# National Grid Partners (NGP)

> National Grid Partners (NGP) is a VC fund backing Software. See 87 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 87
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Fund size: $150M
- Last fund: Apr 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/national-grid-partners/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ngpartners_
- Website: https://ngpartners.com

National Grid Partners (NGP) is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. National Grid Partners makes and manages strategically and financially attractive investments and leads company-wide innovation efforts. National Grid Partners (NGP) is the venture investment and innovation arm of National Grid plc.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $6M–$71M |
| Series B | $13M–$60M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 12 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 12 | 14% |
| SaaS | 10 | 11% |
| Energy | 8 | 9% |
| Analytics | 8 | 9% |

68 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 24 | 28% |
| Funding Round | 15 | 17% |
| Series A | 13 | 15% |
| Series C | 9 | 10% |
| Seed | 6 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 33 | 38% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 7% |
| Israel | 3 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| John Seglias | Chief Information Officer at National Grid Electricity Transmission | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-seglias |
| Arun Chetty | Vice President \| Investments | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arun-chetty |
| Deborah Pontes | Enterprise Agile Coach | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deborah-pontes |
| Lisa Lambert | Partner | 39 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lisa-lambert |
| Liz Hewitt | Non Executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liz-hewitt |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GridCARE | GridCARE provides energy security and resilience at a never-before-seen pace, making it the indispensable one-stop power solution for AI data centers. | $64M | Series A | May 14, 2026 |  |
| VulnCheck | VulnCheck is a Cyber Threat Intelligence platform, which provides exploit and vulnerability intelligence directly into the tools, processes, programs, and systems that need it to outpace adversaries. | $25M | Series B | Feb 17, 2026 |  |
| Nu Quantum | Nu Quantum is a telecommunications company that develops end-to-end quantum cryptography systems.It secures communications within and between cities through urban and satellite free-space optical links. The system helps with the realization of commercial deliverable photonic technologies by combining novel materials and semiconductor technology.This enables clients to secure the exchange of cryptographic keys for the ultra-sensitive detection of light.Yuri Andersson, Mete Atatüre, and Carmen Berraquero founded Nu Quantum in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire in 2018. | $71.1M | Series A | Dec 10, 2025 |  |
| Uniphore | Uniphore is a global conversational AI technology company that offers a customer service platform that is powered by AI and automation technologies. The company’s vision is to bridge the gap between people and machines through voice. Uniphore enables businesses globally to deliver transformational customer service by providing a platform ofConversational Analytics, Conversational Assistant, and Conversational Security that changes the way enterprises engage their consumers, build loyalty and realize efficiencies.It was founded in 2008 and has offices in the U.S., India, and Singapore. | $260M | Series F | Oct 22, 2025 |  |
| Omnidian | Omnidian is a provider of comprehensive protection plans for investments in residential solar energy systems. It serves both individual homeowners and financial institutions, such as funds and third-party owners, that manage large portfolios of residential solar assets. The company's lifetime performance guarantee includes real timemonitoring, proactive service alerts and 100% covered hardware and software through a nationwide network of field service professionals, as well as a 100% guarantee on energy or plan owners will be reimbursed for energy loss.The company's mission is to protect and accelerate capital invested in the residential solar industry. Omnidian is backed by the DOE SunShot Program which accelerates the development of highly impactful solar technologies. | $87M | Series C | Apr 21, 2025 |  |
| Amperon | Amperon is a provider of smart meters to deliver real-time energy data forecasts. There over 70M smart meters currently installed in the country, collecting 15 minute resolution electricity data for every type of ratepayer (including residential, commercial, and industrial). The data has been relatively untapped for the past decade, and Amperon isleveraging it to charge forward and bring AI to the energy world to usher in the smart grid of the future. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 12, 2025 |  |
| Luminance | Luminance develops document analysis software to secure big data systems for multinational and governmental organizations. Its software provides overview of various companies and picks out warning signs without any instructions; and document clustering and filtering to enable users focus on eliminating administrative tasks. Luminance identifiesrisk clauses, data visualization, and anomaly detection, as well as reviews and enables users to allocate tasks and track the progress of their team; and manages numerous mergers, acquisitions, and financings. It also helps lawyers and legal teams to categorize, review, and analyze various documents and contracts in the data room. Emily Foges founded founded Luminance in 2015. It has its headquarters in Cambridge in the United Kingdom. | $75M | Series C | Feb 18, 2025 |  |
| VEIR | VEIR is a company developing a new approach to using high-temperature superconductors for electricity transmission. Its passive evaporative cryogenic cooling delivers 20 times the cooling power per kilogram of nitrogen flow compared to mechanical subcooling. | $75M | Series B | Jan 28, 2025 |  |
| Urbint | Urbint predicts threats to workers and critical infrastructure to stop incidents before they happen. Leveraging real-world data and artificial intelligence, Urbint’s software delivers a clear picture of risk up to a week in advance, so decision-makers can take action in the right place, at the right time, before an incident occurs. Many of thelargest energy and infrastructure companies in North America trust Urbint to protect their workers, assets, and the communities they serve. |  |  | Oct 24, 2024 |  |
| Urbint | Urbint predicts threats to workers and critical infrastructure to stop incidents before they happen. Leveraging real-world data and artificial intelligence, Urbint’s software delivers a clear picture of risk up to a week in advance, so decision-makers can take action in the right place, at the right time, before an incident occurs. Many of thelargest energy and infrastructure companies in North America trust Urbint to protect their workers, assets, and the communities they serve. | $35M | Series C | Oct 24, 2024 |  |

10 of 87 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does National Grid Partners (NGP) invest in?

National Grid Partners (NGP) invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 87 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 National Grid Partners (NGP)'s check size?

National Grid Partners (NGP) typically joins rounds of $6M–$71M at Series A and $13M–$60M 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 National Grid Partners (NGP) participates in.

### How do I contact National Grid Partners (NGP)?

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### Who are the partners at National Grid Partners (NGP)?

The team at National Grid Partners (NGP) includes John Seglias (Chief Information Officer at National Grid Electricity Transmission), Arun Chetty (Vice President | Investments) and Deborah Pontes (Enterprise Agile Coach), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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