# Top 50 Oil and Gas VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Europe in June 2026 ## Scottish Enterprise - Type: VC Fund - Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Grant - 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. ## 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. ## 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 ## 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. ## Chevron Technology Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Houston, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Energy, Software, Manufacturing Chevron Technology Ventures champions innovation, commercialization and integration of emerging technologies within Chevron. ## 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. ## 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. ## 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. ## ConocoPhillips - Type: VC Fund - Location: Houston, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series C, Series A - Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Water ConocoPhillips explores for, develops and produces crude oil and natural gas globally. ## Equinor - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## 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 ## IP Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics IP Group's core business is the creation of value for its shareholders and partners through the commercialisation of intellectual property originating from research intensive institutions. Their strength lies in managing this process from finding suitable intellectual property to commercialise to either helping develop businesses and createvalue out of them, or identifying and establishing appropriate commercial partnerships to do so. IP Group's extensive expertise in this area combined with its inside knowledge of both industry and finance have enabled the group to create a formidable track record of consistently delivering excellent results for their companies, for their partners and for their shareholders. ## North East Development Capital Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Debt Financing, Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Software North East Development Capital Fund Is an Investment Fund ## Drax Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Selby, York, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Focus: Chemical, Industrial, Oil and Gas Our purpose is to enable a zero carbon, lower cost energy future. Our ambition is to become carbon negative by 2030. ## 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 ## BP Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Archangels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care Established in 1992. Archangels is the oldest continuously operating business angel syndicate in the World. Investing in IP-rich tech & life sciences companies in Scotland, UK. ## EV Private Equity - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Oil and Gas, Energy, Software Committed to building world-class companies. ## Angels Den - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Software Join 21,000+ investors backing the top 4% of UK startups. Access vetted, tax-efficient (SEIS/EIS) investment opportunities and exclusive pitch events. ## Atlantic Bridge - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Atlantic Bridge is a Growth Equity Firm with a Cross Border Value Add strategy. We invest in deep technology companies in Europe and the US. Our team is made up of successful entrepreneurs and senior technology industry executives and we invest in strong ambitious entrepreneurs and management teams that have the passion and drive to scale up andexploit major growth opportunities. We help our portfolio companies expand and grow internationally through our global platform with our team and offices in London, Dublin, Munich, Paris and Palo Alto.Atlantic Bridge brings together a unique team of technology entrepreneurs, experienced managers, finance professionals, and investment experts. The team contains a wealth of international business experience across Europe, the UK and the US. They have worked together in various capacities for the last 30 years, bringing a true partnership approach to their firm and their investments. Its investors include the founders, leading institutional investors, and private investors with a track record of investment in successful technology companies.Atlantic Bridge has developed a unique and differentiated strategy that focuses on specific technology themes and the implementation of the “Atlantic Bridge Model” for scaling companies internationally. The “Bridge Model” accelerates the scale-up of technology companies in Europe and the US. This approach is highly differentiated and has delivered strong performance results to date. ## Scottish Investment Bank - Type: VC Fund - Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care Speak with our Entrepreneurship and Investment teams, who can help you find sources of finance, engage with funders and secure investment to grow your business. ## Chalfen Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Chalfen Ventures is a venture capital firm. It is based in London, England. ## Energy Technology Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series C, Series A - Focus: Energy, Oil and Gas, Hardware Founded in January 2011, Energy Technology Ventures is a joint venture involving General Electric, NRG Energy, and ConocoPhillips. The fund is focused on the development of next-generation energy technologies. The JV invests in, and offers commercial collaboration opportunities to, venture- and growth-stage energy technology companies in therenewable power generation, smart grid, energy efficiency, oil, natural gas, coal and nuclear energy, emission controls, water and biofuels sectors, primarily in North America, Europe and Israel. With their wide range of deep technical and financial expertise, relationships, services and products, the three companies behind Energy Technology Ventures intend to help start-ups develop next-generation energy technology.The joint venture brings together three market-leading companies with complementary capabilities and significant strategic interests in the