# American Electric Power

> American Electric Power is a VC fund backing Energy. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Columbus, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 15%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-electric-power
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/AEPnews
- Website: http://aep.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanElectricPower

American Electric Power is an investment firm that invests in companies that focuses on clean energy and electricity distribution. American Electric Power has a strong tradition of leadership, service, and contributions to the communities. Its mission is to bring comfort to our customers, supporting business and commerce, and building strongcommunities.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 4 | 31% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 23% |
| Software | 2 | 15% |
| Power Grid | 2 | 15% |
| Clean Energy | 2 | 15% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 5 | 38% |
| Series A | 2 | 15% |
| Grant | 1 | 8% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |
| Series D | 1 | 8% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 10 | 77% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dennis E. Welch | Executive Vice President & Chief External Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-e-welch |
| John F. Turner | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-f-turner |
| Lana L. Hillebrand | Senior Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lana-l-hillebrand |
| Robert P. Powers | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-p-powers |
| Therace Risch | Senior Vice President Chief Information & Technology Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/therace-risch |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Datamaran | Datamaran is one of the world’s most sophisticated and powerful semantic business intelligence tools.Former GRI Director, Marjella Alma, recognised the problems facing businesses in monitoring and reporting on risk, sustainability and ESG issues, and decided to take action. Together with former Wall Street Quant specialist, JP Lecourt, and formerTechnology and Analytics consultant, Jérôme Basdevant, they formed Datamaran, and began work on creating an AI tool that would provide fast, efficient and powerful business intelligence on large unstructured data sets from the global corporate reporting landscape. | $13.3M | Series B | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Fortress Information Security | Fortress Information Security is an AI-powered cybersecurity company dedicated to defending government agencies, critical infrastructure, and their supply chains against the most sophisticated cyber threats facing the nation today. Organizations across energy, utilities, critical manufacturing, and the public sector trust Fortress to deliverclarity and action where other platforms fall short, combining deep industry expertise with cutting-edge technology to address the unique risk landscape each client operates in. At the heart of the Fortress offering is the Fortress Platform, an AI-driven solution that provides organizations with comprehensive visibility across their entire digital ecosystem, including IT, operational technology (OT), third-party vendors, and extended supply chains. Through proprietary data exchanges like the Asset-to-Vendor (A2V) network and NAESAD, Fortress enables real-time intelligence sharing across industry partners using software bills of materials (SBOMs), hardware bills of materials (HBOMs), and automated vendor assessments, ensuring organizations can not only identify risk but actively remediate it. The platform's trusted AI capabilities continuously monitor vendor ecosystems and products, delivering prioritized, context-rich insights that drive smarter, faster decision-making. Fortress goes beyond risk identification by working directly alongside clients and their vendors to implement remediation plans, achieve regulatory compliance, and build long-term cyber resilience. With solutions spanning Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM), Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), Vulnerability Management, Software Supply Chain Security, and Product Provenance Assessment (PPA), Fortress gives organizations a faster, more comprehensive path to security than building and managing these capabilities alone. As cyber threats against the nation's most critical systems continue to grow in scale and sophistication, Fortress is rapidly scaling its mission to ensure government agencies, critical infrastructure operators, and their supply chains remain protected, resilient, and compliant. | $125M | Series C | Apr 19, 2022 |  |
| Allumia | Allumia is a market leader in the delivery of Energy Efficiency-as-a-Service to the commercial sector, with a software and IoT platform that optimizes and automates the process of financing, developing, metering, and maintaining projects. Allumia provides services directly to commercial and industrial customers nationwide as well as through utilitypartnerships. | $7.5M | Series A | Feb 08, 2022 |  |
| Urbint | Urbint predicts threats to workers and critical infrastructure to stop incidents before they happen. Leveraging real-world data and artificial intelligence, Urbint’s software delivers a clear picture of risk up to a week in advance, so decision-makers can take action in the right place, at the right time, before an incident occurs. Many of thelargest energy and infrastructure companies in North America trust Urbint to protect their workers, assets, and the communities they serve. | $60M | Series C | Aug 24, 2021 |  |
| Mainspring Energy | Mainspring Energy is engineering advanced technology to revolutionize the way electricity is generated and delivered | $95M | Series D | May 04, 2021 |  |
| Utilidata | Utilidata is a grid technology startup that integrates AI capabilities to enhance data utilization and operational efficiency. | $8.3M | Series C | Aug 10, 2020 |  |
| ChargePoint | ChargePoint brings electric vehicle (EV) charging to more people and places than ever before as the world’s leading EV charging network. These stations are available as public charging stations, consumer subscription plans, and utility grid management technology for electric utility companies to smooth electric demands on the grid.ChargePoint wasincorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California. | $127M | Series H | Aug 05, 2020 |  |
| NorthWest Arkansas Community College | Northwest Arkansas Community College is a full-service community college in Bentonville, Arkansas, that offers transfer and professional academics, remedial and advanced programs, college life activities and a full range of student services.Academics include professional degrees in healthcare and business, such as: * Marketing * Nursing* Physical Therapy * Respiratory TherapyOther programs of study include transfer degrees in the arts and sciences, such as: * Drama * Film * Fine Arts * International Languages * Environmental Regulation * Psychology * SociologyHigh-performing degree candidates also have the option of enrolling in the school’s honors program.North Arkansas Community College has an adult education division, as well, which offers GED-prep and classes in ESL and Computer Literacy.Student life activities are available to students in all divisions. Some examples of these activities include performing arts clubs, academic and professional clubs and other types of student organizations.The career services division sponsors a range of activities, including career readiness workshops, job fairs and on-campus recruiting seminars. They also provide career counseling and job-search assistance.Most programs have an open admissions policy, which allows anyone with a high school diploma or GED to enroll, simply by filling out an admissions application. Healthcare programs have additional requirements.Students may receive academic, departmental and other types of scholarships, as well as federal financial aid awards like grants and loans. | $100K | Grant | Mar 17, 2020 |  |
| ChargePoint | ChargePoint brings electric vehicle (EV) charging to more people and places than ever before as the world’s leading EV charging network. These stations are available as public charging stations, consumer subscription plans, and utility grid management technology for electric utility companies to smooth electric demands on the grid.ChargePoint wasincorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California. | $240M | Series H | Nov 28, 2018 |  |
| Mainspring Energy | Mainspring Energy is engineering advanced technology to revolutionize the way electricity is generated and delivered | $83M | Series C | Jan 24, 2018 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Braemar Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/braemar-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Chevron Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chevron-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ClearSky](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clear-sky) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [KCK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kck) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Keyframe Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keyframe-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Linse Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/linse-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does American Electric Power invest in?

American Electric Power invests primarily in Energy, Artificial Intelligence and Software startups, most often at Series C and Series A stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact American Electric Power?

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### Who are the partners at American Electric Power?

The team at American Electric Power includes Dennis E. Welch (Executive Vice President & Chief External Officer), John F. Turner (Director) and Lana L. Hillebrand (Senior Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer), among 15 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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