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Energize Capital
Venture capital · Chicago, IL, United States · North America
Energize Capital is a multi-stage investor in asset-light technologies that advance the energy, climate and industrial sectors. It deploys capital through two strategies: Ventures, an earlier-stage venture platform, and Endurance, a private equity platform making control and minority investments in mature, profitable software and services businesses.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEducationIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsenergy transitionindustrial technologycritical infrastructuregrid softwarephysical aiclimate
Your fit with Energize Capital
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Or find every investor that fitsEnergize Capital lists 25 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (22%), Education (16%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (16%). 79% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside NEA, National Grid Partners and AENU.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Energize Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Energize Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 25. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 60th | 25 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 60th | 4% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 25th | 22% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 22% | 18% |
| Education | 16% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 16% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 8% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 9% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Fintech | 4% | 12% |
| Climate & Energy | 4% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| NEA | 3 |
| National Grid Partners | 3 |
| AENU | 2 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 |
| Bain Capital Ventures | 2 |
| Dalus Capital | 2 |
| Frontline | 2 |
| Insight Partners | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers25100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Energize Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Energize Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Sept 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Energize Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Energize Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
25 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amperon provides energy forecasting and analytics solutions to improve grid reliability, manage financial risk, and optimize renewable assets. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Archive partners with brands to build and scale innovative, profitable resale businesses. | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Avathon provides an AI platform for autonomous operations in various industries | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Beekeeper is now part of LumApps | Media & EntertainmentEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| DroneDeploy provides reality capture, robotics, and AI solutions to understand and analyze the built world | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Felt provides a mapping platform that utilizes AI-native GIS for various business operations and industries | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| GreenLite combines licensed architects and engineers with AI agents to help commercial projects get permits approved faster and on a predictable timeline. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| GridStrong provides consulting services and a platform for managing the bulk power system, including compliance, interconnection, modeling, and event analysis for generation, load, and transmission | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Sept 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Halcyon provides an AI platform for energy market intelligence | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for managing credit operations, lien rights, waivers, and payments in the construction industry | FintechReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| InstaLILY develops and deploys artificial intelligence software for various industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Magna is one of the world's largest automotive suppliers and a trusted partner to automakers in the industry's most critical markets globally. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Matroid provides no-code computer vision AI for industrial inspection | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Monta provides software solutions for electric vehicle charging businesses. | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| NCX helps landowners capture and pass on the story, plans, and practical knowledge behind their property to future generations. | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a time series forecasting and anomaly detection engine for businesses. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Patch provides AI-native services for environmental markets and helps enterprises grow sustainably | Climate & EnergyAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Pvcase provides software solutions for solar project development, including site selection, design, and yield optimization. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| SINAI provides a platform for enterprise carbon and energy management | Climate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Sitetracker manages critical infrastructure projects, including planning, development, construction, operations, and maintenance of assets | Real Estate & ConstructionEducation | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- energizecap.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 17 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 25
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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