Evok Innovations is a venture capital and venture capital firm investing in clean technology that is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia and was founded in 2015 by Jonathan Rhone. Evok Innovation provides funding and advisory services from both entrepreneurs and industry leaders to the companies it invests in that are working to solve economic and environmental issues facing the oil and gas industry.
Notable investments made by Evok Innovations include: DarkVision Technologies Inc., Kelvin Inc., Metabolik Technologies, Mosaic Materials, Opus 12, Osprey Informatics, Rotoliptic Technologies, and Quidnet Energy.
On January 14, 2016 Evok Innovations announced a partnership with BC Cleantech CEO Alliance, Suncor Energy, and Cenovus Energy for their $100 million cleantech fund. Cenovus and Suncor both committed up to $50 million each over the next ten years to Evok Innovations cleantech fund. The fund will focus on investing in the acceleration and development and commercialization of energy solutions to issues facing the oil and gas industry.
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Funded Companies
Using quantum physics to create a next generation, emission free photocatalytic chemical reactor for hydrogen production
Quidnet Energy is a Houston-based company working on developing a carbon-free energy grid.
Osprey Informatics is a computer vision company.