For Entrepreneurs, Capital Providers, and Co-investors Accelerating Sustainable Industry

DroneDeploy acquires StructionSite, M&A is here

DroneDeploy acquires StructionSite, M&A is here

We are in the stage of the innovation cycle where capital costs are driving consolidation as investors and customers alike are looking for scale and value. Specifically, big corporates are very focused on moving budget to well capitalized and enduring technology companies and the the tech firms in this pole position are about to be …

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Choosing to Grow, Together- New Hires

Choosing to Grow, Together- New Hires

Here at Energize we have our “Ethos” on the wall in our main room… and speak about our core tenants frequently. One of those is “we choose to grow, together”. The implication there is that we could stay relatively small and constrained. But, we want to scale with the space so we can continue to …

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Women in Climate Investing – Event in NYC

Women in Climate Investing – Event in NYC

There are a number of climate-related conferences underway this week. We have Climate Week in New York City and Re+ in Anaheim. Next week there is also an event in Pittsburgh. The Energize team is beginning to attend and host events at these conferences. This morning two Energize investors, Eileen Waris and Honour Masters, held …

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Energize hires Meredith Breach

Energize hires Meredith Breach

Some hires are so obvious that you immediately can’t imagine scaling without them. When we hired Kevin Stevens to take the lead on our growth platform we immediately unlocked scale as our firm went to a multi-strategy model. Our most recent hire for the Growth platform brings the same contribution expectations. This week we formally …

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Energize Leads €30M investment into Monta

Energize Leads €30M investment into Monta

Back to back funding announcements!! Energize Ventures goal to capitalize and support the best companies within the sustainability software stack continues as we lead the €30M Series A+ round into Monta. Monta is the premier digital backbone for the EV charging industry, enabling a simple and seamless control strategy for site owners, fleet operators, and consumers. We …

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Energize Leads $55M Series B into Patch

Energize Leads $55M Series B into Patch

Today the Energize team is announcing one of our most recent investments. I like to tell the team how we should “zig” when the market “zags” and some of our upcoming investments announcements (this one included) are the Energize team executing with this mindset. Our carbon market thesis was a few years in the works …

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The speed and scale of solar

The speed and scale of solar

Bloomberg New Energy Finance recently released their 2023 global, mid-year forecasts. One of the most prominent charts is the continued growth of solar deployments. Outside of internet fiber, very few infrastructure type projects have ever grown this fast at this scale. And it’s hard to imagine any slowdown as costs continue to decline and decentralized …

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