Shell Ventures

Shell Ventures is the strategic investment arm of Shell, focusing on identifying and adopting innovative technologies to enhance commercial advantage. It invests in promising tech companies, joint ventures, and venture capital funds across sectors such as power, mobility, emission management, digital, and resources.

Bilal Ahmad

Venture Principal

Quennie Co

Managing Director and Managing Partner

Robert Linck

CFO and Chief Investment Director

Hector MacQuarrie

Venture Principal

Brian Panoff

Investment Director

Past deals in Electric Grid

AiDASH

Series C in 2024
AiDASH is making critical infrastructure industries climate resilient and sustainable. Using our satellite-first platform for grid inspection and monitoring, our AI applications enable electric and gas utilities and landowners to transform how they manage and maintain their assets. Our customers deliver ROI in their first year of deployment with reduced costs, improved reliability, and advancements in sustainability goals. AiDASH exists to safeguard critical infrastructure and secure the future of humanAIty™. Learn more at www.aidash.com.

Voltreum

Seed Round in 2024
Voltreum is a technology company that develops a blockchain-based platform for decentralized renewable energy trading. It focuses on decarbonization by utilizing clean energy sources, digitization through smart meters, decentralization of grids, and democratization by enabling users to save, share, or sell their excess energy, providing them with autonomy in energy management.

XCharge

Series C in 2023
Founded in 2015, XCharge is a global leader in High Power Charging solutions for electric vehicles. The company specializes in design, R&D, manufacturing, sales, and maintenance of EV charging infrastructure. With a focus on 'Hardware + Software' systems, XCharge aims to enhance the EV charging experience while maximizing revenue and minimizing maintenance costs for clients worldwide.

QpiVolta Technologies

Seed Round in 2023
Qpivolta is a premium battery design and manufacturing company with focus on next generation solid state batteries based on Quantum and AI simulation.

Offgrid Energy Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Offgrid Energy Labs is a developer of battery storage technology that uses eco‑friendly materials to create efficient, safe batteries for a sustainable future. The company offers low‑maintenance renewable battery storage with a lower life‑cycle cost for microgrids, provides range alternatives for electric vehicles, and improves grid‑balancing capability, surpassing lead‑acid batteries in power density, lifespan, and cost.

AiDASH

Series B in 2021
AiDASH is making critical infrastructure industries climate resilient and sustainable. Using our satellite-first platform for grid inspection and monitoring, our AI applications enable electric and gas utilities and landowners to transform how they manage and maintain their assets. Our customers deliver ROI in their first year of deployment with reduced costs, improved reliability, and advancements in sustainability goals. AiDASH exists to safeguard critical infrastructure and secure the future of humanAIty™. Learn more at www.aidash.com.

AutoGrid

Series D in 2021
AutoGrid Systems is a technology company focused on optimizing energy management through advanced data analytics. Founded in 2011 at Stanford University, AutoGrid develops a suite of flexibility management applications that help utilities, electricity retailers, renewable energy developers, and energy service providers manage distributed energy resources (DERs) in real time. By leveraging vast amounts of smart meter, sensor, and third-party data, the company's applications utilize sophisticated algorithms to monitor, predict, optimize, and control the operations of numerous assets connected to global energy networks. With a team of skilled software architects, engineers, data scientists, and energy experts, AutoGrid aims to address critical energy challenges by integrating and maximizing the potential of the energy internet, ensuring the delivery of clean, affordable, and reliable energy.

XCharge

Series B in 2021
Founded in 2015, XCharge is a global leader in High Power Charging solutions for electric vehicles. The company specializes in design, R&D, manufacturing, sales, and maintenance of EV charging infrastructure. With a focus on 'Hardware + Software' systems, XCharge aims to enhance the EV charging experience while maximizing revenue and minimizing maintenance costs for clients worldwide.

LO3 Energy

Series B in 2021
LO3 Energy develops and operates Pando, a marketplace that connects energy suppliers with customers to create, deploy, and monetize energy products and services for retail utility and energy sectors. It builds tools and projects to accelerate the distributed energy economy, including blockchain-based platforms for community microgrids that enable utility and energy retail clients to form differentiated offerings in open, competitive electricity markets. The company focuses on technology and business development around decentralized energy models and computation sharing, supporting the proliferation of distributed energy resources and related services. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, LO3 Energy was founded in 2012.

