# Shell

> Shell is a VC fund in The Hague backing Energy and Renewable Energy. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: The Hague, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shell
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/shell
- Website: http://www.shell.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Shell

Shell is an international energy company with expertise in the exploration, production, refining and marketing of oil and natural gas, and the manufacturing and marketing of chemicals. Find out how they are working to power progress together. Shell's purpose is to power progress together with more and cleaner energy solutions. They believethat rising standards of living for a growing global population are likely to continue to drive demand for energy, including oil and gas, for years to come. At the same time, technology changes and the need to tackle climate change means there is a transition underway to a lower-carbon, multisource energy system.Their ability to achieve their strategic ambitions depends on how they respond to competitive forces. They continuously assess the external environment – the markets as well as the underlying economic, political, social and environmental drivers that shape them – to evaluate changes in competitive forces and business models. They continuously seek to improve their operating performance, and maximise sustainable free cash flow, with an emphasis on health, safety, security, environment and asset performance, as well as adhering to their ethics and compliance principles.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 15 | 56% |
| Renewable Energy | 10 | 37% |
| Solar | 6 | 22% |
| Power Grid | 4 | 15% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 11% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 5 | 19% |
| Corporate Round | 5 | 19% |
| Series B | 4 | 15% |
| Series C | 4 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 7% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 33% |
| China | 3 | 11% |
| The Netherlands | 2 | 7% |
| Kenya | 1 | 4% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |

13 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hans Wijers | Non-Executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hans-wijers |
| Bram Schot | Independent Non-executive Director | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bram-schot |
| Daniel Jeavons | VP Computational Science & Digital Innovation & IT CTO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-jeavons |
| Ed Daniels | Executive Vice President - Strategy & Portfolio | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ed-daniels-90fb |
| Gillian Hynes | Senior Talent Advisor, Downstream | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gillian-hynes |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Raizen | Raízen is an energy company that operates in fuel distribution, energy cogeneration, sugar, and ethanol production. They also distribute gasoline and electrical energy. | $686.5M | Post-IPO Equity | Jul 23, 2026 |  |
| LanzaJet | LanzaJet producer of aviation fuel that captures waste gas emissions and uses bacteria to turn it into useable ethanol fuel. | $34M | Corporate Round | Feb 19, 2026 |  |
| DNO | DNO ASA is a Norwegian oil and gas operator focused on the Middle East-North Africa region and the North Sea. Founded in 1971 and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, the Company holds stakes in onshore and offshore licenses at various stages of exploration, development and production in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Norway, Oman, Somaliland,Tunisia, the United Kingdom and Yemen. | $410M | Post-IPO Debt | Dec 18, 2025 |  |
| Avnos | Avnos is commercializing technology to capture CO2 without consuming water, producing water for every ton. The company uses water to capture CO2, eliminating heat consumption and reducing costs. | $17M | Debt Financing | Nov 06, 2025 |  |
| NuCube Energy | NuCube is an innovative technology company designing a revolutionary nuclear fission reactor capable of producing electricity via high temperature heat. The company’s technology is capable of servicing both the electrical and the high temperature industrial heat markets and has been designed with an elegant modular microreactor to be exceptionallysafe, simple, and economical. NuCube offers nuclear technology that will produce the highest temperature heat for industrial customers and provide cost competitive electricity. |  | Grant | Jun 25, 2025 |  |
| Silbat | Silbat develop disruptive electricity storage technology that can turn intermittent renewable energies into fully dispatchable electricity sources.Silbat turn electricity into heat and store it in molten silicon. | $1.7M | Grant | Sep 16, 2024 |  |
| Dynelectro | Dynelectro is a green energy technology company that focuses on reducing CO2 emissions by transforming fossil fuels into green fuels. | $9.8M | Grant | Jul 11, 2024 |  |
| Piersica | We are a battery technology company accelerating the path to market of safe, solid state based Li-ion batteries with 2x the energy density of commodity Li-ion. |  | Grant | May 13, 2024 |  |
| Silicon Ranch | ​Silicon Ranch develops, owns, and operates solar energy plants, offering customized renewable energy, carbon, and battery storage solutions. The company maintains long-term ownership of its projects, ensuring ongoing community partnerships. Through its Regenerative Energy® program, Silicon Ranch integrates regenerative land management practices,such as agrivoltaics, to enhance soil health and biodiversity. The company has a portfolio of over 3.6 gigawatts of solar and battery storage systems in operation. | $775M | Private Equity | Jan 06, 2022 |  |
| Net2Grid | Net2Grid offers real-time energy disaggregation. Its platform offers appliance recognition and disaggregation, actionable control, and brand awareness, thereby enabling clients to reduce the cost to serve while increasing customer engagement.The company was founded in 2011 with the mission to build an ecosystem of devices and services to driveenergy efficiency and savings at home while helping utilities worldwide to improve customer engagement, increase NPS, reduce churn rates and reduce the cost to serve. It operates offices in Zeist (The Netherlands), Thessaloniki (Greece), and Germany. |  | Series B | Mar 22, 2021 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Chrysalix Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chrysalix-energy) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Legend Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/legend-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Matrix Partners China](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matrix-partners-china) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mountain Group Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mountain-group-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Nth Power](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nth-power) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [RockPort Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rockport-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Shell invest in?

Shell invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Solar startups, most often at Grant and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 27 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 Shell?

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### Who are the partners at Shell?

The team at Shell includes Hans Wijers (Non-Executive Director), Bram Schot (Independent Non-executive Director) and Daniel Jeavons (VP Computational Science & Digital Innovation & IT CTO), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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