Quorum Software
Debt Financing in 2024
Quorum Software provides a cloud-based portfolio of finance, operations, and accounting software for energy companies. The platform integrates data, workflows, and business intelligence to connect field activities with the back office, helping energy firms of all sizes address complex challenges. Designed for digital transformation, it leverages open standards, mobile-first design, and cloud technology to improve visibility, efficiency, and decision making across finance, operations, and asset management in the oil and gas sector.
Burges Salmon
Debt Financing in 2024
Burges Salmon is a prominent law firm based in Bristol, United Kingdom, established in 1841. The firm specializes in providing legal advisory services across a diverse range of sectors, including energy, transport, food, farming, and real estate. Its expertise encompasses various legal disciplines, such as commercial law, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and intellectual property. Burges Salmon also offers guidance on joint ventures, partnerships, private wealth management, and public sector matters. Additionally, the firm serves clients in industries such as financial services, healthcare, and information technology, making it a versatile player in the legal landscape.
Nofar Energy specializes in renewable energy projects. It finances, constructs, and operates sustainable energy initiatives globally, focusing on solar power generation and storage. The company's expertise lies in harnessing renewable resources to contribute to cleaner energy solutions.
Clean Energy Connect
Debt Financing in 2024
Clean Energy Connect Co., Ltd. is a Tokyo-based company established in 2020 that specializes in providing renewable energy solutions to corporate clients. The company focuses on generating and delivering green energy while investing in its own generation capacity to ensure a reliable electricity supply without environmental harm. Clean Energy Connect facilitates the transition to renewable energy by connecting distributed energy resources with customers interested in sustainable practices. It offers advisory services to optimize energy solutions, covering everything from implementation to operational methods, and providing cost-effective proposals that help clients seamlessly adopt renewable energy sources.
Bright Night
Private Equity Round in 2024
Bright Night specializes in renewable energy solutions that are both safe and reliable. The company focuses on providing clean, dispatchable power services to utility, commercial, and industrial customers. It is involved in the development, design, construction, and operation of renewable energy infrastructure, aiming to deliver high-value and low-cost energy. By targeting growing markets worldwide, Bright Night contributes to the transformation of electricity generation, storage, and distribution, promoting cleaner energy alternatives.
Swan Energy is an Indian company with activities spanning petrochemical manufacturing and trading, real estate, oil and gas, and textile services. It operates across multiple segments, including textiles, energy, construction and other services, distribution and development, warehousing, manufacturing, and power generation. The company serves domestic and international markets.
ENGIE North America
Debt Financing in 2024
ENGIE North America operates a diverse range of energy services in the United States and Canada, focusing on electricity generation, cogeneration, and the distribution and sales of natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG). The company also provides retail energy sales and offers comprehensive services aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and optimizing energy usage and costs for its customers. Nearly 100 percent of its power generation portfolio is low carbon or carbon-free, reflecting its commitment to sustainable energy solutions. With a strong presence in the energy sector, ENGIE North America supports both commercial and residential markets.
Synthica Energy
Private Equity Round in 2023
Synthica Energy is a renewable energy company specializing in the development of anaerobic digestion facilities in the Midwest. Its primary focus is to divert organic waste, such as food waste and brewery by-products, from landfills, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The company's mission is to annually divert one million tons of organic waste and generate enough renewable natural gas to power the equivalent of 30,000 homes.
BlocPower
Debt Financing in 2023
BlocPower designs and implements energy efficiency and electrification upgrades for urban buildings, including schools, churches, small businesses, non-profits, and homes. Through proprietary software, machine learning, and IoT-enabled monitoring, it analyzes facilities to identify cost-effective retrofits, combines financing and project management, and delivers scalable deployment that reduces energy waste and utility bills while enhancing indoor air quality and comfort.
D-Wave Systems
Post in 2022
D-Wave Systems Inc. is a pioneering company in the field of quantum computing, recognized as the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Burnaby, Canada, D-Wave specializes in the development, fabrication, and integration of superconducting quantum computers. The company offers a range of products, including the D-Wave Two System, a commercial quantum computer, and D-Wave Hybrid, an open-source platform for creating hybrid quantum-classical applications. Leap, its cloud-based service, provides real-time access to quantum computing resources along with development tools and educational content. D-Wave’s quantum computers are applied across various sectors, addressing challenges in mission planning, logistics, machine learning, and optimization problems, among others. The company serves diverse industries, including defense, finance, energy, and academia, and also offers professional services, training, and customer support to enhance user experience and application development.
