Company Profile

Company Overview

At Clean Energy Ventures we’re beating back climate change through energy innovation. We fund disruptive, capital-light technologies and business model innovations that can reshape how we produce, manage, and consume energy. Each climate tech startup we invest in has the potential to reduce at least 2.5 gigatons of greenhouse gas emissions between our investment and 2050, while earning top decile returns.

Since 2005, our leadership team has invested in over 40 climate tech startups alongside prominent venture capital firms, leading OEMs, global materials companies, utilities, oil majors, our angel-investor partners at the Clean Energy Venture Group, and more. Over 80% of our portfolio companies have an investment from a multinational strategic.

Beyond funding, we provide hands-on guidance to the startups in our portfolio through dedicated leadership coaching, strategic marketing, IP development, financing and active board participation. Our 19 Venture Partners guide our startups and enhance our value with their deep technical and operating experience.

Clean Energy Venture Management (”CEVM”, and also known as “Clean Energy Ventures”) is the management company for Clean Energy Venture Fund I, LP (“Fund I”), a $110M early-stage venture capital fund focused on climate tech investments. Fund I, which has a focus on the U.S. and Canada, commenced investing in late-2017 and currently has 16 companies in the portfolio and expects to invest in another 4-7 companies within the next 12 months. Currently, we are raising Clean Energy Venture Fund II, LP (“Fund II”), which we anticipate to be sized in the range of $200-250M of limited partner capital commitments. Our second fund will strategically expand our geographic footprint to include Europe and Israel. We intend to expand our team and geography as we move into this second fund, including team members in Europe and Israel to support our investment strategy.