Chevron

Chevron Corporation is a leading integrated energy company headquartered in San Ramon, California, with operations spanning the globe. The company engages in both upstream and downstream activities within the oil and gas sector. The upstream segment focuses on the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas, as well as related processes such as liquefied natural gas transportation and gas-to-liquids operations. The downstream segment involves refining crude oil, marketing petroleum products, and manufacturing petrochemicals and lubricants. Chevron also has a venture capital arm, Chevron Technology Ventures, which invests in early-stage technology companies in various sectors, including energy, advanced materials, and information technology. Additionally, Chevron is involved in renewable energy initiatives and energy efficiency solutions through its subsidiaries. The corporation was founded in 1879 and continues to drive innovation and sustainability in the energy industry.

Kemal Anbarci

Vice President and Managing Executive

Pierre R. Breber

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Cary Haggard

Investment Professional

Jason Kuuskraa

Manager, Investor Relations

Navin Mahajan

Vice President and Treasurer

Jeanette Ourada

Vice President and Controller

Rich Pardoe

Venture Executive

Jay Pryor

Vice President, Business Development

Don Riley

Venture Executive

John Watson

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Past deals in Texas

Infinitum

Series D in 2022
Infinitum Electric Inc. is a technology company based in Austin, Texas, specializing in the manufacture of electric motors and control products. Established in 2014, the company leverages its innovative printed circuit board (PCB) stator technology to produce lightweight, efficient, and durable electric motors. This technology positions Infinitum at the forefront of the motor industry, offering products that are not only cost-effective but also optimized for a variety of applications across multiple sectors. Infinitum Electric collaborates with global manufacturers and industrial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to tailor its motor solutions to meet specific market needs. The company, previously known as Fanergies Inc., rebranded in December 2016 to reflect its focus on advanced motor technology.

Infinitum

Series C in 2021
Infinitum Electric Inc. is a technology company based in Austin, Texas, specializing in the manufacture of electric motors and control products. Established in 2014, the company leverages its innovative printed circuit board (PCB) stator technology to produce lightweight, efficient, and durable electric motors. This technology positions Infinitum at the forefront of the motor industry, offering products that are not only cost-effective but also optimized for a variety of applications across multiple sectors. Infinitum Electric collaborates with global manufacturers and industrial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to tailor its motor solutions to meet specific market needs. The company, previously known as Fanergies Inc., rebranded in December 2016 to reflect its focus on advanced motor technology.

Mission Secure

Series B in 2021
Mission Secure, Inc. specializes in cybersecurity solutions for operational technology and control systems, focusing on protecting critical physical assets from cyber threats. The company offers the MSi Platform, which provides comprehensive monitoring, visibility, and protection against cyber adversaries, insider attacks, and supply chain disruptions. This platform is designed for various industries, including oil and gas, power, chemicals, and defense, ensuring that clients can maintain secure and continuous operations. With its 24/7 managed services, the platform delivers military-grade protection and integrates essential features such as segmentation, threat hunting, and incident response. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, Mission Secure also has offices in Houston, Texas, and Cheltenham, United Kingdom, and collaborates with partners like Comodo Cybersecurity to enhance its offerings.

Noble Energy

Acquisition in 2020
Noble Energy is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company. The Company operates a high-quality portfolio of assets onshore in the United States and offshore in the Eastern Mediterranean and off the west coast of Africa.

Veros Systems

Series C in 2020
Veros Systems enables industrial customers to maximize production by providing actionable intelligence on their electrically-driven machines. Their web-based Predictive Intelligence Platform uses completely nonintrusive monitors that can be installed in hours. PIP offers real-time predictive reliability and energy efficiency intelligence on electromechanical systems, and seamlessly integrates with leading Enterprise Asset Management applications. At last, engineers, managers, and executives have a means to see the future: to plan better, reduce costs, and improve a facility’s overall availability.

ThoughtTrace

Venture Round in 2020
ThoughtTrace™ exists to empower people and companies to greater insight and creativity through better access to their most challenging information. We help enterprises review and validate critical information in existing contracts and legal documents. Using artificial intelligence (AI), natural language processing, and machine learning, our SaaS platform, ALI™ reads words, sentences, and paragraphs just like a human does, driving better strategy, decisions, and execution. With results in minutes or hours, not weeks or months, advanced analysis and understanding is your edge.

