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Powerhouse Ventures
Venture capital · United States · North America
Powerhouse Ventures is a venture firm that backs seed-stage founders building the future power system across energy, infrastructure, and AI. It invests in founding teams scaling technologies in established markets, primarily B2B software, with check sizes of $500K–$2M.
Invests inEducationIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsenergygridclimateaib2b softwareinfrastructure
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Or find every investor that fitsPowerhouse Ventures lists 38 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Education (32%), Industrial & Manufacturing (16%) and Fintech (14%). 93% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Avesta Fund, Elemental Impact and Energy Impact Partners.
No funding round on record names Powerhouse Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Powerhouse Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 38. 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 32% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 16% | 7% |
| Fintech | 14% | 12% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 8% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 5% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 7% | 18% |
| Space & Defense | 7% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 3% | 8% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Avesta Fund | 4 |
| Elemental Impact | 4 |
| Energy Impact Partners | 4 |
| Stepchange | 4 |
| Congruent Ventures | 3 |
| Lorimer Ventures | 3 |
| SE Ventures | 3 |
| SFV | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 76th | 38 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 56th | 32% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3695%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company25%
- 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 Powerhouse Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
38 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 | ||
| AmpUp makes EV charging easy for fleets, workplaces, multifamily communities, and public sites. | E-commerce & MarketplacesIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Audette helps asset and portfolio managers identify, prioritize, and plan value-accretive retrofits | Real Estate & ConstructionSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Axiom Cloud develops software for refrigeration and HVAC management | Industrial & ManufacturingEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| AZX delivers AI solutions for energy, real estate, supply chain and other infrastructure industries. | AI & Machine LearningReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| BattGenie creates living digital twins that predict, optimize, and extend battery life using physics-informed machine learning | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| CapeZero provides a software platform for clean energy developers to navigate tax equity and tax credit financing | FintechEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Carbon Collective offers investment services, including 401(k) and 403(b) fund lineups, cash management, and model portfolios | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Class 3 Technologies provides engineering-based building vulnerability assessment and risk modeling solutions | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| CVector analyzes plant, application, and live market data to create dollar-scored recommendations for operators to act on margin opportunities in real time. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Distill Energy is a grid simulation platform that helps energy companies make better decisions with less risk. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Dollaride empowers fleet owners to modernize their transportation services through EV financing, infrastructure deployment, and vehicle storage. | Mobility & LogisticsSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Energetic Capital delivers financial solutions to bring new energy projects to life. | FintechEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Ensemble Energy helps its customers generate clean energy as efficiently and cost effectively as possible | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Finite offers a platform for investing in alternative assets, including private alternatives and solar finance | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Granular Energy provides software for utilities and energy industry professionals to manage and trade clean energy products | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Heron Power Electronics manufactures power electronics for the electric grid. | E-commerce & MarketplacesIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company builds and operates space systems for logistics and delivery, including satellite deployment and point-to-point transportation. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Nithio is a climate fintech platform that makes investments to clean energy companies and helps others allocate capital to climate solutions that build resilience. | FintechClimate & Energy | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- powerhouse-ventures.co
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 38
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