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VOL 5 • October, 2015 EnerTech Capital
ENERTECH QUARTERLY
“Thought Leadership in Energy Technology”
We are pleased to bring you our fifth
edition of the EnerTech Quarterly
Newsletter. We have been busy over
the past quarter both with our
existing portfolio and new deals in
EnerTech IV. We have now invested
$45.6 million from ECP IV into 10
companies with one new pending
transaction (outlined below). Should
this new transaction close, we will
have invested $49.6 million in ECP IV
and completed one exit (Distech
Controls).
The major investment highlights since our last report
include:
Closing of the sale of Distech Controls to Acuity
Brands for $318 million CDN and distribution of
proceeds to LPs
Follow-on investments totaling $2.8 million in two ECP
IV portfolio companies - N-Dimension and EnergySavvy
We are currently in the closing process on a new deal
in the Power Quality space (Power Factor Correction
and Harmonic Filtering). We expect to close this deal in
November 2015 (Total EnerTech investment will be $5
million CDN, with a $10-12 million CDN reserve for
acquisition opportunities)
We continue to see strong deal flow from Canada and the
US with nearly 500 deals seen so far in 2015.
EnerTech Update ECP IV
Wally Hunter
Managing Director
EnerTech Capital
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Portfolio company OwnEnergy was sold to EDF
Renewable Energy and we have distributed initial
proceeds to LPs
Acquired by
(August
2015)
Obvious Ventures invested $3 million in Enbala Power
Networks. Enbala raised $11 million earlier in the year
led by GE Ventures and Edison International
EnerTech closed on aggregate follow-on investment of
$275 thousand USD in OwnEnergy in the quarter and
this investment was returned as part of the sale to EDF
outlined above
Our investment landscape in ECP IV continues to broaden
in the Energy Technology sector (see picture below) seeking
innovative technologies from “The Well Head to the Wall
socket”. We are seeing interesting opportunities in our
investment landscape including:
Behind the Meter technologies including device control
Building automation, lighting and energy efficiency
technology
Digital Oilfield and Oil & Gas technologies focused on
reducing the cost of oil production
ECP III
We are pleased to announce that we
have promoted Gian Vergnetti to
Associate. Gian is a valuable member of
our team and an extremely hard worker
who has continued to do great work for
us. Please join us in congratulating Gian
on this promotion!
We would also like to congratulate Gian and his wife Alexis
on the birth of their first child, Phoenix, who was born on
September 3rd.
The 2015 EnerTech Capital Forum and LP Meeting will take
place in Miami, FL December 1 – 3. If you have not already
registered, you can do so below. We hope to see you all
there!
Click here to register for the EnerTech Capital
Forum and LP Meeting.
EnerTech Team Updates
ECP IV Opportunity Landscape: From the Well Head to the Wall Socket
In ECP IV we continue to focus on revenue generating companies or companies that are embarking on growth rounds of
financing with proven technologies and an established customer base.
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by
Dean Sciorillo
Director
EnerTech Capital
Before I joined EnerTech Capital in 2004 I was with an
electric and gas utility company for 16 years. During that
time when we internally discussed customers (called
ratepayers at that time and in some areas still are referred
to as that) the focus was primarily on large, or key,
accounts. There was not much focus on residential
customers, and when discussed it often focused on not
upsetting them enough where a customer would lodge a
complaint with the public utility commission (“PUC”) (note:
I recall customer complaints as a metric for part of the
corporate bonus).
Utilities started to engage with residential customers in a
somewhat meaningful way in the early to mid-2000s when
programs like demand response started gaining traction
(note: these programs were primarily being pushed by
PUCs). Under demand response programs customers would
receive an annual payment for allowing their utility to
control their air conditioner or pool pumps on extremely
hot days when the total electricity consumption on the grid
would spike and potentially cause system reliability issues
for the utility.
Other trends, like a steady increase in power prices, from
the early 2000s until about 2008 and more environmental
awareness provided an opportunity for innovative
companies to capitalize on the changing landscape. As
historically has been the case, many utilities did not view
this as a threat to their business, and many just ignored it.
However, since 2008 power prices have decreased due to
the unexpected increase in natural gas reserves and
resulting low sustained prices. In addition, there has been a
precipitous drop in solar PV prices, and efficiency gains,
along with price decreases, in lighting and other areas have
offset the increase in electricity consumption. Power
demand is still below the highs set in 2008. Contributing to
the reduced demand is the fact that 26 states have
programs in place around energy efficiency, which also
lowers emissions (the cleanest megawatt is the one not
used).
