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💥 💪 Introducing Energize Endurance – and building out our team! âš¡âš¡
Energize Capital is a firm aligned to growth of the climate markets. For us, the climate narrative has always encompassed a broad suite of traditionally analog industries that are rapidly digitizing: energy, industrial technologies, agriculture, critical infrastructure, mobility, and the built environment. At Energize, we focus on capital-light climate solutions that address these evolving and instrumental industries.Â
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HQ Expansion
In 2020 the entire Energize team fit comfortably in a (maybe) 2,000 square foot space on the 11th floor of One South Wacker Drive. At Energize we have a phrase "we choose to grow, together" and this represents our desire to growth with the climate market opportunity. Alongside this phrase you will usually hear me say "why not us?"
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Europe scales up – Energize leads $13M investment into Elum
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.
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Energize NEXT 2024
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.
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Energize leads $8M investment into GridStatus (…2 years in the works)
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.
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