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Energize Capital portfolio
Energize Capital has 14 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, US, founded in 2017. It led 14 of the 15 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Emerald AI's $150M Series A round in August 2026, which it led, alongside Sabanci Climate Ventures, RWE, Radical Ventures and 8 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Climate and energy (7) and Developer tools and cloud (4). It has co-invested with Salesforce Ventures, National Grid Partners and Clearvision Ventures, most often Salesforce Ventures (5 rounds).
About Energize Capital
What Energize Capital invests in
- Climate and energy · 7 · 50%
- Developer tools and cloud · 4 · 29%
- Real estate and construction · 3 · 21%
- Data and analytics · 2 · 14%
- Commerce and retail · 2 · 14%
- Cybersecurity · 2 · 14%
- Fintech · 2 · 14%
- Logistics and mobility · 2 · 14%
Energize Capital recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A · $150M · lead | Sabanci Climate Ventures, RWE, Radical Ventures +8 | ||
| Series B+ · $60M · lead | none named | ||
| Series A · $15M · lead | none named | ||
| Series A · $14M · lead | Borusan Ventures, Virta Ventures, Pear VC +4 | ||
| Series B+ · $30M · lead | G9 Ventures, Woodline Partners, Bain Capital Ventures +3 | ||
| Series B+ · $35M | Blue Bear Capital, Climate Investment, National Grid Partners +3 | ||
| Series B+ · $87M · lead | AENU, Headline, GreenPoint Partners (lead) +4 | ||
| Series B+ · $100M · lead | Highland Europe (lead), Elephant |
How Energize Capital invests
Energize Capital portfolio companies
EEmerald AI$150MSeries A · Aug 2026
IInstaLILY AI$60MSeries B+ · Jul 2026
FFelt$15MSeries A · Jul 2025
TTyba$14MSeries A · Feb 2025
AArchive$30MSeries B+ · Feb 2025
UUrbint$35MSeries B+ · Oct 2024
MMonta$87MSeries B+ · Jan 2024
PPVcase$100MSeries B+ · Jul 2023
SSitetracker$96MSeries B+ · Sep 2022
NNCX$50MSeries B+ · Mar 2022
FFinite State$30MSeries B+ · Aug 2021
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| Company | Round with Energize Capital | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
AI infrastructure and compute |
Series A · $150M · lead | $199.5M | Aug 25, 2026 Series A |
AI agents |
Series B+ · $60M · lead | $85M | Jul 14, 2026 Series B+ |
Data and analytics |
Series A · $15M · lead | $19.5M | Jul 15, 2025 Series A |
Climate and energy |
Series A · $14M · lead | $16.25M | Feb 6, 2025 Series A |
Commerce and retail |
Series B+ · $30M · lead | $50M | Feb 4, 2025 Series B+ |
Climate and energy |
Series B+ · $35M | $115M | Oct 24, 2024 Series B+ |
Fintech |
Series B+ · $87M · lead | $151.97M | Jan 23, 2024 Series B+ |
Climate and energy |
Series B+ · $100M · lead | $123M | Sep 15, 2025 Series B+ |
Developer tools and cloud |
Series B+ · $96M · lead | $172M | Sep 28, 2022 Series B+ |
Climate and energy |
Series B+ · $50M · lead | $50M | Mar 4, 2022 Series B+ |
Cybersecurity |
Series B+ · $30M · lead | $77M | Nov 10, 2026 Series B+ |
Climate and energy |
backer · source | undisclosed | Sep 14, 2022 Series B+ |
Stablecoins |
backer | $43M | May 22, 2026 Series B+ |
Legal and compliance |
backer | $86M | Sep 15, 2025 Series B+ |
Most frequent co-investors
SSalesforce Ventures5 shared rounds · last Aug 25, 2026
NNational Grid Partners5 shared rounds · last Oct 24, 2024
CClearvision Ventures3 shared rounds · last Sep 28, 2022
BBlue Bear Capital2 shared rounds · last Oct 24, 2024
CClimate Investment2 shared rounds · last Oct 24, 2024
HHeadline2 shared rounds · last Jan 23, 2024
CCreandum2 shared rounds · last Jan 23, 2024
AAENU2 shared rounds · last Jan 23, 2024
BbyFounders2 shared rounds · last Jan 23, 2024
HH.I.G. Growth Partners2 shared rounds · last Sep 28, 2022
EEnergy Impact Partners2 shared rounds · last Aug 24, 2021
NNEA2 shared rounds · last Jan 27, 2021
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Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Climate and energy).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Share is of the 15 rounds on Recent Funding that name Energize Capital. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Energize Capital, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/energize-capital (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.