Best VCs for Energy

No personal check range is published. Khosla's Seed Fund finances science and business-model experiments, while its Main Fund invests from early to later stages; historical firm commentary described many seed investments around $1M–$2M. These are firm-level guideposts, not Alice's authority.

#5Alice Brooks

Partner

Khosla Ventures

Alice invests in deep technology and sustainability, informed by mechanical engineering, consumer hardware, and her experience taking a physical product from idea to thousands of retail locations. She

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$1M-$100M+ (from $2.5B+ American Dynamism fund)

#6Katherine Boyle

General Partner, American Dynamism

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

Leads a16z's American Dynamism practice — a $2.5B+ fund (expanded from $600M in 2023) backing companies that support national interests. Believes the most important companies of the next decade will b

SeedSeries ASeries B

#7Guy Wuollet

General Partner

a16z crypto

Guy invests across the crypto stack with a technical focus on infrastructure, DeFi, and decentralized physical infrastructure. He looks for blockchains to coordinate markets that centralized intermedi

No personal check-size range is published. Public seed, Series A, and later financing amounts are company-level transaction sizes and are not a defensible proxy for Guy's individual range or allocation authority.

No current personal check range or active fund mandate is public. Historical Northzone investments include seed and Series A through later follow-ons, but third-party Northzone range estimates are stale and do not establish present authority. Confirm current capacity directly.

#8Markus Gleim

Former Principal, Northzone (off current roster); Investor & Advisor

Northzone (Web3)

At Northzone, Markus invested across enterprise applications, infrastructure, developer products and healthcare, with a strong DACH footprint. His operating experience at digital-health company Kry sh

Historical seed and Series AHistorical follow-on investingBoard and advisory support

#9Jens Wiese

Managing Partner

Leitmotif

Jens Wiese invests or supports investments through Leitmotif's published strategy: Bridge US and European industrial ecosystems to help hard-technology companies move from demonstration to commercial

Leitmotif does not publish a standard investment range; its first fund is anchored by a $300M commitment.

Leitmotif does not publish a standard investment range; its first fund is anchored by a $300M commitment.

#10Philipp Emig

Partner

Leitmotif

Philipp Emig invests or supports investments through Leitmotif's published strategy: Bridge US and European industrial ecosystems to help hard-technology companies move from demonstration to commercia

Leitmotif does not publish a standard investment range; its first fund is anchored by a $300M commitment.

#11Ryan Bayliss

Partner

Leitmotif

Ryan Bayliss invests or supports investments through Leitmotif's published strategy: Bridge US and European industrial ecosystems to help hard-technology companies move from demonstration to commercia

No personal check-size range is published. His record includes seed investments and large later financings, but disclosed round totals belong to company financings and are not a personal range.

#12Neeraj Arora

CEO India, MENA & Managing Director

General Catalyst

Neeraj backs ambitious founders building category-defining businesses in India, MENA, and the corridors linking those regions with global markets. His approach combines Venture Highway's earliest-stag

Leitmotif does not publish a standard investment range; its first fund is anchored by a $300M commitment.

#13Matt Trevithick

Managing Partner

Leitmotif

Matt Trevithick invests or supports investments through Leitmotif's published strategy: Bridge US and European industrial ecosystems to help hard-technology companies move from demonstration to commer

#14Jeannette zu Fürstenberg

President & Managing Director

General Catalyst

Jeannette is a founder-led generalist investing to strengthen European prosperity and resilience through technology. She backs ambitious companies from ideation onward across AI, defense, energy, indu

No personal check-size range is published. Her public record spans seed investments through large follow-on rounds, but total financing sizes and General Catalyst's assets are not personal check parameters.

USV publishes a firm-wide check range of $1 million to $30 million and invests from the earliest stages through follow-ons. It does not publish Rebecca's individual authority, and the partnership makes decisions collectively without a vote.

#15Rebecca Kaden

Managing Partner

Union Square Ventures (USV)

Rebecca invests at the edge of large markets, with a consumer and product lens sharpened by USV's network-effects thesis. Her current view links abundant AI intelligence, cheaper hardware, sensors, an

No personal check-size range is published. Lux invests early and can support companies across their development, but its USD 7B under management and individual financing totals are not Peter's personal allocation limits.

