# Montrose Lane

> Montrose Lane is a VC fund in Houston backing Software and Oil and Gas. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 92%
- Last fund: Aug 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cottonwoodvp/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/cottonwoodvp
- Website: https://montroselane.com

Montrose Lane is an investment firm partnering with technology companies that make energy affordable, safe, and environmentally friendly.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 46% |
| Oil and Gas | 4 | 31% |
| Energy | 3 | 23% |
| SaaS | 2 | 15% |
| Analytics | 2 | 15% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 54% |
| Series B | 3 | 23% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 23% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jeremy Arendt | Managing Partner & Co-founder | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-arendt |
| Ryan Gurney | Managing Partner & Co-founder | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-gurney-2 |
| Jonathan Scheiner | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-scheiner-1604 |
| Mark Mills | Strategic Partner & Co-founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-mills |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ambyint | Ambyint delivers an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Driven automation and analytics solution for artificial lift optimization that builds on traditional physics-based techniques. Built on 10+ years of domain expertise, Ambyint automates diagnosis, automatically adjusts operating parameters, and predicts failures, resulting in improved production andreduced LOE. Customers deploy the Ambyint Production Optimization Platform either with existing customer SCADA systems or with Ambyint’s High Resolution Adaptive Controllers, which enable higher resolution data acquisition and automated control for artificial lift systems. |  |  | Nov 14, 2023 |  |
| HUVRData | HUVR provides software solutions to accelerate digital transformation in the alternative energy, oil and gas, maritime, and other energy and industrial sectors. Our technology and best practices enable our clients to transform Enterprise Asset Management into Smart Asset Governance. Our solutions empower our clients to break down data silos andintegrate imagery, inspection data, and legacy enterprise asset management databases. Through powerful analytics, HUVR provides visibility and actionable insights across all asset operations. |  | Series A | Oct 06, 2020 |  |
| Trivie | Trivie is a learning as a service platform (LaaS) that uses neuroscience, peer-to-peer social collaboration, and gamification to increase knowledge retention and engagement while giving companies powerful data to better measure, manage, and enhance their learning organizations. | $5M | Series A | Jun 23, 2020 |  |
| Ambyint | Ambyint delivers an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Driven automation and analytics solution for artificial lift optimization that builds on traditional physics-based techniques. Built on 10+ years of domain expertise, Ambyint automates diagnosis, automatically adjusts operating parameters, and predicts failures, resulting in improved production andreduced LOE. Customers deploy the Ambyint Production Optimization Platform either with existing customer SCADA systems or with Ambyint’s High Resolution Adaptive Controllers, which enable higher resolution data acquisition and automated control for artificial lift systems. | $15M | Series B | Feb 04, 2020 |  |
| FieldEye | Hitched is an industrial project management and procurement software solution for operations teams in industrial markets. |  | Series A | Jan 07, 2020 |  |
| Engage Mobilize | Engage Mobilize is the SaaS provider of digital field ticket management software. At ENGAGE our mission is to simplify the B2B transaction process, by automating the entire end-to-end financial workflow through our robust technology suite. Starting with our E-ticketing platform, our software captures and validates critical edge data points for workbeing completed by suppliers and service providers and automates the approval process for these transactions, based on predefined customizable criteria. Dispute resolution is automated and controlled at the field level where each transaction takes place. Validated transactions are now fast-tracked through the ENGAGE E-invoicing platform, eliminating redundant approval and reconciliation tasks, and providing absolute control over how and when payments are processed. Additionally, other highly leveraged software can integrate directly with ENGAGE, providing a seamless end-to-end solution that is easy to implement and manage, reducing touchpoints and transactions overall. Through business automation improvements, ENGAGE clients benefit from more accurate and real-time visibility into their financial workflows. Our state of the art software saves companies countless hours, reduces fraud, and fundamentally improves the way companies manage and forecast their financials and ESG targets. |  | Series A | Sep 05, 2019 |  |
| Tachyus | Tachyus develops a technology platform to optimize energy production for the oil and gas industry. Its platform provides prescriptive and predictive analytics, descriptive analytics, integration, and measurement features. Tachyus offers solutions for production optimization in cyclic steaming, steam-flooding, CO2-flooding, water-flooding, pumpoptimization, workover prioritization, and shale fracking. It production responses to stimulation, relationships between completion design and initial production, and optimal injection rates through its platform enables users to predict mechanical equipment failure. Tachyus serves through iOS applications. Dakin Sloss, Francisco Leport, and Paul Orland founded Software Revolution in 2013 that became Tachyus in April 2013. It has its headquarters in San Mateo in California. | $15M | Series B | May 20, 2019 |  |
| Novi Labs | Novi builds artificial intelligence driven business applications that help the Oil & Gas industry optimize the economic value of drilling programs.Discover pre-drill insights in production, completions and geological data. Their machine learning and advanced analytics software is designed for petroleum engineers to optimize shale fielddevelopment planning. Experiment with data, not the drill bit. | $7M | Series A | May 15, 2019 |  |
| Well Data Labs | Well Data Labs was founded in June 2014 with a focus on solving the problems the Upstream Oil & Gas Industry has with managing, analyzing, and reporting completions data. In an industry where downhole innovation occurs constantly, data collection and analysis is often far behind. We help you get back on the curve. | $3.1M | Series B | Nov 15, 2018 |  |
| SitePro | SitePro is a digital oilfield water management company that specializes in automation and software development. The company's technology digitalizes and automates water infrastructure while also streamlining operations for oil and gas operators, allowing them to remotely monitor and control assets, optimize water logistics, streamlineregulatory reporting, and reduce environmental hazards. |  |  | Jun 21, 2018 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mercury Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercury-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Accelerate Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerate-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bill Wood Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-wood-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blue Bear Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-bear-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Builders VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/builders) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Montrose Lane invest in?

Montrose Lane invests primarily in Software, Oil and Gas and Energy startups, most often at Series A and Series B 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.

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### Who are the partners at Montrose Lane?

The team at Montrose Lane includes Jeremy Arendt (Managing Partner & Co-founder), Ryan Gurney (Managing Partner & Co-founder) and Jonathan Scheiner (Venture Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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