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Energy Capital Ventures

Energy Capital Ventures

Chicago, Illinoisenergycapitalventures.com

Overview

Energy Capital Ventures (ECV) is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2020 and based in Chicago, Illinois. It is described as the only venture capital fund solely dedicated to the sustainability, resilience, and digital transformation of the natural gas industry. The firm champions innovation in what it terms "green molecules™," which includes technologies for decarbonization, sustainability, and digitization within the natural gas sector. ECV focuses on Seed-plus and Series A stage investments in areas such as hydrogen, renewable natural gas, carbon capture, methane leak detection, and ESG planning. The firm closed its debut fund, Energy Capital Ventures Fund I, at $61 million in October 2022.

Portfolio Companies

11

Investments

CompanyDateStageLead
EnaDyneSep 2025SeedLead
Sapphire TechnologiesSep 2025Series CCo-investor
Capture6Mar 2025Series ACo-investor
Graphitic EnergyMar 2025Series A ExtensionCo-investor
CarbonQuestFeb 2025Series ACo-investor
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Key People

Victor Pascucci

Managing General Partner, Co-Founder

Jeffrey Yingling

Founding Partner, Investment Committee Chair

Ray O'Connor

Partner

Rick Viton

Partner

Energycapitalx undefined

Principal

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HeadquartersChicago, Illinois
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