# Modern Energy: portfolio, investments and team

> Modern Energy is a vc firm based in United States. 2 investments on record, latest Oct 2023. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/modern-energy (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Modern Energy

Last cheque observed Oct 2023. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet New fund $2.0M, Apr 2019 VC firm

Series A Series B Cleantech Oil Greentech

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record

Since the last cheque **1105** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$55M** Rounds led **1 of 2** Sole investor **1 rounds**

Pitch Modern Energy

## Modern Energy highlights

- 01 2 rounds on record
- 02 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $20M

## What they do

> We partner with early-stage entrepreneurs and developers. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Cleantech Oil Greentech
- **Based in:** Durham, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances**

- **2023** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[NovoHydrogen](https://millionrounds.com/company/novohydrogen)** US · Firms' own news pages **$20M** *Led*
- **Feb** **[Industrial Sun](https://millionrounds.com/company/industrial-sun)** US · Firms' own news pages **$90M** With 1 other

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**

BS **Benjamin S. Abram** Managing Director of Manager i Filing they signed

MJ **Mark J. Laabs** Managing Director of Manager i Filing they signed

We also hold **3** 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.

New fund on file

**$2.0M**

raised in Apr 2019

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Series A Series B

Median round joined **$55M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$20M**

Led 1 of 2 rounds **50%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2023

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *-*
- Series B said *-*

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Modern Energy put money into.

[**NovoHydrogen** $20M · Oct 2023](https://millionrounds.com/company/novohydrogen)[**Industrial Sun** $90M · Feb 2023](https://millionrounds.com/company/industrial-sun)

## Quick answers about Modern Energy

### What does Modern Energy invest in?

Modern Energy says it invests in Cleantech, Oil and Greentech.

### How active is Modern Energy?

2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2023.

### What has Modern Energy invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: NovoHydrogen (Undisclosed round, Oct 2023) and Industrial Sun (Undisclosed round, Feb 2023).

### How big are Modern Energy's cheques?

The median round it joins is $55M.

### Is Modern Energy investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2023.

### What kind of investor is Modern Energy?

Modern Energy is a VC firm based in Durham, United States.

### Has Modern Energy raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Apr 2019, reporting $2.0M raised.

### When was Modern Energy founded?

Modern Energy was founded in 2010.

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