Regulation has also played a role in utilities engaging more
with their residential customers. Some areas of the country
have seen deregulation, which means there is competition
on the commodity portion of the bill (T&D services are still
regulated). The new entrants, or competition, are taking on
the role of the trusted energy advisor for the residential
customer, a position long held by the incumbent electric
utility.
The Changing Utility Model and Its Impact on Engaging
Residential Customers
EnergySavvy’s (EnerTech Portfolio Company) Engage Direct - an intelligent, cost-effective, and integrated engagement solution
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In addition to deregulation, PUCs have been revamping the
utility business model by implementing new rate structures
like decoupling and lost-revenue adjustment mechanisms, as
well as some performance incentives. All are designed to
incentivize utilities to embrace efficiency and other solutions
that lower the utility’s revenue without affecting
profitability. Thirty three states have some form of
decoupling or lost-revenue adjustment mechanisms, and 26
states have some form of performance incentives.
Over the past few years there has been a lot of momentum
building from utilities around their focus on residential
customers and the potential importance of this customer
class. Many utilities and energy providers now see an
opportunity to engage with those customers to not only sell
electricity or natural gas, but a host of other products and
services. This has already been taking place with C&I
customers for several years. In addition, utilities have
noticed other companies are trying (and some are
succeeding) to disintermediate them from their customers.
Utilities have been partnering with venture backed start-ups
(e.g. Opower, Nest, EnergySavvy) over the past few years
to help them better engage with residential customers from
comparing their electricity usage to their neighbors to
gaining a better understanding of energy efficiency
opportunities within a customer’s home. In addition utilities
are embracing new ways to connect with their customers
including developing apps that alert them to coming high
bills, outages and estimated restoration times, and allowing
customers to inform the utility if they are experiencing an
outage of which the utility may be unaware. Utilities will
need to improve their competencies in this area since they
have never had to do this historically.
As technology continues to progress (e.g. smart appliances)
and become ubiquitous it will present additional
opportunities for utilities, or their competitors, to engage
with residential customers to provide better service as well
as additional services. Utilities want customers to think
about them more than just when their lights are off due to
an outage. Whoever owns the customers’ mindshare will be
able to generate significant value from them.
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Q2 & Q3 2015 ECP IV Portfolio Company News If you are viewing a digital version, please click on the news item for more information.
September 24 Blue Pillar VP of Finance and Operations
Recognized By Trending 40
July 13
Blue Pillar, Con Edison and New York City
Hospitals Work Together to Strengthen
Electric Grid Resiliency
June 9 Blue Pillar Selected as a Red Herring Top 100
North America Winner
September 25 Seattle Business Magazine - EnergySavvy
Named 2015 Tech Impact Award Winner
August 14 GeekWire - EnergySavvy Debuts Service to
Connect Utilities with Offline Customers
June 16 Puget Sound Business Journal EnergySavvy
Named one of Washington's Best
Workplaces
June 3 Overcoming Energy Efficiency’s Problem
With Measuring Savings
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July 21 N-Dimension Improves Cybersecurity
Integrity at Piedmont Municipal Power
Agency
July 7 N-Dimension Selected by Central Florida
Electric Cooperative – Helps Improve
Utility’s Cybersecurity Posture
April 1 Greentech Media - Finding the Hidden Cyber
Threats in the Power Grid
September 10 GeoDigital Names Auto Industry Veteran
to Lead 3D Mapping and Self-Driving
Vehicles Business Unit
July 20 Tech Leader In 3D Mapping And Spatial
Data Analytics To Establish North
American Headquarters In Atlanta
June 20 Vegetation Management Goes High-Tech
Tools & Technology Content From
TDWorld
May 28 GeoDigital customer Peter Fox, NB
Power, featured in T&D World magazine
May 13 Greentech Media – GeoDigital: Mapping
The Utility Landscape With Big Data
May 28, 2015 HPC Energy Services launches updated
website
July 14 Space-Time Insight Helps Utilities Reduce
Outage Duration And Frequency
June 30 Space-Time Insight Reduces Risk And Costs
