# Dennis Odell

> Dennis Odell is a Series A investor at Evergy Ventures backing Energy. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Evergy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evergy-ventures)
- Location: Kansas City, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennisodell/

Dennis Odell is a Series A investor at Evergy Ventures in Kansas City focused on Energy and Energy Management. Dennis Odell is the Vice-President and ClimateTech Venture Investor at Evergy Ventures. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska with a BS – Business Administration degree in Finance and an MBA.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 2 | 50% |
| Energy Management | 2 | 50% |
| Video | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| XENDEE Corporation | XENDEE develops advanced software for financial & technical optimization and operation of resilient Microgrids and renewable energy systems. and is headquartered in San Diego, California, United States. | $12M | Series A | Jun 15, 2022 | https://www.xendee.com |
| Librestream Technologies | Librestream Technologies Inc. develops the operations-driven video collaboration solution for enterprises. With its patented Onsight video collaboration solution, Librestream extends traditional video-conferencing and collaborative services to places previously unreachable by video such as an off-shore oil rig or a manufacturing plant floor.Collaborators across multiple locations can use a combination of Onsight software and camera devices to interact through live video, voice, image sharing and onscreen telestration. Industries as diverse as manufacturing, energy, healthcare, insurance, and government sectors are using Librestream’s Onsight solution to connect their ecosystem of employees, suppliers, and customers. These enterprises achieve cost-efficiencies resulting from accelerated problem resolution, reductions in downtimes and travel, improvements in customer service and increased productivity.To learn more about the company, its products and services, visit the website at www.librestream.com, email information@librestream.com or call 1.800.849.5507 (NA) / +1.204.487.0612 (Intl). |  | Corporate Round | Feb 09, 2021 | http://www.librestream.com |
| WattBuy | At WattBuy, we’re focused on an ambitious vision: making cleaner, more affordable electricity accessible to every household. We’re looking to bring on team members to help us reach that goal. Based in NYC, DC, and Seattle, WattBuy is a team of product leaders and engineers from Google and Amazon who share a love of using technology to tackleinequality and positively impact the climate. | $3.3M | Series A | Nov 18, 2020 | https://wattbuy.com |

3 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Honeywell](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/honeywell) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Powerhouse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/powerhouse-ventures-b1e4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Anzu Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anzu-partner) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Avesta Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avesta-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullet-time-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fort Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fort-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Evergy Ventures

VC Fund · Kansas City, United States

Evergy Ventures is the venture capital arm of Evergy specializing in investments in growth capital and early stage companies. It seeks to invest in the energy sector focusing on opportunities in the customer energy solutions, energy infrastructure industries, energy marketing, environmental remediation, infrastructure security, and renewablesservices, but is open to attractive investments outside of these sectors within the energy value chain. Evergy Ventures prefers to make investments using equity and debt instruments. It prefers to invest in North America with a special focus on Midwest based companies. Evergy Ventures began operation in 2015. It has its headquarters in Kansas City in Missouri.

4 contacts available at Evergy Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dennis Odell | Vice-President and ClimateTech Venture Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-odell |
| Ashwin Shashindranath | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashwin-shashindranath |
| Brock Smith | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brock-smith |
| Lana Jennings | Manager of Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lana-jennings |

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## FAQ

### What does Dennis Odell invest in?

Dennis Odell invests primarily in Energy, Energy Management and Video startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Dennis Odell?

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### When did Dennis Odell last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dennis Odell closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 4 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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