development of next-generation energy technology. This is the first corporate venture investment program by both NRG Energy, owner and operator of one of the country's largest and most diverse power generation portfolios, and ConocoPhillips, the third-largest US integrated energy company. GE Capital, through its business units GE Energy Financial Services and GE Capital, Equity, is already among the world's most active energy technology venture and growth capital investors. ## Imprimatur Capital Fund Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: Riga, Riga, Latvia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps Imprimatur Capital Fund Management is a venture capital firm focusing on high-technology at an early stage in its commercial development. We invest in start-up technology businesses which are based on innovative intellectual property, are led by strong teams and have high international growth potential.Imprimatur Capital Fund Management, based inLatvia, manages seed and start-up funds with investors including the Latvian Guarantee Agency, other institutional investors and some private investors. The company source investment opportunities primarily from the Baltic/Nordic/Russia region.Imprimatur Capital Fund Management is a partner firm of Imprimatur Capital Ltd, headquartered in London and with investment operations in Europe, Russia, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the US. ## NPIF Maven Equity Finance - Type: VC Fund - Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care NPIF Maven Equity Finance offers an attractive alternative to bank funding or other forms of traditional finance. ## Robin Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Robin Capital focuses on software and technology solutions that address meaningful problems but am vertical agnostic. ## MMC Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning MMC is a venture capital fund investing in early stage, high-growth UK companies. Investing in technology companies at Seed and Series A. ## Gemma Frisius Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical Gemma Frisius Fund KU Leuven is a seed capital fund that aims to stimulate the creation and growth of university related spin-off companies. ## Innovation Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology Chemical, Advanced Materials, Cosmetics, Recycling, CleanTech, Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Biosciences ## Intesa Sanpaolo - Type: VC Fund - Location: Torino, Piemonte, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Convertible Note - Focus: Energy, Financial Services, Renewable Energy Intesa Sanpaolo is a banking group that specializes in wealth management, protection, advisory, and digital orientation. Their products and services include accounts, cards, loans, mortgages, insurance, digital payments, retirement planning, investments, and consulting. It was founded by the merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI. ## Norsk Hydro ASA - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy Hydro is a leading aluminium and renewable energy company that builds businesses and partnerships for a more sustainable future. We have 32,000 employees in more than 140 locations and 40 countries. ## Foresight Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Private Equity, Seed - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care Foresight Group is a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager which has been managing funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients for more than 35 years. Foresight has over £7.2 billion of assets under management across a number of funds on behalf of some of the world’s largest institutional investors, family offices,private and high net-worth individuals and retail investors. Foresight's investment strategies are underpinned by a strong environmental, social & governance (“ESG”) focus, which increasingly meets the demands of today’s investors and ensures we are consistently working towards creating a sustainable legacy for future generations. ## Sure Valley Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence Sure Valley Ventures is an entrepreneur-led Venture Capital Fund that invests in early-stage software companies. Working in partnership with Shard Capital, a specialist broker and asset manager based in the City of London, Sure Valley Ventures specializes in investing in Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), Financial Technology(FinTech), and the Internet of Things (IoT) Sectors. ## Tech4Planet - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing Tech4Planet was created to facilitate market access and the growth of new companies conceived within research laboratories dedicated to environmental sustainability, particularly in the energytech, circular economy, sustainable manufacturing, smart mobility, and water management sectors.With a total investment of up to 55 million euros allocatedby the Technology Transfer Fund of CDP Venture Capital Sgr , the Tech4Planet Pole was created in collaboration with the Milan Polytechnic and involves the Polytechnics of Turin and Bari . ## Globivest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Software, Health Care Globivest is a private investment firm with a diversified portfolio of assets. Our primary focus is on innovative and scalable early stage start-ups. We seek to establish long-term relationships with visionary entrepreneurs while adding clear value in strategy and execution. ## Maven Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - 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. ## STFC Innovation Ltd - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Focus: Laser, Agriculture, Electronics STFC Innovation Ltd ## Parkwalk Advisors - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software Parkwalk is a London-based fund management firm. Parkwalk invests in UK technology companies that have IP backing and freedom to operate, generally spun out of UK universities. Their funds seek to generate capital gains for their investors, enhanced by the attractive tax relief provided by EIS. Parkwalk entered this investment sector in 2009,anticipating a wave of tax-efficient incentives launched by the UK Government to