# Energy Transition Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Energy Transition Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 4 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/energy-transition-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Energy Transition Ventures Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 4 cheques on record. Email Deploying now VC firm Seed Series A Series B Wind Smartgrid Renewables Follow Energy Transition Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fenergy-transition-ventures) Deploying now **33%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record Since the last cheque **61** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$17M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $5.0M** Rounds led **0 of 4** Pitch Energy Transition Ventures ## Energy Transition Ventures highlights - 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Series A and Growth: 75% of its rounds ## What they do > Investing in startups leading the energy transition From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $100K – $5.0M as they say - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Wind Smartgrid Renewables - **Based in:** Houston, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **4 appearances** - **2026** 1 round - **Sept** **[Gridsight](https://millionrounds.com/company/gridsight)** Series B · AU · Startup Daily **$26M** With 5 others - **2025** 3 rounds - **Apr** **[Gridsight](https://millionrounds.com/company/gridsight)** Series A · AU · Startup Daily **$7.5M** With 3 others - **Apr** **[Gridsight](https://millionrounds.com/company/gridsight)** Series A · AU · Energy Transition Ventures **$4.5M** With 3 others - **Mar** **[Zeitview](https://millionrounds.com/company/zeitview)** Growth · US · Energy Transition Ventures **$60M** With 9 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 **2 named** CL **Craig Lawrence** Manager i Form ADV NM **Neal Monroe Dikeman** Manager i Form ADV We also hold **5** 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 **$83M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** Energy Transition Ventures, LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 314036 ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **9** of 15 we have independently watched raise [Gridsight](https://millionrounds.com/company/gridsight)[Ohmium](https://millionrounds.com/company/ohmium)[Renewco2](https://millionrounds.com/company/renewco2)[Smart Wires -](https://millionrounds.com/company/smart-wires)[Stormentum](https://millionrounds.com/company/stormentum)[SunRun](https://millionrounds.com/company/sunrun)[Three technicians in](https://millionrounds.com/company/dronebase)[Zeitview](https://millionrounds.com/company/zeitview)[Zeitview (opens in](https://millionrounds.com/company/resilient-power-systems) Arix-tech Geli Megseis Opower Resilientpower Wagging Labs 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. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$17M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 4 rounds **0%** - **Said size:** $100K – $5.0M - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Sept 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A said *2* - Growth said *1* - Series B said *1* - Seed said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 Often in the room with - [Aera VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aera-vc) 3 - [Airtree Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/airtree) 3 - [Pat Cummins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pat-cummins) 2 **Pitching Energy Transition Ventures?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Energy Transition Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Aera VC** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aera-vc)[**Airtree Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/airtree)[**Pat Cummins** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pat-cummins) ## Recently backed The latest companies Energy Transition Ventures put money into. [**Gridsight** $26M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/gridsight)[**Zeitview** $60M · Mar 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/zeitview) ## Quick answers about Energy Transition Ventures ### What does Energy Transition Ventures invest in? Energy Transition Ventures invests most often at Series A and Growth (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Wind, Smartgrid and Renewables. ### How active is Energy Transition Ventures? 4 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026. ### What has Energy Transition Ventures invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Gridsight (Series B, Sept 2026) and Zeitview (Growth, Mar 2025). ### How big are Energy Transition Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $17M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $5.0M. ### Is Energy Transition Ventures investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Energy Transition Ventures invest alongside? Most often Aera VC (3 rounds together), Airtree Ventures (3 rounds together) and Pat Cummins (2 rounds together). ### What kind of investor is Energy Transition Ventures? Energy Transition Ventures is a VC firm based in Houston, United States. ### How much does Energy Transition Ventures manage? About $83M, as gross assets of its private funds (Oct 2026). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. 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