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Seed investors in energy and utilities

66 firms in the directory fund energy and utilities companies at seed. Firms funding companies with a product in market and early revenue, priced on traction rather than multiples.

Where these firms are

  • California 13
  • United States, state not given 10
  • New York 8
  • United Kingdom 5
  • Texas 4
  • Massachusetts 3

Head office location. Most firms invest well outside it.

accel partners

Venture capital

Palo Alto, California, USA


Stages

GrowthSeedSeries BSeries C

Sectors

Software & Internet · Financial Services · Consumer & Retail · Energy & Utilities

First partner to exceptional teams, backing category-defining companies early.

Adya

Venture capital

Houston, Texas, USA


Stages

GrowthSeedSeries ASeries BSeries C

Sectors

Energy & Utilities

Independent early-stage venture and advisory firm investing in seed-to-Series B energy, climate-tech and non-energy startups, plus private secondaries.

Amadeus Capital Partners

Venture capital

London, United Kingdom


Stages

GrowthSeedSeries BSeries C

Sectors

Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Energy & Utilities · Materials & Chemicals · Environmental & Safety

Backs deep-tech founders solving hard problems in large markets from seed through growth.

Amplify

Venture capital

Menlo Park, California, United States


Stages

SeedSeries A

Sectors

Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Energy & Utilities

Positions itself as the first investor for technical founders - engineers, researchers, and scientists - backing them to build next-generation infrastructure, AI/ML, data, and digital biology…

andreessen horowitz

Venture capital

Menlo Park, California, USA


Stages

GrowthSeedSeries BSeries C

Sectors

Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Financial Services · Consumer & Retail · Energy & Utilities · Media & Communications

Backs innovators building generation-defining technology companies from seed to growth, with a platform model of operational support.

Angel Academe

Venture capital

London, UK


Stages

SeedSeries A

Sectors

Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Financial Services · Energy & Utilities · Education · Environmental & Safety

Angel investment network and EIS fund backing early-stage, women-led technology startups.

Atlantic Labs

Venture capital

Berlin, Germany


Stages

Pre-seedSeed

Sectors

Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Environmental & Safety

Leads pre-seed rounds backing ambitious European founders from day one with hands-on support.

ATX Venture Partners

Venture capital

Austin, TX, USA


Stages

SeedSeries A

Sectors

Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Financial Services · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities

Operator-led VC concentrating in high-conviction applied-AI verticals that collapse cost structures and replace legacy workflows.

Aurora Private Equity

Venture capital

Aberdeen, Scotland, UK


Stages

GrowthSeedSeries ASeries BSeries C

Sectors

Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Media & Communications

Aberdeen-based business angel syndicate whose HNW/sophisticated members co-invest in emerging high-growth Scottish companies alongside the Scottish Co-Investment Fund.

bain capital ventures

Venture capital

Boston, Massachusetts, USA


Stages

GrowthSeedSeries BSeries C

Sectors

Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Financial Services · Business & Professional Services · Energy & Utilities · Environmental & Safety

Partners with founders from idea to growth, providing hands-on support across talent, marketing and customer development on Bain Capital's institutional platform.

Basis Set

Venture capital

San Francisco, United States


Stages

Seed

Sectors

Software & Internet · Energy & Utilities

Scaling human potential with artificial intelligence via an AI-native, high-touch venture model.

Bjergegaard

Venture capital

Copenhagen, Denmark


Stages

SeedSeries A

Sectors

Software & Internet · Consumer & Retail · Food & Beverage · Energy & Utilities

Early-stage venture firm investing in Danish/Nordic startups at seed and Series A.

Blockchain Capital LLC

Venture capital

San Francisco, United States


Stages

GrowthSeedSeries ASeries BSeries C

Sectors

Consumer & Retail · Energy & Utilities · Media & Communications

One of the oldest crypto-dedicated VC firms; invests across the crypto stack (DeFi, infrastructure, consumer, gaming, identity) from seed through growth.

Blu Ventures

Venture capital

Washington, D.C. metro, USA


Stages

GrowthSeedSeries BSeries C

Sectors

Software & Internet · Energy & Utilities · Environmental & Safety

Backs market-defining cybersecurity founders from seed through scale, led by former operators.

boldstart ventures

Venture capital

New York, NY


Stages

Pre-seedSeed

Sectors

Software & Internet · Energy & Utilities · Environmental & Safety

Inception/pre-seed venture firm that partners with technical founders pre-product to build enterprise dev-tools, infrastructure, security and AI-native software companies.

