# Energy Capital Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Energy Capital Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 3 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026.

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# Energy Capital Ventures

Last cheque observed Aug 2026; 3 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now Last fund, Apr 2024

Seed Series A Celle Therapy Grid Sustainable Development Goals

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**50%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **97** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$8.2M** Cheque size, as they say **$3.0M – $5.0M** Rounds led **1 of 3**

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## Energy Capital Ventures highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Pre-seed and Seed: 67% of its rounds
- 03 Led 1 rounds

## What they do

> the only early-stage venture capital fund solely dedicated to the energy expansion enabled by the innovation and resilience of the natural gas value chain From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $3.0M – $5.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Celle Therapy Grid Sustainable Development Goals
- **Based in:** Chicago, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Teragen Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/teragen-energy)** Pre-seed · US · Firms' own news pages **$6.0M** *Led*
- **2025** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[enadyne](https://millionrounds.com/company/enadyne)** Seed · DE · Firms' own news pages **$8.2M** With 7 others
- **Feb** **[CarbonQuest](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbonquest)** Venture · US · AlleyWatch **$20M** With 3 others

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 registration **7 named**

JY **Jeff Yingling** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i Filing they signed

JW **Jeffrey William Yingling** Secretary; Treasurer i Form ADV

RO **Raymond O'Connor** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

RS **Raymond Sullivan Oconnor** Stockholder i Form ADV

RL **Richard Louis Viton** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

VP **Victor Pascucci** Chief Executive Officer; President i Form ADV

VP **Victor Pascucci III** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i Filing they signed

We also hold **8** 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

**$101M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Energy Capital Ventures, Inc.
- **SEC number:** CRD 329462

Latest fund on file

**Raised**

a fund in Apr 2024

From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet.

## The cheque

Seed Series A

Median round joined **$8.2M** the round, not its cheque

Led 1 of 3 rounds **33%**

- **Said size:** $3.0M – $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Aug 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Pre-seed *1*
- Seed said *1*
- Venture *1*
- Series A said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Energy Capital Ventures put money into.

[**Teragen Energy** $6.0M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/teragen-energy)[**enadyne** $8.2M · Sept 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/enadyne)[**CarbonQuest** $20M · Feb 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbonquest)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Energy Capital Ventures in the title, and 1 more that mention it.

- [VC10X](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/vc10x) 9 Feb 2023 · 25 min VC10X - ESG imperatives and digital transformation of the natural gas industry w/ Vic Pascucci III, Managing General Partner, Energy Capital Ventures Mentions [Energy Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energy-capital-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 20 Sept 2021 · 46 min 300. The Trillion $ Opportunity in Natural Gas, Building A Strategic LP-Base, and Creating a Strong LPAC (Victor Pascucci) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Energy Capital Ventures

### What does Energy Capital Ventures invest in?

Energy Capital Ventures invests most often at Pre-seed and Seed (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Celle Therapy, Grid and Sustainable Development Goals.

### How active is Energy Capital Ventures?

3 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Aug 2026.

### What has Energy Capital Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Teragen Energy (Pre-seed, Aug 2026), enadyne (Seed, Sept 2025) and CarbonQuest (Venture, Feb 2025).

### How big are Energy Capital Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $8.2M. It says it writes cheques of $3.0M to $5.0M.

### Is Energy Capital Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Energy Capital Ventures?

Energy Capital Ventures is a VC firm based in Chicago, United States.

### How much does Energy Capital Ventures manage?

About $101M, as gross assets of its private funds (Oct 2026).

### Has Energy Capital Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Apr 2024.

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