AGL Energy
VC Fund
Sydney, Australia
AGL Energy is a VC fund in Sydney focused on Renewable Energy and Solar. AGL is one of Australia's leading integrated energy companies, and the largest ASX listed owner, operator and developer of renewable energy generation in the country. Drawing on over 175 years of experience, AGL operates retail and merchant energy businesses, power generation assets and an upstream gas portfolio. AGL also has one ofAustralia's largest retail energy and dual fuel customer bases. AGL has a diverse power generation portfolio including base, peaking and intermediate generation plants, spread across traditional thermal generation as well as renewable sources including hydro, wind, landfill gas and biomass. AGL is taking action toward creating a sustainable energy future for their investors, communities and customers.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 29%
Last updated:
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Industries AGL Energy invests in
Stages AGL Energy invests in
Countries AGL Energy invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series C
- $25M–$37M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Renewable Energy 5 (71%)
- Solar 3 (43%)
- Energy 3 (43%)
- Clean Energy 3 (43%)
- Software 2 (29%)
Stage
- Series C 3 (43%)
- Series A 1 (14%)
- Series B 1 (14%)
- Series D 1 (14%)
- Corporate Round 1 (14%)
Country
- United States 3 (43%)
- Australia 2 (29%)
- Canada 1 (14%)
- United Kingdom 1 (14%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alistair Preston
Executive General Manager
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Executive General Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Brett Redman
CFO
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CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Damien Nicks
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
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Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Daniel Cram
Executive General Manager People & Culture
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Executive General Manager People & Culture | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
David Pethick
Head of Future Business Portfolio
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Head of Future Business Portfolio | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
RayGen
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RayGen is an Australian technology business with world-leading capability in the next generation of solar power and electricity storage. RayGen’s Solar Power Plant makes renewable energy available on demand with the lowest cost, long duration solar plus storage solution. The Solar Power Plant provides utility-scale, time-shifting energy storagewith synchronous generation of high-quality power. The system can also be flexibly located and installed where the grid requires. The Solar Power Plant consists of RayGen’s proprietary PV Ultra (solar cogeneration) and Thermal Hydro (electro-thermal storage) technologies. RayGen has a highly capable and experienced team of 30 employees in engineering, manufacturing, operations and sales. RayGen has built and sold 1MWAC (3MW cogeneration) PV Ultra projects, supported by power purchase agreements. RayGen develops and manufactures its high-efficiency solar modules at its 25MWAC manufacturing facility in Melbourne, Victoria. RayGen has received support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Victorian Government’s New Energy Jobs Fund. Learn more at RayGen.com | $78M / Series D / Apr 09, 2025 | |
Kaluza
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Kaluza is an intelligent grid technology company that provides software and hardware products to the energy sector. Kaluza was created to solve the challenge faced by grid operators, energy suppliers and device manufacturers, of integrating millions of energy intensive appliances including electric vehicles onto the grid. | $99.1M / Corporate Round / Jun 10, 2024 | |
ecobee
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Ecobee is a provider of Wi-Fi enabled smart thermostats for residential and commercial applications, delivering energy conservation solutions. The company offers ecobee Smart Thermostat, a digital programmable thermostat that helps in customizing temperature settings. The thermostat connects the clients to their WiFi, and gives them remote accessto the thermostat settings from any computer and helps in energy conservation. Its products are used in single family homes, multi-family dwellings, and offices. The company accepts orders online. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Toronto, Canada. | $36.3M / Series C / May 31, 2018 | |
August Home
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August develops smarter home access products and services that allow physical environments to seamlessly respond to user behavior. Its flagship product, the August Smart Lock, is a new home access system that allows you to use smartphones in place of traditional keys.August is founded by famed designer Yves Behar and consumer technology veteranJason Johnson and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $25M / Series C / Jul 26, 2017 | |
Advanced Microgrid Solutions
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Advanced Microgrid Solutions installs advanced energy storage systems in buildings to lower energy costs for consumers and provide clean. AMS's Hybrid-Electric BuildingsTM Project deploys large networks of battery systems in targeted buildings where electric utilities need grid support. The company can seamlessly shift an entire fleet ofbuildings from grid power to battery power providing real-time support to the electric grid. Building owners get paid for being part of the solution to today's energy challenge.Advanced Microgrid Solutions artificial intelligence-powered software maximizes the value of renewables, batteries, and entire asset portfolios so they can deploy and use more clean energy with higher ROI. It uses deep learning algorithms to enable optimized trading of complex energy assets in wholesale energy markets. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. | $34.7M / Series B / Jul 11, 2017 | |
Solar Analytics
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Solar Analytics is an innovative greentech company based in Australia that develops solar PV monitoring to help customers get their solar energy systems working to capacity. | $4.4M / Series A / Sep 19, 2016 | |
Sunverge Energy
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Sunverge Energy provides integrated solar solutions for distributed generation and storage. It offers Sunverge Solar Integration System (SIS) Release 1.2 that distributes the generation and storage of renewable energy; and Sunverge SISport load management software that supports strategies for shaping and shifting peak residential load. SunvergeEnergy serves homeowners, small– to medium–sized businesses, utilities, and electricity regulators. Dean Sanders and Kenneth Munson founded it in 2010, with its headquarters in Stockton in California and an additional office in Fortitude Valley in Australia. | $36.5M / Series C / Feb 09, 2016 |
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FAQ
What does AGL Energy invest in?
AGL Energy invests primarily in Renewable Energy, Solar and Energy startups, most often at Series C and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is AGL Energy's check size?
AGL Energy typically joins rounds of $25M–$37M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds AGL Energy participates in.
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Who are the partners at AGL Energy?
The team at AGL Energy includes Alistair Preston (Executive General Manager), Brett Redman (CFO) and Damien Nicks (Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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