# NGEN Partners

> NGEN Partners is a VC fund in New York backing Energy and Manufacturing. See 45 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 45
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ngen-partners
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ngenpartners
- Website: http://www.ngenpartners.com

NGEN Partners is an active venture investor committed to backing world class entrepreneurs seeking to change industries through innovation, creativity and the promotion of environmentally sustainable products and services.Founded in 2001, NGEN Partners invests in companies that positively improve the environment and human wellness. We seekentrepreneurs with unique business models and differentiated products and services, capable of rapid growth and sustained profitability. We invest in and alongside these entrepreneurs, helping them grow and sustain category leaders. We invest throughout North America, and have offices in California and New York.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $3.5M–$20M |
| Series C | $6.4M–$48M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 8 | 18% |
| Manufacturing | 7 | 16% |
| Renewable Energy | 7 | 16% |
| Solar | 4 | 9% |
| Software | 4 | 9% |

61 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 10 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 9 | 20% |
| Series C | 8 | 18% |
| Series A | 3 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 7% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 22 | 49% |
| Canada | 4 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peter Grubstein | Managing Director & Founder | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-grubstein |
| Dan Engel | Venture Partner | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-engel |
| Richard Jahn | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-jahn |
| Rosemary L. Ripley | Managing Director | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rosemary-l-ripley |
| Shay Murphy | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shay-murphy-6c47 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Encycle Technologies, Inc. | Deploying autonomous intelligence and analytics, Encycle improves commercial HVAC management, energy efficiency and building comfort to reduce operating costs and carbon footprint. As the only utility-endorsed HVAC optimization software, our patented machine learning solutions seamlessly integrate into maintenance workflows. Encycle enablesmulti-site commercial and industrial companies to maximize efficiency and reach sustainability goals by improving energy use and budgetary spend decisions. | $7.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 12, 2021 |  |
| SaaS Sustainability Corp. | REGEN Energy Inc. designs, develops, and markets wireless energy management solutions in Canada and the United States. The company’s products include EnviroGrid swarm-logic controllers, which are attached to electrical loads to communicate and coordinate with each other to reduce electrical demand for commercial, industrial, institutional, andmulti-unit residential facilities. Its products are used to control electrical demand for heaters, fans, compressors, chillers, cold storage systems, batter chargers, pumps, and dehumidifiers and humidifiers, as well as for new construction, retrofit, and ongoing building operations. | $7.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 11, 2021 |  |
| Cloud DX | CloudDX offers a range of precision vital sign monitoring equipment, software solutions, and mobile apps for the advanced healthcare industry. Cloud DX was launched by Robert & Anthony Kaul in September 2014 and is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. | $1.3M | Grant | Jun 23, 2020 |  |
| Jyve | Jyve is a tech platform that matches brands’ in-store execution needs with the right skilled labor, at the right time. Operational in most of America, Jyve offers brands access to certified skilled Jyvers who are complete asks to handle tasks including stocking, auditing, ordering and display building. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 25, 2020 |  |
| Jyve | Jyve is a tech platform that matches brands’ in-store execution needs with the right skilled labor, at the right time. Operational in most of America, Jyve offers brands access to certified skilled Jyvers who are complete asks to handle tasks including stocking, auditing, ordering and display building. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 25, 2020 |  |
| BrightFarms | BrightFarms is an indoor farming company that specializes in providing locally grown packaged salads. Its salads are tender, pesticide-free, and produced in an indoor, controlled environment, enabling consumers to have a non-GMO salad. BrightFarms operates hydroponic greenhouse farms in the communities it serves, enabling it to eliminate time,distance, and costs from the food supply chain. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Irvington, New York. | $30.2M | Series C | Sep 21, 2016 |  |
| Renew Financial | Renew Financial provides financing solutions that help efficiency and renewable energy contractors grow their businesses while promoting energy independence. Its aim is to develop advanced financing designed to transform America’s economy to clean energy. The company’s financing products include PACE financing model and the Warehouse for EnergyEfficiency Loans, which opens the residential energy efficiency finance market to large institutional investors.Founded in 2008 by Cisco DeVries, Renew Financial has a partnership with SolarCity targeted at small- and medium-sized businesses utilizing PACE. | $70M | Series D | Feb 11, 2016 |  |
| BrightFarms | BrightFarms is an indoor farming company that specializes in providing locally grown packaged salads. Its salads are tender, pesticide-free, and produced in an indoor, controlled environment, enabling consumers to have a non-GMO salad. BrightFarms operates hydroponic greenhouse farms in the communities it serves, enabling it to eliminate time,distance, and costs from the food supply chain. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Irvington, New York. | $15.8M | Series B | Nov 06, 2015 |  |
| Choose Energy | We are committed to making energy choice simple and easy. When we started back in 2008, we had a vision to simplify shopping for the best electricity and natural gas rates, plan terms and renewable energy options. Today, using data and energy expertise, we now manage over a billion dollars in energy bills while delivering the highest qualityservice and saving millions of dollars for people and businesses across America. We take comfort in knowing you and your neighbors are getting the energy plan that’s right for you. | $14.2M | Series C | Mar 15, 2015 |  |
| SaaS Sustainability Corp. | REGEN Energy Inc. designs, develops, and markets wireless energy management solutions in Canada and the United States. The company’s products include EnviroGrid swarm-logic controllers, which are attached to electrical loads to communicate and coordinate with each other to reduce electrical demand for commercial, industrial, institutional, andmulti-unit residential facilities. Its products are used to control electrical demand for heaters, fans, compressors, chillers, cold storage systems, batter chargers, pumps, and dehumidifiers and humidifiers, as well as for new construction, retrofit, and ongoing building operations. | $5M | Series B | Oct 07, 2014 |  |

10 of 45 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does NGEN Partners invest in?

NGEN Partners invests primarily in Energy, Manufacturing and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 45 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 NGEN Partners's check size?

NGEN Partners typically joins rounds of $3.5M–$20M at Series B and $6.4M–$48M 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 NGEN Partners participates in.

### How do I contact NGEN Partners?

Public channels for NGEN Partners include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) 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 NGEN Partners?

The team at NGEN Partners includes Peter Grubstein (Managing Director & Founder), Dan Engel (Venture Partner) and Richard Jahn (Chief Financial Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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