# Top 50 Oil and Gas Startup Investors in Europe in October 2023

## Scottish Enterprise
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Grant, Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care

Scotland's business advice, support and funding agency. Explore our products and services to find the right support for your business and apply online today.

## Bosch Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Invented for life: we want our products to spark enthusiasm, improve quality of life, and help conserve natural resources.

## BP Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing

bp Ventures plays a key role in helping the company reinvent itself as an integrated energy company, in line with our new purpose: reimagining energy for people and planet.

## Seraphim Space
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Aerospace, Information Technology

Seraphim Capital is dedicated to financing the growth of companies operating in the space ecosystem. They are an ambitious team with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences in Venture. Collectively they have over 100 years’ experience, investing in over 180 early and growth stage businesses, returning more than £750 million to theirshareholders.They are also fortunate to have one of the world's leading entrepreneurs and experts in Earth Observation on board. They work closely with their portfolio companies and always strive to create meaningful value and endeavour to ensure that the full value of their network and partners is utilised.The backing of leading global corporates in the Space sector and the leading Space related Governmental Agencies in the UK and Europe brings significant value. They are able to leverage their capital, industry leading knowledge and networks, creating an ecosystem that delivers real results for your business. From roots to market, sales and marketing, partnerships, follow-on capital, and M&A they can deliver value creation across the company growth cycle globally.

## Chevron Technology Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Software, Oil and Gas

Chevron Technology Ventures champions innovation, commercialization and integration of emerging technologies within Chevron.

## Scottish Equity Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, Energy, Information Technology

Here at SEP we specialise in investment for high growth companies across a range of technology sectors. Partnering with you to fuel growth.

## EV Private Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Oil and Gas, Energy, Software

Committed to building world-class companies.

## Midven
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology

Midven is a specialist venture capital company providing investment to fast growing small and medium sized enterprises ("SMEs"), run by an energetic, experienced and hands-on team of investment managers.

## Maven Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Maven is one of the UK's leading private equity and investment firms. We provide essential capital and expertise to help businesses unlock their potential.

## UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Harwell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

UKI2S, formally the Rainbow Seed Fund, is an investment fund backed by the government, providing seed funding to science & technology start-ups and SMEs

## Equinor
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series C
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Oil and Gas

We are an international energy company headquartered in Norway, with 22,000 employees in around 30 countries worldwide. Find out more and get to know us better.

## ConocoPhillips
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series C
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Environmental Engineering

ConocoPhillips explores for, develops and produces crude oil and natural gas globally.

## Newable Private Investing
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

Newable helps businesses thrive through funding, professional support and premises. Unleashing potential, building resilience & championing growth.

## Big Sur Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet

BSV invests early, commits personally and team up with exceptional founders to help build extraordinary companies. What we do: Seed Phase, Technology Based & Investments.

## IP Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics

IP Group's core business is the creation of value for its shareholders and partners through the commercialisation of intellectual property originating from research intensive institutions. Their strength lies in managing this process from finding suitable intellectual property to commercialise to either helping develop businesses and createvalue out of them, or identifying and establishing appropriate commercial partnerships to do so. IP Group's extensive expertise in this area combined with its inside knowledge of both industry and finance have enabled the group to create a formidable track record of consistently delivering excellent results for their companies, for their partners and for their shareholders.

## North East Development Capital Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Debt Financing, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Financial Services

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## Archangels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care

Established in 1992. Archangels is the oldest continuously operating business angel syndicate in the World. Investing in IP-rich tech & life sciences companies in Scotland, UK.

## Longwall Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Harwell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Medical Device, Health Care

Longwall Ventures invests in innovative, UK based, early stage companies in the healthcare, science and engineering sectors

## Foresight Williams
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Semiconductor, Software

An Enterprise Investment Scheme (“EIS”) that will invest into early-stage, unquoted companies that are developing disruptive technology and pioneering innovations. The Fund represents a collaboration between Foresight Group and the Williams Advanced Engineering business (part of the Williams Group). Foresight will be launching and managing theFund.

## Foresight Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Private Equity, Seed
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care

Foresight Group is a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager which has been managing funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients for more than 35 years. Foresight has over £7.2 billion of assets under management across a number of funds on behalf of some of the world’s largest institutional investors, family offices,private and high net-worth individuals and retail investors. Foresight's investment strategies are underpinned by a strong environmental, social & governance (“ESG”) focus, which increasingly meets the demands of today’s investors and ensures we are consistently working towards creating a sustainable legacy for future generations.

## New Climate Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Manufacturing, Food Processing, Food and Beverage

New Climate Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in innovative carbon reduction and avoidance technology companies. We take an active and diversified investment approach that leverages our energy, food/ag tech, climate tech, traditional tech, finance, regulatory, market analysis, and investing experience. At New ClimateVentures, we partner with entrepreneurs to navigate the early stages of company development and growth by applying our operational, investment, team-building, and mentoring experience and providing access to our global network of investors, startups, and corporations to help founders achieve success.

