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Energy Foundry

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite

Energy Foundry is a Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Climate / Energy, Other, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 26 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

Portfolio

26+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Energy Foundry invests in clean energy startups at their earliest stages, particularly those addressing financing bottlenecks in renewable energy deployment.

How Energy Foundry invests

Energy Foundry is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Climate / Energy, Other, Developer Tools.

Energy Foundry typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.

Energy Foundry has backed 26 companies in our records, including Project Canary, AMPLY Power, Mission Minerals.

Meet the Team

FE

Frank Egan

Venture Partner

HH

Henry Heitzer

Director

SC

Sara Chamberlain

Managing Director

PW

Piers Wells

Venture Partner

JB

Jason Blumberg

CEO & Managing Director

Clean Energy
Infrastructure
Climate FinTech
SC

Sara Chamberlain

Managing Director

JB

Jason Blumberg

Co-Founder

JH

Jessica Hurn

Founding Partner

Deep Tech
Sustainability
ClimateTech

Industry Focus

Invests In

Climate / Energy
Other
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (26)

Other

PR

Project Canary

Energy Infrastructure
AM

AMPLY Power

Energy Infrastructure
MI

Mission Minerals

MiningTech
EC

EcoRecovery Tech

Industrial Tech
AD

Advanced Diamond

Materials Science·Exited
AT

Atlas

Materials Science·Active
AZ

Azumo

Software·Exited
DI

Digital H2O

Software·Active
DR

Dragos

Hardware·Active
E-

E-zinc

Energy·Active
How to pitch Energy Foundry
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Climate / Energy, Other, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Frank Egan, Venture Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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