Utility Ventures
Utility Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$5.0M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$5.0M
- Portfolio
- 5 companies on record
- Partners
- 2 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Other, SaaS
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-08-26
Seed
$1.0M – $5.0M
5+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in innovative technology for the energy and utilities sector, with a strong SaaS component.
How Utility Ventures invests
Utility Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Healthcare, Retail.
Utility Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$5.0M per investment.
Utility Ventures has backed 5 companies in our records, including EnergySim, Utility, National Grid Partners.
Partners & Team
Kevin Lee
Founding Partner
Expert team of engineers
Engineer
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (5)
Other
EnergySim
Utility
A New York-based digital product and mobile app development agency.
National Grid Partners
Corporate venture capital arm of National Grid.
NextEra Energy Investments
Corporate venture capital arm of NextEra Energy.
Duke Energy
Energy company with corporate venture capital activities.
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $5.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kevin Lee, Founding Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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