NGP Energy Technology Partners

NGP Energy Technology Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Washington, D.C., with an additional office in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in September 2005, the firm specializes in investing in technology-related products and services across the oil and gas, power, environmental services, energy utilities, energy management software, energy efficiency, and alternative energy sectors. NGP Energy Technology Partners primarily focuses on companies located in North America, though it also considers investments in Latin America and the Caribbean. The firm typically invests between $5 million and $30 million per company, targeting transactions of up to $100 million and preferring companies with annual sales between $5 million and $10 million. In growth capital investments, it seeks minority stakes, while in buyout situations, it aims for majority positions.

Philip Deutch

Founder & Managing Partner

Bruce Schulman

Managing Partner

24 past transactions

Persefoni

Series B in 2021
An intelligent SaaS Platform that helps organizations measure and reduce their carbon footprint in real-time. Our solutions help turn consumption and emissions data into action, enabling real and significant progress toward a lower organizational footprint from Scope 1 to 3. https://tinyurl.com/reuterspersefoni

LevelTen Energy

Series C in 2021
LevelTen Energy, Inc. operates a renewable energy transaction marketplace that links corporate and industrial power buyers with power purchase agreements (PPAs) from utility-scale wind, solar, and storage projects. Founded in 2016 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company provides a technology-driven platform that enables a diverse range of customers to access renewable energy solutions. By aggregating buyers and sellers, LevelTen allows smaller corporate and industrial customers to engage with the same projects and terms typically available to larger energy purchasers. This innovative approach simplifies the procurement process, helping customers achieve their sustainability goals while stabilizing energy costs and eliminating the complexities of traditional request for proposal (RFP) processes.

Form Energy

Series D in 2021
Form Energy, Inc. specializes in the development of long-duration energy storage systems aimed at replacing fossil fuel-based generation with renewable energy solutions. The company focuses on creating low-cost battery systems that can store energy from wind and solar sources for extended periods, enabling electricity supply from renewables to be more reliable and dispatchable throughout the year. Form Energy's technology, originally developed at MIT, enhances the electric grid's capacity without necessitating new transmission infrastructure and aims to diminish reliance on conventional thermal generation. Additionally, the company offers Formware, a software tool designed for capacity expansion with advanced optimization capabilities. Founded in 2017 and based in Somerville, Massachusetts, Form Energy is backed by notable investors, including Breakthrough Energy Ventures and MIT’s The Engine, and is driven by a team dedicated to overcoming complex technological challenges through innovation.

Orennia

Series A in 2021
Orennia specializes in providing commercial analytics and insights tailored for the renewable and zero-carbon energy sectors. By leveraging advanced technology, the company aggregates and cleanses extensive data related to commercial, engineering, pricing, transmission facilities, and demand. This comprehensive approach allows Orennia to deliver objective insights, empowering investors to make informed capital allocation decisions. With expertise from seasoned industry professionals, Orennia aims to accelerate the investment process in renewable energy, enabling clients to navigate this significant market opportunity with confidence.

Voltus

Series C in 2021
Voltus, Inc. specializes in developing cash-generating energy products aimed at industrial, commercial, and institutional customers. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, the company offers a variety of solutions, including Voltlet, which enables second-level data acquisition and control, and Voltus, an energy cloud software. Additionally, it provides Voltapp, an application designed for real-time energy visibility and management. By leveraging these tools, Voltus helps clients optimize their energy usage, generate revenue, and implement innovative demand response, energy purchasing, and energy efficiency programs.

Persefoni

Series A in 2021
An intelligent SaaS Platform that helps organizations measure and reduce their carbon footprint in real-time. Our solutions help turn consumption and emissions data into action, enabling real and significant progress toward a lower organizational footprint from Scope 1 to 3. https://tinyurl.com/reuterspersefoni

Form Energy

Series C in 2020
Form Energy, Inc. specializes in the development of long-duration energy storage systems aimed at replacing fossil fuel-based generation with renewable energy solutions. The company focuses on creating low-cost battery systems that can store energy from wind and solar sources for extended periods, enabling electricity supply from renewables to be more reliable and dispatchable throughout the year. Form Energy's technology, originally developed at MIT, enhances the electric grid's capacity without necessitating new transmission infrastructure and aims to diminish reliance on conventional thermal generation. Additionally, the company offers Formware, a software tool designed for capacity expansion with advanced optimization capabilities. Founded in 2017 and based in Somerville, Massachusetts, Form Energy is backed by notable investors, including Breakthrough Energy Ventures and MIT’s The Engine, and is driven by a team dedicated to overcoming complex technological challenges through innovation.