#16Peter Hébert

Partner and Co-Founder

Lux Capital

Peter seeks scientifically and technologically ambitious ventures attempting what most people think will not work but could become indispensable if they succeed. He is a generalist across technology a

Company FormationPre-SeedSeed

#17Alex Rohregger

Partner

Leitmotif

Alex Rohregger invests or supports investments through Leitmotif's published strategy: Bridge US and European industrial ecosystems to help hard-technology companies move from demonstration to commerc

Leitmotif does not publish a standard investment range; its first fund is anchored by a $300M commitment.

Norrsken VC's live site publishes €1M–€10M early-stage and growth tickets. This is the firm's current range, not Agate's personal check promise; exact initial versus follow-on sizing, ownership and vehicle should be confirmed for each opportunity.

#18Agate Freimane

Founding General Partner

Norrsken VC

Agate backs rapidly scalable businesses where solving a major social or environmental problem improves commercial performance. Her finance, fintech-startup and education experience combines with Norrs

$250K–$1M from pre-seed through Series A, per Lattice's current official approach page. The firm says it invests globally, makes fast independent decisions and seeks non-consensus companies at their earliest stages.

#19Mike Zajko

Co-Founder & General Partner

Lattice Fund

Mike backs infrastructure, networks and applications that make money, markets and scarce resources more open. He originated Lattice's 2022 Token-Incentivized Physical Infrastructure Networks thesis an

GTK is primarily a corporate advisory firm and does not publish an Ali-specific venture check range. Ali has disclosed individual technology investments, but those do not establish a repeatable allocation mandate. Companies should clarify whether they seek advisory work, financing support or an investment.

#20Ali Tabibian

Founder and Partner

GTK Partners

Ali works where technical systems, strategic finance and corporate transactions meet. GTK's work spans private growth companies, corporations and financial sponsors, with particular expertise in softw

Growth-company advisoryMergers and acquisitionsCapital formation

#21Alexander Danielsson

General Partner

Norrsken Impact Fund

Alexander backs scalable software and AI that modernize economically important, under-digitized industries while creating measurable environmental or social impact. His recent work around Terra Labs,

Norrsken VC publicly states €1M–€10M early-stage and growth tickets. This is a firm-level range, not proof of Alexander's personal or unilateral approval authority.

Maki's published sweet spot is first rounds below EUR 5 million from day zero; this is a firm round-size criterion, not Paavo's personal check range. Fund III is the active new-investment vehicle, with selective follow-ons from older funds.

#22Paavo Räisänen

General Partner

Maki.vc (Web3)

Paavo backs Nordic deep-tech founders at their first institutional round when a radical scientific or engineering advance can overhaul an industry. He requires a credible technical foundation, balance

Pre-SeedSeedFirst Round

#23Josh Wolfe

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Lux Capital

'Atoms, not bits.' The biggest opportunities are in companies that manipulate the physical world, not just software. Willing to fund multi-year R&D timelines. Just raised the firm's largest fund ever

$1M-$50M+

SeedSeries ASeries B

#24Lizzy Price

Associate Technical Recruiter

First Round Capital

Lizzy's operating focus is helping First Round portfolio founders build their earliest technical teams. Her experience recruiting engineers across the Americas at Harness and supporting Last Energy gi

Not applicable to Lizzy's recruiting role. First Round publicly says its initial investments typically range from $1 million to $7 million and average about $3.5 million, but those are firm terms administered by the investment team, not Lizzy's personal authority.

Founding and early-team hiringTechnical recruitingCandidate sourcing and closing

#25Shahin Farshchi, PhD

Partner

Lux Capital

Shahin creates and backs generational frontier companies that endow people and machines with new capabilities. An engineer and founder, he looks across AI, chips, compute, autonomy, aerospace, robotic

No verified personal or standard Lux check-size range is published. Shahin invests from early conviction through enduring scale and has co-founded companies; financing requirements are opportunity-specific and should be confirmed directly.

Company CreationSeedSeries A

#26Tove Larsson

Founding General Partner

Norrsken VC

Tove backs ambitious European technology companies whose commercial growth directly improves outcomes for people or planet. Her Bain private-equity background and early impact roles add rigorous marke

Norrsken VC currently states €1M–€10M early-stage and growth tickets. This is the firm's range, not Tove's personal promise. Confirm initial ticket, follow-on reserves, ownership and stage with the team.

