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Venture Capital Intelligence
Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / Powerhouse Ventures
Powerhouse Ventures
Institutional venture firmOakland, CApowerhouse.fundSEC venture capital fund adviserfundraising evidenceone firm, 2 filing advisers
This firm files as 2 advisers on powerhouse.fund: Powerhouse Accelerator, LLC. Each keeps its own CRD, funds and filings; the grouping is the website each swore to on Form ADV and is recomputed every pass.
Backing early-stage founders building digital-first solutions to transform energy and infrastructure—accelerating abundance across power, mobility, buildings, and industry while delivering top VC returns.
venture manager, reported GAV $83M across 4 vehicles
Importance
41
elevated
Active deployment
65
high
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
81
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
20
moderate
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Oakland, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 1528 WEBSTER ST #8, Oakland, CA, 94612adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 5108466542adviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 31, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 2 (2 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $82.7Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business phone
- 5108466542adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
44 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, climate, energy, space, logistics
- Stages
- seed, series a, series b
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation
seed 100%
Stage at first entry
seed 100%
Sectors
unknown 86%Other Technology 10%Other Energy 2%Business Services 2%
lead rate 100%follow-on rate 0%new logos, 12 months 44
Funds and vehicles
4 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powerhouse Ventures Fund II, LP | Fund | 2021 form d first sale | Mature | $72.4M Mar 6, 2024 | 91 | $24.6M of $75.0M | Nov 26, 2021 |
| Other Fund, L.P. | Fund | 2015 form d first sale | Harvest | unknown | unknown | $11.0M | Sep 12, 2024 |
| VC Powerhouse Venture Fund I, LP | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $10.5M Mar 6, 2024 | 31 | unknown | unknown |
| Powerhouse Ventures Fund III LP | Fund | unknown | Fundraising | unknown | unknown | $0 of $100M | Dec 9, 2025 |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
51 current, 0 departed
Nicole Systrom
Board or advisoryStrategic Advisor, Galvanize
Christian Okoye
Founder or executiveFounder, Occam Edge
Dan Shugar
Founder or executiveCo-Founder and CEO, Nextracker
David Crane
Founder or executiveFormer CEO, NRG
Dorian West
Founder or executiveCo-Founder, Electric Hydrogen
Drew Baglino
Founder or executiveFormer SVP, Tesla and CEO, Heron
Howard Wenger
Founder or executivePresident, Nextpower
Kiran Bhatraju
Founder or executiveFounder and CEO of Arcadia
Luke Dunnington
Founder or executivePresident and Founder, Intersect
Lynn Jurich
Founder or executiveCo-Founder and Co-Executive Chair, Sunrun
Maryrose Sylvester
Founder or executiveFormer President of US Electrification, ABB
Mateo Jaramillo
Founder or executiveCo-Founder and CEO, Form Energy
Sam Adeyemo
Founder or executiveCo-Founder, Aurora Solar
Saul Griffith
Founder or executiveFounder and Chief Scientist, Rewiring America
Jason Green
General partnerFounder and GP, Emergence Capital
Albert Wenger
Managing partnerFounder and Managing Partner, Union Square Ventures
Emily Kirsch
Managing partnerFounder and Managing Partner
Emily Kirsch
Managing partnerFounder and Managing Partner
Emily Kirsch
Managing partnerManaging Member · since Feb 1, 2023
Veery Maxwell
Managing partnerFounding Partner, Galvanize
Colleen Calhoun
Operating partnerOperating Partner, The Engine
Event Details
OtherPortfolio
Matt Maloney
OtherFormer Head of Energy and Resource Innovation, SVB
Powerhouse Innovation
OtherPortfolio
Urvi Parekh
OtherFormer Head of Global Energy, Meta
Alexia Kelly
PartnerManaging Director, High Tide Foundation
Andrew Beebe
PartnerManaging Director, Obvious Ventures
Brooks Preston
PartnerManaging Director, Macquarie Group
Cindi Bough
PartnerManaging Director, OGCI Climate Investment
Corinne Still
PartnerPartner, Apollo Global Management
Gabriel Kra
PartnerCo-Founder and Managing Director, Prelude Ventures
John Rapaport
PartnerChief Investment Officer, Keyframe Capital
Marie Thompson
PartnerPartner
Marie Thompson
PartnerPartner
Page Crahan
PartnerGeneral Manager, Tapestry at X
Alina Zagaytova
Platform and operationsFormer General Counsel, Redwood Materials
Brian Janous
Platform and operationsCo-Founder and CCO,
Cloverleaf Infrastructure
Platform and operationsCo-Founder and CCO,
Doug Moorehead
Platform and operationsCOO, ENGIE North America, Inc.
Eric Zhang
Platform and operationsOperations Associate
Jasmine Sorrells
Platform and operationsExecutive Assistant
Kendall Cody
Platform and operationsMarketing & Communications Director
Rick Needham
Platform and operationsChief Commercial Officer, Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Audrey Lee
PrincipalFormer Senior Director of Energy Partnerships, Microsoft
Colby Hastings
PrincipalSenior Director, Residential Energy, Tesla
Gabe Cuadra
PrincipalPrincipal
Marc van Gerven
PrincipalNon-Executive Director, AES
Mark Hartney
PrincipalPrincipal, Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Shaandiin Cedar
PrincipalPrincipal
Kurt Kelty
Vice presidentVP of Battery, Propulsion, and Sustainability, GM
Lucy Reading
Vice presidentSenior Associate
Investments on record
44 edges, 42 companies, 2 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
22 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Building Ventures, LLC 2 shared · recurringUnion Square Ventures 2 shared · recurringTrue Wealth Venture Capital, LLC 1 shared · one timeFlybridge Capital Partners 1 shared · one timeSoftbank, Inc. 1 shared · one timeSC Management LLC 1 shared · one timeMyriad Venture Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeEqual Ventures 1 shared · one timeLeadout Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeSJF Management LLC 1 shared · one timePioneer Square Investment Advisor, LLC 1 shared · one timeBlue Bear Investment Group, LLC 1 shared · one timeClimactic Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeKickstart Capital, LLC 1 shared · one timeMantis Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeDbafc, L.L.C. 1 shared · one timeCongruent Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeAIM Master I (bvi) Ltd. 1 shared · one timeConstruct Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeService Provider Capital 1 shared · one timeSustainable Future Ventures 1 shared · one time · we led 1Tailwind Futures 1 shared · one time · we led 1
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
1 dated events
- Apr 24, 2023Powerhouse Ventures first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 14, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $83M across 4 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $83M across 3 vehicles
Evidence
43 observations from 3 sources