CannaAngels

Venture capital

Sausalito, California, United States


Stages

SeedSeries A

Sectors

Software & Internet · Financial Services · Energy & Utilities

Curated angel investment consortium that matches vetted cannabis-sector founders with a member network of accredited investors, prioritising quality over deal volume.

Canyon Creek Capital

Venture capital

Santa Monica, CA, United States


Stages

SeedSeries A

Sectors

Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Consumer & Retail · Energy & Utilities · Education

Inflection-point seed/pre-Series A investor backing companies with demonstrated market adoption that are not yet ready for a traditional Series A.

Cogito Capital

Venture capital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Stages

GrowthSeedSeries ASeries BSeries C

Sectors

Software & Internet · Consumer & Retail · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Media & Communications · Real Estate

Invests internationally in technology companies enabling digital transformation of mature industries, pairing capital with market-entry advisory (sister vehicle Cogito Ventures does early stage).

CoInvest Capital

Venture capital

Vilnius, Lithuania


Stages

Seed

Sectors

Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Financial Services · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Transportation & Logistics · +1 more

Lithuanian state/EU-funded evergreen co-investment fund (100% subsidiary of national development bank ILTE) that invests only alongside at least three accredited business angels or other VCs, using a…

Core Innovation Capital

Venture capital

Los Angeles, California


Stages

Pre-seedSeedSeries A

Sectors

Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Financial Services · Energy & Utilities

Backs founders modernising the infrastructure that powers wealth and health for the mass market, on the thesis that serving everyday Americans profitably produces outsized venture returns.

Divergent Capital

Venture capital

New York, New York


Stages

Pre-seedSeed

Sectors

Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Transportation & Logistics

High-conviction pre-seed fund led by two female operator-investors, leading first rounds for 20 to 25 science and engineering founders outside traditional Silicon Valley networks.

First Row Partners

Venture capital

Pacific Northwest, USA


Stages

Pre-seedSeed

Sectors

Software & Internet · Consumer & Retail · Energy & Utilities · Media & Communications

Arts-based approach backing pre-seed founders where technology gives superpowers to creators and brand builders.

Greycroft

Venture capital

New York, USA


Stages

GrowthSeedSeries BSeries C

Sectors

Software & Internet · Consumer & Retail · Energy & Utilities

New York/Los Angeles VC investing across AI-driven software, consumer brands and climate technologies; 900+ investments, 26 unicorns.

Hyperplane Venture Capital

Venture capital

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA


Stages

Pre-seedSeedSeries A

Sectors

Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities

Early-stage 'first check' VC backing AI and deep-tech founders where AI meets workflows, infrastructure and the physical world (robotics, GPU/inference infra, autonomy, defense).

iGlobe Partners

Venture capital

Singapore


Stages

GrowthSeedSeries BSeries C

Sectors

Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Energy & Utilities

Unearths, invests in and scales deep-tech startups into global leaders across five funds.

IQ Capital

Venture capital

London, UK


Stages

Pre-seedSeedSeries A

Sectors

Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities

Backs European deep-tech founders building frontier-technology companies that disrupt industrial norms (200+ founders since 2005).

MoreVC

Venture capital

Ra'anana, Israel


Stages

SeedSeries A

Sectors

Software & Internet · Energy & Utilities · Transportation & Logistics · Agriculture

Backs Israeli entrepreneurs building companies that matter and make a difference.

Redalpine

Venture capital

Zurich, Switzerland


Stages

SeedSeries A

Sectors

Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Financial Services · Food & Beverage · Energy & Utilities

Science- and software-focused early-stage venture investing in disruptive European startups from seed onward.

tba network

Venture capital

Brixen (Bressanone), Italy


Stages

Pre-seedSeedSeries A

Sectors

Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Financial Services · Energy & Utilities · Real Estate · Education · +1 more

Non-profit business angel network backing Alpine-region founders with risk capital and expertise.

Toba Capital

Venture capital

Newport Beach, CA, USA


Stages

SeedSeries A

Sectors

Software & Internet · Energy & Utilities

Early-stage (seed/Series A) VC backing SaaS, IT infrastructure and climate/energy companies, pledging half of its profits to charitable causes.

VCV Digital Group

Venture capital

New York, New York, USA


Stages

GrowthSeedSeries BSeries C

Sectors

Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities

Venture firm combining engineering and financial-structuring expertise to back seed-through-growth startups in AI, health tech, digital infrastructure and blockchain.

