John Tough
Managing Partner @ Energize Capital
Chicago, United States
John Tough is a Series B investor at Energize Capital in Chicago focused on Software and Electric Vehicle. John Tough is the Managing Partner at Energize Ventures. He was a Chief Revenue Officer at Choose Energy. He attended The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 61%
Last updated:
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Industries John Tough invests in
Stages John Tough invests in
Countries John Tough invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (17%)
- Electric Vehicle 3 (17%)
- SaaS 2 (11%)
- Solar 2 (11%)
- Robotics 2 (11%)
Stage
- Series B 7 (39%)
- Series C 4 (22%)
- Series D 3 (17%)
- Seed 1 (6%)
- Series A 1 (6%)
Country
- United States 9 (50%)
- Lithuania 1 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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GridStrong
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GridStrong is an electric grid compliance and operations platform which automates the compliance workflows. | $10M / Seed / Sep 17, 2025 | |
PVcase
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PVcase is the leading software company revolutionizing utility and commercial-scale solar project development through comprehensive automation of the entire value chain. Our end-to-end suite provides automation software for site selection, PV design, and yield assessment — offering a seamless alternative to traditional manual methods and deliveringoptimal results in significantly less time. Whether you use a single product or the entire suite, PVcase accelerates project timelines and reduces costs at every stage of solar development, supporting the global push toward sustainable energy. Trusted by over 1,500 customers in 75+ countries, including industry leaders like AES, ib Vogt, RWE, Voltalia, and Iberdrola, we underpin the development of more than 4 TW projects annually.Our commitment, however, goes beyond technology. We believe in nurturing the growth and well-being of our employees, recognizing that health and happiness are crucial to the prosperity of our company. | $112.4M / Series B / Jul 17, 2023 | |
Aurora Solar
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Aurora Solar develops solar industry software. It develops cloud-based software, that enables solar PV engineering design, provides workflow management functionality, and facilitates sales and customer acquisition for solar installers and financiers. | $200M / Series D / Feb 28, 2022 | |
Smartcar
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Smartcar enables mobility businesses to integrate their apps and services with connected cars. Easily retrieve vehicle data and trigger actions with our simple and secure car API. Track vehicle location, manage EV charging, verify mileage, lock & unlock remotely, and more. Our developer-friendly documentation and SDKs allow you to quicklyintegrate our car API with every tech stack. | $24M / Series B / Jan 19, 2022 | |
Jupiter Intelligence
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Jupiter offers climate risk analytics that turns sophisticated climate science into actionable data. The increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events across the globe are having a major impact on economies, businesses, and communities. With forward-focused, rigorous methodologies, and analytics delivered by some of the bestscientists in the industry, Jupiter turns sophisticated climate science into actionable data. Customers proactively assess the physical risks in their portfolios, address regulatory requirements and evaluate potential reputational concerns. By managing, mitigating, and disclosing your climate risk, you can confront the challenges of tomorrow, today. | $54M / Series C / Oct 21, 2021 | |
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Aurora Solar
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Aurora Solar develops solar industry software. It develops cloud-based software, that enables solar PV engineering design, provides workflow management functionality, and facilitates sales and customer acquisition for solar installers and financiers. | $250M / Series C / May 24, 2021 | |
DroneDeploy
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DroneDeploy develops reality capture, robotics, and artificial intelligence software that helps organizations collect, manage, and analyze visual data from construction sites, infrastructure, industrial facilities, and other physical assets. The company provides cloud-based applications for drone mapping, 360-degree image capture, autonomousrobotics, digital twins, progress tracking, asset inspection, and site documentation. Its platform integrates aerial drones, ground robots, 360-degree cameras, mobile devices, and design data to create a unified record of field operations and support project monitoring throughout the asset lifecycle.DroneDeploy also offers artificial intelligence capabilities for automated progress measurement, quality assessment, safety monitoring, defect detection, and analytics that enable teams to identify issues and make operational decisions using visual data. The company's technology integrates with enterprise software, geographic information systems, building information modeling tools, and project management platforms to support collaboration across engineering, construction, energy, agriculture, and infrastructure workflows. | $50M / Series E / Feb 04, 2021 | |
Volta Charging
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Volta Charging is a marketing and advertising company that designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations funded by sponsor brands. The company provides a valuable community amenity in markets across the U.S. helping brands meet consumers at the optimal moment of the purchase decision.It was founded in 2010 andis headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $125M / Series D / Jan 19, 2021 | |
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Aurora Solar
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Aurora Solar develops solar industry software. It develops cloud-based software, that enables solar PV engineering design, provides workflow management functionality, and facilitates sales and customer acquisition for solar installers and financiers. | $50M / Series B / Nov 30, 2020 | |
Matroid
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Matroid is a computer vision company that provides a studio to create, combine, and use computer vision detectors, without programming. Its platform allows users to create computer vision detectors that recognize the people, events, and objects they are interested in, monitor television streams in real-time, send notifications about custom eventson security cameras, and search visual media.Matroid was founded by Reza Zadeh in 2016 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | $20M / Series B / Oct 13, 2020 | |
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Co-Investors
About Energize Capital
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.
Energize Capital Contacts
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Juan Muldoon
Partner
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Katie McClain
Partner and COO
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Mark Tomasovic
Associate
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John Tough
Managing Partner
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Lori DeLuca
Finance Manager
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What does John Tough invest in?
John Tough invests primarily in Software, Electric Vehicle and SaaS startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did John Tough last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for John Tough closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 18 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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