Who has funded energy storage ventures in the last six years:

• all documented funding sources since 2009 for grid energy storage ventures listed in the EnergyMag.net energy storage directory;
• directory includes funding sources for some (but not all) energy storage ventures that do not focus on grid energy storage (e.g. car and device batteries);
• documented sector focus for the funding firm may not be, and often is not, an exclusive focus;
• date between brackets, e.g. [2009], is date of last energy storage investment.

traditional investors

energy sector focus

• Angeleno Group   next generation energy, multiple storage investments [2015]
• Asia Clean Energy    based in Singapore & Beijing, clean & renewable energy  [2011]
• Braemar Energy Ventures     alternative and traditional energy [2013]
• Bright Capital    energy, cleantech [2013]
• Cadent Energy Partners    expansion capital, energy sector [2011]
• CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund seed and early stage, clean energy [2012]
• Canon Investment Holdings, Hong Kong, owns Zhuhai Yintong New Energy  [2011]
• Cascade Investment LLC (Bill Gates) focus is not explicit, but includes energy sector: Bill Gates investments multiple storage investments [2014]
• Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital   early stage, new energy economy, clean energy sector, multiple storage investments [2015]
• Claremont Creek Ventures   seed and early stage, digital solutions in energy [2012]
• Clean Fleet Investors    clean energy [2013]
• Commercial Energy   energy generation company, assist start-ups in bringing new technologies to market [2012]
• Emertec    based in France, energy and sustainability focus [2009]
• Energy Foundry     seed and early stage, non profit model [2014]
• ETI | Energy Technologies Institute    based in UK, combination of grants and investments, energy storage [2012]
• Energy Technology Ventures    GE+NRG+ConocoPhilips, next generation energy technologies focus [2013]
• EnerTech    investing in energy technology companies [2010]
• Firelake Capital   energy distribution and generation  [2013]
• Grupo ECOS energy, cleantech, primarily in Latin America [2015]
• Haddington Ventures   midstream geological gas storage [2013]
• Invested Development     alternative energy [2013]
• IPV Capital    based in China, mostly Chinese investments, early stage, cleantech [2014]
• Khosla Ventures     sustainability+energy and sustainability+storage, multiple storage investments  [2014]
• Lightspeed Venture Partners    energy [2013]
• New Enterprise Associates (NEA)    energy efficiency and storage, multiple storage investments [2013]
• Northern Lights VC   based in China, cleantech/energy & materials, [2010]
• Oceanshore Ventures   early stage, breakthrough materials-based technologies, renewable energy, energy storage, energy efficiency [2010]
• Oak Investment Partners    clean energy [2011]
• Pangaea Ventures early stage, energy generation and storage, cleantech, advanced materials, multiple storage investments [2015]
• PGM Development Fund     based in South Africa,  funded by Anglo-American Platinum,   cleantech & clean energy [2015]
• Quercus Trust     David Gelbaum’s family trust, focus is not explicit but includes energy [2012]
• Rockland Capital    energy [2013]
• Sail Venture Capital Partners    energy and energy storage [2012]
• Silver Lake Kraftwerk  technology innovators, established business models, energy and resource sectors  [-]
• Skylake Incuvest    based in Korea,  Renewable energy [2011]
• Sofinnova Partners    based in France, clean energy [2010]
• Southern Cross Venture Partners     based in Australia, cleantech+renewable energy, multiple storage investments [2014]
• SSE – Scottish and Southern Energy – Ventures    based in UK, renewable, sustainable, and energy efficiency products [2014]
• Starwood Energy  energy infrastructure, multiple storage investments [2015]
• Technology Partners    cleantech+energy, multiple storage investments [2009]
• True North Venture Partners    energy [2011]
• US Renewables Group    renewable energy industry [2011]
• VantagePoint Capital Partners    energy innovation and efficiency, curbing cleantech fund raising, multiple storage investments [2015]
• Warburg Pincus » Energy  [2010]
• Wellington Partners Venture Capital   based in Europe,   resource efficiency sector [2010]
• XPV    out of energy storage, moved on to water sector [2010]