Varagon Capital Partners
Private Equity Round in 2022
Varagon Capital Partners is a lending firm that specializes in providing financing solutions to mid-sized companies primarily in the United States. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Fort Worth, Texas, the company focuses on direct lending to businesses across sectors such as commercial and industrial, healthcare, and energy, particularly those with EBITDA between $10 million and $75 million. Varagon emphasizes a relationship-driven approach, fostering lasting partnerships with borrowers and private equity firms, and aims to deliver transparency, flexibility, and high-quality service to both its clients and investors. The firm offers a range of products and services, including investment, risk management, analytics, and reporting, positioning itself as a trusted lender for companies seeking tailored financing solutions.
Peabody Energy Corporation
Post in 2022
Peabody Energy Corporation is a coal producer that mines, processes and sells metallurgical and thermal coal to electricity generators, steelmakers and industrial customers. The company operates through segments including Seaborne Thermal, Seaborne Metallurgical, Powder River Basin, Other U.S. Thermal, and Corporate and Other; Seaborne Thermal is a major revenue driver. It engages in trading coal and freight-related contracts and provides transportation-related services, including financial derivatives and physical contracts. Its geographic footprint includes customers in the United States and international markets such as Japan, China, Australia and Taiwan, reflecting a diversified global exposure.
GridPoint
Private Equity Round in 2022
GridPoint specializes in comprehensive energy management solutions. It offers hardware for monitoring energy endpoints like HVAC and lighting systems, along with a cloud-based software platform for real-time data collection and analytics. The company serves various industries such as retail, commercial buildings, and government institutions, helping them optimize energy usage and reduce costs.
Archaea Energy
Post in 2021
Archaea Energy is a developer of renewable natural gas (RNG) in the United States. Founded in 2018 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, the company focuses on capturing waste emissions and converting them into low-carbon fuel. It builds, operates, and maintains RNG facilities to supply fuel for industries difficult to electrify. Archaea Energy aims to redefine the RNG industry through a disciplined, sustainable project-development approach and by selling RNG under long-term, fixed-price contracts to creditworthy partners. The business emphasizes cost-efficient manufacturing and scalable deployment of RNG projects to support decarbonization efforts.
Phononic
Venture Round in 2021
Phononic designs and manufactures solid-state cooling and heating solutions. Its products include thermoelectric devices and heat pumps used in electronics cooling, refrigeration, and climate control applications. Founded in 2008, the company is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.
InCommodities
Venture Round in 2021
InCommodities is a rapidly growing trading company based in Denmark's second-largest city, capitalizing on the transformative impact of the renewable energy revolution on energy markets. The firm operates an energy trading platform designed to assist clients in procuring electricity and natural gas from wholesalers and suppliers. By leveraging automation, quantitative analysis, and artificial intelligence, InCommodities redefines the utilization of data and technology in energy trading. This innovative approach not only enhances the efficiency of trading operations but also aligns with the transition to green energy, allowing clients to gain deep insights into the energy markets and foster growth. Through its early recognition of the significance of efficient data processing, InCommodities has established itself as a key player in Europe’s short-term trading hub.
BlocPower
Debt Financing in 2021
BlocPower designs and implements energy efficiency and electrification upgrades for urban buildings, including schools, churches, small businesses, non-profits, and homes. Through proprietary software, machine learning, and IoT-enabled monitoring, it analyzes facilities to identify cost-effective retrofits, combines financing and project management, and delivers scalable deployment that reduces energy waste and utility bills while enhancing indoor air quality and comfort.
BlocPower
Series A in 2021
BlocPower designs and implements energy efficiency and electrification upgrades for urban buildings, including schools, churches, small businesses, non-profits, and homes. Through proprietary software, machine learning, and IoT-enabled monitoring, it analyzes facilities to identify cost-effective retrofits, combines financing and project management, and delivers scalable deployment that reduces energy waste and utility bills while enhancing indoor air quality and comfort.
