Your acceleration ally

Founders choosing to partner with SE Ventures get privileged access to a global leader's domain expertise and customer base in energy management and automation. With over $1 billion in committed capital, SE Ventures is structured and incentivized like a traditional venture capital firm with a remit to deliver exceptional value and strategic assistance far beyond the norm.

Forging strong strategic partnerships with large incumbents and OEMs unlocks robust pathways to growth for industrial, energy, and sustainability startups. As you seek technical validation, product-market fit, early commercialization, and scale-up support, Schneider Electric is an unmatched partner. Its experts, insights, and brands will be on your side, providing unmatched opportunities.

We respect your time, make decisions quickly, and move fast to capitalize on opportunities.
Our carry structure aligns our interests with those of founders and co-investors.
Alignment with Schneider Electric facilitates unique relationships with customers and partners across the globe.
Not your average VC generalists, we know the energy and industrial sectors inside and out. You get seamless access to domain knowledge and technical expertise of the complete Schneider Electric family, including AVEVA, OSIsoft, SquareD, and many more.
Our team operates across the U.S., Europe, Israel, and Asia, enabling us to partner and invest globally. We regularly lean on our relationships with our LP, Schneider Electric, to create differentiated access for our portfolio companies across a global customer base. We orchestrate numerous opportunities for our founders to showcase their technology to Schneider Electric’s customers at local sales events in every major geography. Recognized by Gartner in 2022 as the winner of 2022 Supply Chain Award for Process or Technology Innovation, our very innovative supply chain opens endless opportunities.
Sustainability and resource efficiency are key pillars of our investment thesis and aligned with our LP, Schneider Electric’s corporate commitment to a Net Zero future. Increasingly, founders are asking themselves, “Who is on my cap table?” and want investors that share their mission of creating a better world through bold innovation.

Corporate collaboration done right

Capital is a commodity. Investors who add genuine value are rare. SE Ventures goes beyond funding to bring founders deep domain expertise and commercialization opportunities with our LP, Schneider Electric, and Schneider’s vast global network of customers.

Investment Team

With over 40 years of combined venture investment experience, we blend the decision making speed, autonomy, and pattern recognition of traditional VCs with our deep industry insights in climate technology and industrial automation to pick startups.

With the potential to disrupt large markets. We’re known leaders in our spaces with the connections and insights to match and a demonstrated track record of a number of early, profitable exits and a host of emerging category winners in the Fund I portfolio.

Operating Partners

The dedicated business development resources in our Operating Partners team are Schneider Electric insiders who know the company intimately and can open doors that may otherwise remain closed to a typical startup. Each portfolio company has a dedicated Operating Partner relationship identified at the time of investment.

They act as change agents, working tirelessly to set up meetings and demos with the key decision-makers across Schneider Electric and activating opportunities to maximize commercial growth. They are also trusted advisors that can give crucial and honest feedback to early-stage startups learning to navigate their partner and channel ecosystem.

Your acceleration ally

Speed

Incentive Alignment

Access

Industry Expertise

Global reach

Mission Orientation

Corporate collaboration done right

Investment Team

Operating Partners