Active: new deal Sep 2026 Verified 5 Nov 2026
Energize Ventures
Multi-stage investor with $1.7 billion AUM backing software and services for the energy transition, critical infrastructure, industrial digitisation and physical AI through venture and private equity strategies. Based in Chicago, IL.
- Type
- VC firm
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Stages
- Series A, Series B, Growth, Any stage
- Backs
- Climate and energy, B2B software
- Sectors
- Energy, AI, Industrial, Climate and cleantech, Data, SaaS and software
- Fund size / AUM
- $327.7M Energize Ventures Fund II (Form D amount sold, 2020); $1.68B gross private fund assets (Form ADV; private funds: 26, of which venture capital: 21)
- Latest fund or filing
- 18 Apr 2025
- Portfolio mix
- Climate and energy 55%; B2B software 38%; Marketplaces 4%; Fintech 3% (n=30, 2019 to 2026)
- Website
- www.energizecap.com
Contacts on file
For Energize Ventures, the paid file holds: 8 named decision-makers with roles; LinkedIn page.
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Notable investments
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Sources
- www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2004294/000200429425000002/
- adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/289047
- energizecap.com/
- www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830141/000183014121000001/
- energizecap.com/team
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