Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
VC Fund
Los Angeles, United States
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator is a VC fund in Los Angeles focused on Energy and Electric Vehicle. Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), a City of Los Angeles-established nonprofit organization, is creating an inclusive green economy by unlocking innovation through working with startups to accelerate the commercialization of clean technologies, transforming markets through partnerships with policymakers, innovators and market leaders intransportation, energy, and sustainable cities; and enhancing communities through workforce development, pilots and other programs. Founded as an economic development initiative by the City of Los Angeles and its Department of Water & Power (LADWP), LACI is recognized as one of the most innovative business incubators in the world by UBI. In the past seven years, LACI has helped 78 portfolio companies raise $221M in funding, $220M in revenue, create 1,750 jobs, and deliver more than $393M in long term economic value.
- Total investments:
- 115
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 15%
- Fund size:
- $6M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator invests in
Stages Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator invests in
Countries Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator invests in
Contacts
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Matt Petersen
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Abraham Baca
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Alex Mitchell
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Greg Monterrosa
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Michael Swords
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 23 (20%)
- Electric Vehicle 22 (19%)
- Software 16 (14%)
- Transportation 16 (14%)
- Renewable Energy 16 (14%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 45 (39%)
- Seed 32 (28%)
- Non-equity Assistance 14 (12%)
- Funding Round 7 (6%)
- Series A 6 (5%)
Country
- United States 98 (85%)
- Denmark 2 (2%)
- France 1 (1%)
- Israel 1 (1%)
- Philippines 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Matt Petersen
President & CEO
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President & CEO | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Abraham Baca
Senior Manager, Impact Fund; Senior Manager, Impact Fund
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Senior Manager, Impact Fund; Senior Manager, Impact Fund | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Alex Mitchell
Senior Vice President
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Senior Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Greg Monterrosa
Executive in Residence
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Executive in Residence | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Michael Swords
Vice President Government Affairs and International Relations
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Vice President Government Affairs and International Relations | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Whisper Energy
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Whisper Energy is an AI native sensor platform for improved energy management and operations. Our technology was developed with a $2M Department of Energy ARPA-E grant. | $30K / Grant / Jul 16, 2025 | |
WattsUp
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Advanced AI-driven predictive maintenance solution for EV chargers. | $150K / Pre-Seed / Jul 17, 2024 | |
itselectric
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Itselectric is a curbside EV charging system designed especially for urban areas and to advance the adoption of electric vehicles. They increased access to public charging, which encourages the adoption of EVs and leads to cleaner air and healthier communities. | $6.5M / Seed / Jul 16, 2024 | |
Blip Energy
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Blip Energy is building a new category of energy storage that is smart, affordable, and flexible to add millions of homes to the smart grid network. A hybrid hardware/software solution for energy management that works in any home without barriers around permitting and installation. Power outages across the U.S. cost $150B annually. On Avg.500K Americans lose power daily without backup solutions and 84% of Americans are concerned. Existing grid vulnerability is exacerbated by energy transition volatility. The U.S. power grid had the most outages in history in the past two years. Households need power security, and utilities need levers on the smart grid to balance loads and prevent blackouts. Blip envisions a future where every household has access to smart IoT energy storage to provide critical backup power. Blip solves the growing need for reliable energy with the lowest cost energy storage on the global battery market. Simultaneously, this adds millions of otherwise inaccessible customers to the smart grid. Blip's business model reflects current resilience needs, cost savings, and a data-driven future, by wrapping our hardware endpoint with data and grid services. | Nov 16, 2023 | |
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Blip Energy
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Blip Energy is building a new category of energy storage that is smart, affordable, and flexible to add millions of homes to the smart grid network. A hybrid hardware/software solution for energy management that works in any home without barriers around permitting and installation. Power outages across the U.S. cost $150B annually. On Avg.500K Americans lose power daily without backup solutions and 84% of Americans are concerned. Existing grid vulnerability is exacerbated by energy transition volatility. The U.S. power grid had the most outages in history in the past two years. Households need power security, and utilities need levers on the smart grid to balance loads and prevent blackouts. Blip envisions a future where every household has access to smart IoT energy storage to provide critical backup power. Blip solves the growing need for reliable energy with the lowest cost energy storage on the global battery market. Simultaneously, this adds millions of otherwise inaccessible customers to the smart grid. Blip's business model reflects current resilience needs, cost savings, and a data-driven future, by wrapping our hardware endpoint with data and grid services. | Nov 16, 2023 | |
Bluedot
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Bluedot is an all-in-one platform for EV fleets and drivers that unifies charging, payments, and operations. It manages public, home, and depot charging with intelligent payments, spend controls, and AI-driven route and energy optimization. We've raised $5.5M to helps business who has fleet in the vertical. | $5M / Seed / Jun 26, 2023 | |
Stak
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Stak is a parking solution enabled through a mobile app. It streamlines the parking process for drivers and focuses on tower automation, integration of EV charging, and management of distributed energy. This addresses issues related to limited space, insufficient infrastructure, and grid challenges. | Pre-Seed / May 30, 2023 | |
Lasso Loop Recycling
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Lasso Loop is creating a recycling appliances that recognize, decontaminates, and recycles materials. | $50K / Pre-Seed / May 30, 2023 | |
ThermoShade
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ThermoShade offers retrofit solutions for existing structures aimed at creating more comfortable outdoor spaces through passive cooling techniques.Their objective is to enhance the comfort of public areas for work, education, and recreation while also bolstering urban resilience against climate change. ThermoShade is in the process of creating apassive cooling panel designed for outdoor spaces. This retrofit solution establishes a shaded atmosphere, offering up to 20°F of additional coolness compared to a standard awning, all without relying on electricity or water usage. | Pre-Seed / May 30, 2023 | |
Popion Mobility
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SOLVING THE WORLD'S COMMERCIAL EV BOTTLENECKPopion aims to solve one of the great challenges of electrifying transport: fueling infrastructure for commercial vehicles and equipment. Popion's battery exchange technology with standardized universal battery packs delivers energy to all electric heavy-duty vehicles and equipment. Theresult is a universal and scalable remedy with unlimited usage which greatly reduces Total Cost of Operation (TCO) and increases profitability.Popion Mobility is pioneering a new path that paves the way to 100% zero-emission commercial transportation. | Pre-Seed / May 30, 2023 | |
| See all 115 investments → | |||
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What does Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator invest in?
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator invests primarily in Energy, Electric Vehicle and Software startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 115 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator?
The team at Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator includes Matt Petersen (President & CEO), Abraham Baca (Senior Manager, Impact Fund; Senior Manager, Impact Fund) and Alex Mitchell (Senior Vice President), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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