Energy Capital Ventures®
VC Fund
Chicago, United States
Energy Capital Ventures® is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Renewable Energy and Energy. The only early stage venture capital fund focused on the ESG imperatives and digital transformation of the natural gas industry. In addition to the unique focus that advocates for innovation in green molecules (tm), the firm further differentiates with its customized engagement and deep integration with its strategic limited partners, all of whomare publicly traded utilities. This model enables the firm to be a platform of innovation bridging the technology of the start-up ecosystem with the scale of the natural gas industry.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 87%
- Fund size:
- $55M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Energy Capital Ventures® invests in
Stages Energy Capital Ventures® invests in
Countries Energy Capital Ventures® invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $3M–$11M
- Series A
- $3M–$28M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Renewable Energy 4 (27%)
- Energy 3 (20%)
- Industrial 3 (20%)
- Energy Management 3 (20%)
- GreenTech 2 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (40%)
- Series A 4 (27%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (7%)
- Series B 1 (7%)
- Series C 1 (7%)
Country
- United States 10 (67%)
- Germany 1 (7%)
- New Zealand 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Victor Pascucci
Managing General Partner
|
Managing General Partner | Total investments: 32 | Find email | |
Rick Vitón
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
|
Stefano Galiasso
Vice President
|
Vice President | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teragen Energy develops an energy technology platform based on advanced regenerative solid oxide fuel cells that provide both power generation and energy storage in a single system. The company’s systems generate electricity from external fuels such as natural gas or hydrogen without combustion and can operate in reverse to store power as hydrogen.Teragen designs modular systems that can be scaled from megawatt-scale installations for data centers to deployments for microgrids, renewable projects, and utilities. Its technology is intended to help operators manage variable renewable output, ride through outages, and address daily capacity needs using one device. Teragen focuses on applications including AI and cloud data centers, manufacturing and cold storage facilities, remote communities, and electric grid infrastructure. The platform is positioned to replace separate diesel generators and battery systems by combining fuel-flexible generation and low-cost storage in a compact footprint. | $6M / Pre-Seed / Aug 26, 2026 | ||
| material technology to seperate gases | $8.2M / Seed / Sep 25, 2025 | ||
| Sapphire Technologies develops, manufactures, and sells energy recovery systems for both natural gas and hydrogen industrial and commercial applications. The company's systems are designed to convert waste energy from pressure reduction processes into electric power without disrupting operations. We help companies maximize plant efficiencies,improve productivity, reduce carbon emissions, offset electrical costs, and generate cashflow by recovering this wasted pressure energy. | $18M / Series C / Sep 09, 2025 | ||
| Capture6 develops and commercializes highly scalable approaches to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The company is pioneering an approach that can be deployed today by repurposing existing industrial scale technologies. | $27.5M / Series A / Mar 11, 2025 | ||
| CarbonQuest provides advanced technologies and solutions that enable acceleration of global carbon reduction. The company is based in New York, USA. | $20M / Feb 26, 2025 | ||
| Graphitic Energy develops methane pyrolysis technology that converts natural gas into hydrogen and solid carbon. The process operates without releasing direct carbon dioxide emissions. The company focuses on improving energy efficiency and cleaner production methods. Its research includes finding practical uses for the solid carbon byproduct inindustrial applications. The work combines chemical and process engineering to support lower-emission energy systems. Graphitic Energy focuses its operations on the technical development and application of fuel technologies that are carbon-neutral. | $6M / Series A / Aug 22, 2024 | ||
| Vertus Energy operates as a climate tech startup. Vertus Energy is accelerating the world’s transition to green energy. Its BRIO™ technology turbocharges the production of green fuel from waste and generates a more powerful biofuel, producing 60% more energy from the same amount of waste while also processing three times the amount of waste thanany other system on the market. | $9.4M / Seed / Jun 27, 2024 | ||
| Eclipse Energy is a climate technology company that develops low-carbon energy solutions. | $3M / Series A / Feb 09, 2024 | ||
| Furno is a climate technology company that produces zero-emission ordinary Portland cement. Its technology combines oxyfuel combustion and a novel design to develop plants, providing the cement industry with agile, scalable, carbon-neutral, energy-efficient, and less capital-intensive cement technology. | $6.5M / Seed / Feb 02, 2024 | ||
| Osmoses engages in decarbonizing gas separations to eliminate one gigaton of carbon emissions per year. | $11M / Seed / Oct 03, 2023 | ||
| See all 15 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Energy Capital Ventures® invest in?
Energy Capital Ventures® invests primarily in Renewable Energy, Energy and Industrial startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Energy Capital Ventures® invest in?
Energy Capital Ventures® typically joins rounds of $3M–$11M at Seed and $3M–$28M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Energy Capital Ventures®'s own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Energy Capital Ventures® took part in.
How do I contact Energy Capital Ventures®?
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Who are the partners at Energy Capital Ventures®?
The team at Energy Capital Ventures® includes Victor Pascucci (Managing General Partner), Rick Vitón (Partner) and Stefano Galiasso (Vice President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Nov 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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