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Energize Capital

About

Energize Capital is a leading climate software investor. We partner with best-in-class innovators to accelerate the sustainability transition.

By investing in asset-light digital solutions, we help scale sustainable innovation and enable the new energy economy. Our team has decades of experience in the climate technology space, and we leverage our deep industry and operational expertise to guide our research-based, proactive and thorough investment approach. We support companies at various stages of maturity by helping them scale and realize their full potential, from early commercialization to the public markets.

Investment Focus Areas

Key themes at the intersection of software and…

  • RENEWABLE ENERGY
  • INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS
  • ELECTRIFICATION & MOBILITY
  • INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE
  • DECARBONIZATION

VENTURE CAPITAL

  • STAGE: Series A, B & C
  • PARTICIPATION: Prefer To Lead Round
  • INVESTMENT AMOUNT: First Check $10–20M

GROWTH EQUITY

STAGE: Series C+

PARTICIPATION: Lead or Co-lead

INVESTMENT AMOUNT: $25M+

OUR STORY

Founded in 2016 and based in Chicago, Energize is backed by a diverse pool of strategic, institutional, impact and family office investors.

Along with our extensive corporate network, our strategic LPs represent some of the most influential customers in the sustainability transition. They play an important role throughout Energize's value chain as an investor, from research and diligence to capital raising

and commercialization. Energize strives to not only yield strong financial returns for our investors but also to accelerate the clean energy and sustainability transition.

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