Flair
Venture Round in 2024
Flair makes smart vents and wireless thermostats and advanced software for residential heating and cooling. The company builds smart hardware and software for HVAC controls focused on efficiency, comfort, electrification, and smart grid integration. The company's products are sold through multiple channels including direct to consumer, HVAC distribution, and utilities.
Optiwatt is a software company that connects home electricity rate data with electric vehicle (EV) battery metrics. It securely integrates with EV apps, automatically finds users' utility costs based on their home address, and calculates the impact of charging on electric bills. Additionally, Optiwatt offers charge forecasting to alleviate range anxiety by accurately predicting savings from driving electric using real-time electricity rates and local gas prices.
Raise Green
Seed Round in 2023
Raise Green is a financial technology company focused on promoting a sustainable future through accessible investment in clean energy and climate solution projects. The company operates an equity crowdfunding platform that empowers everyday individuals to invest in green infrastructure initiatives. By facilitating community-driven project financing, Raise Green enables local leaders to develop and manage their own clean energy projects, such as community solar initiatives. This approach not only democratizes renewable energy ownership but also enhances community resilience and supports the transition to a decarbonized economy. Through its innovative platform, Raise Green aims to combat climate change and address income inequality, providing essential tools for both project creators and investors to engage directly in sustainable ventures.
New Sun Road
Venture Round in 2023
New Sun Road is a public benefit corporation focused on developing data-driven Internet of Things (IoT) technology solutions aimed at addressing energy, poverty, and internet connectivity challenges for off-grid communities. The company offers a comprehensive platform that includes a suite of IoT products designed to optimize the management of renewable energy systems. By enhancing the efficiency of microgrids, New Sun Road helps to lower operational costs and improve control and visibility over solar-based power systems, ultimately unlocking additional capital for clients.
ConnectDER
Series C in 2023
ConnectDER is a solar technology company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 2011. It specializes in designing and manufacturing meter collars that facilitate the connection of distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar photovoltaic systems, battery storage, and electric vehicle charging to residential homes and the grid. By transforming the electricity meter socket into an interconnection point, ConnectDER enhances the integration and management of DERs. The company also offers ConnectDER Cloud, a system that allows fleet operators to access metering data, manage operational parameters, and control firmware remotely. This technology improves the efficiency and resilience of home energy systems while benefiting users, the grid, and the environment.
Agrology
Seed Round in 2022
Agrology is an agricultural technology company that provides real-time data and predictive insights to help growers measure and improve the ecological and agronomic effects of regenerative and sustainable farming practices. The company tracks soil health, microbial activity, carbon cycles, nitrous oxide emissions, net ecosystem exchange, and microclimatic conditions to help growers link regenerative practices to verified greenhouse gas reductions and ecological benefits, support soil carbon sequestration, and generate carbon credits. Its system is designed to help farmers resist and adapt to climate change while monitoring greenhouse gases and informing sustainable farming decisions.
e-Mission Control
Series A in 2022
e-Mission Control designs, manages, and executes electricity consumption data products for forward-thinking on- and off-road vehicle fleet operators. We partner with owners and operators of zero-emission vehicles and equipment along the West Coast, located at airports, seaports, retailers, grocers, campuses, distribution facilities, and many others.
At e-Mission Control, we understand that the management and reliability of data shaping transportation incentive programs around the world are extremely important in smoothing the transition to a green economy. Industries most impacted by transportation and mobility-related greenhouse gas emissions are often the ones that need the most support navigating complex regulatory provisions and reporting necessary to participate. This concept underpins our commitment to democratizing access and engagement in these state administered low-carbon initiatives, so that the resulting financial and environmental benefits reach stakeholders who might otherwise be overlooked.
Evergrow
Seed Round in 2021
Evergrow provides offtake contracts and financing for projects that avoid, capture, or remove carbon emissions. It was founded in 2021 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Flair
Funding Round in 2021
Flair makes smart vents and wireless thermostats and advanced software for residential heating and cooling. The company builds smart hardware and software for HVAC controls focused on efficiency, comfort, electrification, and smart grid integration. The company's products are sold through multiple channels including direct to consumer, HVAC distribution, and utilities.
ConnectDER
Series B in 2020
ConnectDER is a solar technology company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 2011. It specializes in designing and manufacturing meter collars that facilitate the connection of distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar photovoltaic systems, battery storage, and electric vehicle charging to residential homes and the grid. By transforming the electricity meter socket into an interconnection point, ConnectDER enhances the integration and management of DERs. The company also offers ConnectDER Cloud, a system that allows fleet operators to access metering data, manage operational parameters, and control firmware remotely. This technology improves the efficiency and resilience of home energy systems while benefiting users, the grid, and the environment.
Rebound Technologies
Series A in 2020
Rebound Technologies manufactures innovative thermal energy storage systems for commercial freezer environments and off-grid cooling. Its flagship products include IcePoint, a low-temperature refrigeration solution for supermarkets, and SunChill, an off-grid refrigeration system designed to improve agricultural productivity by removing field heat from crops post-harvest. The company's solutions are used by retail stores and farmers in the United States.
ConnectDER
Series A in 2018
ConnectDER is a solar technology company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 2011. It specializes in designing and manufacturing meter collars that facilitate the connection of distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar photovoltaic systems, battery storage, and electric vehicle charging to residential homes and the grid. By transforming the electricity meter socket into an interconnection point, ConnectDER enhances the integration and management of DERs. The company also offers ConnectDER Cloud, a system that allows fleet operators to access metering data, manage operational parameters, and control firmware remotely. This technology improves the efficiency and resilience of home energy systems while benefiting users, the grid, and the environment.
Kangarootime
Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2015, Kangarootime offers a cloud-based childcare management solution that connects parents with care professionals. Its platform automates revenue cycle management, enrollment, attendance tracking, messaging, and employee management, enabling centers to streamline operations and enhance family communication.