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What does Energize Capital invest in?
Energize Capital invests most often at Series B and Seed (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Environmental Impact, Smart Grid and Smart Grids.
Energize Capital highlights
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2 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series B and Seed: 80% of its rounds
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Led 4 rounds
What they do
Our Ventures strategy focuses on earlier-stage digital solutions with potential to shape energy, climate, and industrial sectors.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $10M – $20M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- Environmental ImpactSmart GridSmart Grids
- Based in
- Chicago, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first5 appearances
- 2026
2 rounds
- Aug
- Jul
- 2025
2 rounds
- Sept
- Feb
- 2024
1 round
- Mar
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration17 named
AGAlex GeorgeSVP, Operations & Asset Management of the PromoteriFiling they signed
AFAmy FranceticSVP of the Promoter, Managing DirectoriFiling they signed
BSBryan SchuelerEVP & Chief Development Officer of the PromoteriFiling they signed
JTJames Terence MurphyMember of the Investment Manager's Investment CommitteeiFiling they signed
JRJames RaffertySVP & Chief Administrative Officer of the PromoteriFiling they signed
JSJim ShieldEVP & Chief Commercial Officer of the PromoteriFiling they signed
JJJohn Joseph ToughManaging Partner of the Investment Manager of the Issuer and Member of the Investment Manager's Investment CommitteeiFiling they signed
JMJuan MuldoonPartner of the Investment ManageriFiling they signed
KLKathryn Lyn Tenzer McclainVice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Compliance OfficeriForm ADV
KMKatie McClainPartner of the Investment Manager of the Issuer and Member of the Investment Manager's Investment CommitteeiFiling they signed
KSKevin StevensHead of EnduranceiFiling they signed
KZKris ZadloSVP, Commercial Analytics, Regulatory Affairs & Transmission of the PromoteriFiling they signed
MPMichael Peter PolskyMember of the Investment Manager's Investment CommitteeiFiling they signed
MBMike BlazerSVP, Special Counsel & Chief Environmental OfficeriFiling they signed
SSShariq SyedChief Financial OfficeriFiling they signed
SRSteve RyderSVP and CFO of the PromoteriFiling they signed
TLTyler LancasterCo-Head of VenturesiFiling they signed
We also hold 39 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$1.7Bassets it managesOct 2026
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- Energize Capital LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 289047
Funds on its Form ADV
20 private funds, $1.4B in gross assets · filed Mar 2024
- Energize Ventures Fund L.P.Venture52 investors$475M
- Energize Ventures Fund II L.P.Venture87 investors$348M
- EV Aurora SPV LLCVenture11 investors$140M
- Energize Growth ST III LLCVenture15 investors$120M
- Energize Growth Fund II L.P.Venture24 investors$103M
- Energize Ventures Fund III L.P.Venture9 investors$56M
- EV Sitetracker II SPV LLCVenture4 investors$34M
- EV Aurora II SPV LLCVenture16 investors$31M
- Energize Growth PV LLCVenture11 investors$26M
- Energize Growth Fund I L.P.Venture23 investors$25M
And 10 more on the filing.
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
26 of 39 we have independently watched raise
AmperonAurorasolarAvathonBanyaninfrastructureBeekeeperDronedeployElum-energyEmeraldaiFinitestateGreenliteGridstatusGridstrongInstalilyMatroidMontaNiraenergyNixtlaNozominetworksPvcaseSitetrackerSmartcarSourcemapTwaiceTybaUrbintZededaArchiveresaleAristaAxleEnergyby5FeltHalcyonHandleJoltchargeJupiterintelMagnaPatchSinaiSybridge
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.