stimulate innovative emerging technology companies and thereby help drive economic growth.Parkwalk utilises academic, technology transfer, venture capital and personal networks developed over many years to gain access to the highest calibre deal-flow. In 2017 Parkwalk joined forces with IP Group plc, a leading intellectual property commercialisation company that is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IPO. As at March 2019 the combined group has net assets of £1.2bn. ## HCVC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics HCVC is an early-stage Venture Capital firm backing hardtech companies worldwide. Beyond its fund, HCVC supports hardtech founders through Hardware Club, a selective global community of 500+ startups with dedicated resources, partnerships and events. ## FW Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Debt Financing, Seed - Focus: Construction, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering FW Capital is a fund management company making commercial investments in businesses with strong growth potential. It is part of the DBW Group, the largest investment group of its type operating in the UK. ## Lifeline Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce Lifeline Ventures Oy is a venture capital firm specializing in startups, growth capital, and early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare, games, web based and general high technology sectors. It seeks to invest in Finland with a few investments made outside Finland as well. The firm targets investing between €0.5 million ($0.66million) and €1 million ($1.32 million). It seeks make inception to Series A investments. Lifeline Ventures Oy was founded in November 2009 and is based in Helsinki, Finland. ## New Climate Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Houston, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, CleanTech New Climate Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in innovative carbon reduction and avoidance technology companies. We take an active and diversified investment approach that leverages our energy, food/ag tech, climate tech, traditional tech, finance, regulatory, market analysis, and investing experience. At New ClimateVentures, we partner with entrepreneurs to navigate the early stages of company development and growth by applying our operational, investment, team-building, and mentoring experience and providing access to our global network of investors, startups, and corporations to help founders achieve success. ## Springvest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Analytics The Citizenship Fund started out when the founders of the company discovered in their previous positions that a promising Finnish growth company will spend a great deal of time and energy in arranging financing. A good business idea and a team with excellent team could take months in financial negotiations and the outcome could be a return to thestart-up. At the same time, investors often wanted new types of higher potential investments alongside traditional alternatives.These two challenges were possible by removing the promising growth companies as investors, even for non-traditional venture capital investors. Citizenship wanted to create a service in which the company would be able to capitalize on business quickly and flexibly, but the decision-making business would be left to the company itself. From today's point of view, Springvest's goal is that an increasing number of Finnish investors can get involved in the story of Finnish growth companies and potential success. ## ChiantiBanca - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Casciano Val Di Pesa, Toscana, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing - Focus: Oil and Gas, Organic Food, Food and Beverage ChiantiBanca provides accounts, cards, investment and deposits, pension, mortgage and loan services. ## Rivus Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Sustainability, SaaS, Information Technology Rivus Capital ist ein Private Equity Investor mit Fokus auf Unternehmen aus dem Bereich Urban Tech | Rivus Capital | jetzt Anfrage senden ## CM-CIC Capital Prive - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce CM-CIC Capital Prive is a French investment company focused on SMEs and innovative companies. ## EIT Urban Mobility - Type: VC Fund - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Transportation, Information Technology EIT Urban Mobility is an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. Europe’s leading community for impact-driven start-ups and scale-ups in urban mobilityWe want to move cities toward a more sustainable future by partnering up with start-ups and scale-ups like yours. Our Impact Venturesdivision gives you access to funding and support channels to deliver financial, environmental and social impact on the urban landscapes around us. Our tools are: Funding through grants and equity investments, Knowledge and training through partner-led programmes, networking and introductions through dedicated support to our equity portfolio companiesOur investments provide you with a boost on your growth journey, and our network connects you with the right stakeholders in the public policy sector — on a regional, national and European-wide scale — to put your company on the map and bring your urban mobility services to the people who need it the most.If you’re like us and have a drive to shape the cities of our future, join our community of engaged and esteemed impactful ventures by applying for one of the many different programs we offer. ## Kiko Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series C - Focus: Chemical, Software, Smart Home Kiko is a venture capital firm ## Par Equity - Type: VC Fund - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Founded in 2008, Par Equity is a venture capital firm that backs the most innovative, high growth technology companies in the North of the UK. Based in Edinburgh, Par invests across Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. ## Banca Tema - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montallegro, Sicilia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing - Focus: Oil and Gas, Organic Food, Food and Beverage Banca Tema is an investment bank.