# Oxy Low Carbon Ventures

> Oxy Low Carbon Ventures is a VC fund backing Energy and Sustainability. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Oxy Low Carbon Ventures is a VC fund in Houston focused on Energy and Sustainability. Oxy Low Carbon Ventures a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $5M–$26M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 3 | 21% |
| Sustainability | 3 | 21% |
| Renewable Energy | 3 | 21% |
| CleanTech | 2 | 14% |
| Clean Energy | 2 | 14% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 21% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 7% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 7% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 43% |
| Canada | 2 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Richard Jackson | Founder & President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-jackson-b281 |
| Robert Zeller | Vice President, Technology | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-zeller-c40f |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carbon Upcycling | Carbon Upcycling converts industrial CO₂ emissions and byproducts into engineered low‑carbon cement materials, deploys modular capture and utilization systems at hard‑to‑decarbonize facilities, and supplies circular construction inputs that support supply chain resilience and emission reduction goals. | $18M | Convertible Note | Jun 18, 2025 |  |
| Pure Lithium | Pure Lithium manufactures lithium metal battery technology to offer clean, sustainable, and cost-effective rechargeable batteries. It also provides a high discharge current density of Li-ion, significantly longer charging, and lesser weight for easier portability and transportation that enable industries to work under a range of environmentalconditions with customized casings and insulation. Their innovative approach replaces traditional graphite anodes with pure lithium metal, significantly enhancing energy density and battery performance. | $15M | Series A | Mar 14, 2024 |  |
| Newlight Technologies | Newlight Technologies uses decarbonization technology dedicated to converting greenhouse gas into biomaterials. Its mission is to replace oil-based plastics with AirCarbon on a global scale, using carbon that would otherwise go into the air to replace oil, and reducing the amount of carbon in the air on a market-driven basis. | $125M |  | Aug 03, 2023 |  |
| Carbon Upcycling | Carbon Upcycling converts industrial CO₂ emissions and byproducts into engineered low‑carbon cement materials, deploys modular capture and utilization systems at hard‑to‑decarbonize facilities, and supplies circular construction inputs that support supply chain resilience and emission reduction goals. | $26M | Series A | Jul 28, 2023 |  |
| LanzaTech | LanzaTech is turning our global carbon crisis into a feedstock opportunity with the potential to displace 30% of crude oil use today and reduce global CO2 emissions by 10%. By recycling carbon from industrial off-gases; syngas generated from any biomass resource (e.g. municipal solid waste (MSW), organic industrial waste, agricultural waste); andreformed biogas, LanzaTech can reduce emissions and make new products for a circular carbon economy.LanzaTech’s carbon recycling technology is like retrofitting a brewery onto an emission source like a steel mill or a landfill site, but instead of using sugars and yeast to make beer, pollution is converted by bacteria to fuels and chemicals! Imagine a day when your plane is powered by recycled GHG emissions, when your yoga pants started life as pollution from a steel mill. This future is possible using LanzaTech technology. | $185M | Post-IPO Equity | Feb 09, 2023 |  |
| Cemvita | Cemvita employs synthetic biology to develop cost-effective solutions inspired by nature, aiming to facilitate the transition towards sustainable energy. The company's CO2 Utilization platform mimics photosynthesis to produce nutrients and pharmaceutics for deep space exploration and industrial chemicals and polymers for energy sustainability. | $5M |  | Mar 29, 2022 |  |
| Cemvita | Cemvita employs synthetic biology to develop cost-effective solutions inspired by nature, aiming to facilitate the transition towards sustainable energy. The company's CO2 Utilization platform mimics photosynthesis to produce nutrients and pharmaceutics for deep space exploration and industrial chemicals and polymers for energy sustainability. | $5M | Series A | Mar 29, 2022 |  |
| Cemvita | Cemvita employs synthetic biology to develop cost-effective solutions inspired by nature, aiming to facilitate the transition towards sustainable energy. The company's CO2 Utilization platform mimics photosynthesis to produce nutrients and pharmaceutics for deep space exploration and industrial chemicals and polymers for energy sustainability. |  | Series A | Aug 11, 2021 |  |
| Xpansiv | Xpansiv is the world’s first commodity exchange built for a new asset class: data. Xpansiv ingests data, sourced from each commodity’s lifecycle, and converts it into Intelligent Commodities™—digital assets that enable transactions based on comprehensive information. We bring transparency to the market by recording real-world characteristics in animmutable profile. As a result, commodities can be valued based on vital information that was invisible…until now.Xpansiv empowers informed decision-making and commodity differentiation. Our platform meets burgeoning demand for transparency and comprehensive information; everyone wins when markets are truly efficient in valuing financial, human, and natural capital. | $25M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 29, 2020 |  |
| Xpansiv | Xpansiv is the world’s first commodity exchange built for a new asset class: data. Xpansiv ingests data, sourced from each commodity’s lifecycle, and converts it into Intelligent Commodities™—digital assets that enable transactions based on comprehensive information. We bring transparency to the market by recording real-world characteristics in animmutable profile. As a result, commodities can be valued based on vital information that was invisible…until now.Xpansiv empowers informed decision-making and commodity differentiation. Our platform meets burgeoning demand for transparency and comprehensive information; everyone wins when markets are truly efficient in valuing financial, human, and natural capital. | $25M | Corporate Round | Jan 28, 2020 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BDC Capital’s Climate Tech Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-capital-s-climate-tech-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Amplify Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mars-catalyst-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Oxy Low Carbon Ventures invest in?

Oxy Low Carbon Ventures invests primarily in Energy, Sustainability and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 14 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 Oxy Low Carbon Ventures's check size?

Oxy Low Carbon Ventures typically joins rounds of $5M–$26M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Oxy Low Carbon Ventures participates in.

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### Who are the partners at Oxy Low Carbon Ventures?

The team at Oxy Low Carbon Ventures includes Richard Jackson (Founder & President) and Robert Zeller (Vice President, Technology). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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