# Pelican Energy Partners

> Pelican Energy Partners is a VC fund backing Information Technology. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pelican-energy-partners-lp
- Website: http://www.pelicanenergypartners.com/

Pelican Energy Partners is a VC fund in Houston focused on Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence. Pelican Energy Partners a private equity firm that specializes in strategic investments in small to mid-market energy service and equipment businesses with high development potential.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 50% |
| Legal | 1 | 25% |
| Energy | 1 | 25% |
| Medical | 1 | 25% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series E | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mike Scott | Managing Partner, Founder | 1 | — |
| Chris Koranek | Operating Partner / Industry Adviser | 0 | — |
| John O'Brien | Managing Director | 0 | — |
| John OBrien | Investment Professional | 0 | — |
| William Chiles | Managing Partner | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SHINE Technologies | SHINE Medical Technologies, Inc. manufactures and supplies medical tracers and cancer treatment elements. The company offers Molybdenum-99, a light-emitting element that is administered to patients for the purpose of diagnosing and staging cancer and heart diseases. It also provides Iodine-131 that is used to treat thyroid cancer and variousabnormal thyroid conditions, including hyperthyroidism, as well as to diagnose liver function, renal blood flow, and urinary tract obstruction.The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Janesville, Wisconsin. | $240M | Series E | Feb 26, 2026 |  |
| Everstar | Everstar is an AI-powered system designed to assist with the operation and management of nuclear power plants. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Feb 18, 2025 |  |
| Blue Wave AI Labs | Blue Wave was founded in 2016 with a mission to utilize recent advances in data sciences to solve problems that were previously unsolvable. Since its inception, Blue Wave has combined the resources of academia with the experience of industry experts to provide solutions to formerly intractable problems. Led by Dr. Tom Gruenwald, former TellabsCTO, Westell CEO and Bell Labs Executive, along with a team of accomplished scientists, Blue Wave uses a unique blend of science, engineering, AI and mathematical expertise to solve real-world problems at a world-class level. Most AI companies provide a one size fits all AI platform developed by a group of computer scientists. They give the client a set of tools to sort through their data to come up with generic solutions to generic problems. Blue Wave is different in that we provide custom solutions for complicated issues, engineered by industry experts along with computer scientists. Aerospace AI applications are built with a team of Aerospace Engineers in addition to experts in Data Science and AI. Nuclear reactor problems are solved with a team of Nuclear Physicists combined with a team of Computer Scientists. |  | Private Equity | Jun 10, 2023 |  |
| Veretek | Veretek design engineers, sells and services. |  |  | Mar 08, 2018 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Deerfield](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deerfield) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Excel Services — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fidelity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fidelity-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Generational Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/generational-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- NantWorks — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Oaktree Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oaktree-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Pelican Energy Partners invest in?

Pelican Energy Partners invests primarily in Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Legal startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series E stage. Most of the 4 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 Pelican Energy Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Pelican Energy Partners?

The team at Pelican Energy Partners includes Mike Scott (Managing Partner, Founder), Chris Koranek (Operating Partner / Industry Adviser) and John O'Brien (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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