# Chris Powers

> Chris Powers is a Series E investor at Chavron New Energies backing Renewable Energy and CleanTech. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Chavron New Energies](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chavron-new-energies)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-a-powers80

Chris Powers is a Series E investor at Chavron New Energies focused on Renewable Energy and CleanTech. Vice President, Carbon Capture, Utilization, & Storage (CCUS) @Chevron New Energies

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Renewable Energy | 3 | 100% |
| CleanTech | 2 | 67% |
| Clean Energy | 2 | 67% |
| Industrial Engineering | 2 | 67% |
| Environmental Engineering | 2 | 67% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

### Country

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ION Clean Energy | ION Clean Energy is a technology company focused on the commercialization of solvent and process technology. It specializes in the removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from large point sources including natural gas and coal-fired power plants. The company was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Colorado, United States. | $45M | Series A | Apr 04, 2024 |  |
| Svante | Svante offers companies in emissions-intensive industries a commercially viable way to capture large-scale CO2 emissions from existing infrastructure, either for safe storage or to be recycled for further industrial use in a closed loop. With the ability to capture CO2 directly from industrial sources at less than half the capital cost of existingsolutions, Svante makes industrial-scale carbon capture a reality. Svante’s Board of Directors includes Nobel Laureate and former Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu; former Airbus Group’s Chief Technical Officer Jean Botti; and Steven Berkenfeld, former Head of Industrial & Cleantech Practice at Barclays Capital. | $318M | Series E | Dec 15, 2022 |  |
| Svante | Svante is a leading carbon capture and removal solutions provider specializing in the development and manufacturing of novel solid sorbents, structured adsorbent filters, and rotary contactor machines for post-combustion industrial carbon capture and direct air capture. The company’s leading-edge solid sorbent-based technology is environmentallyresponsible, and scalable, and can be applied to heavy industries with hard-to-avoid emissions, including cement, hydrogen, oil & gas, steel, and more. Svante has developed partnerships across the global CCUS value chain to scale the industry and make it easy for customers to execute source-to-sink carbon capture and removal projects. | $318M | Series E | Dec 15, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Japan Energy Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-energy-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [M&G Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/m-g-investments-2f25) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Samsung Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samsung-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [3M New Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3m-new-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Carbon Direct Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carbon-direct) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Delek US](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delek-us-holdings-inc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Chavron New Energies

VC Fund · San Ramon, United States

Chevron New Energies invest in Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) companies.

1 contacts available at Chavron New Energies.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Powers | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-powers-4fdc |

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## FAQ

### What does Chris Powers invest in?

Chris Powers invests primarily in Renewable Energy, CleanTech and Clean Energy startups, most often at Series E and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Chris Powers last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chris Powers closed in Apr 2024. 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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