For Utilities With New Asset Analytics
Application
June 25 Space-Time Insight And Enovation Partners
Collaborate To Bring Real-Time Visual
Analytics To Natural Gas Operations
May 14 Greentech Media recognizes SMUD’s
SmartSacramento Initiative for using Space-
Time Insight
April 29 Space-Time Insight Solution Powers
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Into
2015 Grid Edge 20
April 29 Grid Edge 20: The Top Companies Disrupting
The US Electric Market
April 7 GISCafe: Space-Time Insight Takes Situational
Intelligence A Step Further
September 8 REGEN Files Patent Infringement Claim
Against eCurv
Digital roads: speeding towards automated cars - Video by GeoDigital
September 22 N-Dimension’s N-Sentinel Delivers
Intelligent Analysis and Prioritization of
Secur i t y Concerns Acce le ra t in g
Remediation
September 17 N-Dimension Closes $9M Series B Funding
Round
September 9 N-Dimension Introduces N-Sentinel
Continuous Vulnerability Assessment for
Utilities
Space-Time Insight: How renewable energy is managed by Cal-ISO
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ECP III
Company News from Previous EnerTech Funds
ECP II
September 21 Large Camp Project Award in Texas
September 15 Large Camp Project Awarded in Canada
June 30 FilterBoxx Delivers First RemoteBoxx
Unit in North Dakota
June 1 FilterBoxx Water & Environmental
Announces Debut of New Rig Combo
May 19 FilterBoxx Lands Large Operations &
Maintenance Contract
April 29 FilterBoxx Announces Debut of New Rig
Combo Assets
September 15 Obvious Ventures Invests in Enbala Power
Networks
August 27 Jeff MacAulay Joins Enbala Power Networks
August 17 Enbala Helps American Water Increase
Efficiency; Triple its PJM Regulation Services
Market Participation
August 7 Well-Known Energy Sales Executive Joins
Enbala Team: Trent Bowers Comes on
Board as EVP and CCO
April 23 Enbala Named as One of Greentech Media’s
Top 20 Most Innovative Firms
September 24 NanoSteel Introduces BLDRmetal™
Powders for Binder Jet 3D Printing
June 29 Nanosteel In Automotive Manufacturing
Solutions
June 23 Dave Paratore Interviewed On 'The Car
Doctor' With John Paul
June 19 Nanosteel AM Expanding Capabilities In
Automotive Engineering
June 4 Nanosteel Receives Venture Funding From
Horizon Technology Finance
May 13 Nanosteel Presents ‘Lose A Little, Gain a
Lot’ Infographic
June 2 Security Sessions | Municipal Utility Takes
Action to Offset Steep Price Increases in New
England
June 1 Braintree Electric Light Department and
Pascoag Utility District Act to Reduce Peak
Demand Cost Risk with Tangent
August 1 Terralux Partners with ENERGY STAR to
Develop Certification for LED Retrofit
June 21 TERRALUX featured in Hotel Business
May 3 LFI LED Lady Interview with Terralux
April/May issue TERRALUX featured in Seniors Housing
Business Magazine
Spring report TERRALUX makes Edison Report top 10
products to see at Lightfair – LEDSENSE
Binder Jet Machine
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Venture Capital Update – Q2 & Q3 2015 – VC Investments in Canada
A total of $636 million was deployed in 143 financing rounds by Canadian VCs in Q2 2015 according to final data
released by Thomson Reuters. At the end of June, venture capital invested across Canada totaled $1.2 billion in 300 deals,
which is up 33 percent from the same period in 2014. In fact, Canadian startups have not received as much venture capital
in a January-to-June period since 2002 (Thomson Reuters).
Source: Thomson Reuters, CVCA
A total of $664 million was deployed by Canadian VCs in Q3 2015 according to preliminary data released by Thomson
Reuters. VC investments are on pace to reach $2.4 billion by the end of December, which will make 2015 the best year
for activity since 2002. Select Canadian VC investments are outlined on the next page.
Venture Capital Investment in Canadian Companies
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Select Canadian VC Investments from Q2 and Q3 2015
Venture Capital Update – Q2 and Q3 2015 – VC Investments in Canada
Company Name Description Major Investors Investment
Amount (Cdn)
Leading private fusion energy company,
specializing in magnetized target fusion.
Building subsystems at scale, expects to
demonstrate all key systems over next
three years.
Khazanah, Chrysalix,
BDC, Braemar, Entre-
preneurs Fund, SET ,
Bezos, Cenovus
$21.9 million
Developer of gallium nitride (GaN) tech-
nologies.
Cycle Capital, BDC,
Tsing Capital, Rock-
port, Chrysalix
$20 million (amount in USD)
Provider of software-defined operations
solutions for the industrial Internet.
GE Ventures, BDC,
Cisco Systems,
Yaletown Venture Part-
ners
$17.2 million
Developer of power semiconductor
chipsets and reference designs for use
within distributed, renewable power sys-
tems.