cleantech sector focus, no energy sector focus

• Advanced Technology Ventures    exceptional entrepreneurs, cleantech [2013]
• Amundi    based in France, retail and institutional investment bank [2010]
• DBL Investors    cleantech, enable social, environmental and  economic  benefits, multiple storage investments [2015]
• Doughty Hanson    based in UK, mostly companies with Euro focus, cleantech [2013]
• DT Capital Partners – 德同资本    based in China, cleantech China only [2010]
• Element8  previously Northwest Energy Angels early stage [2015]
• Gentry Venture Partners    mid to late stage, cleantech [2013]
• Gimv    based in Belgium, sustainability [2010]
• I2BF Global Ventures    cleantech, nanotech. energy, energy efficiency, multiple storage investments [2015]
• Idealab    seed and early stage, cleantech [2012]
• Idinvest Partners    based in Europe,  environment sector, primarily but not only Euro companies [2011]
• In-Q-Tel     technologies for the CIA [2012]
• Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers    shifting away from cleantech? greentech VC exodus, multiple storage investments  [2014]
• OVP Venture Partners    early-stage,  clean tech,  shutting down    [2013]
• Roda Group    businesses that address consequences of climate change [2014]
• SAIF Partners   based in China, mostly Asian companies, cleantech [2014]
• SB China Capital (SBCCVC)  based in China, cleantech is one of several sectors [2016]
• SoftBank China Venture Capital   based in China, cleantech [2013]
• Walden International    cleantech [2013]
• Westly Group    companies that change the world, non-explicit but clear cleantech focus [2013]

materials sector focus

• Matrix Partners    materials [2012]
• New Science Ventures    advanced materials, semiconductors, photonics [2013]
• Russia Kazakhstan Nanotechnology Fund managed by I2BF [2015]

software sector focus

• Core Capital Partners    disruptive information technologies [2009]
• Intel Capital   software [2011]

no energy or cleantech sector focus

• AIB Seed Capital Fund     based in Ireland, focused on Ireland/UK [2011]
• Ashmore Group    based in UK, focus on emerging markets [2011]
• Astor Ventures    unknown focus [2013]
• BankInvest   based in Denmark, moved away from energy, now focused on emerging markets [2010]
• BlueRun Ventures    moved away from Cleantech, now focused on Mobile [2009]
• Canaan    global venture capital firm that invests in people with visionary ideas, technology and healthcare [2010]
• Capstar Partners    [2013]
• CEL – European Private Equity fund for China   based in Europe, China only [2010]
• Chinergy Capital 信能资本     based in China, venture arm of Chinergy Nuclear [2014]
• Cooper and Company   general purpose private equity  [2010]
• CRV – Charles River Ventures    early-stage, exceptional entrepreneurs in high growth technology  [2010]
• DFJ Draper Fisher Jurvetson     shifting away from cleantech?  [2014]
• Eric Schmidt [2014]
• F&C    UK based, institutional asset management [2013]
• Foundation Capital    focus on building great companies [2013]
• Foundation Asset Management (FAM)    Wallenberg family foundations, some of the fund allocated to general ventures [2011]
• Gabriel Venture Partners    early stage [2011]
• General Catalyst Partners    [2011]
• Greylock Partners     no sectors target energy storage, possibly branched out?  [2010]
• GSR Ventures    focus on China, may require move to China [2012]
• Marshall J. Cohen Family Trust    [2013]
• Karen Pritzker/ Michael Vlock family office [2014]
• KLP Enterprises [2014]
• MDB Capital    disruptive technologies, short timeline, large market [2012]
• Meditor    UK based, institutional asset management [2013]
• North Bridge  early stage, exceptional entrepreneurs [2010]
• Northwater Capital Management  IP-based companies, multiple investments [2013]
• ORIX mid-late stage, technology/ life sciences, through venture or private capital [2015]
• Partech Ventures    based in Europe, international investing,  high growth companies [2010]
• Peter Thiel contrary investor [2013]
• Polaris Partners    technology sector, multiple energy storage investments    [2011]
• Renaissance Technologies    investing through mathematical/ statistical methods [2012]
• Rocket Ventures    early stage, northwest Ohio ventures [2013]
• RockPort Capital Partners    energy sector [2011]
• Sigma + Partners, Venture Capital    [2013]
• Spring Ventures     based in UK, focus on industrial products, possibly moved out of energy storage [2012]
• Sutter Hill Ventures    big markets, hard technologies [2012]
• Stanford University   acts as a VC [2014]
• Stephens Capital Partners    private equity [2012]
• Topspin Partners    leveraged buyouts [2012]
• Trident Capital    multiple storage investments [2014]
• UP Invest    based in Estonia [2013]
• University of Toledo Innovation Enterprises UTIE    early stage, local investments [2009]
• Venrock    originally Rockefeller family fund venture fund [2011]
• Vangoo Investment Partners    based in Japan, focus on China investments [2011]

