Energize Capital

Energize Capital is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 2016. The firm specializes in early and growth-stage investments in technology companies, with a focus on enhancing the affordability, reliability, and security of energy and industrial sectors. Energize Capital primarily targets investments in areas such as data analytics, cybersecurity, energy storage, distributed energy resources, mobility, and operational efficiency. The firm seeks to make impact investments in sectors including renewable energy, industrial operations, electrification, infrastructure resilience, and decarbonization. It typically invests between $3 million to $20 million per company, aiming to support innovations that contribute to energy-related advancements and sustainability.

Tyler Lancaster

Principal

Past deals in Solar Energy

Tyba

Series A in 2025
Tyba is a developer of an informatics platform that assists enterprises in the development and operation of renewable energy projects. The platform offers comprehensive modeling for both standalone and hybrid storage projects, facilitating early-stage development through to operational phases. It enables users to build production and revenue models, compare design variations, and analyze results using interactive dashboards and visualizations. By leveraging analytics related to renewable energy and power markets, Tyba empowers businesses to effectively model solar energy storage, allowing them to make informed decisions regarding expected production, revenue, dispatch, and asset operations.

Elum Energy

Series B in 2024
Elum Energy is an energy and automation company that delivers affordable monitoring and control solutions for hybrid energy systems. It provides energy management systems, ePowerControl, and a SCADA platform, ePowerMonitor, for solar power, storage, and other distributed resources. The company also develops the energy OS, a platform for intelligent management of micro-electrical networks within buildings, enabling customers to reduce energy bills and advance local generation and storage. Through data science and automation, Elum Energy aims to democratize renewable energy by making its production and storage more accessible and efficiently integrated with building systems.

PVcase

Series B in 2023
PVcase is a leading software company specializing in utility-scale solar project development. Its end-to-end suite automates site selection, PV design, and yield assessment, accelerating project timelines and reducing costs. Trusted by over 1,500 customers worldwide, including industry leaders like AES and Iberdrola, PVcase supports the development of over 4 TW projects annually.

Aurora Solar

Series D in 2022
Aurora Solar develops cloud-based software for solar industry professionals. Its platform enables solar PV engineering design, workflow management, sales facilitation, and customer acquisition. Serving independent installers to large corporate contractors, Aurora's software uses satellite imagery and lidar data to create detailed 3D models for efficient solar panel planning.

Aurora Solar

Series C in 2021
Aurora Solar develops cloud-based software for solar industry professionals. Its platform enables solar PV engineering design, workflow management, sales facilitation, and customer acquisition. Serving independent installers to large corporate contractors, Aurora's software uses satellite imagery and lidar data to create detailed 3D models for efficient solar panel planning.

Aurora Solar

Series B in 2020
Aurora Solar develops cloud-based software for solar industry professionals. Its platform enables solar PV engineering design, workflow management, sales facilitation, and customer acquisition. Serving independent installers to large corporate contractors, Aurora's software uses satellite imagery and lidar data to create detailed 3D models for efficient solar panel planning.

Aurora Solar

Series A in 2019
Aurora Solar develops cloud-based software for solar industry professionals. Its platform enables solar PV engineering design, workflow management, sales facilitation, and customer acquisition. Serving independent installers to large corporate contractors, Aurora's software uses satellite imagery and lidar data to create detailed 3D models for efficient solar panel planning.
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