BlocPower
Venture Round in 2020
BlocPower designs and implements energy efficiency and electrification upgrades for urban buildings, including schools, churches, small businesses, non-profits, and homes. Through proprietary software, machine learning, and IoT-enabled monitoring, it analyzes facilities to identify cost-effective retrofits, combines financing and project management, and delivers scalable deployment that reduces energy waste and utility bills while enhancing indoor air quality and comfort.
CSN Energy
Series A in 2020
CSN Energy SARL is a Paris-based company established in 2012 that specializes in supplying natural gas to businesses, enabling them to become independent energy suppliers. The company focuses on providing reliable energy solutions tailored to the needs of professionals in various sectors. In addition to its core natural gas supply services, CSN Energy is also involved in digital carbon solutions, offering a range of services related to renewable energy, energy transition, and climate policy. By addressing customer inquiries through multiple channels, including phone, email, and online applications, CSN Energy aims to support its clients in navigating the complexities of energy management and sustainability.
Smart Energy Japan
Venture Round in 2017
Smart Energy is a Sales of renewable energy electricity such as solar and hydro power
Planning, design, construction, management, maintenance and sales of power generation facilities, equipment and the system.
ArcLight Capital
Private Equity Round in 2017
ArcLight Capital Partners is a private equity firm established in 2001, specializing in energy infrastructure investments. Co-founded by Daniel R. Revers and Robb E. Turner, the firm has developed a strong reputation for its broad and profitable investment strategies across the energy sector while effectively managing downside risks. ArcLight's investment performance is attributed to its conservative investment philosophy, extensive asset-level expertise, and significant market experience. The firm has a proven track record of generating superior returns throughout the energy industry value chain and currently manages over $10 billion across five funds.
Littlejohn
Private Equity Round in 2016
Founded in 1996, Littlejohn & Co is a private equity firm specializing in middle-market investments across various sectors, including industrials, consumer goods, energy, and technology. The firm focuses on 'good-to-great' buyouts, operational turnarounds, distressed securities, and structured capital solutions. It typically invests between $5 million to $250 million per transaction in companies with revenues ranging from $100 million to $1 billion.
Enercare Inc. is a Canadian company that specializes in providing home and commercial services, as well as energy solutions. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Markham, Enercare operates through three main segments: Home Services, Sub-metering, and Service Experts. The Home Services segment focuses on the rental and maintenance of HVAC products, including water heaters, furnaces, and air conditioners, while also offering protection plans, duct cleaning, plumbing, and electrical services. The Service Experts segment is dedicated to the sale, installation, and repair of HVAC systems and water heaters. Enercare is recognized as the largest non-utility sub-meter provider in Canada, offering advanced metering solutions for electricity and water consumption in residential and commercial properties. Serving approximately 1.6 million customers annually, Enercare continues to expand its reach and capabilities within the energy sector.
Asia Clean Capital
Venture Round in 2016
Asia Clean Capital is a developer of renewable energy solutions with a focus on rooftop solar applications. The company provides a comprehensive range of services, including investment, system design, engineering, construction, and long-term project management and maintenance. By offering these integrated solutions, Asia Clean Capital enables solar power companies to access affordable green energy generated through photovoltaic technology. Their commitment to promoting sustainable energy practices positions them as a key player in the renewable energy sector.
Digital Lumens
Series C in 2014
Digital Lumens, Inc. specializes in the design and development of LED-based lighting systems tailored for commercial and industrial environments globally. The company offers innovative solutions, including LightRules, an advanced lighting and energy management software, and a variety of LED lighting options such as high bay and linear fixtures. Additionally, Digital Lumens provides digital light agents, which are standalone controls that integrate various fixtures into an intelligent lighting system. Their products are utilized across diverse sectors, including warehousing, manufacturing, retail, and agriculture, and are known for significantly reducing lighting-related energy consumption by up to 90%. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Digital Lumens operates as a subsidiary of OSRAM Licht AG, leveraging IoT technology to enhance efficiency and sustainability for its customers.
