In September Energize held our 2-day marathon of events: the Energize NEXT Climate Software conference, and our Annual General Meeting. Before the day started at our conference we were able to sneak away for a quick team photo. That photo of the current team is below – and we have another 3 starting before year-end. …
One of the first investments Energize made as a firm was in a European leader, Nozomi Networks. Since then we have deployed nearly 20% of our invested capital into the European ecosystem. While others shy from the market we believe there is tremendous climate and industrial technology innovation emerging. Our persistence – and willingness to …
On September 18th Energize is hosting our second annual climate software conference, Energize NEXT. The panelists/ fireside chat speakers as well as the list of now ~200 attendees is an absolutely incredible representation of key stakeholders from our industry. We have leading operators, entrepreneurs, capital providers, capital markets leaders, and industry customers all in attendance. …
I’ve gained a lot of value from posting to this blog over the years. But the story below probably is my favorite example of creativity, content, and the long-term relationship mindset we have at our firm. On August 30, 2022 I wrote a post here about how a portfolio company was looking to hire a …
Last week The Economist published an article titled “The Exponential Growth of Solar Power Will Change the World,” emphasizing a well-known trend at Energize: energy technologies such as solar and batteries are rapidly expanding. The International Energy Agency (IEA) regularly projects energy generation from specific technologies. However, their predictions regarding solar have consistently been proven …
Energize holds an annual summer retreat, alternating between a Chicago-basedevent and a travel destination. This year we went to the east coast and focusedon how we can continue to invest in our team’s resources to meet the scale andcomplexity of the growing climate opportunity. The purpose of the retreat is for the Energize team to …
(Press release put out by Energize CAPITAL today, seen below. The message is simple…!) Energize Capital raises $300 million growth equity platform as market for climate software matures to new level of scale Firm surpasses $1.2 billion in assets under management; changes name to Energize Capital to reflect go- forward investment strategy July 27, 2023 …
At Energize we have been tracking the solar software market for years. For years we have known and spoken with the utility scale leader in this software market, PVcase, and today we are excited to announce our formal investment into the company. Energize is a major investor in PVcase’s $100M growth round and we are …
Two of the top media / research firm in the climate space are Canary Media and CleanTech VC. They collaborate to publish market and fundraising statistics on a semi-annual basis. Today they released their 1H 2023 results, and the figures are below. Here are some of the takeaways: These trends are consistent with what I …
The climate sector currently has several private companies attempting to raise enormous funding rounds. Most of these companies raised $100-500M as recently as 12 months ago and are back in market already for similar, or larger rounds. Why? At their core, these climate companies are capital goods business with heavy capex requirements… for example: businesses …