California Energy Commission

Total investments

69

Average round size

5M

Portfolio companies

58

Rounds per year

1.38

Lead investments

34

Follow on index

0.16

Exits

11

Stages of investment
GrantPost-Ipo
Areas of investment
Energy StorageManufacturingCleanTechEnergyRenewable EnergySolarClean EnergyElectric VehicleFuelBattery

Summary

California Energy Commission is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1974. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Sacramento. The venture was found in North America in United States.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Propel Fuels, Primus Power, Terzo Power Systems. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Electric Vehicle, Electronics. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 3 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the California Energy Commission, startups are often financed by Nth Power, Kleiner Perkins, Craton Equity Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are US Department of Energy, DBL Investors, Bonneville Power Administration. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Nth Power, I2BF Global Ventures, Craton Equity Partners.

The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Opposing the other organizations, this California Energy Commission works on 13 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2019. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2010. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 22 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

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Analytics

Total investments
69
Lead investments
34
Exits
11
Rounds per year
1.38
Follow on index
0.16
Investments by industry
  • Energy (34)
  • Renewable Energy (31)
  • Manufacturing (15)
  • Electric Vehicle (14)
  • Battery (12)
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Investments by region
  • United States (61)
  • United Kingdom (1)
  • Canada (3)
  • Germany (1)
Peak activity year
2023
Number of Decacorns
1
Number of Minotaurs
3

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
13
Avg. valuation at time of investment
312M
Group Appearance index
0.09
Avg. company exit year
12
Strategy success index
0.70

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