D-Wave Systems
Venture Round in 2014
D-Wave Systems Inc. is a pioneering company in the field of quantum computing, recognized as the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Burnaby, Canada, D-Wave specializes in the development, fabrication, and integration of superconducting quantum computers. The company offers a range of products, including the D-Wave Two System, a commercial quantum computer, and D-Wave Hybrid, an open-source platform for creating hybrid quantum-classical applications. Leap, its cloud-based service, provides real-time access to quantum computing resources along with development tools and educational content. D-Wave’s quantum computers are applied across various sectors, addressing challenges in mission planning, logistics, machine learning, and optimization problems, among others. The company serves diverse industries, including defense, finance, energy, and academia, and also offers professional services, training, and customer support to enhance user experience and application development.
Regency Energy Partners
Post in 2014
Regency Energy Partners LP is an independent midstream energy partnership focused on the gathering, processing, marketing, and transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs). The company operates through five business segments: Gathering and Processing, Joint Ventures, Contract Compression, Contract Treating, and Corporate and Others. Its extensive asset base is concentrated in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, California, Mississippi, Alabama, and the mid-continent region, which includes Kansas, Colorado, and Oklahoma. The company aims to provide essential services in the energy sector, facilitating the efficient movement and processing of natural gas and NGLs across its diverse operational footprint.
PetroEdge Energy IV
Private Equity Round in 2013
PetroEdge Energy IV, LLC, established in 2014 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, is an independent oil and gas exploration company. Its primary business involves the acquisition, exploration, and exploitation of unconventional natural gas and crude oil properties, with a focus on the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. The company is committed to safe and environmentally responsible production methods.
BrightSource
Series F in 2012
BrightSource Energy, Inc. is a solar thermal technology company that specializes in designing, developing, and selling systems for utility-scale electric power plants both in the United States and internationally. The company utilizes fields of tracking mirrors, known as heliostats, which are controlled by proprietary software to concentrate sunlight onto a solar receiver/boiler unit, producing high-temperature steam. This steam can be harnessed for electricity generation via conventional steam turbines or for industrial applications, such as thermal enhanced oil recovery. In addition to its core technology, BrightSource provides comprehensive project development services that include site acquisition, permitting, and interconnection to the electrical grid. The company targets utility-scale solar thermal power project owners, contractors, and oil production companies, fostering strategic partnerships with notable firms in the industry. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Oakland, California, BrightSource aims to offer low-cost, reliable clean energy solutions that help reduce dependency on fossil fuels.
D-Wave Systems
Venture Round in 2012
D-Wave Systems Inc. is a pioneering company in the field of quantum computing, recognized as the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Burnaby, Canada, D-Wave specializes in the development, fabrication, and integration of superconducting quantum computers. The company offers a range of products, including the D-Wave Two System, a commercial quantum computer, and D-Wave Hybrid, an open-source platform for creating hybrid quantum-classical applications. Leap, its cloud-based service, provides real-time access to quantum computing resources along with development tools and educational content. D-Wave’s quantum computers are applied across various sectors, addressing challenges in mission planning, logistics, machine learning, and optimization problems, among others. The company serves diverse industries, including defense, finance, energy, and academia, and also offers professional services, training, and customer support to enhance user experience and application development.
Bloom Energy
Series G in 2011
Bloom Energy designs, manufactures, and sells solid-oxide fuel cell systems for on-site power generation. Its core product, Bloom Energy Server, converts natural gas or biogas into electricity through an electrochemical process without combustion. Serving diverse industries such as technology, finance, healthcare, and government sectors, Bloom Energy operates primarily in the United States, Asia, and other regions.
Current Communications Group
Venture Round in 2011
Current Communications Group specializes in providing electric utilities with advanced Smart Grid solutions that enhance the efficiency and reliability of the electric grid while minimizing environmental impacts. The company offers an integrated suite of technologies, including advanced sensing devices, high-speed two-way communications, continuous monitoring, and enterprise analysis software. This combination enables utilities to access real-time, location-specific actionable data, which aids in improving grid management. Additionally, Current Communications Group serves as a fully-integrated communications service provider, delivering high-performance broadband and home energy management services through existing electric infrastructure. Their Connected Intelligence technologies empower utilities to optimize their distribution grids by leveraging increased connectivity and analytics, ultimately helping to address the challenges posed by aging infrastructure and the rise of distributed energy generation.
