, investing in founders building frontier technologies across areas such as intelligence, energy, computation, and biology.
Deep Tech
Kerry Baldwin(Founder)in
Co-investorsEnterprise Capital FundsGEIF VenturesKPN VenturesRaison.406 VenturesAlbum VC+7 more
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
Co-investorsMarch Capital PartnersPoint72 VenturesRPS VenturesForestay CapitalTalis Capital
Omnidian provides post-installation care and performance protection for solar and clean energy investments, focusing on the service experience after systems are installed.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechEnergySaaSSeattle, US
Mark Liffmann(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBlue Bear Capital PartnersBridges Fund Management Ltd.City Light+11 more
Panaseer provides a continuous controls monitoring platform that gives IT and security teams unified visibility across their assets and security controls.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Jonathan Gill(CEO)
Co-investorsAlbionVCAllegisCyber CapitalCisco InvestmentsEvolution Equity PartnersForgePoint CapitalNotion Capital+2 more
Pixeom developed an edge computing and edge management platform.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareIoT
Sam Nagar(Founder)in
Co-investorsSamsung Catalyst Fund
Risilience operates a SaaS platform that quantifies and helps manage the financial implications of climate- and nature-related risks for global enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSCambridge, GB
Dr Andrew Coburn(Chairman & Founding Member)Professor Danny Ralph(Senior Advisor & Founder Member)Simon Ruffle(CIO & Founder)Angela Brown(CEO)Duncan Powell(CFO)
Co-investorsIQ Capital
RiskIQ was a San Francisco cybersecurity company offering attack surface management and threat intelligence; acquired by Microsoft in 2021.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Elias Manousos(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMichael Brown(Director)Greg Goldfarb(Director)Steve Leightell(Director)Jack Russo(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAkkadian VenturesBattery VenturesMassMutual Ventures
Sitetracker is a vertical SaaS and agentic-AI platform for planning, financing, building, operating and maintaining distributed critical-infrastructure assets across telecom, fiber, towers, renewable energy, EV charging, utilities and data centers.
Montclair, US
Timothy May(Co-founder; former Chief Technology Officer)Brett Cupta(Co-founder; former SVP Product)Steven Liebezeit(Co-creator / co-founder)Sassi Idan(Chief Technology Officer)Tim Koubek(Chief Revenue Officer)Victoria Lamberth(Chief Revenue Officer and Co-CEO (title appears in 2026 site snippets))
Co-investorsClearvision VenturesEnergy Impact PartnersH.I.G. Growth PartnersNTT DOCOMO VenturesWells Fargo Strategic CapitalBenchmark+2 more
Tolerance is a compliance platform that runs continuous automated checks against the NIST 800-171 standard and collects assessor-ready evidence for teams handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).
CybersecurityGovTechSaaS
Co-investorsDorm RoomAmadeus Capital PartnersBen Franklin Technology PartnersBioAdvanceColumbus Venture PartnersCriteria Bio Ventures+4 more
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)
Co-investorsSquare Peg CapitalACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSCanaan PartnersClearvision VenturesEvergy VenturesFlying Tiger Capital+9 more
Transcend develops the Transcend Design Generator (TDG), generative design software that uses rules-based automation to produce engineering-grade design packages—3D models, drawings, and documentation—for water, power, and wastewater infrastructure projects.
CleantechConstruction TechSaaSPrinceton Junction, US
Adam Tank(Founder)
Co-investorsChartline Capital PartnersHG VenturesPureTerra Ventures
EnergyHuntington Beach, US
Jason Huang(Director, Executive Officer)Chris Martin(Executive Officer)Rulong Chen(Director, Executive Officer)Lian de Castro(Executive Officer)
BoardBrian Mayers(Director)Michael DeLucia(Director)
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesEnergy & Environment Investment
Uniphore provides a Business AI Cloud platform that enables enterprises to build, deploy, and scale autonomous AI agents across operations with built-in governance, security, and sovereignty controls.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Umesh Sachdev(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAvant LabsChiratae VenturesCisco InvestmentsCXO FundIron PillarJC2 Ventures+8 more
Urbint provides an AI-powered platform that helps energy and utility companies predict operational risks through emergency preparedness and response, worker safety, and damage prevention (811 ticket risk-profiling to prevent excavation strikes).
AI & Machine LearningEnergySaaS
Corey Capasso(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlue Bear Capital PartnersClimate InvestmentEnergize CapitalEnergy Impact PartnersMagma PartnersMetaProp Ventures+5 more
EnergyBuffalo, US
Jon M. Williams(Executive Officer, Director)Claire K. White(Executive Officer)inEric Stein(Executive Officer)inBror Jan-Roger Linna(Executive Officer)Mario Mattia Montanile(Executive Officer)Edward Frits Abell(Executive Officer)
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioRiskiqacq. by Microsoft
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiescloud · eu-startups.com · Aug 21, 2026
Captura · desmoinesregister.com · Aug 18, 2026
Energy Impact Partners · esgtoday.com · Aug 13, 2026
IQ Capital · siliconangle.com · Aug 13, 2026
Tolerance · medscape.com · Aug 10, 2026
Aperio · finsmes.com · Aug 5, 2026
Avathon (spark) · themiddlemarket.com · Jul 17, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has National Grid Partners made?
- National Grid Partners has 8 tracked investments.
- 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.
- Who does National Grid Partners co-invest with?
- National Grid Partners most often shares deals with Acario Innovation, Connecticut Innovations, Energy Impact Partners, among 29 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 52
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.
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.
Clearvision Ventures is a venture firm founded by entrepreneurs, investing across stages from early to growth in companies driving sustainability disruptions in energy and infrastructure.
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.
Breakthrough Energy, founded by Bill Gates, backs innovators developing affordable, reliable, and clean energy technologies, investing across manufacturing, electricity, agriculture, transportation, and buildings.
Cisco Investments has over 40 investment professionals operating across offices in the United States, Canada, China, India, Israel, and Europe. The firm focuses on technology and market investments globally.
Canaan Partners is a venture capital firm with over 30 years of history, backing companies across technology and healthcare sectors through close, hands-on partnerships with founders.
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.
Benchmark is a venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco and Woodside that invests in early-stage startups.
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Battery VenturesG2 Venture Partners.406 VenturesSquare Peg CapitalFontinalis PartnersFlint CapitalJerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)Stage 2 CapitalConnecticut InnovationsWIND VenturesGeneral CatalystNorwest Venture PartnersSapphire VenturesCanvas VenturesQueensBridge Venture PartnersNexus Venture PartnersIntel CapitalCostanoa VenturesTenaya CapitalTCVTribeca Venture PartnersHyde Park Venture PartnersExpansive VenturesNGP CapitalZeev VenturesRubicon Venture CapitalWestWave CapitalMotivate Venture CapitalWI Harper GroupBioGeneration VenturesAlpha EdisonFlagship PioneeringWellington ManagementConvergence VenturesVerve VenturesGeneration Investment Management10DElement PartnersJefferiesD.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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