Worlds

Series A in 2020
Worlds, Inc. specializes in spatial artificial intelligence solutions, providing the SpatialSense platform that integrates deep learning and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies within a 4D environment. This platform enables organizations to remotely observe and analyze their physical spaces. Key components of SpatialSense include WorldTrainer, which trains AI to recognize and interpret various elements within a scene; WorldBuilder, which facilitates the modeling of environments with imported 3D geometry; WorldNavigator, allowing virtual teleportation between locations; and WorldAI, enabling the creation of narrow AI applications. The company caters to clients in sectors such as military, healthcare, and energy. Worlds, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Infinitum

Series B in 2019
Infinitum Electric Inc. is a technology company based in Austin, Texas, specializing in the manufacture of electric motors and control products. Established in 2014, the company leverages its innovative printed circuit board (PCB) stator technology to produce lightweight, efficient, and durable electric motors. This technology positions Infinitum at the forefront of the motor industry, offering products that are not only cost-effective but also optimized for a variety of applications across multiple sectors. Infinitum Electric collaborates with global manufacturers and industrial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to tailor its motor solutions to meet specific market needs. The company, previously known as Fanergies Inc., rebranded in December 2016 to reflect its focus on advanced motor technology.

Mission Secure

Series A in 2018
Mission Secure, Inc. specializes in cybersecurity solutions for operational technology and control systems, focusing on protecting critical physical assets from cyber threats. The company offers the MSi Platform, which provides comprehensive monitoring, visibility, and protection against cyber adversaries, insider attacks, and supply chain disruptions. This platform is designed for various industries, including oil and gas, power, chemicals, and defense, ensuring that clients can maintain secure and continuous operations. With its 24/7 managed services, the platform delivers military-grade protection and integrates essential features such as segmentation, threat hunting, and incident response. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, Mission Secure also has offices in Houston, Texas, and Cheltenham, United Kingdom, and collaborates with partners like Comodo Cybersecurity to enhance its offerings.

Maana

Series C in 2017
MAANA, Inc. designs and develops industrial data analytics and digital knowledge technology software solutions. The company offers Maana Knowledge Platform, a knowledge-centric platform for operational problem solving; and Knowledge Graph, a platform for extracting knowledge from data and information sources for relationships within the context of an asset or process. It serves industrial field services and maintenance, sales, logistics, finance, risk and compliance sectors, and oil and gas sectors. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Palo Alto, California. It has additional offices in Bellevue, Washington; Houston, Texas; Houston, Texas; London, United Kingdom; and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Maana

Series B in 2016
MAANA, Inc. designs and develops industrial data analytics and digital knowledge technology software solutions. The company offers Maana Knowledge Platform, a knowledge-centric platform for operational problem solving; and Knowledge Graph, a platform for extracting knowledge from data and information sources for relationships within the context of an asset or process. It serves industrial field services and maintenance, sales, logistics, finance, risk and compliance sectors, and oil and gas sectors. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Palo Alto, California. It has additional offices in Bellevue, Washington; Houston, Texas; Houston, Texas; London, United Kingdom; and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Maana

Series A in 2015
MAANA, Inc. designs and develops industrial data analytics and digital knowledge technology software solutions. The company offers Maana Knowledge Platform, a knowledge-centric platform for operational problem solving; and Knowledge Graph, a platform for extracting knowledge from data and information sources for relationships within the context of an asset or process. It serves industrial field services and maintenance, sales, logistics, finance, risk and compliance sectors, and oil and gas sectors. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Palo Alto, California. It has additional offices in Bellevue, Washington; Houston, Texas; Houston, Texas; London, United Kingdom; and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

NSS Labs

Series B in 2015
NSS Labs, Inc. is recognized globally as the most trusted source for independent, fact-based cybersecurity guidance. Our mission is to advance transparency and accountability within the cybersecurity industry. We empower enterprises by providing them with timely, relevant information on which to base their decisions. Our unmatched foundation in security testing, along with our extensive research and global threat analysis capabilities, provide the basis for NSS Labs’ Cloud Platform for Continuous Security Validation. This cloud platform measures the ongoing effectiveness of security controls, providing a real-time score card to help business leaders substantiate their security investments. Businesses can also leverage the threat data delivered by this cloud platform to strengthen their cyber risk posture and mitigate threats to their operating systems and applications. CISOs, Chief Security Architects, SOC and Threat Analysts, and information security professionals from many of the world's largest and most demanding enterprises rely on trusted insights from NSS Labs. For more information, visit www.nsslabs.com.

Veros Systems

Series A in 2014
Veros Systems enables industrial customers to maximize production by providing actionable intelligence on their electrically-driven machines. Their web-based Predictive Intelligence Platform uses completely nonintrusive monitors that can be installed in hours. PIP offers real-time predictive reliability and energy efficiency intelligence on electromechanical systems, and seamlessly integrates with leading Enterprise Asset Management applications. At last, engineers, managers, and executives have a means to see the future: to plan better, reduce costs, and improve a facility’s overall availability.

