At a Glance
Energy Impact Partners is a venture capital firm based in New York, NY founded in 2015. Energy Impact Partners LP (EIP) is a global energy investor with a proprietary model designed to drive innovation. EIP brings together entrepreneurs and some of the world’s most forward-thinking energy and industrial companies to advance innovation for a better energy future. Investing in venture, growth, private equity and credit, EIP seeks attractive risk-adjusted returns for its investors by leveraging its differentiated strategy and industrial ecosystem. With over 80 corporate partners and o The firm focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+ investments across sectors including Climate. The firm manages $2B in assets under management. Notable portfolio companies include Sense, AutoGrid, Whisker Labs, Catalyst Cooperative, GridX, Stem, ChargePoint and Everactive. Utility-backed venture capital firm investing in startups driving grid modernization and industrial decarbonization.
“Utility-backed venture capital firm investing in startups driving grid modernization and industrial decarbonization.”
Hans Kobler founded Energy Impact Partners in 2015 around a coalition model: utilities and industrial companies commit to the funds as limited partners and then serve as first customers and validation channels for portfolio companies. That coalition now runs past 75 strategic partners.
EIP closed its second flagship fund at more than $1 billion in November 2021. The Deep Decarbonization Frontier Fund I, an early-stage vehicle led by Shayle Kann and Ashwin Shashindranath, closed oversubscribed at $485 million in November 2022 against a $350 million target, backed in part by Microsoft, Williams, and Duke Energy, and had already funded 12 companies including Form Energy, Electric Hydrogen, Sublime Systems, Rondo Energy, Nitricity, and Carbon America. A European vehicle opened in 2022 with roughly 390 million euros. The third flagship fund closed in October 2025 at $1.36 billion, nearly 40 percent larger than its predecessor and the firm's largest to date, with more than 75 limited partners including sovereign wealth funds, insurers, asset managers, and family offices. EIP now manages more than $4.5 billion across venture, growth, private equity, and credit.
Anthony Oni
Managing Partner & CEO Elevate Future Fund, Energy Impact Partners
Lindsay Luger
Co-Founder and Partner, Energy Impact Partners
Matt Bisgyer
Vice President, Energy Impact Partners
Melissa Ball
Associate Director of Technology, Energy Impact Partners
Energy Impact Partners primarily invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+ stages. This means they focus on companies that are at the earliest idea or prototype phase.
Energy Impact Partners is headquartered in New York, NY. Many of their portfolio companies are also based in this region, though they invest across geographies.
Energy Impact Partners focuses on investments in Climate. Their portfolio reflects deep expertise and networks within these sectors.
Energy Impact Partners's typical investment check size ranges from $5M to $20M. Actual amounts may vary based on the stage, sector, and specific opportunity.
Energy Impact Partners manages approximately $2B in assets under management (AUM) across their funds.
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