# BP Ventures

> BP Ventures is a VC fund in Palo Alto backing Energy and Renewable Energy. See 116 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 116
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 52%
- Fund size: $10M
- Last fund: Jul 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bp/
- Website: https://www.bp.com/en/global/ventures.html
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BPinIndia/?brand_redir=345463602161853

BP Ventures is a venture capital firm that identifies and invests in private and high-growth technology companies.BP Ventures was set up more than ten years ago to identify and invest in private, high growth, game-changing technology companies, accelerating innovation across the entire energy spectrum.Since then, they have invested over $400million in technology companies across more than 40 entities with more than 200 co-investors. Venturing plays a key role in BP’s strategy to tackle the dual challenge of meeting the world’s need for more energy, while at the same time reducing carbon emissions. They will do this by leveraging their investments across a portfolio of relevant technology businesses that will help BP transition to a low carbon company.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3.1M–$27M |
| Series B | $5.8M–$60M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 17 | 15% |
| Renewable Energy | 13 | 11% |
| Manufacturing | 11 | 9% |
| Software | 10 | 9% |
| Oil and Gas | 10 | 9% |

97 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 23 | 20% |
| Series A | 20 | 17% |
| Series B | 15 | 13% |
| Series C | 9 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 7 | 6% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 37 | 32% |
| United Kingdom | 16 | 14% |
| India | 4 | 3% |
| Canada | 3 | 3% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Martin Sellers | Low Carbon Digital Technology Principal | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-sellers-1781 |
| Shaun Healey | Ventures Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shaun-healey |
| Bryan Rabenau | Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-rabenau |
| Chad Bown | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chad-bown |
| Daniela Proske | Senior Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniela-proske |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oxa | Oxa develops autonomous vehicle software and hardware solutions for industrial mobility automation. The company provides self-driving software that can be configured for various industrial vehicles, paired with modular hardware systems that allow existing fleets to be upgraded. Oxa also offers fleet management software that can integrate withthird-party logistics systems to support coordinated operations. Its solutions focus on improving efficiency, productivity, and safety in environments such as ports, airports, and industrial yards. Oxa incorporates safety and monitoring measures throughout its development and deployment processes, ensuring controlled and explainable vehicle autonomy. The company collaborates with organizations to implement and optimize automation strategies while supporting the adoption and operation of autonomous fleets. | $102.6M | Series D | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| Grid Edge | Grid Edge uses artificial intelligence technology to predict, optimize and control the energy profile, unlocking the potential to become active and intelligent participants in the energy system. The company specializes in hybrid deep learning and artificial neural network methods, Grid Edge provides cloud-based software services that work inharmony with building energy management systems. | $3.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| Magenta Mobility | Magenta is in business of 'Enabling electric mobility and Making electricity clean'. Magenta has four business divisions: 1. Magenta ChargeGrid - EV Charging Solutions 1. Magenta Power - Clean Energy Systems 3. Magenta Infomatics - Information Technology for clean energy 4. Magenta EVET - Electric Vehicle based transport solutions | $5.8M | Series B | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| Magenta Mobility | Magenta is in business of 'Enabling electric mobility and Making electricity clean'. Magenta has four business divisions: 1. Magenta ChargeGrid - EV Charging Solutions 1. Magenta Power - Clean Energy Systems 3. Magenta Infomatics - Information Technology for clean energy 4. Magenta EVET - Electric Vehicle based transport solutions | $5.8M | Series B | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| Advanced Ionics | Advanced Ionics engages in eliminating the green premium associated with green hydrogen production. Its electrolyzers are designed for industry allowing customers to produce green hydrogen symbiotically within their existing facilities and operations in remote locations where electricity is abundant and co-generation is not. | $6.7M |  | Jan 08, 2025 |  |
| Zingbus | Zingbus is an emerging brand in the intercity bus services. We aim to provide a safe and reliable travel experience to the community which include well-equipped buses with modern facilities keeping in mind all the safety essentials. | $9M | Series A | Dec 17, 2024 |  |
| Oxford Flow | Oxford Flow combines the finest minds from academia with global expertise from industry to deliver practical solutions that enable their customers to make their operations quicker and slicker while reducing environmental impact. Oxford Flow is able to save you money without sacrificing performance. Every device is the result of intensive testingand customer feedback. Their solutions aren’t just theoretical - they are proven in the harshest of conditions to work time after time. | $25M | Series C | Dec 05, 2024 |  |
| Mantel | Mantel proposes a method to trap CO2 before it enters the atmosphere. | $30M | Series A | Sep 05, 2024 |  |
| Hysata | Hysata is a developer of hydrogen electrolyzer designed to accelerate the world's shift away from fossil fuels to green hydrogen | $111M | Series B | May 08, 2024 |  |
| BluSmart Mobility | Blu Smart Mobility is a provider of electric shared smart mobility platform for transportation. Blu Smart is an all-electric, shared, and smart mobility platform for ride-sharing, car-sharing, and scooter-sharing. Blu Smart is a 100% electric mobility platform that partners with electric vehicle manufactures. | $24M | Series A | Dec 21, 2023 |  |

10 of 116 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Survam Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/survam-partners) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Mayfield India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mayfield-india) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [100Unicorns](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/9unicorns) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Alteria Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alteria-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [BlackSoil](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blacksoil) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Green Frontier Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/green-frontier-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does BP Ventures invest in?

BP Ventures invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Manufacturing startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 116 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 BP Ventures's check size?

BP Ventures typically joins rounds of $3.1M–$27M at Series A and $5.8M–$60M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds BP Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact BP Ventures?

Public channels for BP Ventures include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at BP Ventures?

The team at BP Ventures includes Martin Sellers (Low Carbon Digital Technology Principal), Shaun Healey (Ventures Partner) and Bryan Rabenau (Principal), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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