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California Energy Commission

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Total investments 82
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$4M
Portfolio companies 71
Rounds per year 1.64
Lead investments 45
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.13
Exits 12
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Grant
Post-Ipo

Areas of investment

  • Energy
  • Renewable Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Electric Vehicle
  • Battery
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Lookin Inc.

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

Coreshell Technologies

Electric Vehicle
Nanotechnology
Renewable Energy
$4M13 Aug 2020 Berkeley, California, United States

StratosFuel

Information Technology
Transportation
$4M01 May 2018 California, United States

StratosFuel

Information Technology
Transportation
$684K10 Sep 2017 California, United States

Primus Power

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

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Total investments 82
Average round size 4M
Rounds per year 1.64
Peak activity year 2024
Lead investments 45
Follow on index 0.13
Exits 12
Group Appearance index 0.11

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Lookin Inc.

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

Coreshell Technologies

Electric Vehicle
Nanotechnology
Renewable Energy
$4M13 Aug 2020 Berkeley, California, United States

StratosFuel

Information Technology
Transportation
$4M01 May 2018 California, United States

StratosFuel

Information Technology
Transportation
$684K10 Sep 2017 California, United States

Primus Power

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