# Top 50 Oil and Gas Startup Investors in June 2026

## Evok Innovations
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Chemical, Oil and Gas

Founded in 2016, Evok Innovations is a fund that focuses on early-stage companies in the areas of Clean Energy, CleanTech, ClimateTech and CarbonTech.

## Chevron Technology Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Software, Manufacturing

Chevron Technology Ventures champions innovation, commercialization and integration of emerging technologies within Chevron.

## Scottish Enterprise
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Grant, Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care

Scotland's business advice, support and funding agency. Explore our products and services to find the right support for your business and apply online today.

## Houston Angel Network
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Medical

The Houston Angel Network (HAN) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing the innovation ecosystem in Houston, Texas by supporting founders and startups with financial resources and mentorship.

## SaskWorks Venture Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Post-IPO Equity
- Focus: Oil and Gas, Energy, Manufacturing

SaskWorks Venture Fund is a Saskatchewan-based retail mutual fund that invests in privately-held small and medium-sized businesses owned or primarily operated in Saskatchewan. As a labour-sponsored venture capital corporation (LSVCC), investments in SaskWorks are eligible to receive a tax credit equal to 35% in addition to their RRSP tax deferral.Since its inception, the Fund has provided a unique opportunity for Saskatchewan residents to keep their investment dollars at home, helping to grow local companies and creating jobs in their province.

## Phystech Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Oil and Gas, Energy

Early supporters of global distribution in deeptech.

## Rev1 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Rev1 Ventures provides seed stage venture capital funding in Columbus, Ohio along with startup services, space, mentoring, and connections. Learn more!

## Seraphim Space
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Aerospace, Software, Information Technology

Seraphim Capital is dedicated to financing the growth of companies operating in the space ecosystem. They are an ambitious team with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences in Venture. Collectively they have over 100 years’ experience, investing in over 180 early and growth stage businesses, returning more than £750 million to theirshareholders.They are also fortunate to have one of the world's leading entrepreneurs and experts in Earth Observation on board.  They work closely with their portfolio companies and always strive to create meaningful value and endeavour to ensure that the full value of their network and partners is utilised.The backing of leading global corporates in the Space sector and the leading Space related Governmental Agencies in the UK and Europe brings significant value. They are able to leverage their capital, industry leading knowledge and networks, creating an ecosystem that delivers real results for your business. From roots to market, sales and marketing, partnerships, follow-on capital, and M&A they can deliver value creation across the company growth cycle globally.

## Bosch Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Invented for life: we want our products to spark enthusiasm, improve quality of life, and help conserve natural resources.

## Cottonwood Technology Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology

Cottonwood Technology Fund is a venture capital firm that focuses on high-tech / deeptech investments. It focuses on investing in patent-based high-tech and hardware startups Sectors: robotics, photonics, optics, nanotech, sensor tech, telecom, automotive, cleantech, green energy, Medtech, chemicals, and advanced materials.The company wasfounded in 2010 and headquartered in New Mexico, United States.

## Equinor Technology Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Oil and Gas, Energy, Software

Equinor is an energy company that is engaged in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas, as well as wind and solar power. It also sells crude oil and is a major supplier of natural gas, with activities in processing, refining, and trading. Its activities are managed through eight business areas, staff and support divisions, andhas operations in North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania, and Norway.

## ProVenture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Oil and Gas, Information Technology

ProVenture invest in young digital technology startups in Norway. ProVenture have three seed funds and more than a billion NOK under management. ProVenture is a member of Norwegian Venture Association (NVCA).

## Newable Private Investing
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

Newable: Helping over 20,000 businesses thrive annually with tailored financial products, advice, and flexible workspace solution

## Shell Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Software

Shell Ventures invests in companies to speed up development and deployment of new technologies which complement our business.

## Equinor
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Series C
- Focus: Energy, Oil and Gas, Renewable Energy

We are an international energy company headquartered in Norway, around 25,000 employees and with offices in more than 20 countries worldwide.

## RockPort Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series C, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Manufacturing, Software

RockPort Capital is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in the areas of alternative and traditional energy, mobility, and sustainability. For more than a decade RockPort has partnered with entrepreneurs to foster growth and create value in a broad range of industrial and consumer facing companies whose technologies and products provideinnovative solutions to significant worldwide markets. RockPort has a collaborative approach to investing, deep domain expertise, and insights into all aspects of energy and cleantech. With offices in Boston and Menlo Park, RockPort is globally recognized as being among the largest and most established energy-focused venture capital firms.