Black Coral Capital,
BDC, EDC, Presidio
Ventures, Clean Energy
Venture, Inerjys Ven-
tures
$11 million
Developer of cyber security solu-
tions for the critical infrastructure
market.*
EnerTech, EDC $9 million
Provider of IoT data analytics services.
McRock, White Star
Capital $6 million
Provider of demand side energy
management solutions.* Obvious Ventures $3 million
Developer of a real-time machine intelli-
gence platform.
BDC, Extreme Venture
Partners Undisclosed
Developer of sensor technology designed
to bring operational efficiency to the
mining industry by consolidating low con-
centration ores and reducing energy, wa-
ter, and chemical inputs.
Prelude Ventures, EDC,
Cycle Capital, Chrysalix Undisclosed
Smart window technology for regulating
solar heat in vehicles for improved fuel
economy and passenger comfort.
Pangaea Ventures,
GrowthWorks, BDC,
Five Corners Capital
Undisclosed
*N-Dimension and Enbala are EnerTech Capital portfolio companies.
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In the US Venture capitalists invested $17.3 billion in 1,202 deals in the second quarter of 2015, according to data
provided by Thomson Reuters. Quarterly venture capital (VC) investment increased 30 percent in terms of dollars and
13 percent in the number of deals, compared to the first quarter when $13.5 billion was invested in 1,048 deals. The
second quarter is the sixth consecutive quarter of more than $10 billion of venture capital invested in a single quarter.
Select US VC Investments from Q2 2015
Venture Capital Update – Q2 2015 – VC Investments in the US
Company Name Description Major Investors
Investment
Amount
(USD)
Developer of vanadium redox flow
battery systems for grid-scale applica-
tions.
VantagePoint, Starwood
Energy Group. $58.2 million
Provider of diesel and ethanol directly
derived from sunlight and CO2 using
micro-organisms.
Flagship Ventures $34 million
Developer of high-efficiency, low-cost
crystalline silicon solar cell and module
products.
Riyadh Valley Company $31 million
Developer of facilities for the conver-
sion of municipal solid waste and other
waste products to ethanol and other
renewable transportation fuels.
United Airlines $30 million
Developer of a mass-market urban
transportation solution that is flexible,
cost-effective, and environmentally-
friendly.
Pitango, Hearst Ventures,
Ervington Investments,
83North
$27 million
Developer of Internet of Things hard-
ware and software for large scale wire-
less sensor systems.
Andreessen Horowitz $25 million
Developer of an in-car sensor and tan-
dem mobile app designed to monitor
driver behavior and notify drivers
when their behavior is compromising
fuel economy.
USAA, Comcast Ven-
tures, CDK Global, Y
Combinator, RPM, Ami-
cus, Anthemis, Mark Go-
ines, Jared Kopf, Rob
Chandhok, Dan Rose
$24 million
Developer of proprietary rechargeable
zinc-air battery technology for utility,
automotive, commercial applications.
AltEnergy, NRG Energy,
OCI, Fisher Brothers $23 million
Provider of commercial customer intel-
ligence software for energy providers
Electranova Capital, Bat-
tery Ventures, RockPort,
Nth Power, E.ON Ven-
tures
$23 million
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In the US Venture capitalists invested $16.3 billion in 1,070 deals in the third quarter of 2015, according to data
provided by Thomson Reuters. Total venture dollars deployed to startup companies for the quarter decreased 5 percent
and total deal count was down 11 percent compared to the second quarter when $17.3 billion was invested in 1,202
deals.
Select US VC Investments from Q3 2015
Venture Capital Update – Q3 2015 – VC Investments in the US
Company Name Description Major Investors
Investment
Amount
(USD)
Developer of energy-efficient glass
technologies for buildings.
NZ Superannuation Fund,
Madrone Capital, Corning $150 million
Developer of a revolutionary 3D print-
ing technology known as Continuous
Liquid Interface Production (CLIP).
Google Ventures, Yuri
Milner, Reinet, Sequoia,
Silver Lake, Northgate
$100 million
Engineers of biological organisms for
applications in the energy, medicine
and food sectors.
Viking Global, Y Combi-
nator, Felicis Ventures,
OS Fund
$45 million
Developer of UAV technologies and
systems.
GP Capital, GGV, Lebox
PreAngel, OFC Invest-
ment, ZhenFund $42 million
Developer of nanolaminated structures
in vats to produce extremely strong
structures and coatings that resist cor-
rosion and can withstand high tempera-
tures.
