The Westly Group is one of the largest venture funds in North America focused on the digitization and sustainability of the energy, mobility, building, and industrial sectors, with >$800M under management.
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How do bold climate innovations go from disruptive ideas to mainstream solutions? Find out from Steve Westly from The Westly Group and Charles Oakley Roberts, VP of Innovation and Product Management, in this episode of the #HealthySpaces podcast: https://ow.ly/6YAB50V7b6p
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I'm excited to announce our investment in Skylo, the leading provider of D2D satellite connectivity for smartphones, vehicles, and IoT devices. Parthsarathi Trivedi and team have posted significant growth and built an elegant, capital efficient, and deep technology solution that is defining how devices connect where there are connectivity gaps. We're thrilled to support this next stage of growth and partner with Parthsarathi Trivedi Andrew Nuttall Tarun Gupta Debjit Mukerji Scott Brady Samantha Huang Read more on the investment/company from our co-investor NGP Capital's blog: https://lnkd.in/gEPhyfWQ
💹 Bringing anywhere connectivity to billions of cellular devices required Skylo to build an expansive ecosystem and collaborate with the very best players in the mobile industry. Joining us in that mission today are NGP Capital and The Westly Group, together with several of our existing investors. We couldn't be more thrilled to announce an oversubscribed $30M funding round led by NGP Capital, which allows us to double down on our market expansion. https://lnkd.in/eKNt32ZG cc: Debjit Mukerji, Steve Westly, Emily Fritze, Parthsarathi Trivedi, Andre Ronsoehr, Scott Brady, David Johnson, Christian Buerger, David K Chao, Tami Erwin, Alexander Fortmüller, Kasper Sage, David (Dede) Goldschmidt, Samantha Huang, T.J. Rylander
Congratulations to the WeaveGrid team on their latest funding!! 🚀
🚀 Exciting News: WeaveGrid has secured strategic investment from Hyundai Motor Company (현대자동차) and Kia Worldwide! This investment, alongside the investment from Woven Capital, Toyota's Growth Fund, further establishes WeaveGrid as the market leader in grid-interactive vehicle solutions and validates our approach of developing cybersecure, seamless integrations with leading automakers. Together with major automotive brands, we're building the foundation for how hundreds of millions of EVs will interact with the grid – creating value for drivers, utilities, and the entire energy ecosystem. ⚡️ Thank you to Hyundai, Kia, and our existing partners and investors for supporting our vision of accelerating EV adoption while ensuring grid stability through intelligent, cybersecure technology. Here's to transforming transportation and powering a sustainable future! 🚗 Check out the full press release in the comments. #Hyundai #Kia #ElectricVehicles #GridTech #ClimateTech #Innovation #Sustainability #WovenGrid #SmartCharging #V2G
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We’re delighted to announce our investment in Sightline Climate (CTVC), the market intelligence platform powering the transition economy. Joining forces with our friends at Molten Ventures and existing investors including ACCELR8, John Doerr, and Tom Steyer, we’re excited to help fuel their rapid growth. Read more about our investment below:
We’re delighted to announce our investment in Sightline Climate (CTVC), the market intelligence platform powering the transition economy. Joining forces with our friends at Molten Ventures and existing investors including ACCELR8, John Doerr, and Tom Steyer, we’re excited to help fuel their rapid growth. Read more about our investment below:
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We've had an exciting year—from announcing our oversubscribed $103M Seed Fund and launching our new San Francisco office to celebrating portfolio successes and connecting with our partners and community at events throughout the year. Read on to see what we’ve been up to and the latest highlights across our portfolio.
We've had an exciting year—from announcing our oversubscribed $103M Seed Fund and launching our new San Francisco office to celebrating portfolio successes and connecting with our partners and community at events throughout the year. Read on to see what we’ve been up to and the latest highlights across our portfolio.
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⚡ Thrilled to announce we're growing our Research & Strategy team to scale our market research, LP engagement, & portfolio company services. ♻️ Founded in 2007, The Westly Group manages nearly $1B across 5 funds and is backed by 32 of the world's largest energy (AEP, Duke Energy & Vistra), mobility (Audi, Alaska Airlines & Geotab), industrial (ABB, Hitachi Energy & Trane), & insurance companies (State Farm). 👋 If you're an energy, climate, transport, built environment, & industry/logistics expert who'd be excited to support our rockstar founders and advance our LPs' innovation goals, please apply at the link below. https://lnkd.in/d2CBZWAc #climatetech #research #innovation #partnerships
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PPL Corporation recently received Public Utilities Fortnightly’s 2024 Top Innovator in Energy Transition award for the company’s Renewable Energy Research Facility. We created the facility to study how integrating a complementary mix of resources, including solar, wind, hydro and energy storage, can help support a reliable, affordable and sustainable energy future for our customers. PPL is committed to advancing a balanced energy mix to meet increased demand for power and to investing in the promising technologies of tomorrow. We’re proud to collaborate on more than 175 research and development projects with over 30 industry and academic partners. Read Public Utilities Fortnightly’s article here: https://lnkd.in/edHrQY49 #PPLCorporation #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability
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🐬 ☀ I'm excited to announce that we're adding an Associate to our growing investment team. 🐬 ☀ Founded in 2007, The Westly Group now manages nearly $1B across 5 funds and invests Seed - Early Growth in companies sustainably transforming the foundational sectors of energy, industrials, mobility, and buildings. We are looking for an Associate to join our Investment Team focused on Series A through Early Growth investments. This is a great opportunity for someone with: - 2-4 years of relevant work experience (investing, startups/operations, consulting) - demonstrated passion for physical industries and climate/sustainability - strong network within our target sectors & ability to build relationships - excellent analytical skills - low ego and team-first attitude Please learn more and apply at the link below. We look forward to meeting you!! https://lnkd.in/gMqchxvb #climatetech #venturecapital #foundationalindustries