## BP Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing

bp Ventures plays a key role in helping the company reinvent itself as an integrated energy company, in line with our new purpose: reimagining energy for people and planet.

## Prelude Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Energy, Renewable Energy

Prelude Ventures invests in and supports early-stage startups with the greatest potential to mitigate climate change. For us, climate is everything.

## Eos
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

Eos invests in, & commercialises, science & technology, from local seed-stage to global scale, with a focus on improving lives.

## Maven Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Maven is one of the UK's leading private equity and investment firms. We provide essential capital and expertise to help businesses unlock their potential.

## EV Private Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Oil and Gas, Energy, Software

Committed to building world-class companies.

## Cultivation Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: St Louis, Missouri, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care

Cultivation Capital invests in young companies whose ideas have potential to transform the way we live and work.

## Second Avenue Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, SaaS

Second Avenue Partners provide management, strategy and capital for early stage companies. The following companies are in their portfolio...
-Rubicon Interactive
-Sports Technologies Inc.
-Ice Energy
-Newsvine
-Azaleos
-You Software
-Revenue Science
-Insitu Group
-Bocada
-HouseValues.com
-WaveMarket
-Terabeam
-Essention

## Midven
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology

Midven is a specialist venture capital company providing investment to fast growing small and medium sized enterprises ("SMEs"), run by an energetic, experienced and hands-on team of investment managers.

## Founders Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Founders Fund is a San Francisco based venture capital firm investing in companies building revolutionary technologies.

## Investinor
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Manufacturing

Investinor invests in Norwegian based, high potential companies that are internationally oriented and in the phases ranging from early growth to expansion. The company has BNOK 4.2 ($500 m) under management and focus on companies within the internet, software, semiconductors, energy, cleantech, marine and life sciences sectors.

## Altira Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Energy, Renewable Energy

Altira provides venture capital funding for energy technology products and advantaged service offerings.

## BDC Capital Cleantech Practice
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Series C
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing

We can help you meet the capital-intensive needs of scaling and achieve timely growth. We offer more flexible equity financing and commercial loans.

## Element Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Radnor, Pennsylvania, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy

Element Partners invests exclusively in established high growth companies in the energy and clean technology markets. They specifically focus on companies with innovative solutions to global energy, resource, and environmental problems. Element strives to become a long-term partner with passionate business leaders who have built pioneeringcompanies. They have a long history of providing their companies with the financial resources, industry contacts, and strategic insights necessary to maximize growth and shareholder return.Since 1995, Element’s team has successfully managed over $1.2 billion in capital commitments spanning six investment partnerships. All of these partnerships have been focused on investing in and profitably growing energy, industrial, and environmental related businesses. Over the course of more than fourteen years, the principals of Element have collectively invested in over 100 clean technology companies making Element one of the earliest and most experienced alternative energy and clean technology investors.

## Scottish Equity Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, Energy, Information Technology

At SEP we specialise in investment for high growth companies across a range of technology sectors. Partnering with you to fuel growth.

## Antler
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

## MassVentures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Grant, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Manufacturing

MassVentures is a venture capital firm focused on catalyzing the Massachusetts innovation economy by funding and supporting seed-stage, deep tech startups as they move from concept to commercialization.

## ZhenFund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce

ZhenFund is a seed fund founded by former entrepreneurs to invest in the most promising innovators. New Oriental co-founders Bob Xiaoping Xu and Victor Qiang Wang established ZhenFund in 2011 in collaboration with Sequoia Capital China. ZhenFund now has a network of over 800 portfolio companies, including over 30 unicorns based in China. Webelieve that great businesses start with exceptional founding teams. We are dedicated to helping our entrepreneurs build successful companies by providing them with mentorship and the best resources available. Some of our services include biannual demo days to top Chinese VCs, ZhenHR services, marketing and PR consulting, as well as fundraising. Our strong and large CEO network also facilitates entrepreneurs helping each other, especially via our WeChat platform. ZhenFund has been ranked as the “#1 Early-Stage Investment Firm” for six years. Bob Xiaoping Xu, Founder of ZhenFund, has been named on the Midas List since 2016 and ranked #11 in 2019. Anna Fang, Founding Partner and CEO of ZhenFund, has been named on the Midas List since 2019 and made her 4th appearance as #12, and #1 on Midas Seed List in 2022.