Founders Fund, BP
ConocoPhillips, Chevron,
Catamount,, Second Ave-
nue, Sunshine Tech, Alli-
ance of Angels, Golden
Seeds
$33.5 million
Combines powerful learning software
and energy storage, simultaneously
helping businesses better manage elec-
tricity use and enhancing grid opera-
tions.
RWE, GE Ventures, Ange-
leno, Iberdrola, Total,
Constellation
$33 million
Developer of high energy density re-
chargeable Li-ion batteries.
Tsing Capital, Mission
Ventures, Presidio, Infinite
Potential Technologies
$30 million
Developer of zinc-bromine flow batter-
ies for electrical energy storage.
I2BF, Anglo American
Platinum, Chrysalix, DBL $25 million
AMS installs advanced energy storage
systems in buildings to lower energy
costs for consumers and provide clean,
instant load reduction to electric utili-
ties. We're building a more efficient,
more resilient electric grid.
DBL Investors, Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Engie $18 million
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The EnerTech Team
A Seasoned, Diversified, and Experienced Group
Wally Hunter
Managing Director
Lyndsy MacArthur
Executive Assistant Angelica Mengana
Analyst
Scott Ungerer
Managing Director
Bill Kingsley
Managing Director
Dean Sciorillo
Director
Colleen Pale
Director of Finance
and Administration
Donna Smith
Executive Assistant
Gian Vergnetti
Associate
Eric Schmadtke
VP Investments
Jarett Carson
Managing Director Dr. Dominic Geraghty
Executive in Residence
Hoon Chung,
Executive in Residence
Philadelphia
Calgary
Toronto
Menlo Park Boston
Robert M. Chiste
Executive in Residence
Orange County Houston
Giovanni Ravina
Intern, ENGIE New Ventures
(formerly GDF SUEZ New Ventures) Montreal
Anne-Marie Bourgeois
VP Investments
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The EnerTech Strategic Advisory Board
Our Network is an Extended Family of Deal Sourcing, Due Diligence and Exits
The EnerTech Strategic Advisory Board is made up of a diverse and experienced group of visionaries, industry
leaders and experts in various disciplines. They bring unparalleled expertise and a wide network in the areas of
energy services and policy, information technology, Oil & Gas, and clean energy innovation. We are proud and
grateful to have them as members of our Advisory Board.
Strategic Partners
Limited Partners
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Dr. Bill Madia
Chairman of the Board of
Overseers and VP for the SLAC
National Accelerator Laboratory,
Stanford University
J. Scott Magrane
Managing Director, Coady Diemar
Partners
Dr. Jim de Wilde
President, JdW Strategic Ventures
Vicky Sharpe
Founding President of SDTC
Rob Soni
Independent Board Member
David Milenthal
CEO, The Milenthal Group
Gordon Pridham
Principal, Edgewater Capital and
Newalta Board Member
Governor George Pataki
Former Governor of New York
Michael Harris
Former Premier of Ontario
Sharon Allan
President & CEO, SGIP
Mike Babcock
Coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs
Independent Board Members
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Rebecca Kauffman
President and COO, Southern Ute
Alternative Energy
Eric Legault
Managing Partner, Teralys Capital
John Morris
Sr. Vice President of Field
Operations Waste Management
Nils Voermann - Global
Managing Director -
Technologies, Hatch
Marty Toomajian
President of Energy, Health &
Environment, Battelle
Victor Scutaru
Director, Fund Investments, BDC
Venture Capital
Guillemette Picard
Investment Director, ENGIE New
Ventures (formerly GDF SUEZ
New Ventures)
Rebecca Giffen
Director of Investments, Alberta
Enterprise Corporation
Basil El-Borno
VP Innovation & Process
Development, Newalta
Corporation
Alex Beliaev
Investment Manager, EDC
LP and Strategic Partner Board Members
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October 26 – 29, 2015 – San Jose, CA
VERGE
November 2 - 4, 2015 - San Diego, CA
Greentechmedia US Solar Market Insight
November 17 – 20, 2015 – Shanghai, China
Cleantech Showcase Shanghai
December 1 - 3, 2015 - Key Biscayne, FL
EnerTech Capital Forum and LP Meeting
December 8 - 9, 2015 - San Francisco, CA
Greentechmedia US Energy Storage Summit
December 8 – 10, 2015 – Las Vegas, NV
Power-Gen International Conference
January 25 – 27, 2016 - San Francisco, CA Cleantech Forum San Francisco 2016
February 24 - 25, 2016 - Lake Louise, AB
VCAA Ski Day
March 16 - 17, 2015 - Calgary, AB
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