Victor Pascucci III
InvestorGeneral Partner at Energy Capital Ventures
Chicago, Illinois
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
A tenured venture capitalist with 15+ years of experience building and running strategic venture capital programs, Vic has facilitated over $750M in venture capital and M&A transactions across energy, fintech, insurtech, and enterprise technology.
Experience
- ENERGY CAPITAL VENTURES®Managing General Partner, Co-Foundercurrent2020 — presentGreater Chicago Area
- Vertus EnergyChairman of the Supervisory Boardcurrent2024 — presentVienna, Austria
- Furno MaterialsBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Sapphire TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
- OsmosesBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentGreater Boston
- Highwood Emissions ManagementBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentCalgary, Alberta, Canada
- Cemvita Inc.Board Membercurrent2021 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
- Alpha NetworkAdvisory Board Member, Chicago Chaptercurrent2022 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- ID.meBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
- IA Capital GroupAdvisory Partnercurrent2020 — presentGreater Chicago Area
- mHUBMentor, Climate and Energy Techcurrent2022 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- Graphitic EnergyBoard Member2024 — 2026Santa Barbara, CA
- gener8torMentor, Sustainability Accelerator2022 — 2024Chicago, Illinois, United States
- PacelineStrategic Advisor2021 — 2024
- Techstars ChicagoMentor2017 — 2021Greater Chicago Area
- EdmitAdvisor2018 — 2021
- LeapLifeAdvisor2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- ExtendBoard Member2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Paladin CyberBoard Member2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- BillTrim Inc.Board Member2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- The University of ToledoJuris Doctorate, Law1992 — 1994
- Bowling Green State UniversityBAC, Communications1988 — 1992
- Illinois Institute of TechnologyCertificate, Ecommerce2001
Skills & more
Venture Capital99Corporate Development99Mergers59Deal Sourcing21Company Acquisitions15Intellectual Property77Joint Ventures68Technology Transactions12Financial Technology15Consumer Internet11E-commerce41Technology Commercialization10
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Due DiligenceDeal StructuringSoftware LicensingStrategy DevelopmentNegotiationBusiness TransformationCorporate LawLitigationTrial PracticeStart-upsStrategyStrategic PlanningFrom Victor's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended The University of Toledo7
Vipul KellaInvestor at FortySix Venture CapitalChris HocevarExecutive Partner at Flare Capital PartnersTyler AmesEntrepreneur-In-Residence at The Innovation SpaceBala SrinivasaManaging Director at Arkam VenturesEllyn RafteryChief Marketing and Communications Officer at FISRohit BodasInvestor at Amara VC
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Also attended Bowling Green State University8
Scott WeissFormer CEO, Evenflo at Tribes VenturesKola AinaFounding Partner at Ventures PlatformLarry CookPartner, Chief Financial Officer at Flourish VenturesThom RuhePresident and CEO at IDEA NCNatasha AnikOperations at Rock HealthRachel WilsonAssociate, Administration & Operations at Invest Detroit
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Also attended Illinois Institute of Technology14
Joseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Lina NilssonInvestor at EPIC VENTURESMinni ShahiInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsBarnali BiswalExecutive Team at Hilbert GroupMarc SokolAdvisory Board Member at Florida FundersÁlvaro Meliá NavarroCFO at Mouro Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at ID.me6
Also worked at mHUB7
Eric YablonkaDigital Health Advisor at Excelerate Health VenturesMark O’ConnorAssociate at Illinois VenturesZach KaplanFounding Venture Partner at Corazon CapitalKarlo KukecVenture Associate at Vesna AdvisorsMary DoctorEvents Coordinator at Lofty VenturesMark LaddGeneral Partner at Malex Enterprises
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Also worked at BillTrim Inc.2
Deals · 3
Sapphire Technologies, Inc.Board seat
via Energy Capital Ventures · filed Sep 2025 · $17.5M raise
Gold H2, Inc.Board seat
via Energy Capital Ventures · filed Feb 2024 · $12M raise
Furno Materials Inc.Board seat
via Energy Capital Ventures · filed Jul 2023 · $5M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Energy Capital Ventures
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Associate at Energy Capital Ventures
Daniel
Investor at Energy Capital Ventures
Jack Smith
MBA Associate at Energy Capital Ventures
Jeff
Investor at Energy Capital Ventures
Jeffrey Yingling
General Partner, Cofounder at Energy Capital Ventures
Katie Dabbar
Analyst at Energy Capital Ventures
Ray
Investor at Energy Capital Ventures
Ray O'Connor
General Partner, Cofounder at Energy Capital Ventures






































