Energize Capital

Energize Capital is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 2016. The firm specializes in early and growth-stage investments in technology companies, with a focus on enhancing the affordability, reliability, and security of energy and industrial sectors. Energize Capital primarily targets investments in areas such as data analytics, cybersecurity, energy storage, distributed energy resources, mobility, and operational efficiency. The firm seeks to make impact investments in sectors including renewable energy, industrial operations, electrification, infrastructure resilience, and decarbonization. It typically invests between $3 million to $20 million per company, aiming to support innovations that contribute to energy-related advancements and sustainability.

Ana Hugener

Senior Associate

Eileen Waris

Principal

Past deals in Utilities

Urbint

Series C in 2024
Urbint is a technology company that develops a field risk management platform aimed at enhancing safety for workers and critical infrastructure. By utilizing real-world data and artificial intelligence, Urbint's software predicts potential threats, providing decision-makers with insights about risks up to a week in advance. This proactive approach allows utilities and infrastructure operators to take timely actions to prevent incidents, thereby protecting their workers, assets, and the communities they serve. Many leading energy and infrastructure companies in North America rely on Urbint's solutions to ensure a safer and more resilient operational environment.

Grid Status

Seed Round in 2024
Grid Status is a technology company that specializes in providing a modern data and analytics platform focused on the electrical grid. It offers an open platform that delivers organized and reliable data, enabling energy professionals and innovators to gain insights into current and historical grid activity, such as fuel mix, load, and renewable adoption. This allows them to make informed decisions and track key benchmarks efficiently, without the need to maintain their own complex data pipelines.

Monta

Series B in 2024
Monta is a developer of an integrated operating platform that caters to the entire electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem, including drivers, businesses, municipalities, and the electricity grid. The platform offers comprehensive services such as charging location access, real-time charging data, payment processing, and billing and reporting features. Monta's mission is to facilitate the adoption of EV technology by providing innovative and reliable solutions for the complete EV charging cycle. The company aims to support the transition to sustainable mobility and foster the growth of e-mobility through its user-friendly app and charging portal, ultimately driving the future of electric vehicle infrastructure.

Amperon

Series B in 2023
Amperon Holdings, Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in New York, NY, with an additional office in Houston, TX, operates in the technology sector. The company specializes in developing predictive tools for energy retailers and grid operators, leveraging smart meters and artificial intelligence to provide real-time operational grid intelligence. Amperon's platform offers real-time electricity demand forecasts, enabling energy suppliers and utilities to manage costs efficiently, even in the face of grid volatility caused by factors such as global pandemics, climate disasters, or complex grid dynamics.

Sitetracker

Series D in 2022
Sitetracker is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that specializes in the deployment, operation, and servicing of critical infrastructure and technology. It provides a comprehensive project management solution tailored for high-volume, repeatable, and distributed projects across industries such as telecommunications, alternative energy, and utilities. The Sitetracker platform utilizes features like artificial intelligence, automation, and actionable analytics to optimize the entire asset lifecycle. By conducting capacity planning and leveraging vendor analytics, it helps organizations identify staffing needs and resource bottlenecks, enabling stakeholders to effectively plan, deploy, maintain, and grow their capital asset portfolios. Industry leaders, including major companies in telecommunications and utilities, depend on Sitetracker to manage millions of sites and projects, collectively representing significant portfolio holdings worldwide.

Monta

Series A in 2022
Monta is a developer of an integrated operating platform that caters to the entire electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem, including drivers, businesses, municipalities, and the electricity grid. The platform offers comprehensive services such as charging location access, real-time charging data, payment processing, and billing and reporting features. Monta's mission is to facilitate the adoption of EV technology by providing innovative and reliable solutions for the complete EV charging cycle. The company aims to support the transition to sustainable mobility and foster the growth of e-mobility through its user-friendly app and charging portal, ultimately driving the future of electric vehicle infrastructure.

Urbint

Series C in 2021
Urbint is a technology company that develops a field risk management platform aimed at enhancing safety for workers and critical infrastructure. By utilizing real-world data and artificial intelligence, Urbint's software predicts potential threats, providing decision-makers with insights about risks up to a week in advance. This proactive approach allows utilities and infrastructure operators to take timely actions to prevent incidents, thereby protecting their workers, assets, and the communities they serve. Many leading energy and infrastructure companies in North America rely on Urbint's solutions to ensure a safer and more resilient operational environment.

Sitetracker

Series C in 2021
Sitetracker is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that specializes in the deployment, operation, and servicing of critical infrastructure and technology. It provides a comprehensive project management solution tailored for high-volume, repeatable, and distributed projects across industries such as telecommunications, alternative energy, and utilities. The Sitetracker platform utilizes features like artificial intelligence, automation, and actionable analytics to optimize the entire asset lifecycle. By conducting capacity planning and leveraging vendor analytics, it helps organizations identify staffing needs and resource bottlenecks, enabling stakeholders to effectively plan, deploy, maintain, and grow their capital asset portfolios. Industry leaders, including major companies in telecommunications and utilities, depend on Sitetracker to manage millions of sites and projects, collectively representing significant portfolio holdings worldwide.

Sitetracker

Series B in 2019
Sitetracker is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that specializes in the deployment, operation, and servicing of critical infrastructure and technology. It provides a comprehensive project management solution tailored for high-volume, repeatable, and distributed projects across industries such as telecommunications, alternative energy, and utilities. The Sitetracker platform utilizes features like artificial intelligence, automation, and actionable analytics to optimize the entire asset lifecycle. By conducting capacity planning and leveraging vendor analytics, it helps organizations identify staffing needs and resource bottlenecks, enabling stakeholders to effectively plan, deploy, maintain, and grow their capital asset portfolios. Industry leaders, including major companies in telecommunications and utilities, depend on Sitetracker to manage millions of sites and projects, collectively representing significant portfolio holdings worldwide.
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