Offgrid Energy Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Offgrid Energy Labs is a developer of battery storage technology that uses eco‑friendly materials to create efficient, safe batteries for a sustainable future. The company offers low‑maintenance renewable battery storage with a lower life‑cycle cost for microgrids, provides range alternatives for electric vehicles, and improves grid‑balancing capability, surpassing lead‑acid batteries in power density, lifespan, and cost.

Salient Energy

Seed Round in 2019
Salient Energy is focused on commercializing an innovative zinc-ion battery developed from research at the University of Waterloo. This battery technology is designed for efficient electricity storage in the power grid, boasting a proprietary cathode that incorporates zinc within its crystal lattice, rather than merely reacting on the surface. This unique approach results in a battery with a relatively high energy density, making it a competitive alternative to traditional lithium-ion batteries. Salient Energy's batteries are not only safer and longer-lasting but also compatible with existing manufacturing processes, allowing for production in current battery factories worldwide. The company's goal is to provide the electric industry with sustainable and reliable energy storage solutions.

LO3 Energy

Venture Round in 2019
LO3 Energy develops and operates Pando, a marketplace that connects energy suppliers with customers to create, deploy, and monetize energy products and services for retail utility and energy sectors. It builds tools and projects to accelerate the distributed energy economy, including blockchain-based platforms for community microgrids that enable utility and energy retail clients to form differentiated offerings in open, competitive electricity markets. The company focuses on technology and business development around decentralized energy models and computation sharing, supporting the proliferation of distributed energy resources and related services. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, LO3 Energy was founded in 2012.

Innowatts

Series B in 2019
Founded in 2013, Innowatts specializes in data analytics for the energy sector. Its eUtility™ platform leverages machine learning and meter-level data to help energy retailers and utilities worldwide manage grids, enhance profitability, improve customer relationships, and promote sustainability.

AutoGrid

Series D in 2019
AutoGrid Systems is a technology company focused on optimizing energy management through advanced data analytics. Founded in 2011 at Stanford University, AutoGrid develops a suite of flexibility management applications that help utilities, electricity retailers, renewable energy developers, and energy service providers manage distributed energy resources (DERs) in real time. By leveraging vast amounts of smart meter, sensor, and third-party data, the company's applications utilize sophisticated algorithms to monitor, predict, optimize, and control the operations of numerous assets connected to global energy networks. With a team of skilled software architects, engineers, data scientists, and energy experts, AutoGrid aims to address critical energy challenges by integrating and maximizing the potential of the energy internet, ensuring the delivery of clean, affordable, and reliable energy.

Sonnen

Series E in 2018
Sonnen is a developer of solar-based energy storage systems that provides clean and affordable energy solutions for residential homes, agricultural farms, and commercial enterprises. Established in 2011, the company launched the Sonnenbatterie, one of the first intelligent lithium storage systems in the German and Austrian markets. Sonnen's products not only focus on energy storage but also include features such as active energy management, smart metering, and integration with virtual power plants. These systems allow users to optimize energy use, save money by utilizing energy generated from solar photovoltaic systems or the grid, and manage their home automation platforms effectively.

Innowatts

Series A in 2017
Founded in 2013, Innowatts specializes in data analytics for the energy sector. Its eUtility™ platform leverages machine learning and meter-level data to help energy retailers and utilities worldwide manage grids, enhance profitability, improve customer relationships, and promote sustainability.

Aquion Energy

Series E in 2014
Aquion Energy specializes in developing and commercializing innovative energy storage solutions, particularly its proprietary Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI™) batteries. These sodium ion batteries are designed for stationary energy storage and are notable for their environmentally friendly design, utilizing non-toxic components such as saltwater. Aquion's technology addresses the limitations of traditional energy storage systems, providing safe, reliable, and sustainable options that are non-flammable and non-explosive. By enhancing the electrical grid, Aquion's AHI systems optimize existing generation assets and facilitate the broader adoption of renewable energy technologies, thereby contributing to the reduction of reliance on fossil fuels.
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