# Octopus Energy Group

> Octopus Energy Group is a VC fund in London backing Renewable Energy and Apps. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 75%
- Fund size: $258M
- Last fund: Aug 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/octopus-energy
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/octopus_energy
- Website: https://octopus.energy/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/octopusenergy

Octopus Energy Group is a VC fund in London focused on Renewable Energy and Apps. Octopus Energy builds technology that reduces the cost of energy to improve the customer experience.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Octopus Energy Group. Shizune tracks 17 team members at Octopus Energy Group. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/octopus-energy?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Renewable Energy | 4 | 33% |
| Apps | 1 | 8% |
| Solar | 1 | 8% |
| Energy | 1 | 8% |
| Software | 1 | 8% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 3 | 25% |
| Corporate Round | 3 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 58% |
| Japan | 1 | 8% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ari Sargent | Managing Director, Octopus Energy New Zealand | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ari-sargent |
| Ashley Firth | Head of Front-End Development | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashley-firth |
| Callum Jones | Energy Specialist | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/callum-jones-cc97 |
| David Tilleyshort | Head Of Development (APAC) | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-tilleyshort |
| Giorgio Tomassetti | CEO at Octopus Energy Italia | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/giorgio-tomassetti |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kraken | Kraken is a global customer and culture platform for energy, water, and broadband.Krake tech provides innovative Entech to accelerate and reduce the cost of the global switch to green energy. | $1B | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 29, 2025 |  |
| mopo | Across the world there are half a billion mobile phone users who have no access to grid electricity. They walk miles to charge their phones on diesel generators and rely on polluting oil lamps for light. By accelerating and expanding the access to clean energy across emerging markets, they unlock massive opportunities for business and educationwhilst improving health and reducing carbon output.The cost of purchasing solar panels is too expensive for the 1.3 billion people who live off-grid. To disrupt the status quo, they must radically lower the cost of renewable energy for every last business, city and person everywhere. |  | Corporate Round | Jun 12, 2025 |  |
| Ocergy | Ocergy is focusing on the development of complex ocean systems solving energy and environmental challenges. OCG-Wind is a low-cost foundation supporting the new generation of very large offshore wind turbines. The innovative hull allows the platform to have a very light weight, a necessity to reduce LCOE. It is tailored towards ease ofindustrialization, to bring flexibility in fabrication and increase the use of a local supply chain in the project fabrication life cycle.OCG-Data is an innovative multi-disciplinary ocean observer for complete offshore site assessment. It has enough footprint to host and power multiple instrumentation packages for resource and environmental characterization. Underwater biodiversity monitoring relies on the combination of restoration technologies and passive acoustic monitoring arrays. The buoy also hosts a bird and bat detection and identification system. OCG-Data provides high-quality data including ecological information for stakeholders' engagement. | $14.3M | Series B | Apr 02, 2024 |  |
| Deep Green | Deep Green is the only Data Centre company that recaptures the heat your compute generates and repurposes it for social good, for free. | $254.3M | Private Equity | Jan 15, 2024 |  |
| Kensa Group | Kensa Group operates as a ground source heat pump developer. Kensa both manufactures and installs ground source heat pump technologies for homes and businesses, offering a low carbon alternative to heating from fossil fuel gas. | $87.4M |  | May 16, 2023 |  |
| Xlinks | Xlinks is a UK company looking to address the three key challenges associated with the transition to a low carbon economy. | $37.4M | Corporate Round | Apr 26, 2023 |  |
| Xlinks | Xlinks is a UK company looking to address the three key challenges associated with the transition to a low carbon economy. | $37.4M | Corporate Round | Apr 26, 2023 |  |
| Yotsuya Capital | Yotsuya Capital is a developer of renewable energy with a primary focus on solar power. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 05, 2023 |  |
| Yotsuya Capital | Yotsuya Capital is a developer of renewable energy with a primary focus on solar power. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 05, 2023 |  |
| Be.EV | Be.EV is the largest EV charging network to make charging simple, reliable, and effortless. | $127.2M | Corporate Round | Oct 27, 2022 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Legal & General Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/legal-general-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TAQA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taqa-9d1b) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [British Business Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/british-business-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [D1 Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d1-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Durable Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/durable-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fidelity International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fidelity-international-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Octopus Energy Group invest in?

Octopus Energy Group invests primarily in Renewable Energy, Apps and Solar startups, most often at Funding Round and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Octopus Energy Group?

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### Who are the partners at Octopus Energy Group?

The team at Octopus Energy Group includes Ari Sargent (Managing Director, Octopus Energy New Zealand), Ashley Firth (Head of Front-End Development) and Callum Jones (Energy Specialist), among 17 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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