Energize Ventures
SelectiveChicago, ILBiotechnology, Energy, TelecomLast fund filed December 2023
6 on a current fund
last 24 months
across filed funds
| Vehicle | Filed | Target | Sold to date | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energize Ventures Fund III | December 2023 | Indefinite | $312M | 82 |
| Energize Ventures Fund II | December 2020 | Indefinite | $328M | 87 |
| Energize Ventures Fund | May 2017 | Indefinite | $150M | 50 |
Amounts are Item 13 as filed: the target is the whole offering, and the amount sold is cumulative across amendments rather than a final close. The filing carries no per-investor amount, so a firm’s own cheque is not recoverable here.
13 partners are named across this firm’s filings, 6 of them on a fund it is deploying now.
| Partner | Activity | Categories | Board seats | Last 24mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Muldoon | Slowing | Enterprise software, Fintech | 4 | 1 |
| Tyler Lancaster | Slowing | None listed | 3 | 1 |
| Alex GeorgeNot on the current fund | Quiet | None listed | 0 | 0 |
| Amy FranceticNot on the current fund | Quiet | None listed | 6 | 0 |
| Bryan SchuelerNot on the current fund | Quiet | None listed | 0 | 0 |
| James Murphy | Quiet | None listed | 15 | 0 |
| Jim ShieldNot on the current fund | Quiet | None listed | 0 | 0 |
| John Tough | Quiet | Climate & energy, Cybersecurity, Data & analytics | 4 | 0 |
| Katie McClain | Quiet | Data & analytics, Enterprise software | 3 | 0 |
| Kris ZadloNot on the current fund | Quiet | None listed | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Polsky | Quiet | Climate & energy | 1 | 0 |
| Mike BlazerNot on the current fund | Quiet | None listed | 0 | 0 |
| Steve RyderNot on the current fund | Quiet | Biotech & pharma | 1 | 0 |
Activity is filed board seats in the last 24 months: 4+ Active, 2–3 Selective, 1 Slowing, none Quiet. A firm's tier totals its partners, so an active firm may be four partners with one seat each. It undercounts partners who invest without taking a board seat, and filings lag a closing by weeks, so Quiet means the paperwork is quiet, not the person.
Classified sectors of Energize Ventures’s own portfolio companies, based on 15 with a verified or cited source.
Not a filing value: this is Lev’s own classification of each company, one company one vote regardless of how many of Energize Ventures’s partners are named on its board, shown only when we found a specific, checkable source. Companies with no source read as unclassified and are left out of the shares above.
| Firm | Shared boards | Companies |
|---|---|---|
| Red Glass Ventures | 2 | Nozomi Networks, Zededa |
| Activate Capital | 1 | Volta Industries |
| Ballistic Ventures | 1 | Nozomi Networks |
| Centana Growth Partners | 1 | Aquilon Energy Services |
| DCVC | 1 | Jupiter Intelligence |
| E14 Fund | 1 | Sourcemap |
| Ignition Venture Partners | 1 | Jupiter Intelligence |
| Notable Capital | 1 | Nozomi Networks |
| Samsara Biocapital | 1 | Levo Therapeutics |
A shared board seat: a company where filings name a Energize Ventures partner and a partner at the other firm, both with a clean identity match. Not a claim either firm led or co-led the round, only that both are named on the same board.