## Parkwalk Advisors
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

Parkwalk is a London-based fund management firm. Parkwalk invests in UK technology companies that have IP backing and freedom to operate, generally spun out of UK universities. Their funds seek to generate capital gains for their investors, enhanced by the attractive tax relief provided by EIS. Parkwalk entered this investment sector in 2009,anticipating a wave of tax-efficient incentives launched by the UK Government to stimulate innovative emerging technology companies and thereby help drive economic growth.Parkwalk utilises academic, technology transfer, venture capital and personal networks developed over many years to gain access to the highest calibre deal-flow. In 2017 Parkwalk joined forces with IP Group plc, a leading intellectual property commercialisation company that is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IPO. As at March 2019 the combined group has net assets of £1.2bn.

## Shell Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Software

Shell Ventures invests in companies to speed up development and deployment of new technologies which complement our business.

## Eos Advisory
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

Backing science, engineering and technology innovation that positively impacts our world. Eos was founded in 2014, St Andrews, Scotland.

## Energy Technology Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series C, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Oil and Gas, Hardware

Founded in January 2011, Energy Technology Ventures is a joint venture involving General Electric, NRG Energy, and ConocoPhillips. The fund is focused on the development of next-generation energy technologies. The JV invests in, and offers commercial collaboration opportunities to, venture- and growth-stage energy technology companies in therenewable power generation, smart grid, energy efficiency, oil, natural gas, coal and nuclear energy, emission controls, water and biofuels sectors, primarily in North America, Europe and Israel. With their wide range of deep technical and financial expertise, relationships, services and products, the three companies behind Energy Technology Ventures intend to help start-ups develop next-generation energy technology.The joint venture brings together three market-leading companies with complementary capabilities and significant strategic interests in the development of next-generation energy technology. This is the first corporate venture investment program by both NRG Energy, owner and operator of one of the country's largest and most diverse power generation portfolios, and ConocoPhillips, the third-largest US integrated energy company. GE Capital, through its business units GE Energy Financial Services and GE Capital, Equity, is already among the world's most active energy technology venture and growth capital investors.

## Innovation Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Manufacturing, Software

Chemical, Advanced Materials, Cosmetics, Recycling, CleanTech, Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Biosciences

## Sure Valley Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality

An entrepreneur led Venture Capital Fund that invests in early stage software companies. Working in partnership with Shard Capital, a specialist broker and asset manager based in the City of London, Sure Valley Ventures specialises in investing in Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), Financial Technology (FinTech), and the Internet ofThings (IoT) Sectors.

## STFC Innovation Ltd
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Focus: Laser, Agriculture, Electronics

STFC Innovation Ltd

## Drax Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Selby, York, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Focus: Chemical, Industrial, Oil and Gas

Our purpose is to enable a zero carbon, lower cost energy future. Our ambition is to become carbon negative by 2030.

## Atlantic Bridge
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Atlantic Bridge is a growth equity technology Fund with offices in Dublin, London, Palo Alto, Beijing, and Hong Kong. They focus on Middle Market Technology investments across Europe, with a strong emphasis on a transatlantic business building and investment exit model. We focus on making domain-specific investments in growth-stage companies,specifically in sectors such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Visioning, IoT, Big Data, etc.Atlantic Bridge brings together a unique team of technology entrepreneurs, experienced managers, finance professionals, and investment experts. The team contains a wealth of international business experience across Europe, the US, and Asia. They have worked together in various capacities for the last 30 years, bringing a true partnership approach to their firm and their investments. Its investors include the founders, leading institutional investors, and private investors with a track record of investment in successful technology companies.Atlantic Bridge has developed a unique and differentiated strategy that focuses on specific technology themes and the implementation of the “Atlantic Bridge Model” for scaling companies internationally. The “Bridge Model” accelerates the scale-up of technology companies in the US and Chinese markets. This approach is highly differentiated and has delivered strong performance results to date.

## Angels Den
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Software

Angels Den is an angel-led investment platform that connects fast-growing companies with experienced investors.

## NPIF Maven Equity Finance
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

NPIF Maven Equity Finance offers an attractive alternative to bank funding or other forms of traditional finance.

## MMC Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

MMC is a venture capital fund investing in early stage, high-growth UK companies. Our mission is to be involved in the creation of the global industry-leading companies of tomorrow.

## Gemma Frisius Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics

Gemma Frisius Fund KU Leuven is a seed capital fund that aims to stimulate the creation and growth of university related spin-off companies.

## Norsk Hydro ASA
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy

Hydro is a leading industrial company committed to a sustainable future. We develop natural resources into innovative and efficient products and solutions.

