# Equinor Ventures

> Equinor Ventures is a VC fund backing Renewable Energy and Energy. See 56 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stavanger, Norway
- Total investments: 56
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/equinor-ventures
- Website: https://www.equinor.com/energy/ventures

Equinor Ventures is a VC fund in Stavanger focused on Renewable Energy and Energy. Equinor Ventures invests in and supports innovative companies to shape the future of energy.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.8M–$10M |
| Series A | $6M–$37M |
| Series B | $7.7M–$195M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Renewable Energy | 13 | 23% |
| Energy | 8 | 14% |
| Oil and Gas | 5 | 9% |
| Solar | 4 | 7% |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 7% |

65 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 15 | 27% |
| Series A | 12 | 21% |
| Seed | 5 | 9% |
| Series C | 5 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 7% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 16 | 29% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 7% |
| Norway | 3 | 5% |
| Spain | 2 | 4% |
| France | 2 | 4% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kjersti Reinsnos | MD | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kjersti-reinsnos |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lithium de france | Lithium de France, which is a subsidiary of the French group Arverne, develops projects of Geothermal heat and Lithium. | $38.4M | Convertible Note | May 26, 2026 |  |
| ElectronX | ElectronX is an electricity demand grows and the grid rapidly shifts to intermittent renewable energy sources. | $36.5M | Series A | Nov 14, 2025 |  |
| HySun | HySun is a Spanish technology firm focused on green hydrogen. | $3.5M | Seed | Oct 02, 2025 |  |
| Lithium de france | Lithium de France, which is a subsidiary of the French group Arverne, develops projects of Geothermal heat and Lithium. | $47.2M | Series B | Sep 22, 2025 |  |
| Sapphire Technologies | 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 |  |
| RayGen | RayGen is an Australian technology business with world-leading capability in the next generation of solar power and electricity storage. RayGen’s Solar Power Plant makes renewable energy available on demand with the lowest cost, long duration solar plus storage solution. The Solar Power Plant provides utility-scale, time-shifting energy storagewith synchronous generation of high-quality power. The system can also be flexibly located and installed where the grid requires. The Solar Power Plant consists of RayGen’s proprietary PV Ultra (solar cogeneration) and Thermal Hydro (electro-thermal storage) technologies. RayGen has a highly capable and experienced team of 30 employees in engineering, manufacturing, operations and sales. RayGen has built and sold 1MWAC (3MW cogeneration) PV Ultra projects, supported by power purchase agreements. RayGen develops and manufactures its high-efficiency solar modules at its 25MWAC manufacturing facility in Melbourne, Victoria. RayGen has received support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Victorian Government’s New Energy Jobs Fund. Learn more at RayGen.com | $78M | Series D | Apr 09, 2025 |  |
| SkySpecs | SkySpecs automates the inspection, diagnostics, and maintenance of utility scale wind turbines with custom autonomous drones. The company develops an affordable form of energy, through the use of an automated drone inspection service and analytics platform that allows for repeatability, high-quality data, and safer inspections.SkySpecs wasfounded on 2012 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. | $20M | Private Equity | Mar 19, 2025 |  |
| SeekOps | SeekOps provides end-to-end gas emissions inspection operations to oil and gas customers. | $3M | Series B | Mar 01, 2025 |  |
| ElectronX | ElectronX is an electricity demand grows and the grid rapidly shifts to intermittent renewable energy sources. | $10M | Seed | Feb 19, 2025 |  |
| H2SITE | Systems and Membranes for high efficiency and purity Hydrogen production i.e. for Separation or Ammonia cracking | $37.1M | Series B | Jan 16, 2025 |  |

10 of 56 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Future Planet Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-planet-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Climate Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ogci-climate-investments) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Chevron Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chevron-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Energy Impact Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energy-impact-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Prelude Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prelude-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Equinor Ventures invest in?

Equinor Ventures invests primarily in Renewable Energy, Energy and Oil and Gas startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 56 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 Equinor Ventures's check size?

Equinor Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.8M–$10M at Seed, $6M–$37M at Series A and $7.7M–$195M 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 Equinor Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Equinor Ventures?

Public channels for Equinor Ventures include LinkedIn 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 Equinor Ventures?

The team at Equinor Ventures includes Kjersti Reinsnos (MD). 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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