Chevron Technology Ventures

Type

CVC

Status

Active

Location

Houston, United States

Total investments

138

Average round size

26M

Portfolio companies

91

Rounds per year

5.52

Lead investments

10

Follow on index

0.34

Exits

22

Stages of investment
Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
AutomotiveSoftwareInformation TechnologyEnterprise SoftwareManufacturingEnergyRenewable EnergyChemicalIndustrialOil and Gas

Summary

In 1999 was created Chevron Technology Ventures, which is appeared as VC. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Houston. The venture was found in North America in United States. Chevron Technology Ventures appeared to be a CVC structure as part of the corporation.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Chevron Technology Ventures, startups are often financed by DFJ, Industrial Technology Ventures, VantagePoint Capital Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Morgenthaler Ventures, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, Khosla Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Morgenthaler Ventures, Partech, Industrial Technology Ventures.

The overall number of key employees were 6.

Comparing to the other companies, this Chevron Technology Ventures performs on 3 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The typical startup value when the investment from Chevron Technology Ventures is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2010. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The top activity for fund was in 2006. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 3 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline ChargePoint, BrightSource Energy, BlueArc 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. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Software, Chemical. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
Climate tech

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
138
Lead investments
10
Exits
22
Rounds per year
5.52
Follow on index
0.34
Investments by industry
  • Energy (36)
  • Manufacturing (30)
  • Oil and Gas (25)
  • Renewable Energy (25)
  • Software (20)
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Investments by region
  • United States (103)
  • Canada (10)
  • United Kingdom (10)
  • Germany (2)
  • Sweden (2)
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Peak activity year
2021
Number of Unicorns
2
Number of Decacorns
2
Number of Minotaurs
4

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
13
Avg. valuation at time of investment
60M
Group Appearance index
0.96
Avg. company exit year
9
Avg. multiplicator
1.44
Strategy success index
0.60

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Latest deals

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