Quantum Energy Partners

Quantum Energy Partners, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm established in 1998, based in Houston, Texas, with additional offices in Lubbock and Albany, Texas. The firm specializes in investments within the energy sector, focusing on oil and gas upstream and midstream operations, as well as power generation. It selectively explores opportunities in oil field services, renewable and alternative energy, and other related sectors. Quantum Energy Partners seeks to invest between $200 million and $400 million in energy assets and typically targets companies with an enterprise value ranging from $100 million to $2 billion. The firm prefers to take a majority stake in its investments and usually holds them for a period of three to seven years. Its investment strategy emphasizes common equity, preferred equity, and sub-debt with warrants, while it does not finance projects directly. The firm is particularly interested in opportunities within North America, including the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Nathan Andrews

MD - Technical

Jim Baird

Partner and General Counsel

Greg Butler

VP

Michael Dalton

Managing Director, Investor Relations

Chuck Davidson

Venture Partner

Michael A. Denham

Chief Financial Officer

Jeff Donahue

Managing Director

Thomas G. Field

Managing Director

Brian Graff

Private Equity Associate

Jeffrey Harris

Venture Partner

Alex Jackson

Vice President

Jeff Jones

Director - Technical

Ajay Khurana

Managing Partner

Basak Kurtoglu

SVP - Technical

Alexander McHale

Associate

Scott Mcgregor

Vice President

Katie Mcguire

Senior Associate

Rob Meister

Vice President

Emily Mills

Vice President

Bill Montgomery

Partner

Lane Neal

SVP - Technical

Eric Nielsen

Managing Director, Business Development

Sean O'Donnell

Managing Director

Matt Peterson

Associate

John Picton

VP - Technical

Alex Quintos

Associate

Jonathan Regan

MD

Michael J. Rowe

Senior Associate

Brandon Schmidt

Private Equity Associate

Mike Shultz

SVP - Technical

Sewell Strifler

VP

Garry A. Tanner

Partner & Investment Committee Member

Will Thomson

Associate

Wil VanLoh

Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

Dheeraj Verma

President

Blake Webster

Managing Director

Sam Williams

Associate

Past deals in Texas

HEQ Deepwater

Private Equity Round in 2021
HEQ Deepwater is an energy company that focused on the acquisition of the deepwater gulf. The Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, where HEQ Deepwater is focused, offers one of the lowest carbon-intensive sources of petroleum available to fuel the earth’s needs during the energy transition.

Pioneer Natural Resources

Private Equity Round in 2021
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. is an Irving, Texas-based, large, independent oil and gas company. The company was created in 1997 by the merger of Parker & Parsley Petroleum Company and MESA Inc. In 2004, Pioneer Natural Resources merged with Evergreen Resources, Inc. The company has approximately 4,000 employees. It is listed on the S&P 500. Pioneer Natural Resources' main business is the exploration and production of oil, natural gas liquids, and gas reserves. Pioneer Natural Resources is historically a Texas-based oil company. Pioneer is one of the most active drillers in Texas’ Spraberry/Wolfcamp oil field in the Permian Basin and the Eagle Ford Shale play in South Texas. It is also one of the largest natural gas operators in southeastern Colorado's coal bed methane-rich Raton Basin and in the gas fields around Hugoton, Kansas and in the western part of the Texas Panhandle. Its operations include ongoing drilling programs in Texas’ liquids-rich Barnett Shale and in Alaska’s Oooguruk oil field, where Pioneer became the first independent operator to produce oil on the North Slope in 2008. In June 2010, Pioneer Natural Resources announced a $1.15 billion Eagle Ford Shale joint venture with Reliance Industries.

Datagration

Private Equity Round in 2020
Datagration delivers an easy to implement, open, and collaborative ecosystem of domain-specific platforms that create solutions for organizations by aggregating and integrating data from disparate legacy systems, databases, and unstructured documents into a unified cloud-based or on-premise environment.

Jura Energy

Private Equity Round in 2020
Jura Energy is a renewable energy company focused on the acquisition and redevelopment of mature conventional oil and gas assets. The company's approach relies on rigorous technical evaluation using both traditional methods and novel techniques that utilize some of the most sophisticated technologies available in the industry. Jura Energy was established in January 2020 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Workrise

Series D in 2019
Workrise, formerly known as RigUp Inc., is a technology company that operates a marketplace connecting independent contractors with companies in the energy sector. Founded in 2014 and based in Austin, Texas, the platform streamlines the hiring process by tracking workforce information, managing drug screenings, conducting background checks, and verifying certifications and insurance. It serves various sectors, including oil and gas, solar, and wind, and offers solutions such as workforce and vendor marketplaces, as well as managed field services. Additionally, Workrise provides digital tools for auditing and archiving operations, optimizing inventory, and enhancing operational efficiencies for energy companies across the United States.

