MIT “Tough Tech” Statistics

MIT “Tough Tech” Statistics

There are a few data sources that I closely follow to understand the temperature of the current market in the Energize space. One of those data sources comes from The Engine as they produce a great annual report on what they call “Tough Tech”…. and no, there isn’t any affiliation. See below for the details …

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Jupiter raises $54M, Energize and CDPQ lean in

Jupiter raises $54M, Energize and CDPQ lean in

In Q1 2019 the Energize team led the $23M Series B investment into Jupiter Intelligence. While most of our investments are the result of a deep dive, this particular case was more instant conviction in the product and market timing. The company also had the major benefit of an incredible team and serial entrepreneur, Rich …

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Energize on Live TV

Energize on Live TV

I had some fun yesterday going on TV to talk about Energize and our new fund. We covered a few key items, including why we believe great returns and impact can be achieved investing in the digital backbone of next generation infrastructure. We highlight our portfolio, and our LPs… with a special callout to DroneDeploy’s …

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TWAICE is Coming to Chicago

TWAICE is Coming to Chicago

As a thematic rather than regional investor, Energize doesn’t invest in manny Chicago-based companies. In fact, we have more European investments than midwest investments. But there is an exciting momentum building in Illinois around the electric vehicle boom. In addition to a number of manufacturing sites (Rivian, Lion Electric) the state is trying to enable …

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Constructing the Energy Transition 

Constructing the Energy Transition 

At Energize each investor has 2-3 ongoing “deep dives” at any give time. These deep dives are accumulating research projects whereby we are learning from our network and the entrepreneurs- and most usually have at least two professionals collaborating on them. I believe that one of Energize’s greatest assets is our research-based investment discovery. Mark …

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Energize Announces $330M Fund II

Energize Announces $330M Fund II

Today is an exciting day for Energize as we are officially revealing that we have closed on $330M for our latest ventures fund! Through this new fund, Energize Ventures Fund II, our team will continue to invest in the best companies accelerating the energy and sustainability movement. In our first ventures fund, a $165M vehicle …

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Electric Vehicles & Job Creation

Electric Vehicles & Job Creation

Earlier this year Ford announced a number of commitments to their electric vehicle platform. In addition to over $30 billion in capex guidance, the firm revealed their Ford F-150 electric and then announced a partnership with Sunrun. Those announcements are exciting, but watching how the firm actually intended to deploy the commitments was the important …

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Announcement next week

Announcement next week

When I give talks to our portfolio companies I go through my experiences as an operator. During these talks I hit on 5 main points I learned in my start-up roles. Next week Energize will have a pretty exciting announcement. Looking back and ahead, it feels like three of my own pieces of advice are …

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A new scale: $11 billion transmission project to NYC

A new scale: $11 billion transmission project to NYC

As seen with Hurricane Sandy and recent summer heat waves, New York City’s power supply is less resilient than needed to serve the local population. And what’s hidden behind the scene is that most of the power for Manhattan is still traditional carbon-based power supply. In 2019, the New York State Energy Research and Development …

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The Computer Vision Market for Energy & Industrials is here: and Matroid is the leader

The Computer Vision Market for Energy & Industrials is here: and Matroid is the leader

Our investment into Matroid in Q3 2020 was the culmination of nearly a 2.5-year deep dive into the types of problems that computer vision can help address in energy industrial applications. In that process we learned that the industry subject matter experts wanted to be involved in the software training – and in fact, their …

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