# Brendan Bell

> Brendan Bell is a Series A investor at Aligned Climate Capital backing Energy and CleanTech. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Aligned Climate Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aligned-climate-capital)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-bell-b150745/

Brendan Bell is a Series A investor at Aligned Climate Capital in Los Angeles focused on Energy and CleanTech. Brendan Bell is the Director at SWTCH. Brendan Bell attended the University of Maryland School of Public Policy.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 3 | 100% |
| CleanTech | 2 | 67% |
| Electric Vehicle | 2 | 67% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Canada | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SWTCH | SWTCH provides electric vehicle charging solutions for multifamily, commercial, and workplace properties across North America. The company utilizes technology available to help building owners and operators deploy EV charging by tapping into their existing grid infrastructure. Its energy management solution, SWTCH Control, provides visibility intobuilding electrical loads and available capacity for EV charging. It also allows building owners to install and manage EV chargers with existing electrical infrastructure, future-proofing properties while avoiding costly infrastructure upgrades. | $10M | Series A | Apr 27, 2022 |  |
| ChargeNet Stations | ChargeNet Stations's software platform makes it seamless for Quick Serve Restaurants (QSR) to offer customers an opportunity to eat great food and charge their EV, while reducing the QSR's operating costs. | $6.2M | Seed | Jan 10, 2022 |  |
| Swell Energy | Swell Energy is developing a greater grid for the greater good. The distributed energy and grid solutions provider is accelerating the mass-adoption of residential and commercial clean energy technologies by making it easy for consumers to take control of their home energy use, achieve energy security and generate GridRevenue. The company provideshomeowners and businesses with financing and educational resources, partnering with trusted local solar + storage companies and top technology providers for seamless, high-quality installations of the best available products. By creating a critical mass of dynamic and responsive clean energy resources within utility service areas across the United States, Swell Energy is also delivering virtual power plant networks and grid-balancing services to utilities, which are fundamental to our future distributed energy system. | $12M | Series A | Nov 27, 2019 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Active Impact Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/active-impact-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ares Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ares-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Elemental Energy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elemental-energy-5432) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IBI Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ibi-group-307f) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Landmark Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/landmark-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/los-angeles-cleantech-incubator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Aligned Climate Capital

VC Fund · New York, United States

Aligned invests in the people, companies, and real assets that are decarbonizing the global economy and its infrastructure. We believe this is an opportunity to generate strong financial returns, while also achieving meaningful environmental and social impact.Our team works at the intersection of finance, technology, and public policy. Webelieve that each of these disciplines is critical to understanding this market, anticipating trends, and investing successfully. Aligned’s investment strategies are informed by this ethos and guided by a vision that the success of our firm, our investors, our partners, and the planet are all Aligned.

2 contacts available at Aligned Climate Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brendan Bell | Chief Operating Officer & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brendan-bell-4ba4 |
| Peter W Davidson | CEO and Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-w-davidson |

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## FAQ

### What does Brendan Bell invest in?

Brendan Bell invests primarily in Energy, CleanTech and Electric Vehicle startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Brendan Bell last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brendan Bell closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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