Voltus

Series B in 2020
Voltus, Inc. specializes in developing cash-generating energy products aimed at industrial, commercial, and institutional customers. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, the company offers a variety of solutions, including Voltlet, which enables second-level data acquisition and control, and Voltus, an energy cloud software. Additionally, it provides Voltapp, an application designed for real-time energy visibility and management. By leveraging these tools, Voltus helps clients optimize their energy usage, generate revenue, and implement innovative demand response, energy purchasing, and energy efficiency programs.

Zahroof Valves

Series C in 2016
Zahroof Valves Inc. is a privately owned Texas Corporation, with its HQ in Houston, TX. We manufacture and sell Zahroof Performance Valves (ZPV) based on the patent-protected Modular Reed Valve (MRV) technology. ZPVs deliver major value to customers including 5-15% reduction in compressor power, improved reliability with 2x service interval, improved productivity, lowered inventory, ease of service and lowest cost of ownership.

Signum Instruments

Private Equity Round in 2015
Signum Instruments, Inc. is a Houston-based company established in 2014 that specializes in the manufacture of open-hole formation evaluation tools and related services. The company’s products are designed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of resource extraction in the energy sector. By providing advanced electrical and geo-mechanical tools, Signum Instruments aims to help clients maximize estimated ultimate recoveries (EURs), optimize well completions, and improve the net present value (NPV) of their wells. Through its commitment to quality and innovation, the company seeks to deliver significant value to its customers in the competitive energy market.

GeoDigital

Private Equity Round in 2014
For more than 20 years GeoDigital International has been providing utilities and other distributed asset customers with mission critical, geospatial information management solutions. With one of the largest fleets of airborne/mobile LiDAR and digital imaging sensor systems in North America we can collect and process data under the most challenging project schedules and conditions.

GeoDigital

Series A in 2014
For more than 20 years GeoDigital International has been providing utilities and other distributed asset customers with mission critical, geospatial information management solutions. With one of the largest fleets of airborne/mobile LiDAR and digital imaging sensor systems in North America we can collect and process data under the most challenging project schedules and conditions.

Zahroof Valves

Venture Round in 2013
Zahroof Valves Inc. is a privately owned Texas Corporation, with its HQ in Houston, TX. We manufacture and sell Zahroof Performance Valves (ZPV) based on the patent-protected Modular Reed Valve (MRV) technology. ZPVs deliver major value to customers including 5-15% reduction in compressor power, improved reliability with 2x service interval, improved productivity, lowered inventory, ease of service and lowest cost of ownership.

Lehigh Technologies

Venture Round in 2012
Lehigh Technologies is a specialty materials company that transforms end-of-life tires and other post-industrial rubber into high-performance, lower cost, sustainable micronized rubber powders (MRP). These MRPs replace oil- and rubber-based feedstocks in a wide range of industrial and consumer applications, including high performance tires, consumer and industrial plastics, consumer goods, coatings & sealants and construction materials. Lehigh tailors its PolyDyne™ and MicroDyne™ MRPs to customers’ needs to maximize benefits and optimize performance. Lehigh also offers its customers comprehensive Closed-Loop services. Lehigh Technologies operates the world’s largest MRP manufacturing plant just outside of Atlanta, with an annual production capacity of 140 million pounds. Lehigh also has the world’s leading MRP research and development facility, its Application & Development Center.

Community Energy

Series A in 2010
Community Energy has been leading renewable energy development for more than a decade. By launching the market for direct sales of renewable energy to retail electric customers, Community Energy first leveraged consumer choice to build demand for early new renewable projects, and went on to develop and deliver wind energy at record scale. CEI is now developing utility-scale solar generation in the East, Mid-West and West as it continues to open new markets for solar and wind generation.

