Shell Ventures was established in 1996 as the corporate venture fund of the Royal Dutch Shell corporation. They target strategic investments in early stage and growth stage investments to develop new technologies or business models of interest to Shell. They make minority investments in technology companies, joint ventures and externally manged venture capital funds.
Shell Ventures investment focus is oil and gas, renewable energy, cleantechnology, new fuels technology, mobility and digital.
Shell Ventures renewable power and thermal investments include AutoGrid, Axiom Exergy, Corvus Energy, Geli, Husk Power Systems, Innowatts and Sonnen.
Their investments in oil and gas include Airborne Oil&Gas, Bluware, Halfwave and Salamander Solutions.
Their investments in fuels and mobility include Ample, Asperitas, Aurora, Nordsol, and Sense Photonics.
Their investments in multi-industry solutions include Akselos, Cumulus, Kespry, Maana and MachineMax.
Their investments in funds and incubators include Autotech Ventures, Chrysalix, Congruent Ventures, Energy Ventures, Energy Environment Investment, G2VP, GRC SinoGreen Fund III, Greentown Labs, Maniv Mobility, ProVenture and SET Ventures.
Shell Ventures has exited their investments in Sonnen and OpenSpirit.
Timeline
Funded Companies
Husk Power Systems is a Patna-based designer and provider of end-to-end renewable energy solutions through the installation of mini-power generation plants.
Axiom Energy is a Richmond, California-based company developing cooling systems into intelligent, cloud-connected batteries.
Sonnen GmbH is a Wildpoldsried-based developer of management solutions for lithium based energy storage.
Innowatts is creating a smarter, leaner energy value chain and transforming the way energy is bought, sold, managed and consumed.
Axiom Exergy provides active power management services to portfolios of commercial and industrial buildings with large thermal loads.
Veros Systems is a College Station, Texas-based predictive intelligence platform developer supporting businesses in increasing energy efficiency.
Ample is a charging station company founded by Khaled Hassounah.
People
Alexander Urban
Investment Associate
Amory Poulden
Investment Manager
Andrea Course
Venture Principal
Armanda Borggreve
Senior Investment Associate
Bo Li
Venture Principal
Brian Panoff
Investor Director
Diederik Klip
Venture Analyst
Disi Ye
External Relations Advisor
Geert van de Wouw
Managing Director
Giancarlo Savini
Implementation Manager
Ivan Mrdak
Investment Associate
Jermain Saaltink
Venture Principal
Jill Tully
Venture Principal
Joyce Chen
Senior Investment Associate
Jurgen Hornman
Investment Director
Justian Driessen
Venture Capital Investment Analyst
Katarzyna Mamon
Operations Manager Shell Ventures & Digital Businesses
Kirk Coburn
Investment Director
Lindsey Gregg
Senior External Relations Advisor
Mattijs Slee
Investment Principal
Maurice Benning
Investment Principal
Michiel van Haersma Buma
Senior Implementation Manager
Nina Gentis
Venture Analyst
Oliver Woodhall
Venture Analyst
Peter van Giessel
Investment Director