# British Gas

> British Gas is a VC fund in Windsor backing Energy and Internet. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Windsor, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/british-gas
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/britishgas
- Website: http://www.britishgas.co.uk/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/britishgas

British Gas is an energy and home services provider of electricity and gas in the U.K. British Gas is renowned globally for setting up operations in for gas distribution channel and discovering new resources of energy. It operates in India by the name of Mahanagar Gas (Mumbai) & Gujarat Gas (Surat).

## Contacts

5 contacts available for British Gas. Shizune tracks 8 team members at British Gas. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/british-gas?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 2 | 67% |
| Internet | 2 | 67% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Power Grid | 1 | 33% |
| Web Hosting | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 67% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 67% |
| Germany | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andrzej Czerwinski | Head of Digital Platform Engineering | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrzej-czerwinski |
| Cathryn Lodwidge | Rewards Marketing Lead | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cathryn-lodwidge |
| Frederick Albert Winsor | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frederick-albert-winsor |
| James Monighan | Head of Products - Connected Homes | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-monighan |
| Josep Casals | Lead Data Engineer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josep-casals |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4energy | Located in Nottingham, 4energy produces cooling solutions that deliver up to 50% energy savings over traditional cooling products across the data centre and telecoms industries. | $9.2M | Corporate Round | May 28, 2013 |  |
| Power Plus Communications | Power Plus Communications is a leading provider of data communications systems for Smart Metering and Smart Grids, and a pioneer in Broadband Powerline (BPL) communications. Both Managing Directors Ingo Schönberg (CEO) and Eugen Mayer (COO) have led the company since its foundation in 2001. PPC currently employs around 60 people.PPC is located inMannheim, Germany, in a region famous for its tradition of innovation, home to world leaders in the automotive, software and energy industries. Their central location offers direct connection to many European cities and their close proximity to Frankfurt provides easy access for visitors to their Smart Grid Demo Centre. PPC’s Broadband Powerline technology provides DNOs and utilities with a powerful communications solution enabling Smart Metering and Smart Grids. Their open, standards-based BPL communications technology uses the existing electricity grid itself for broadband data transfer, in real-time, encrypted and Internet Protocol based. |  | Series B | Jun 26, 2012 |  |
| AlertMe | AlertMe provides a scalable, resilient, interoperable and open platform to connect an ecosystem of devices and appliances in the home. They provide an end to end service that goes way beyond point solutions, allowing devices and applications to work together seamlessly. AlertMe provides a unifying platform to connect an ecosystem of devices andappliances to provide services that allow users to monitor, control and automate the home.Their Vision is to make the Connected Home mass market. They believe that you need to make it simple, reliable, useful, affordable and expandable for the user. It has to ‘just work’. AlertMe takes away the complexity to provide users with a simple single UX (web & app) and an ecosystem of applications to meet their personal needs. Their award winning technology has been developed to facilitate easy deployment and rapid device adoption to give the business speed to market and agility in delivering new services. | $19.6M | Series B | Oct 08, 2010 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Catapult Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catapult-venture-managers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Climate Change Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/climate-change-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Good Energies](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/good-energies) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SET Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/set-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Siemens Financial Services](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/siemens-financial-services) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does British Gas invest in?

British Gas invests primarily in Energy, Internet and Software startups, most often at Series B and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact British Gas?

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### Who are the partners at British Gas?

The team at British Gas includes Andrzej Czerwinski (Head of Digital Platform Engineering), Cathryn Lodwidge (Rewards Marketing Lead) and Frederick Albert Winsor (Founder), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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