Ramez Naam
Angel Investor
Seattle, United States
Ramez Naam is a seed investor in Seattle focused on Renewable Energy and Energy. Ramez Naam is Chief Futurist and Partner at Prime Movers Lab.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Ramez Naam invests in
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Round size
- Seed
- $860k–$1.4M
- Series B
- $35M–$40M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Renewable Energy 3 (33%)
- Energy 2 (22%)
- Automotive 2 (22%)
- Electric Vehicle 2 (22%)
- Solar 1 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (22%)
- Series B 2 (22%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (11%)
- Series A 1 (11%)
- Funding Round 1 (11%)
Country
- United States 4 (44%)
- Singapore 1 (11%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| WeaveGrid operates with utilities and owners of electric vehicles (EV) to allow and speed up transportation electrification. Using machine learning, optimization, and predictive analytics, the company's software solution solves several EV-grid integration challenges for utilities in a systems-oriented manner; helps integrate renewable energyresources on the grid; and saves utility customers' money on their bills. | $35M / Series B / Nov 15, 2022 | ||
| Xeal provides EV charging solutions for apartments, condos, and workplaces. Xeal offers charging solutions from installation, cloud-based EV charging management solutions to mobile applications for apartments, condos, and workplaces. Its mobile application provides features to find, track, and reserve the charging points, thereby allowing users tocharge their car from anywhere and for property owners to earn passive income and cut CO2 emissions. | $40M / Series B / Nov 03, 2022 | ||
| WeaveGrid operates with utilities and owners of electric vehicles (EV) to allow and speed up transportation electrification. Using machine learning, optimization, and predictive analytics, the company's software solution solves several EV-grid integration challenges for utilities in a systems-oriented manner; helps integrate renewable energyresources on the grid; and saves utility customers' money on their bills. | $15M / Series A / May 20, 2021 | ||
| Distributed Energy is a development and aggregation platform that connects renewable projects with funders.They are experienced platform aggregators who have come together to enable renewable energy projects in the developing world.The Distributed Energy platform reviews, screens and lists fundable projects on their marketplace. Investors canexpress interest to invest in credible opportunities. Their smart contracts and blockchain produce a robust link between parties, automating payments. They also provide ongoing reporting on performance of the assets. | $1.2M / Nov 28, 2019 | ||
| Distributed Energy is a development and aggregation platform that connects renewable projects with funders.They are experienced platform aggregators who have come together to enable renewable energy projects in the developing world.The Distributed Energy platform reviews, screens and lists fundable projects on their marketplace. Investors canexpress interest to invest in credible opportunities. Their smart contracts and blockchain produce a robust link between parties, automating payments. They also provide ongoing reporting on performance of the assets. | $1.4M / Seed / Nov 28, 2019 | ||
| Amperon is a provider of smart meters to deliver real-time energy data forecasts. There over 70M smart meters currently installed in the country, collecting 15 minute resolution electricity data for every type of ratepayer (including residential, commercial, and industrial). The data has been relatively untapped for the past decade, and Amperon isleveraging it to charge forward and bring AI to the energy world to usher in the smart grid of the future. | $860K / Seed / Apr 18, 2018 | ||
| SMASHsolar breaks down barriers to solar for homeowners and contractors. The biggest barriers to solar adoption are cost and complexity. We have developed a simple, snap-together solar module that installs 2x faster than conventional solar, significantly reducing labor skill, labor cost and increasing crew throughput, which result in lowerinstallation costs. Since the SMASH system is easy to expand, homeowners can buy a what they need today and upgrade when they want more power. | $1M / Convertible Note / Jun 04, 2017 | ||
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FAQ
What does Ramez Naam invest in?
Ramez Naam invests primarily in Renewable Energy, Energy and Automotive startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Ramez Naam invest in?
Ramez Naam typically joins rounds of $860k–$1.4M at Seed and $35M–$40M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Ramez Naam's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Ramez Naam took part in.
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When did Ramez Naam last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Ramez Naam closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Nov 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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