National Grid Partners
Profile, fund size and portfolio
National Grid Partners is the corporate venture arm of National Grid plc (electricity and gas utility). It was founded in 2018 and is based in Menlo Park, United States. It invests from Seed to Growth in future of Electric, operational Efficiency, customer First.
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Snapshot
Data behind this graphic
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Stage range | Seed to Growth |
| Sectors | Future of Electric, Operational Efficiency, Customer First, Clean Energy Vision, Fund of Funds |
| Geography | United States, United Kingdom and Israel |
| Offices | Silicon Valley (Menlo Park), United States, Boston, United States, New York, United States, London, United Kingdom |
Sources: S2 National Grid Partners: portfolio.
Data behind this graphic
| Item | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Active | 41 | 78.8% |
| Exited | 11 | 21.2% |
Status as the firm tags it
Sources: S4 NGP CMS (Prismic) company documents behind the portfolio page.
Data behind this graphic
| Measure | Value | Unit | Kind | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headline size | USD 450M+ | Cumulative invested | Stated by the firm or its parent | S5 |
| Companies backed | 50+ | companies | Stated by the firm | S1 |
| Companies on the firm's portfolio page | 52 | companies | Counted from the firm's own list | S4 |
Sources: S5 PR Newswire: NGP achieves key milestones, $450M+ across 50 investments; S1 National Grid Partners: about; S4 NGP CMS (Prismic) company documents behind the portfolio page.
Where it invests and who leads it
Geography
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, United States
- Offices
- Silicon Valley (Menlo Park), United States
- Boston, United States
- New York, United States
- London, United Kingdom
Investment regionsS2
- United States, United Kingdom and Israel
LeadersS6S3
- Pradeep TagareInterim President (also Head of Investments)LinkedInFirm page
- Arun ChettyVice PresidentFind on LinkedInFirm page
- Ian CooperManaging Director and Head of Investments, EuropeFind on LinkedInFirm page
- Gerard KellyVice President, Innovation and Venture AccelerationFind on LinkedInFirm page
- Brett ChandlerVice President, Business DevelopmentFind on LinkedInFirm page
Key facts
| Fact | Value | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent company | National Grid plc | Single source | S5 |
| Parent industry | Electricity and gas utility | Single source | S5 |
| Founded | 2018 | Single source | S1 |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, United States | Single source | S5 |
| Status | Active | Single source | S1 |
| Capital source | Parent company only | Single source | S1 |
| Headline size | USD 450M+ (Cumulative invested) | Single source | S5 |
| Companies backed | 50+ | Single source | S1 |
| People on the team page | 25 | Single source | S3 |
| Stages | Seed, Growth | Single source | S2 |
Notable outcomes
IPOs and acquisitions of portfolio companies. Price shown only where published.
| Company | Type | Year | Acquirer or exchange | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1touch.io | Acquisition | Everpure | S4 | ||
| AiDASH | Acquisition | Schneider Electric | S4 | ||
| Aporeto | Acquisition | Palo Alto Networks | S4 | ||
| Audio Analytic | Acquisition | Meta | S4 | ||
| Autogrid | Acquisition | Schneider Electric | S4 | ||
| Copperleaf | Acquisition | S4 | |||
| Dragos | Acquisition | Accenture | S4 | ||
| Edcast | Acquisition | Cornerstone | S4 | ||
| Pixeom | Acquisition | Siemens | S4 | ||
| RiskIQ | Acquisition | Microsoft | S4 | ||
| Urbint | Acquisition | Itron | S4 |
Portfolio
The firm's portfolio page lists 52 companies: 11 exited, 41 active.S4
| Tag | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Exited | 11 | 21.2% |
| Active | 41 | 78.8% |
Every company on the National Grid Partners list
52 companies, as listed on the firm's own website: 41 active, 11 exited.S4 Read the firm's list.
Active 41
- Accuknox
- AINA
- Amperon
- Aperio
- AptEdge
- Avathon
- Captura
- Centinel
- CNIGuard
- Cogniac
- Cyolo
- Emerald AI
- Energy Impact Partners
- EV Energy
- Exodigo
- Finite State
- GoCardless
- GridCARE
- HelixIntel
- Incorta
- IQ Capital
- Jerusalem Venture Partners
- Leap
- LineVision
- Luminance
- Nu Quantum
- Omnidian
- Panaseer
- Risilience
- Sensat
- Sitetracker
- Terragrit
- The Hive
- Tomorrow.io
- Transcend
- TS Conductor
- Uniphore
- VEIR
- Viridi
- Visionary.AI
- VulnCheck
Exited 11
- 1touch.io
- AiDASH
- Aporeto
- Audio Analytic
- Autogrid
- Copperleaf
- Dragos
- Edcast
- Pixeom
- RiskIQ
- Urbint
For founders
Recent rounds
History
Official pages
Read the firm's own pages for current information.
Sources
- S1National Grid Partners: aboutFirm
- S2National Grid Partners: portfolioFirm
- S3National Grid Partners: our teamFirm
- S4NGP CMS (Prismic) company documents behind the portfolio pageFirm
- S5PR Newswire: NGP achieves key milestones, $450M+ across 50 investmentsFirm
- S6Pradeep Tagare LinkedIn (search result headline)Third-party report
- S7Global Venturing: Lambert leaves National Grid PartnersPress
Disclaimer and corrections
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