# NGP Energy Capital Management

> NGP Energy Capital Management is a VC fund backing Energy. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Irving, United States
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 46%
- Last fund: Jun 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ngpenergycapital/
- Website: http://ngpenergycapital.com

NGP Energy Capital Management is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in seed/start-ups, emerging growth, middle markets, later stage, growth capital buyouts, industry consolidation, recapitalization, and PIPEs. It seeks invest in the energy sector including oil and natural gas production, acquisition,exploitation, and development drilling companies, midstream and oilfield services companies, energy efficiency, alternative energy, natural gas gathering and power and processing companies, power technology, and other energy related businesses. The firm may also co-invest in direct oil and gas property interests alongside its portfolio companies. It invests in water resources and services, food and agriculture, and coastal protection sectors. It prefers to invest in companies based in Caribbean, Central American and Mexico, Canada, and the United States. The firm makes investments of between $2 million and $500 million in oil and gas companies. NGP Energy Capital Management was founded in 1988 and is based in Irving, Texas with additional offices in Houston, Texas; London, United Kingdom; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Stamford, Connecticut.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 14 | 50% |
| Renewable Energy | 7 | 25% |
| Oil and Gas | 6 | 21% |
| Natural Resources | 4 | 14% |
| CleanTech | 3 | 11% |

48 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 10 | 36% |
| Series B | 5 | 18% |
| Series C | 5 | 18% |
| Series A | 3 | 11% |
| Series D | 2 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 18 | 64% |
| Chile | 1 | 4% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Brazil | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Carter | Managing Partner | 1 | — |
| Jill Lampert | Chief Financial and Administrative Officer | 0 | — |
| John Foster | Co-Founder | 0 | — |
| Maritza Liaw | Partner | 4 | — |
| Patrick McWilliams | Partner | 2 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PhysicsX | PhysicsX develops AI-powered engineering software that combines physics-based modeling, simulation, data management, and machine learning to support product development, manufacturing, and operational workflows. Its platform enables organizations to build, train, deploy, and manage AI models that work alongside numerical simulations, helpingengineers evaluate designs, optimize processes, and analyze complex physical systems. The company provides tools for simulation orchestration, AI model development, data integration, and engineering applications within a unified environment. PhysicsX serves industries such as aerospace, automotive, semiconductors, materials, and energy, where engineering teams use its software to support design exploration, performance analysis, and decision-making across the product lifecycle. | $300M | Series C | Jun 08, 2026 |  |
| Alva Energy | Alva Energy specializes in nuclear plant upgrades called "uprates" to boost clean power output from existing U.S. reactors. It standardizes complex retrofits into repeatable, turnkey projects for faster and cheaper deployment. | $33M | Series A | Feb 12, 2026 |  |
| Liminal Energy | Liminal Energy develops, invests in, and operates grid-scale energy storage projects. The company focuses on bridging the gap between modeled storage performance and real-world operations through integrated technical design, capital structuring, and execution. | $200M | Private Equity | Jan 15, 2026 |  |
| X-energy | X-Energy is a nuclear reactor and fuel design engineering company that develops Generation IV, high-temperature gas-cooled small modular reactors (SMRs) together with proprietary TRISO-X particle fuel. Their flagship reactor, the Xe-100, delivers about 80 MWe per unit and can be scaled in modular “packs” to reach higher output. X-Energy also buildsits own TRISO-X fuel to maintain supply control and quality. In addition, the company operates a plant support center to provide fleet monitoring, maintenance planning, training, and diagnostics for its reactor customers. | $700M | Series D | Nov 24, 2025 |  |
| ElectronX | ElectronX is an electricity demand grows and the grid rapidly shifts to intermittent renewable energy sources. | $36.5M | Series A | Nov 14, 2025 |  |
| 406 Energy | 406 Energy is an oil & gas industry that offers Production, Operational Efficiency, and Development services. |  | Private Equity | Oct 10, 2025 |  |
| EV Realty | EV Realty develops, deploys, and owns grid-scale charging infrastructure critical to electrifying last-mile delivery and service fleets. | $75M | Private Equity | Sep 18, 2025 |  |
| PhysicsX | PhysicsX develops AI-powered engineering software that combines physics-based modeling, simulation, data management, and machine learning to support product development, manufacturing, and operational workflows. Its platform enables organizations to build, train, deploy, and manage AI models that work alongside numerical simulations, helpingengineers evaluate designs, optimize processes, and analyze complex physical systems. The company provides tools for simulation orchestration, AI model development, data integration, and engineering applications within a unified environment. PhysicsX serves industries such as aerospace, automotive, semiconductors, materials, and energy, where engineering teams use its software to support design exploration, performance analysis, and decision-making across the product lifecycle. | $135M | Series B | Jun 22, 2025 |  |
| Greenlake Energy | Greenlake Energy is an investment company in oil and natural gas. They develop reliable energy sources supporting human rights, and equality of opportunity, and striving to minimize the natural impact of harnessing energy. | $200M | Private Equity | May 06, 2025 |  |
| Moray Energy | Moray Energy offers energy and business development consulting services. | $250M | Private Equity | Apr 14, 2025 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [LenX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lenx) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Segra Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/segra-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Ares Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ares-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does NGP Energy Capital Management invest in?

NGP Energy Capital Management invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Oil and Gas startups, most often at Private Equity and Series B stage. Most of the 28 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact NGP Energy Capital Management?

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### Who are the partners at NGP Energy Capital Management?

The team at NGP Energy Capital Management includes Chris Carter (Managing Partner), Jill Lampert (Chief Financial and Administrative Officer) and John Foster (Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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