What does US Department of Energy invest in?
US Department of Energy invests most often at Grant and Venture (82% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Smartgrids, Energy and Battery.

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Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 453 cheques on record.
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77 cheques in the last 12 months
Mostly Grant and Venture: 82% of its rounds
Sole investor in 206 rounds, median $3.0M
7 exits from the portfolio
Every round we can evidence, newest first453 appearances
68 rounds
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Companies it backed that were later bought or listed7 in all
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The investors most often in the same rounds as US Department of Energy. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.
The latest companies US Department of Energy put money into.
Episodes that name US Department of Energy in their description, not their title.

A Conversation with Oxy CEO, Vicki Hollub
MentionsUS Department of Energy

S2 E4: VAST Data CEO/founder Renen Hallak: “When we started, AI wasn't a thing.”
WithRenen Hallak
MentionsUS Department of Energy

Onshoring Clean Energy with Giulia Siccardo, DOE's Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains
MentionsUS Department of Energy

Diving into Desalination with Peter Fiske, National Alliance for Water Innovation
MentionsBurnt Island VenturesUS Department of EnergyTom Ferguson

From the White House to Climate Frontlines with Brandon Hurlbut
WithBrandon Hurlbut
MentionsUS Department of Energy
US Department of Energy invests most often at Grant and Venture (82% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Smartgrids, Energy and Battery.
453 investments on record, 77 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Sept 2026.
Its most recent investments on record: Niron Magnetics (Sept 2026), Protein Evolution (Grant, Sept 2026) and NeoVolta (Debt, Sept 2026).
The median round it joins is $2.0M.
Sometimes: it led 1 of its 453 investments on record (0%).
Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (93%).
Yes: it is actively investing, with 77 investments in the last 12 months.
Most often National Science Foundation (89 rounds together), Cleantech Open (18 rounds together) and Elemental Impact (12 rounds together).
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