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Firms / Energy Transition Ventures, LLC
Energy Transition Ventures, LLC
Energy Transition Ventures invests in startups leading the energy transition
venture manager, reported GAV $45.9M across 1 vehicles
Importance
22
moderate
Active deployment
30
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
69
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
11
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- unknown
- Office address
- unknown
- Business phone
- 650-766-5563adviserinfo.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 16, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 1 (1 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $83.1Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business phone
- 650-382-2180adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
- business phone
- 650-766-5563adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
10 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, consumer, climate, energy, crypto, logistics
- Stages
- series a
- Geography
- asia, global
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- venture capital
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation
series b 100%
Stage at first entry
series b 100%
Sectors
unknown 90%Other Energy 10%
lead rate 0%follow-on rate 0%new logos, 12 months 10
Funds and vehicles
1 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Transition Fund I, LP | Fund | 2021 form d first sale | Mature | $45.9M Mar 31, 2023 | 19 | $46.3M of $100M | Jun 29, 2022 |
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
10 current, 0 departed
Deb Merril
Board or advisoryAdvisor
Enabling Technologies
OtherPortfolio
Etv Radar
OtherPortfolio
Craig Lawrence
PartnerManager · since Jan 1, 2021
Craig Lawrence
PartnerPartner
Neal Dikeman
PartnerPartner
Neal Monroe Dikeman
PartnerManager · since Jan 1, 2021
Smart Wires
PartnerPartner
David Niebauer
Platform and operationsGeneral Counsel
Investments on record
10 edges, 10 companies, 0 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
8 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Union Square Ventures 1 shared · one timeValor Equity Partners 1 shared · one timeMillennium Technology Value Partners 1 shared · one timeThursday Ventures Management LLC 1 shared · one timeSavano Direct Capital Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeAera VC 1 shared · one timeInsight Venture Partners 1 shared · one time · they led 1Galvanize 1 shared · one time
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
2 dated events
- Mar 30, 2021Energy Transition Ventures, LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 30, 2021Energy Transition Fund I, LP first reported on Form ADV by Energy Transition Ventures, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $30,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactEnergy Transition Fund I, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $45.9M across 1 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (probable, 80%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $45.9M across 1 vehicles
Evidence
46 observations from 3 sources