Energize Capital
VC Fund
Chicago, United States
Energize Capital is a global alternative investment manager focused on accelerating digital transformation in energy and sustainability. Founded in 2016, Energize has funded 21 companies to date and is backed by strategic and institutional LPs including CDPQ, Invenergy, Schneider Electric, General Electric, Caterpillar, and more. With an unmatcheddepth and breadth of industry and operational expertise, Energize works in partnership with its portfolio companies to realize their full potential from early commercialization to growth scaling and into the public markets.
- Total investments:
- 72
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 67%
- Fund size:
- $430M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Energize Capital invests in
Stages Energize Capital invests in
Countries Energize Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Round size
- Series A
- $10M–$24M
- Series B
- $10M–$87M
- Series C
- $25M–$250M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 18 (25%)
- Artificial Intelligence 10 (14%)
- Renewable Energy 6 (8%)
- Machine Learning 5 (7%)
- Information Technology 5 (7%)
Stage
- Series B 24 (33%)
- Series A 10 (14%)
- Series C 9 (13%)
- Seed 4 (6%)
- Series D 4 (6%)
Country
- United States 30 (42%)
- France 1 (1%)
- Denmark 1 (1%)
- Germany 1 (1%)
- Lithuania 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Juan Muldoon
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 14 | Find email | |
Katie McClain
Partner and COO
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Partner and COO | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Mark Tomasovic
Associate
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Associate | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Vishnu Amble
Team Member
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Team Member | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
John Tough
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 20 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
InstaLILY AI
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InstaLILY AI offers vertical-specific AI Teammates, known as “InstaWorkers™,” that operate within existing enterprise platforms like ERPs, CRMs, and email systems to perform critical tasks across sales, service, and operations, tailored to complex distribution and regulated environments. The platform deploys domain-trained agents that reasonthrough workflows, such as quoting, ticket triage, claims review, and exception handling, and execute full tasks with human-in-the-loop oversight. InstaLILY AI structures its system via a layered architecture combining data integration, modular workflow components, continual learning, and direct customer context to enable agents to act intelligently and autonomously. | $60M / Series B / Jul 14, 2026 | |
Axle Energy
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Axle's software dynamically gives flexibility to the electricity grid and adjusts energy usage to when it is cheapest and greenest. | $24M / Series A / Jul 08, 2026 | |
Handle
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Handle.com powers the largest credit and finance teams in construction. Fortune 500 material suppliers and contractors trust Handle software on a daily basis to provide their credit and finance departments with an end-to-end solution. Handle is the new modern technology approach to better manage online payments, waivers and lien management forconstruction. | $27M / Series B / May 22, 2026 | |
Halcyon
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Halcyon provides an AI-assisted search and information platform to navigate energy transition decision-making for investors and analysts. | $21M / Series A / Mar 16, 2026 | |
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Halcyon
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Halcyon provides an AI-assisted search and information platform to navigate energy transition decision-making for investors and analysts. | $21M / Series A / Mar 16, 2026 | |
Nixtla
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At Nixtla, we are committed to unlocking the potential of data and extending the revolutionary algorithms that fuel advanced AI systems. Our mission is to democratize the future. We provide businesses of all sizes, across all industries, with state-of-the-art forecasting tools that enable them to reduce uncertainty and make data-driven decisions.With Nixtla, you can implement cutting-edge forecasting and advanced anomaly detection, irrespective of your team's size or technical expertise. | $16M / Series A / Dec 16, 2025 | |
GridStrong
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GridStrong is an electric grid compliance and operations platform which automates the compliance workflows. | $10M / Seed / Sep 17, 2025 | |
GreenLite Technologies
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Delays in construction permitting cost developers over $40 billion a year and are the number one reason for delayed openings. GreenLite is a vertical SaaS platform that deconstructs the black box that is permitting in America by bringing innovation the AEC industry needs. GreenLite’s multi-disciplinary review team combined with our modern softwareplatform shaves weeks and months off the construction permitting process and allows our customers to focus on their core business. Founded by a team with decades of retail development experience, AEC, regulatory, and technology experience, GreenLite provides local expertise with a national reach. We serve as the connective tissue between those that build and city agencies -- increasing transparency, predictability, and visibility. We support our customers nationwide, including global retailers, franchises, EV charging networks, and small businesses, including 5 of the top 10 largest quick-service restaurant brands. GreenLite makes getting a construction permit fast, predictable, and transparent. | $49.5M / Series B / Sep 15, 2025 | |
Felt
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Felt is a collaborative software company that wants to make it easier for people to build maps on the internet. | $15M / Jul 14, 2025 | |
Nira Energy
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Nira Energy builds products to provide transmission insights throughout the interconnection process. | Seed / May 29, 2025 | |
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FAQ
What does Energize Capital invest in?
Energize Capital invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 72 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 Energize Capital's check size?
Energize Capital typically joins rounds of $10M–$24M at Series A, $10M–$87M at Series B and $25M–$250M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Energize Capital participates in.
How do I contact Energize Capital?
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Who are the partners at Energize Capital?
The team at Energize Capital includes Juan Muldoon (Partner), Katie McClain (Partner and COO) and Mark Tomasovic (Associate), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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