Delek US
VC Fund
Brentwood, United States
Delek US is a VC fund in Brentwood focused on Energy and CleanTech. Delek US Holdings is a diversified downstream energy company with operations in three primary business segments: petroleum refining, logistics and convenience store retailing. Delek US is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee and employs more than 4,000 people across the eight states. The Company has been publicly traded on the New York StockExchange since 2006 under the ticker symbol "DK".
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
Last updated:
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Industries Delek US invests in
Stages Delek US invests in
Countries Delek US invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $9M–$22M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 2 (40%)
- CleanTech 2 (40%)
- Clean Energy 2 (40%)
- Cyber Security 2 (40%)
- Renewable Energy 2 (40%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (60%)
- Series C 1 (20%)
- Series E 1 (20%)
Country
- Israel 2 (40%)
- United States 2 (40%)
- Canada 1 (20%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Amber Russell
Executive Vice President, Refining
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Executive Vice President, Refining | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Avigal Soreq
President and CEO
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President and CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Denise C. McWatters
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
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Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Frederec Green
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
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Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Ido Biger
CIO & EVP
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CIO & EVP | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimensional Energy has created and licenses a platform technology that converts carbon emissions into high-performance hydrocarbons that readily replace fossil fuels in thousands of products and deliver more than 90% carbon intensity (CI) reductions. Our goal is to unlock use of renewable carbon for the evolving energy transition with full-stacktechnology and service offerings that support successful synthetic hydrocarbon production. Dimensional Energy addresses the need for cost-effective and replicable carbon-utilization technology attuned to specific site opportunities and constraints. With two operating facilities, tens of thousands of hours of operating history, and our first commercial sales complete, we are building a pipeline of financially viable projects leveraging waste CO2 | $20M / Series A / Dec 12, 2023 | ||
| APERIO Systems is a group of multidisciplinary researchers, engineers, thinkers and hackers. They are hands-on technologists who think fast and brainstorm original solutions whenever they are needed. Each member of their team has proven accomplishments in their domain of expertise, be it software engineering, machine learning, signal processingor cybersecurity. | $9M / Series A / Aug 24, 2023 | ||
| nT-Tao is building a compact fusion reactor that will generate 10-20 MW of electricity. The reactor is highly scalable and will be about the size of a shipping container, ensuring clean fusion energy wherever needed. The reactor’s scalability and affordability will make it suitable for various power needs, ranging from industrial and manufacturingfacilities to small towns and off-grid locations. This scalability coupled with the ability for rapid deployment, positions nT-Tao’s reactor as a versatile and adaptable fusion energy solution. nT-Tao’s unique solution relies on a proprietary plasma heating method which is expected to reach 1000 times higher density than other fusion reactors, thereby making its fusion reaction 1 million times more effective. nT-Tao’s ability for quick development iterations and its groundbreaking approach, dramatically reduces the size, cost, and complexity of fusion energy reactors. Co-founded by Oded Gour-Lavie, Doron Weinfeld, and Boaz Weinfeld, nT-Tao’s mission is to develop a unique nuclear fusion technology that will enable the world to transition towards a cleaner, decarbonized, sustainable, and advanced future. | $22M / Series A / Feb 01, 2023 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Upstream is a cloud-based centralized cybersecurity and analytics platform that protects the technologies and applications of connected and autonomous vehicles' fleets. The platform leverages big data and machine learning to provide OEMs and vehicle fleets with unprecedented, comprehensive, and non-intrusive defense. With application security,real-time data protection, and anomaly detection, attacks are identified and blocked before they reach and harm the vehicle's network.Upstream Security helps corporations mitigate connectivity risks and ensure the safety and security of smart mobility solutions protecting connected and autonomous vehicles. It also secures drivers, vehicles, and mobility services from misuse and cyber-attacks. Upstream C4 is a data-driven cloud-based platform that integrates with automotive data streams of vehicles and promises to detect incidents as they happen in real-time and allocating a rating based on perceived impact and severityThe company received the 15th Annual 2019 Info Security PG’s Global Excellence Awards in Automotive Security (IoT) and Cybersecurity Excellence Awards 2019 - Gold Winner (Automotive Cybersecurity Category).Upstream Security was founded in February 2017 and is based in Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel. | $26M / Series C / Aug 24, 2021 |
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FAQ
What does Delek US invest in?
Delek US invests primarily in Energy, CleanTech and Clean Energy startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Delek US's check size?
Delek US typically joins rounds of $9M–$22M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Delek US participates in.
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Who are the partners at Delek US?
The team at Delek US includes Amber Russell (Executive Vice President, Refining), Avigal Soreq (President and CEO) and Denise C. McWatters (Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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