# SCF Partners

> SCF Partners is a VC fund in Houston backing Energy and Oil and Gas. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Fund size: $800M
- Last fund: Apr 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scf-partners/
- Website: http://www.scfpartners.com/

SCF Partners is a VC fund in Houston focused on Energy and Oil and Gas. Founded in 1989, SCF Partners is headquartered in Houston, Texas with investments administered through Calgary and Aberdeen.For over 25 years, SCF Partners has been providing equity capital and strategic growth assistance to build leaders in the energy services, manufacturing and equipment industries that operate throughout the world.SCF’stypical investment range consists of $20 – $200 million of upfront SCF equity, often followed by incremental capital to support strategic acquisitions and internal growth initiatives.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 5 | 33% |
| Oil and Gas | 5 | 33% |
| Renewable Energy | 3 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 20% |
| Internet of Things | 2 | 13% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 8 | 53% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Grant | 1 | 7% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 73% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Laurence Simmons | Founder & President | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Xage Security | Xage Security is an information technology company that offers blockchain-protected security platform for Industrial IoT. | $15M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 18, 2026 |  |
| Greentown Labs | Greentown Labs enables entrepreneurs to solve the world's biggest energy and environmental challenges. Our mission is to enable a vibrant community of entrepreneurs to work on their visions and to provide access to the space, resources, and funding that allows their early-stage companies thrive. We offer 33,000 sq. ft. of prototyping lab andco-located office space, a shared machine shop and electronics lab, immersion in a growing community of energy and clean technology entrepreneurs, and on-site events and programs designed to enable start-ups to rapidly grow their networks and their companies. | $3M | Grant | Dec 18, 2024 |  |
| Xage Security | Xage Security is an information technology company that offers blockchain-protected security platform for Industrial IoT. | $60.2M | Series B | Nov 02, 2023 |  |
| Tekmar Energy | Tekmar is a technology provider of protection systems for subsea cable, umbilical and flexible pipes and offshore engineering services. Tekmar's subsea products address the global offshore wind and subsea oil and gas markets and, to a lesser extent, the wave and tidal markets. The Company's main country of operation is the UK. The Groupdelivers a turnkey package to its clients from the initial stage of technical engineering through to detailed design, product development, product testing, manufacturing, project management, client personnel training, offshore installation support and remedial solutions for repair. | $27.4M | Private Equity | Apr 20, 2023 |  |
| Tekmar Energy | Tekmar is a technology provider of protection systems for subsea cable, umbilical and flexible pipes and offshore engineering services. Tekmar's subsea products address the global offshore wind and subsea oil and gas markets and, to a lesser extent, the wave and tidal markets. The Company's main country of operation is the UK. The Groupdelivers a turnkey package to its clients from the initial stage of technical engineering through to detailed design, product development, product testing, manufacturing, project management, client personnel training, offshore installation support and remedial solutions for repair. | $27.4M | Private Equity | Apr 20, 2023 |  |
| Revterra | Revterra is a developer of flywheel energy storage systems for the grid and utility-scale applications such as solar energy and wind energy. It offers a patented technology that uses passive magnetic bearing that consumes low power at very high speeds. | $6M | Series A | Jul 19, 2022 |  |
| T.D. Williamson | T. D. Williamson develops and manufactures pipeline equipment and provides services for onshore and offshore applications. The company offers pigging products and accessories, such as pipeline pigs, launching and receiving components, quick opening closures, and pig passage indicators; pipeline plugging equipment; cathodic protection equipment forcorrosion prevention and corrosion control; and tapping machines, including hot tapping and drilling products. |  | Private Equity | Jul 05, 2022 |  |
| Qube Technologies | Qube Technologies is developing an Internet of Things (IoT) device that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to cost effectively detect and reduce greenhouse gas emissions at oil and gas facilities. Qube's technology uses machine learning, edge computing and state-of-art IoT devices to continuously and accurately measure and detect emissions. |  | Series A | Nov 15, 2021 |  |
| prodirectional | Prodirectional provides expertise & services in horizontal and directional drilling including drilling equipment and turnkey services. They provide customers with experienced ground staff, the best rotary equipment available, and some of the most advanced and dependable retrievable MWD tools. Prodirectional provides services like Horizontal andDirectional Drilling, Rotary Equipment / Mud Motors, Retrievable MWD / EM Tools, Well Planning and Coordinating, Field and Customer Support, Onsite computer-generated reports, survey calculations, and BHA design and Consulting Services. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2019 |  |
| Capital Sand | CSP-Permian is a premier supplier of high quality proppant to the Permian Basin. Strategically located on the Central Basin. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2019 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Chevron Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chevron-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [City Light Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/city-light-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [March Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/march-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Momenta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/momenta-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [OurCrowd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ourcrowd) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Piva Capital — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does SCF Partners invest in?

SCF Partners invests primarily in Energy, Oil and Gas and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Private Equity and Series A stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at SCF Partners?

The team at SCF Partners includes Laurence Simmons (Founder & President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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