# Energy Innovation Capital

> Energy Innovation Capital is a VC fund backing Energy and Oil and Gas. See 57 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 57
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 30%
- Fund size: $31M
- Last fund: Aug 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/10494235
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/eic_vc
- Website: http://energyinnovationcapital.com/

Energy Innovation Capital is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Energy and Oil and Gas. Energy Innovation Capital is the premier capital provider for innovators serving the energy industry. EIC provides early and growth-stage funding for visionary entrepreneurs tackling global energy challenges with transformative, market-leading solutions. EIC's team leverages its industry expertise, networks and collaborative approach to helptalented entrepreneurs push the boundaries of what's possible and build great companies. To learn more, visit www.energyinnovationcapital.com.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $5M–$10M |
| Series B | $5M–$33M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 10 | 18% |
| Oil and Gas | 7 | 12% |
| Manufacturing | 6 | 11% |
| Software | 5 | 9% |
| Solar | 3 | 5% |

71 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 13 | 23% |
| Series A | 11 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 14% |
| Series C | 6 | 11% |
| Series D | 5 | 9% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 24 | 42% |
| Canada | 2 | 4% |
| Australia | 2 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 4% |
| France | 1 | 2% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Smith | Managing Director | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-smith-1eb0 |
| Paul Dickerson | COO and Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-dickerson |
| Rajan Gupta | Sr. Managing Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rajan-gupta-1841 |
| Vikki Dunn | Operating Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vikki-dunn |
| W. George Coyle | Managing Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/w-george-coyle |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Insight M | Insight M develops aerial monitoring technology for methane detection for the energy industry. It supports physical science expertise with data analytics to survey large areas, create digital maps in optical and infrared wavelengths, and scan various pipelines and acres of territory to identify major sources of gas loss.The company completed thefirst-ever basin-wide aerial survey for methane detection in its 2019 survey of the Permian Basin. Kairos Aerospace’s mission is to improve operational excellence for the oil and gas industry with cost-effective, efficient methane reductions at scale. | $30M | Series E | Jun 20, 2025 |  |
| ConnectDER | ConnectDER develops small elegant solutions for big complex problems in the power and water sectors. | $35M | Series D | Dec 03, 2024 |  |
| Relectrify | Relectrify develops and supplies advanced battery control solutions, which increase the lifetime and reduce the cost of battery storage systems. The company's cell-level battery management and inverter technology is used in battery storage globally including for homes, industry and the grid, and is suitable for both second-life and newbatteries. | $17M | Series B | May 29, 2024 |  |
| Kairos Aerospace | Kairos Aerospace provides large-scale, aerial monitoring of methane emissions. The company completed the first-ever basin-wide aerial survey for methane detection in its 2019 survey of the Permian Basin. Kairos Aerospace’s mission is to improve operational excellence for the oil and gas industry with cost-effective, efficient methane reductions atscale. | $52M | Series D | Feb 15, 2024 |  |
| Insight M | Insight M develops aerial monitoring technology for methane detection for the energy industry. It supports physical science expertise with data analytics to survey large areas, create digital maps in optical and infrared wavelengths, and scan various pipelines and acres of territory to identify major sources of gas loss.The company completed thefirst-ever basin-wide aerial survey for methane detection in its 2019 survey of the Permian Basin. Kairos Aerospace’s mission is to improve operational excellence for the oil and gas industry with cost-effective, efficient methane reductions at scale. | $52M | Series D | Feb 15, 2024 |  |
| ConnectDER | ConnectDER develops small elegant solutions for big complex problems in the power and water sectors. | $27M | Series C | May 23, 2023 |  |
| Exum Instruments | Exum builds instruments and software ecosystems to increase the speed of development and discovery, offering easy access to high-performance at a low-cost. | $6M | Series A | May 23, 2023 |  |
| Orbital Sidekick | Orbital Sidekick utilizes hyperspectral technology - capturing hundreds of narrow contiguous spectral bands, from visible light through infrared. The company develops a space-based infrastructure of hyperspectral sensors to provide monitoring services to the energy sector.Orbital Sidekick was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco,California, United States. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 31, 2023 |  |
| Relectrify | Relectrify develops and supplies advanced battery control solutions, which increase the lifetime and reduce the cost of battery storage systems. The company's cell-level battery management and inverter technology is used in battery storage globally including for homes, industry and the grid, and is suitable for both second-life and newbatteries. |  |  | Jan 25, 2023 |  |
| Relectrify | Relectrify develops and supplies advanced battery control solutions, which increase the lifetime and reduce the cost of battery storage systems. The company's cell-level battery management and inverter technology is used in battery storage globally including for homes, industry and the grid, and is suitable for both second-life and newbatteries. | $9.3M | Series A | Jan 24, 2023 |  |

10 of 57 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Energy Innovation Capital invest in?

Energy Innovation Capital invests primarily in Energy, Oil and Gas and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 57 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Energy Innovation Capital's check size?

Energy Innovation Capital typically joins rounds of $5M–$10M at Series A and $5M–$33M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Energy Innovation Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Energy Innovation Capital?

Public channels for Energy Innovation Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Energy Innovation Capital?

The team at Energy Innovation Capital includes Christopher Smith (Managing Director), Paul Dickerson (COO and Managing Director) and Rajan Gupta (Sr. Managing Director), among 14 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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