LED Engin

Series D in 2010
LED Engin, Inc. is a company based in San Jose, California, that focuses on the development, manufacturing, and sale of LED emitters, optics components, and light source modules. Founded in 2004, it offers innovative products such as the LuxiTune, a tunable white light engine, and various lenses designed for multi-color and white LEDs. Its offerings cater to a diverse range of applications, including architectural, dynamic, entertainment, horticultural, analytical, and curing lighting. The company serves designers and engineers, providing energy-efficient and compact solid-state lighting solutions that allow for versatile design possibilities. LED Engin distributes its products through direct sales channels and partners across multiple regions, including North America, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. It operates as a subsidiary of OSRAM GmbH, enhancing its capabilities in delivering high-quality lighting solutions.

TPI Composites

Series B in 2009
TPI Composites, Inc. manufactures and sells composite wind blades, and related precision molding and assembly systems to original equipment manufacturers. The company also provides composite solutions for the transportation industry. It operates in the United States, Asia, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India. The company was formerly known as LCSI Holding, Inc. and changed its name to TPI Composites, Inc. in 2008. TPI Composites, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Southwest Windpower

Series C in 2009
Southwest Windpower has been designing and distributing small wind turbines since 1987 and is the recognized global leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of small wind systems. A pioneer in wind technology development, Southwest Windpower has built and shipped more than 180,000 wind turbines to over 120 countries worldwide. Headquartered in Broomfield, Colo., the company manufactures in Flagstaff, Ariz. and has operations in Cologne, Germany. The mission of Southwest Windpower is to be a global leader as a responsible designer, producer and provider of wind turbines up to 40kW, offering wind products chosen by customers for their quality, focused technology, performance, reliability, aesthetics, quietness, simplicity and lowest cost of energy.

groSolar

Series B in 2007
groSolar provides turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) solar photovoltaic (PV) projects for developers, financial, commercial, government, utility, and other institutional clients. groSolar has designed, built, installed, and procured equipment for more than 90 MW of solar PV systems from coast to coast and more than 2,000 installations.

TPI Composites

Series A in 2007
TPI Composites, Inc. manufactures and sells composite wind blades, and related precision molding and assembly systems to original equipment manufacturers. The company also provides composite solutions for the transportation industry. It operates in the United States, Asia, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India. The company was formerly known as LCSI Holding, Inc. and changed its name to TPI Composites, Inc. in 2008. TPI Composites, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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.

XunLight

Series A in 2007
Xunlight Corporation is a technology spin-off from the University of Toledo that engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of photovoltaic modules that convert sunlight into electricity.

Southwest Windpower

Series B in 2007
Southwest Windpower has been designing and distributing small wind turbines since 1987 and is the recognized global leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of small wind systems. A pioneer in wind technology development, Southwest Windpower has built and shipped more than 180,000 wind turbines to over 120 countries worldwide. Headquartered in Broomfield, Colo., the company manufactures in Flagstaff, Ariz. and has operations in Cologne, Germany. The mission of Southwest Windpower is to be a global leader as a responsible designer, producer and provider of wind turbines up to 40kW, offering wind products chosen by customers for their quality, focused technology, performance, reliability, aesthetics, quietness, simplicity and lowest cost of energy.

Lehigh Technologies

Venture Round in 2007
Lehigh Technologies is a specialty materials company that transforms end-of-life tires and other post-industrial rubber into high-performance, lower cost, sustainable micronized rubber powders (MRP). These MRPs replace oil- and rubber-based feedstocks in a wide range of industrial and consumer applications, including high performance tires, consumer and industrial plastics, consumer goods, coatings & sealants and construction materials. Lehigh tailors its PolyDyne™ and MicroDyne™ MRPs to customers’ needs to maximize benefits and optimize performance. Lehigh also offers its customers comprehensive Closed-Loop services. Lehigh Technologies operates the world’s largest MRP manufacturing plant just outside of Atlanta, with an annual production capacity of 140 million pounds. Lehigh also has the world’s leading MRP research and development facility, its Application & Development Center.