Ogin Inc. is a company based in Waltham, Massachusetts, that specializes in the design, manufacture, and construction of innovative wind turbines. The firm is recognized for its high-efficiency shrouded wind turbine technology, which employs a mixer/ejector design to enhance aerodynamic performance, a method inspired by applications in military and commercial aircraft. Ogin's turbines are tailored for deployment in lower-voltage distribution grids, making them suitable for wind farm developers, industrial operators, and utilities both in the United States and internationally. The company's technology aims to significantly reduce the cost of wind energy, expand its viability in areas with lower wind speeds, and optimize land usage while minimizing environmental impact. Founded in 2007 and formerly known as FloDesign Wind Turbine Corporation, Ogin operates as a subsidiary of FloDesign Inc.
Amonix is a leading technology company specializing in High Concentration Photovoltaic (HCPV) systems for solar power generation. With over 20 years of experience, Amonix develops solar power generators designed for cost-effective, utility-scale deployment. The company's HCPV systems utilize the highest efficiency solar cells, similar to those used in satellites, and employ lenses to concentrate sunlight, significantly reducing the amount of costly solar cell material required. This innovative approach enables Amonix to provide lower-cost solar electricity. Additionally, Amonix operates solar power plants that leverage its advanced CPV technology for commercial applications both in the United States and internationally.
GridPoint
Series E in 2008
GridPoint specializes in comprehensive energy management solutions. It offers hardware for monitoring energy endpoints like HVAC and lighting systems, along with a cloud-based software platform for real-time data collection and analytics. The company serves various industries such as retail, commercial buildings, and government institutions, helping them optimize energy usage and reduce costs.
Himin Solar
Private Equity Round in 2008
Himin Solar Energy Group Co., Ltd. is a manufacturer based in Dezhou City, China, specializing in solar heating and solar power systems. Established in 1995, the company produces a range of products including solar water heaters, solar collectors, and solar-powered lighting systems such as street lights and garden lamps. Their offerings also include the Solar CLAS Combine, which features various components like heat absorbing parts and intelligent control systems. Himin Solar focuses on promoting solar energy consumption through innovative solutions, including phase change energy storage products and solar-powered camping gear. The company serves a diverse international market, reaching customers in regions such as Germany, the Americas, Canada, Britain, Australia, Spain, Russia, Brazil, and Malaysia.
Optimal Technologies
Series B in 2007
Optimal creates advanced technologies for a more efficient, reliable, and environmentally responsible electric power grid from end-to-end.
Optimal Technologies develops solutions to help power utilities, businesses, and consumers optimize their energy usage. Optimal’s product suite includes supply side electric power grid optimization and analysis software called AEMPFAST™ (aim-fast), and a demand side energy efficiency and automation system called SUREFAST™.
The company’s mission is to enable a more efficient, reliable, and environmentally responsible electric power grid. Optimal's unique products and services have the potential to create unprecedented industry, economic, environmental, and consumer benefits worldwide.
GridPoint
Series D in 2007
GridPoint specializes in comprehensive energy management solutions. It offers hardware for monitoring energy endpoints like HVAC and lighting systems, along with a cloud-based software platform for real-time data collection and analytics. The company serves various industries such as retail, commercial buildings, and government institutions, helping them optimize energy usage and reduce costs.
Nordic Windpower
Series A in 2007
Nordic’s N1000, a simple, light-weight 1MW wind turbine is known for its unsurpassed ease of installation and maintenance, exceptional reliability, and low cost of energy generation.
Nordic Windpower is a technology developer and manufacturer of innovative, two-bladed wind turbines for the rapidly expanding global wind market.
Accelergy
Series B in 2006
Accelergy Corporation, established in 2003 and based in Houston, Texas, specializes in producing low-carbon synthetic distillate liquids and transportation fuels. The company employs Hydroconversion technologies to transform abundant natural resources like natural gas, biomass, and coal into clean specialty products and fuels, with a reduced carbon footprint compared to traditional petroleum-based alternatives. Accelergy's strategic alliance with Owensboro Grain LLC supports its global operations, serving energy and specialty product markets worldwide.
GridPoint
Series C in 2006
GridPoint specializes in comprehensive energy management solutions. It offers hardware for monitoring energy endpoints like HVAC and lighting systems, along with a cloud-based software platform for real-time data collection and analytics. The company serves various industries such as retail, commercial buildings, and government institutions, helping them optimize energy usage and reduce costs.