# Energy Impact Partners

> Energy Impact Partners is a New York-based global investment firm that connects climate and energy technology companies with a coalition of utilities and industrial businesses. Across venture, growth, private equity and credit, it supplies capital while using its corporate network to help portfolio companies navigate procurement, validate products and secure commercial deployments. The firm says it manages more than $4.5 billion, works with more than 75 corporate partners and has made more than 140 investments.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Hans Kobler (Founder and Managing Partner), Lindsay Luger (Co-founder and Partner), Joshua Feldman (Co-founder, Partner, General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer), Michael Donnelly (Co-founder, Partner and Chief Risk Officer)
- **Team size:** Approximately 160 employees; the firm publicly describes a global team of more than 100 professionals
- **Products:** Flagship strategy, Frontier strategy, Elevate Future Fund, European strategy, Credit strategy
- **Notable:** Built a global investment platform with more than $4.5 billion in assets under management., Expanded to more than 75 corporate partners and over 100 professionals across eight named offices., Made more than 140 investments by the publication of its 2025 impact report.

## Products & services

- **Flagship strategy** — Growth and mid-market private equity for commercially validated technologies, products and services that improve energy systems, supported by EIP's strategic partner network.
- **Frontier strategy** — Seed and early-stage venture investing in deep-decarbonization technologies across power, fuels and industrial systems.
- **Elevate Future Fund** — Early-stage and credit investments in companies and funds led by or serving underrepresented groups, with an energy-transition and wealth-gap mandate.
- **European strategy** — European early- and growth-stage climate-tech investing paired with EIP's transatlantic corporate network.
- **Credit strategy** — Secured debt, unitranche, mezzanine financing and selective equity for small and middle-market clean-energy businesses.
- **Strategic partner platform** — Research, market intelligence, collaboration and commercialization support connecting portfolio companies with utilities and industrial operators.

## Achievements

- Built a global investment platform with more than $4.5 billion in assets under management.
- Expanded to more than 75 corporate partners and over 100 professionals across eight named offices.
- Made more than 140 investments by the publication of its 2025 impact report.
- Reported more than 300 new portfolio-company contracts with strategic investors in 2024 and more than $3.4 billion in cumulative platform-enabled bookings.
- Reported 53.7 million metric tons of cumulative CO2e avoided by portfolio companies since 2018 in its 2025 impact report.
- Closed Flagship Fund III at $1.36 billion in October 2025, roughly 40% larger than its predecessor.
- Closed the Frontier deep-decarbonization strategy at $485 million and Elevate at $111.9 million.
- Published eight consecutive annual impact reports through 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published its eighth consecutive impact report, covering portfolio impact and collaboration with strategic partners.
- **2026-04** — Convened almost 400 utilities, innovators and industrial companies at its annual meeting, according to the firm's LinkedIn update.
- **2025-12** — Co-led a $33 million growth investment in grid-monitoring company IND Technology alongside Angeleno Group.
- **2025-10** — Closed Flagship Fund III at $1.36 billion, the firm's largest fund to date.
- **2025-09** — Outlined an investment focus on technologies that can help utilities meet rising demand from AI infrastructure and electrification while containing capital costs.
- **2025-07** — Its 2025 impact report said portfolio companies had avoided 53.7 million metric tons of CO2e since 2018 and generated more than $3.4 billion in platform-enabled bookings.

## Links

- Website: https://www.energyimpactpartners.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/energy-impact-partners/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/EnergyImpact_

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Last updated: 2026-08-17