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US Department of Energy

Founders Jimmy Carter

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Total investments 1256
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$39M
Portfolio companies 931
Rounds per year 26.72
Lead investments 471
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.26
Exits 114
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Manufacturing
  • Energy
  • Renewable Energy
  • Electronics
  • Software
Summary

US Department of Energy is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1977. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Washington. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

Besides them, we counted 2 critical employees of this fund in our database.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of more than 20 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Chemical, Manufacturing. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Delphi Automotive PLC, Aptiv, Siemens.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 20 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2011. The fund is generally included in 7-12 deals every year. Comparing to the other companies, this US Department of Energy performs on 5 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The high activity for fund was in 2019.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the US Department of Energy, startups are often financed by Kleiner Perkins, Polaris Partners, 180 Degree Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation, California Energy Commission. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by National Science Foundation, Y Combinator, North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Cypienta

Cyber Security
05 Jan 2022 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Lookin Inc.

Battery
Fuel Cell
Hardware
Manufacturing
Quality Assurance
$3M01 May 2021 Los Angeles, California, United States

Lookin Inc.

Battery
Fuel Cell
Hardware
Manufacturing
Quality Assurance
$490K01 Sep 2019 Los Angeles, California, United States

AquaNRG

Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Energy
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Oil and Gas
Simulation
Software
Water
$1M28 May 2019 Houston, Texas, United States

AquaNRG

Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Energy
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Oil and Gas
Simulation
Software
Water
$148K28 Apr 2018 Houston, Texas, United States

SHINE Medical Technologies

Biotechnology
Health Care
Manufacturing
Medical
Medical Device
Pharmaceutical
18 Apr 2018 Janesville, Wisconsin, United States

Solar Merchant

Clean Energy
Marketplace
Renewable Energy
Solar
$125K09 Dec 2015 Los Angeles, California, United States

Primus Power

Battery
CleanTech
Energy
Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
$20M04 Feb 2014 Hayward, California, United States

SMASHsolar

Clean Energy
Renewable Energy
Solar
$670K29 Sep 2013 Richmond, California, United States

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Total investments 1256
Average round size 39M
Rounds per year 26.72
Peak activity year 2024
Lead investments 471
Follow on index 0.26
Exits 114
Group Appearance index 0.02

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Cypienta

Cyber Security
05 Jan 2022 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Lookin Inc.

Battery
Fuel Cell
Hardware
Manufacturing
Quality Assurance
$3M01 May 2021 Los Angeles, California, United States

Lookin Inc.

Battery
Fuel Cell
Hardware
Manufacturing
Quality Assurance
$490K01 Sep 2019 Los Angeles, California, United States

AquaNRG

Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Energy
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Oil and Gas
Simulation
Software
Water
$1M28 May 2019 Houston, Texas, United States

AquaNRG

Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Energy
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Oil and Gas
Simulation
Software
Water
$148K28 Apr 2018 Houston, Texas, United States

SHINE Medical Technologies

Biotechnology
Health Care
Manufacturing
Medical
Medical Device
Pharmaceutical
18 Apr 2018 Janesville, Wisconsin, United States

Solar Merchant

Clean Energy
Marketplace
Renewable Energy
Solar
$125K09 Dec 2015 Los Angeles, California, United States

Primus Power

Battery
CleanTech
Energy
Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
$20M04 Feb 2014 Hayward, California, United States

SMASHsolar

Clean Energy
Renewable Energy
Solar
$670K29 Sep 2013 Richmond, California, United States
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