Veros Systems

Series A in 2013
Veros Systems enables industrial customers to maximize production by providing actionable intelligence on their electrically-driven machines. Their web-based Predictive Intelligence Platform uses completely nonintrusive monitors that can be installed in hours. PIP offers real-time predictive reliability and energy efficiency intelligence on electromechanical systems, and seamlessly integrates with leading Enterprise Asset Management applications. At last, engineers, managers, and executives have a means to see the future: to plan better, reduce costs, and improve a facility’s overall availability.

Atlas Energy

Acquisition in 2010
Atlas Energy Group, LLC is engaged in the development and production of natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids across various regions in the United States. The company has significant interests in the Eagle Ford Shale in southern Texas, the Marble Falls play in the Fort Worth Basin, and the Mississippi Lime play in northwestern Oklahoma. Additionally, Atlas Energy focuses on the Appalachian Basin for its natural gas production. It sponsors and manages tax-advantaged investment partnerships to finance the exploration and development of its properties. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, Atlas Energy aims to leverage its assets and partnerships to enhance its operational capabilities in the energy sector.

DynaPump

Series C in 2008
DynaPump, Inc. manufactures, sells and services surface mounted artificial lift systems for the oil and gas industry to optimize the production of oil and gas wells. The company was founded in 1992 and began commercial sale of products in 1999. DynaPump has sold over 400 units in various markets including North America, South America and the Middle East. DynaPump supports its product through company–owned service centers within the United States and utilizes local distributors to sell and service the product in international markets.

DynaPump

Series C in 2007
DynaPump, Inc. manufactures, sells and services surface mounted artificial lift systems for the oil and gas industry to optimize the production of oil and gas wells. The company was founded in 1992 and began commercial sale of products in 1999. DynaPump has sold over 400 units in various markets including North America, South America and the Middle East. DynaPump supports its product through company–owned service centers within the United States and utilizes local distributors to sell and service the product in international markets.

SpectraSensors

Series C in 2007
SpectraSensors, Inc. manufactures and supplies precision optical laser-based gas analyzers for the energy and petrochemical industries. Its products include air monitoring, moisture, dew point, hydrogen sulfide, H2S, dual channel, and atmospheric and portable gas analyzers for natural gas pipelines and processors, petrochemical refineries, and chemical companies. The company's solutions measure and monitor gas and petrochemical concentrations in a variety of applications, such as environmental, energy, water, and chemical process monitoring. Its gas analyzers measure moisture, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen chloride, methane, ammonia, and ethylene oxide. The company also provides communication software systems, such as SCADA2000 for data acquisition, control, and monitoring of custody transfer metering; and CMC, a communications management center for automated and on-demand polling of field monitoring devices. SpectraSensors offers its products through an international distribution network and installation base in North America, Europe, the Pacific Rim, Australia, and Asia. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas with engineering, design, and manufacturing operations in Rancho Cucamonga, California. SpectraSensors was acquired in 2012 by Swiss company Endress+Hauser, a global leader in measurement instrumentation, services and solutions for industrial process engineering.

OpenSpirit

Venture Round in 2007
The next significant change in the E&P software industry will not be focused on a specific software or hardware technology, but on efficiently enabling workflows. These repeatable series of steps add value to data sets, upping the economic worth of each point of information. Looked at from another point of view – experienced people cost money, so how they spend their time matters. Easy access to data, and workflows that actually “flow”, positively impact productivity and bottom-line value. By design, it is the job of OpenSpirit to enable the workflows E&P users can apply to their everyday tasks.

Texaco

Acquisition in 2000
Texaco Spindletop, Texas in 1901 saw the birth of Texaco when "Buckskin Joe" Cullinan struck a geyser of oil. Since that day, the Texaco brand has emerged to become one of the world's most recognized brands. From innovative products like Texaco Fire Chief Gasoline and celebrity endorsements like Milton Berle in The Texaco Star Theater to catchy television and radio jingles reminding motorists to "trust your car to the man who wears the star," the Texaco brand has also become an indispensable part of Americana. More than century after its birth, the Texaco brand focuses on the future without forgetting its heritage. The unsurpassed cleaning power of Texaco with Techron demonstrates the brand's undying commitment to quality and enduring performance. And the iconic Texaco Star is a familiar and welcoming friend to those on the long and lonely American road.