## Finow
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Energy, Oil and Gas, Renewable Energy

Finow

## John Browne
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: GPS, Energy, Big Data

John Browne serves as part of the advisory board at Giant Ventures.

## Woodside Energy
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Oil and Gas, Energy Efficiency

Woodside is the pioneer of the LNG industry in Australia and the largest Australian natural gas producer.

## Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Seed
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) is an initiative launched by the government-owned British Business Bank.It is a key part of the government’s ‘Northern Powerhouse’ vision, which aims to end the historic North / South divide and create economic prosperity in the North of England on par with London and the South East.Thegovernment firmly believes that SMEs form the foundation of the region’s future growth. NPIF therefore aims to nurture regional entrepreneurship by providing investment and support for small and medium businesses between 2016 and 2021. NPIF's funding will support new and growing SMEs, create jobs and encourage and attract additional private sector investment.

## Shoaibi Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Al Khobar, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Energy, Security, Industrial

Established more than 30 years ago, the Shoaibi Group has an established reputation for engineering excellence and reliability in the oil, gas, power, IT and telecommunications sectors where it draws on local and international resources to benefit both its partners and customers.The Shoaibi Group is a wholly-owned Saudi Arabian organisationestablished to develop and carry out industrial and commercial activities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , across the Middle East and internationally.The Group achieves this aim through a network of joint venture companies, partnerships and agencies in association with international and domestic companies.Group headquarters are located in Al Khobar, with subsidiaries in Dammam, Riyadh, Jeddah and United Kingdom. Besides, the group operates through a number of associated companies network worldwide. The Group principally operates in these sectors:Oil, Gas & PetrochemicalsPowerIT & TelecommunicationThe Shoaibi Group is a founding member of the Gulf Capital, Gulf One Bank, Venture Capital Bank and Saudi United Cooperative Insurance Company.

## Intesa Sanpaolo
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Torino, Piemonte, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Intesa Sanpaolo is a banking group that specializes in wealth management, protection, advisory, and digital orientation. Their products and services include accounts, cards, loans, mortgages, insurance, digital payments, retirement planning, investments, and consulting.

## Barclays Investment Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Barclays Corporate and Investment Bank provides corporate, government and institutional clients with a full spectrum of strategic advisory, financing and risk management solutions.

## Ouest Croissance
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Saint-herblain, Pays de la Loire, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Software, Water, Home and Garden

Partner companies not listed, Western Growth is specialized for over 20 years in operations mobility of capital and financing needs of growing businesses. Player in capital investment in the Far West, they offer the leaders of financial solutions to support the major stages in the life of the company - reclassification, transmission anddevelopment. The aim of West Growth: create long-term value for shareholders and executives.More than an investor, the Western philosophy of growth is based on partnerships with businesses. They act without constraint of time and are invested with managers in the strategic thinking, the study of growth and external financing, the optimization of the financing solutions required means and the establishment of better systems of motivation and 'shares. Since its inception, more than 400 partner companies have regional trust West Growth.

## Demeter Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Manufacturing, Energy, Electronics

Demeter is a major player in venture capital and private equity for the ecological transition. We invest from €1m to €30m to support companies at all stages of their development: innovative startups, high growth SMEs and infrastructure projects.

## Lifeline Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce

Lifeline Ventures Oy is a venture capital firm specializing in startups, growth capital, and early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare, games, web based and general high technology sectors. It seeks to invest in Finland with a few investments made outside Finland as well. The firm targets investing between €0.5 million ($0.66million) and €1 million ($1.32 million). It seeks make inception to Series A investments. Lifeline Ventures Oy was founded in November 2009 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.

## Enso Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Therapeutics, Biopharma

Enso Ventures is a private investment and project management company that specializes in making selective equity investments in high-technology and bio-tech companies

## Blue Ocean Monitoring
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Energy, Oil and Gas, Energy Efficiency

Blue Ocean Monitoring is an ocean technology company that develops autonomous subsea data collection and survey systems to provide value-focused solutions in the maritime space.Blue Ocean is positioned to conceptualize, develop, and prove novel technology-driven solutions to industry challenges then through engagement with suitable partners -further develop, commercialize, and operate these systems.

## Valve Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Energy, CleanTech, Oil and Gas

Valve Ventures is a Helsinki-based angel and early-stage venture investor.

## Development Bank of Wales
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology

Development Bank of Wales is formed in 2001 by the Welsh Assembly Government. Development Bank of Wales is an independent company, providing commercial funding to Welsh SMEs. They invests private and public funds, including EU funds.

## ValueTech Seed
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment

ValueTech Seed is an early stage venture capital fund focusing on innovations in Energy and Industrial Manufacturing. We seek to partner with dedicated teams developing breakthrough technologies that can be deployed within the next 2-5 years. Our areas of particular interest include but are not limited to: Industry 4.0, renewables, cleantech,energy storage, smart grid and smart home, AI/IoT applications.

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