## Breakthrough Energy Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing

Focused on developing and deploying the critical climate solutions our world needs to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

## Prototype Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

At Prototype Capital, we're on a mission to help young ambitious founders around the country build lasting 100-year businesses around products that change the status quo by 10x.

## Big Sur Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet

BSV invests early, commits personally and team up with exceptional founders to help build extraordinary companies. What we do: Seed Phase, Technology Based & Investments.

## LoftyInc Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Carmel, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........

## SLB
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Energy, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas

SLB is a global technology company, driving energy innovation for a balanced planet

## Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dhahran, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: Energy, Oil and Gas, Software

Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures is the  corporate venture capital arm of Aramco Oil Company. It's mission is to invest globally into start-up and high growth companies with technologies of strategic importance to Saudi Aramco, and to accelerate their development and deployment in Saudi Aramco’s operations. Based out of Dhahran (Saudi Arabia),SAEV also operates through regional offices in North America and Europe. SAEV's Objectives are: - Enhance reserve identification, management and production
- Increase energy production
- Improve operational efficiency
- Increase value in downstream processes
- Optimize energy & water consumption in Saudi ArabiaSAEV's investment Focus Areas are: - Upstream Oil & Gas
- Downstream & Petrochemicals
- Sustainability
- Digitalization and IR4.0
- New Drivers of Hydrocarbon Demand

## AP Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy

AP Ventures invests in pioneering technologies and businesses that harness the unique chemical and physical properties of Platinum Group Metals to solve global challenges.AP Ventures is led by a specialist investment team with proven expertise and a successful track record. We offer investors access to high growth technologies that are developingsolutions to solve global issues.

## Artesian VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff. Since 2004,Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets. In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai. In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund.

## E3 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy

E3 Capital invests in growing, entrepreneurial businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa addressing the lack of electrification in the region with new technology and innovative business models. The fund is backed by Schneider Electric, the leading energy management multinational, and a number of public-sector investors.

## Mercury
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care

Mercury is an early-stage venture capital platform that seeks out transformative software startups, led by exceptional founders, in communities across America. To date, Mercury has created over $9 billion of value with an operationally-focused venture investment strategy helping startups achieve rapid, sustainable growth. Mercury partners withfirst-time entrepreneurs who require support and guidance, as well as seasoned founders seeking to leverage the assets and talent of our growth partner network.

## Cofounders Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cary, North Carolina, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Venture Capital fund focused on seed stage B2B software companies in the Southeast

## UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Harwell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

UKI2S, formally the Rainbow Seed Fund, is an investment fund backed by the government, providing seed funding to science & technology start-ups and SMEs

## Longwall Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Harwell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical Device

Longwall Ventures invests in innovative, UK based, early stage companies in the healthcare, science and engineering sectors

## Business Development Bank of Canada
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing

We are BDC, the bank for Canadian entrepreneurs. We support small and medium-sized businesses in all industries and at every stage of growth with money and advice. We are the Business Development Bank of Canada. 

## Energy Impact Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Energy, Renewable Energy

Energy Impact Partners LP (EIP) is a global venture capital firm leading the transition to a sustainable future. EIP brings together entrepreneurs and the world's most forward-looking energy and industrial companies to advance innovation. With over $2.5 billion in assets under management, EIP invests globally across venture, growth, credit,and infrastructure.

## Javelin Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software

Javelin Venture Partners invests in early-stage tech companies with incredible potential, managed by teams of energetic, trustworthy, and capable leaders. Javelin looks for advanced bleeding-edge innovations, where the addressable market size is substantial, and strong competitive advantages exist. A typical investment is between $1 to $6million, with reserves for follow-on investments. In addition, Javelin also considers smaller seed investments for unique companies just getting started. Located in downtown San Francisco, while invests throughout the world. Javelin is a very active investor with a long-term outlook and the objective of creating substantial value.

## Engine Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Chemical, Medical

We invest in Tough Tech founders.

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