industrial corporations investing into energy storage companies

Either directly or through a venture arm.

• 9th Street Investments out of advanced ceramics company Coorstek, advanced materials sector [2012]
• 3M New Ventures   energy, sustainability [2012]
• AGL Energy energy [2016]
• Air Liquide   based in France, focus is not explicit, but includes energy sector, multiple storage investments [2013]
• American Electric Power US utility [2015]
• Applied Ventures     VC arm of Applied Materials, early stage, businesses complementing company focus [2009]
• AREVA    based in France, nuclear company diversifying in renewables, energy focus [2009]
• BASF (this is not BASF Venture Capital)   [2012]
• Bessemer Venture Partners    investment arm of Dow Chemical, cleantech, multiple storage investments [2012]
• BP Alternative Energy    investing in lower carbon businesses [2011]
• Building Insurance Bern [2014]
• Constellation Technology Ventures investment arm of US power generator Exelon [2015]
• Dominion Power    power and energy company, energy focus [2012]
• Dow Venture Capital    specialty chemical or advanced materials sector [2011]
• Duke Energy    utility company, energy focus [2011]
• Enbridge    based in UK, energy generation and distribution company, energy focus [2013]
• ENGIE France, previously the famed GDF Suez [2015]
• E.ON SE based in Germany, operated across Europe [2015]
• Fisher Brothers    real estate company and developers of renewable energy projects [2013]
• First Solar PV Solutions provider [2015]
• Fluor  could have been a one-time investment [2012]
• GE Energy Financial Services    energy sector, multiple storage investments [2015]
• Hydro-Québec CapiTech    venture arm of Hydro Quebec, low-carbon generation and distribution [2013]
• Iberdrola    based in Spain, utility and energy company [2015]
• JSR Corporation, based in Japan, leading materials supplier, focus on energy storage, materials [2012]
• Mitsui Global Investment (MGI)   based in Japan, cleantech, multiple storage investments [2015]
• NRG Energy    energy generator and developer of solar power systems, multiple storage investments [2013]
• OPG Power Ventures    venture arm of Ontario Power [2013]
• POSCO ICT    based in Korea, investment arm of energy producer POSCO Power, sustainability [2011]
• RWE Suply and Trading Germany, trading arm for RWE [2015]
• Rogers Corp    advanced materials [2013]
• RR Donnelley    [2013]
• Siemens Technology To Business    technology to business center [2010]
• Siemens Venture Capital energy sector [2016]
• Tata Investment Corporation  based in India, holding company for Tata Industries  [2010]
• TEL Venture Capital     based in Japan, Tokyo Electron venture arm, energy storage focus [2012]
• Total Energy Ventures    based in France, venture arm of Total, general info, energy focus [2016]
• Townsend Ventures    Townsend investment arm, energy, multiple storage investments [2012]
• Yellow&Blue   Netherlands, venture arm of energy firm Nuon, owned by state-owned Swedish utility Vattenfall  [2012]