Our Investors

Founded in 2017, G2 Venture Partners is a venture and growth investing firm focused on emerging technologies driving sustainable transformation across traditional industries. Based in Portola Valley, California, the firm seeks to invest in sustainable ventures operating in the transportation, manufacturing, energy, agriculture, supply chain, and logistics sectors.

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Benhamou Global Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on Enterprise 4.0 technology innovation. The partners at BGV drove successive waves of enterprise technology disruption in Silicon Valley and have over 300 years of combined operational experience. The firm adopts a global outlook, sourcing companies from innovation hubs around the world, and invests in cross-border ventures anchored in Silicon Valley. BGV has offices in Palo Alto, California, and Tel Aviv, Israel, and maintains a presence in France and India.

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National Grid Partners (NGP) is the venture investment and innovation arm of National Grid plc., one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world. NGP invests for strategic and financial impact and leads companywide culture transformation efforts. The organization provides a multifunctional approach to building startups, including innovation (new business creation), incubation, corporate venture capital, business development, and culture acceleration. NGP is headquartered in Silicon Valley and has offices in Boston, London, and New York.

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Edison International (NYSE: EIX) is one of the nation’s largest electric utility holding companies, providing clean and reliable energy and energy services through its independent companies. Headquartered in Rosemead, California, Edison International is the parent company of Southern California Edison Company, a utility that delivers electricity to 15 million people across Southern, Central, and Coastal California. Edison International is also the parent company of Edison Energy, a global energy advisory company delivering comprehensive, data-driven energy solutions to commercial and industrial users to meet their cost, sustainability, and risk goals.

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Established in 1996 as one of the first corporate venture funds in the oil and gas industry, Shell Ventures acts as an investor and partner to help commercialize innovative businesses. The organization works with startups and companies, from their early stages to their scale and growth phases, and makes minority investments, which help develop new technologies and disruptive business models that accelerate energy and mobility transformation.

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SE Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund created in partnership with Schneider Electric. Based in California, and working with entrepreneurs around the world, SE Ventures provides capital to big ideas and bold entrepreneurs who can benefit from Schneider Electric’s deep domain expertise, R&D assets, and global customer base.
Our investment team is focused on building strong relationships with entrepreneurs to advise, invest, and act as strategic accelerants for high potential startups with a focus on energy management, electric mobility, cybersecurity, Al, and Industry 4.0.

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