Equinor Ventures news

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Elestor BV, a Netherlands based company developing the next generation flow batteries for grid scale energy storage. Equinor Ventures led the €30 million Series A financing round.

Equinor Ventures has provided an early phase convertible funding agreement with Nicoustic AS to support the development of their guided ultrasonic waves technology for level measurements.

In July 2022 Equinor Ventures successfully closed a seed investment in Inherit Carbon Solutions AS, an Oslo, Norway based startup that will support biogas producers participating in the emerging CO2 removal market (CDR). Co investors are Stratel and StartupLab.

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Saferock AS, a Stavanger, Norway based company aiming to produce carbon neutral geopolymer concrete for the building and construction industry.

In March 2022 Equinor Ventures successfully closed an investment in Seque Global Ltd supporting development of the subsidiaries Rovco and Vaarst. The £15,2M Series B raise was co-lead by Equinor Ventures and the financial services company Legal & General.

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Revterra, a Houston, Texas based company that is creating the next generation kinetic battery system.

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Electric Hydrogen, a Massachusetts based company developing electrolyzer technology for the production of hydrogen.

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in H2Site, a Bilbao based start-up developing technologies to produce cost-competitive, on-site, renewable H2 for industry and low carbon mobility.

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Booster Fuels, a San Mateo, California-based company decarbonizing transportation by simplifying access to low carbon fuels.

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Nth Cycle, a Massachusetts-based company developing electro-extraction technology for reliably recovering critical minerals from e-waste, low-grade ore, and mine tailings using electricity.

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Context Labs, a company developing technology for asset grade data and analytics, cryptographically secured with blockchain.

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce its investment in Lithium de France, marking an entry both into France and into the domain of raw material production for batteries.

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in the Norwegian subsea drone company Eelume AS, after having supported Eelume through Equinor Ventures early phase project funding since 2016.

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce its first investment in Australia, in the Melbourne based company RayGen, developing a combined solar and long-duration storage technology to improve the profitability of solar energy and make renewable energy truly dispatchable.

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Sapphire, a California based company developing technology to convert the energy wasted in pressure reduction processes into clean electric power.

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Energize Ventures, a leading global alternative investment manager that funds digital-first solutions accelerating the sustainable energy transition, today announced the closing of a second flagship fund with total capital commitments of $330 million.

Solid Power, an industry-leading producer of all solid-state batteries, recently announced a $130M Series B. Equinor Ventures is delighted to join as an investor.

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in AP Ventures Fund II, the world's largest venture fund dedicated to the growing hydrogen industry. Nysnø Climate Investments, Yara Growth Ventures and Equinor Ventures are the only Norwegian Limited Partners in the fund.

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Syzygy, a Texas based company developing technology to power low-emission chemical reactions for production of hydrogen and other chemicals.

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Scout Drone Inspection AS, a Trondheim based technology company that develops and offers a complete drone based inspection system for indoor industrial inspection.

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Hydrophilic, a Stavanger based technology company that aims to reduce the need for appraisal well and sidetrack drilling during exploration campaigns.

Equinor Ventures completes the investment in the Stavanger based technology company, Beyonder, developing the world’s most sustainable high-power battery cells for industrial applications.

Equinor Ventures has entered an Early Phase Project Funding agreement with Staveng Transfera AS to develop new lifting technology for the offshore and onshore industry.

Equinor Ventures has completed an investment in Earth Science Analytics AS — a company at the forefront of artificial intelligence in petroleum geoscience.

Equinor Ventures has completed an investment in Water Linked AS.

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Carbon Clean – a company at the forefront of offering affordable carbon capture technology.

Equinor Technology Ventures has acquired a minority shareholding in Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a leading developer of fusion energy technology.