Maki Fund III currently states €300K–€3M initial tickets in pre-seed and seed rounds below €5M, with follow-on reserves. This is the active firm's range, not Ilkka's personal or current new-deal authority; his stated remit focuses on existing portfolio companies.

#27Ilkka Kivimäki

Founding Partner & Advisor of Maki.vc

Maki.vc (Web3)

Ilkka co-built Maki around entrepreneurial DNA, technical depth, non-consensus first-round decisions and Nordic founders with global category ambition. His documented portfolio work spans gaming, smar

Pre-SeedSeedFirst Institutional Round

#28David Frykman

Founding General Partner

Norrsken VC

David backs scalable technology businesses that solve major problems and can become enduring category leaders. His long operating, angel and board history adds a company-scaling lens, while his curren

Norrsken VC's current live range is €1M–€10M across early stage and selected growth. It is a firm range, not David's personal check. Exact sizing, ownership and reserves depend on the applicable fund and company.

USV states that the firm writes $1 million to $30 million checks and invests from the earliest stages through the full company journey. This is a firm-wide range, not Albert's personal check authority; decisions are discussed collectively without a formal vote.

#29Albert Wenger

Partner

Union Square Ventures (USV)

Albert is a thesis-driven generalist investing at the edge of large markets under technological and societal pressure. His current work emphasizes AI-enabled scientific discovery, robotics that can op

No personal check-size range is published. Lux's USD 7B under management and disclosed company rounds are not Grace's personal range; she is explicitly described as a first-check and early investor.

#30Grace Isford

Partner

Lux Capital

Grace backs computational-science companies where software or AI transforms difficult physical, institutional, or technical systems. She looks for first-check opportunities in infrastructure and appli

First Round's published firm-wide initial checks are typically $1M–$7M, averaging about $3.5M; it has participated in rounds from $100K to $20M. No personal range is published for Hayley.

#31Hayley Barna

Partner

First Round Capital

Hayley backs very early founders tackling real-world systems—especially healthcare, climate, supply chain, and commerce—that have been overlooked or written off as unsolvable. As a former founder, she

AngelPre-SeedSeed

#32Anna Lundin

Investment Manager

Norrsken VC

Anna combines Norrsken's impact-return mandate with eight years of strategy, operations and international market expansion at Spotify. Her likely value is testing whether an early impact company can t

Norrsken VC currently publishes €1M–€10M early-stage and growth tickets. This is a firm range rather than Anna's personal authority. Confirm geography, initial ticket, ownership, reserves and impact qualification through the firm's pitch process.

#33George Saliaris-Fasseas

Partner; Former Operating Partner, Big Pi Ventures

Homerun Investments

George brings an operator-investor lens shaped by building technology ventures, running Google Greece, leading advertising and media businesses, supporting Big Pi portfolio companies and founding an a

Homerun does not publish a George-specific check range or formal stage band. The firm invites technology companies with exceptional growth potential across its stated sectors. Founders should ask directly about vehicle, round and ownership fit rather than relying on Big Pi's separate historical parameters.

Early-stage technologyGrowth companiesOperating support

#34Beata Enwall

Investment Manager

Norrsken Impact Fund

Beata sources impact-driven technology across the Nordics and France, with declared interests in climate, energy and women's health. Her public 2026 outlook extends that lens to differentiated data fo

Norrsken VC publicly states €1M–€10M early-stage and growth tickets. It is a firm-level range, not evidence of Beata's personal signing authority.

No Mouzaffar-specific equity ticket is public. Shorooq's September 2026 FMSi announcement describes a growth investment deployed through managed funds and co-investors but gives no attributable check. Confirm enterprise-value range, equity ticket, control or minority posture and co-investment needs directly.

#35Mouzaffar Alwan

Principal

Shorooq Partners

Mouzaffar leads buyout investing in established, cash-generative regional businesses that can consolidate a category. The FMSi transaction illustrates the lens: durable customer relationships, regulat

Established and cash-generativeGrowth equityPrivate equity buyout

#36Fabian Erici

Partner

Norrsken Impact Fund

Fabian looks for technology that improves both the economics and environmental footprint of energy and heavy industry. His research identifies AI-enabled resource efficiency, process optimization and

Norrsken VC publicly states €1M–€10M early-stage and growth tickets. This is a firm-level range and should not be read as Fabian's individual signing authority.