VIC Tech

Venture capital

Fayetteville, AR, USA


Stages

Seed

Sectors

Healthcare & Life Sciences · Energy & Utilities

Venture-development firm that creates and seed-funds high-impact life-science companies by licensing technologies from research institutions.

Active Capital

Venture capital

San Antonio, TX, USA


Stages

Pre-seedSeed

Sectors

Software & Internet · Energy & Utilities

Founder-led capital backing technical founders staying scrappy until product-market fit.

Active Impact Investments

Venture capital

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada


Stages

SeedSeries A

Sectors

Software & Internet · Food & Beverage · Energy & Utilities · Media & Communications · Transportation & Logistics · Environmental & Safety

Canada's largest climate tech seed fund backing capital-efficient, market-ready companies delivering immediate customer ROI.

Adara Ventures

Venture capital

Madrid, Spain


Stages

GrowthSeedSeries ASeries BSeries C

Sectors

Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Energy & Utilities · Environmental & Safety

Backs defensible early-stage tech where value lies in proprietary data, domain depth and physical systems; ~20-year track record, 4th-generation fund.

Alpaca VC

Venture capital

New York, New York, USA


Stages

Pre-seedSeed

Sectors

Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Transportation & Logistics · Real Estate

Seed investor in the 'Aquarius Economy' (energy abundance, foundational-industry resilience, agent-to-human coordination), investing on day one with hands-on support.

Ascend.vc

Venture capital

Seattle, USA


Stages

Pre-seedSeed

Sectors

Software & Internet · Energy & Utilities

Seattle pre-seed VC led by Kirby Winfield writing $250K-$750K first checks into AI-infrastructure and 'SaaS 3.0' startups. Note: CSV domain 'offerup.com' is a data error; real firm domain is…

ASI Valuetech Seed Fund

Venture capital

Poland


Stages

Seed

Sectors

Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities

Seed VC backing Polish/CEE entrepreneurs developing breakthrough energy and industrial technologies deployable within 2-5 years.

C2 Ventures

Venture capital

New York, New York, USA


Stages

SeedSeries A

Sectors

Software & Internet · Energy & Utilities · Construction · Environmental & Safety

Invest in AI-powered SaaS that integrates into workflows and drives direct business impact.

Caymont

Venture capital

Houston, TX, United States


Stages

SeedSeries A

Sectors

Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Transportation & Logistics

Invests at industry inflection points where technology, regulation or market shifts let software rewire complex asset-heavy and regulated operating models.

26 more seed investors in energy and utilities

Listed by name and head office. Full profiles are in the searchable directory.

  • Cervin · Palo Alto, California, USA
  • Colorado Impact Fund · Denver, United States
  • CreativeCo · Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
  • Earthshot Ventures · Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
  • Firestartr · London, United Kingdom
  • Flying Fish Partners · Seattle, WA, United States
  • Foothill Ventures · Los Altos, USA
  • H20 Capital Innovation · Miami, USA
  • Harpoon · San Diego, California, USA
  • HB Ventures/ 木槿资本 · Vienna, Austria
  • Hypothesis · United States
  • Invested Development · Boston, MA, USA
  • InvestInData · United States
  • lool ventures · Israel
  • Lunar Ventures · Berlin, Germany
  • Metagrove Ventures · Sydney, Australia
  • mvmt ventures · Los Angeles, California, USA
  • NYTCP · New York, United States
  • Oceans · New York, USA
  • OpenOcean · Helsinki, Finland
  • Origin Ventures · Chicago, United States
  • Root Ventures · San Francisco, California, USA
  • Runa Capital · Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
  • SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) · Palo Alto, California, USA
  • TDF Ventures · Chevy Chase, MD, United States
  • The Fabric · Sunnyvale, CA, US

What seed rounds price at

US market medians, so you can see where a term sheet sits against the market rather than only against the firm offering it.

  • Median pre-money valuationNot publishedThe report plots seed on this chart but does not label a value for either year; we do not estimate it.
  • Median round size$3M · $3.5M in 2025

PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor, Q2 2026 (As of June 30, 2026), page 10. Figures are United States medians across all sectors; this report does not break valuations out by sector, so these are not sector-specific.

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Counts are as of 2026-09-27; the list above is loaded live, so it can differ if firms have been added or removed since. Sector and stage focus is as stated by the firm. Firms wanting a correction can get in touch.