Ryno Energy Partners

Private Equity Round in 2019
Ryno is a growth-oriented, independent midstream company that provides a full-suite of gas, natural gas liquids and crude oil solutions from wellhead to downstream markets. Ryno’s senior leadership team has extensive history of project development from conventional midstream applications, such as gathering, processing and fractionation, to more complex, large-scale chemical, refining and storage solutions.

Workrise

Series C in 2019
Workrise, formerly known as RigUp Inc., is a technology company that operates a marketplace connecting independent contractors with companies in the energy sector. Founded in 2014 and based in Austin, Texas, the platform streamlines the hiring process by tracking workforce information, managing drug screenings, conducting background checks, and verifying certifications and insurance. It serves various sectors, including oil and gas, solar, and wind, and offers solutions such as workforce and vendor marketplaces, as well as managed field services. Additionally, Workrise provides digital tools for auditing and archiving operations, optimizing inventory, and enhancing operational efficiencies for energy companies across the United States.

Seismos

Venture Round in 2019
Seismos, the K-wave Company™, is a data analytics company for production optimization providing proprietary solutions enabling real-time, underground fluid flow monitoring, inside the reservoir, during production. Monitoring fluid movement with conventional seismic technologies requires months for data acquisition and processing, disrupts production and costs millions. Seismos breaks this paradigm and solves all problems associated with conventional methods by providing real-time information, at a fraction of the cost, through its proprietary, cloud-based K-wave technology that is non-invasive to production and to surface operations.

547 Energy

Private Equity Round in 2019
547 Energy is a clean energy investment platform focusing on the energy industry. The platform also focuses on cleantech, renewable power, energy efficiency, grid resilience, or the digitalization of the energy sector. They provide a deep bench of investment acumen and industry knowledge, with decades of experience in developing, financing and operating global energy projects.

Welligence

Seed Round in 2018
Welligence is an industry-leading energy analytics platform used by supermajors, regional E&Ps, and large financial institutions to drive intelligent decision-making in the upstream sector. Find out more or join us: welligence.com.

Workrise

Series B in 2018
Workrise, formerly known as RigUp Inc., is a technology company that operates a marketplace connecting independent contractors with companies in the energy sector. Founded in 2014 and based in Austin, Texas, the platform streamlines the hiring process by tracking workforce information, managing drug screenings, conducting background checks, and verifying certifications and insurance. It serves various sectors, including oil and gas, solar, and wind, and offers solutions such as workforce and vendor marketplaces, as well as managed field services. Additionally, Workrise provides digital tools for auditing and archiving operations, optimizing inventory, and enhancing operational efficiencies for energy companies across the United States.

ExL Petroleum

Private Equity Round in 2018
ExL Petroleum is a renewable energy company that focused on the development of oil and gas resources. The company's mission is to ensure sound oil and gas investments for investors, working and royalty interest owners, and employees while giving time, talent and treasure back to the community.

ConnectGen

Private Equity Round in 2018
ConnectGen is an energy company that develops renewable energy and energy storage projects. The company's mission is to build clean electricity generation and storage infrastructure to enable a sustainable energy future. ConnectGen was founded in 2018 and is based in Houston, Texas.

FourPoint Energy

Private Equity Round in 2017
FourPoint Energy is a private exploration and production company founded by the leadership team of Cordillera Energy Partners following the sale to Apache Corporation in 2012. FourPoint is headquartered in Denver, Colorado with three field offices located throughout Western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. With over 30 years of industry leading experience, the team at FourPoint is dedicated to creating value that makes a difference. FourPoint has fostered a culture of a dedicated and technically advanced team of professionals who are hard-working and committed to excellence.

Foundation Minerals

Private Equity Round in 2016
Foundation Minerals is a family-owned and operated group that buys minerals and overrides royalty interests.

Rio Oil & Gas

Private Equity Round in 2015
Rio Oil & Gas is an upstream company focused on the acquisition and exploitation of growth-oriented oil and gas assets in the Permian, Mid-Continent and Ark-La-Tex regions

Oryx Midstream Services

Private Equity Round in 2014
Oryx Midstream Services, LLC is a midstream company established in 2013 and headquartered in Midland, Texas. It specializes in developing, acquiring, owning, and operating midstream assets primarily in the Permian Basin region. The company provides a comprehensive range of midstream services, including natural gas gathering, compression, treating, processing, as well as crude oil gathering, handling, and transportation. Additionally, Oryx offers transportation services for natural gas liquids. By focusing on the needs of oil and gas producers in the United States, Oryx Midstream Services aims to be a strategic partner, delivering tailored solutions to enhance operational efficiency. The company is backed by a team with over 145 years of combined experience in the energy sector.

Stone Hill Minerals

Private Equity Round in 2014
Stone Hill Minerals is a mining company that buys oil and gas minerals and royalty interests in oil and gas basins with a focus on Appalachian, Permian, and Denver Julesburg. The company owns and actively manages more than 100,000 net acres in seven states and has completed hundreds of mineral and royalty deals since the company was founded.