Hire an energy venture capital consulting firm

If you're new to the venture capital industry,consider hiring an energy venture capital consulting firm. An energy venture capital firm can help you write a business plan, create a corporate identity, and provide you with market research. Another major advantage of employing an energy venture capital firm is that it will introduce you to other venture capital firms and energy VC funds.

I recommend: Go to GrowThink, Inc. to view all of the services this company provides, including business plan consulting and venture capital research. If you’re looking to put a website up on the Internet, ask GrowThink about its website development and marketing. Check out Venture Capital Consulting. It will create a strategy and present your innovation to venture capital companies.

Search for a list of energy VC firms and energy VC funds

Finding energy venture capital companies can be challenging. That's because there are so many venture capital firms. Your best bet will be to seek venture capital industry focus on energy and environment. Look for energy VC firms or energy venture capital funds. You want to visit their websites, and see if they show energy venture capital funds they invest in. If your product or service is similar to one of the venture capital funds an energy VC firm invests in, you should make a note of both.

I recommend: Check out Capital Vector, where you can access all of the venture capital firms in the U.S. You can use Capital Vector to bring up only venture capital firms that invest in the energy sector. You must subscribe to this service. You’ll also want to look at Energy Priorities. This website only lists the energy venture capital firms for you, saving you time and effort.

Get to know the energy venture capital firm's investment focus

It's important to know the energy VC firms' investment focus. You want to see if your innovation might fit with their investment objective. Find this information by going to the energy venture capital firm's website and looking at either its mission or industry focus page. Another way of learning about the energy VC firm's investment objective is looking at its strategy.

I recommend: Environmental Capital Partners supports all areas of the environmental sector, striving to reduce or eliminate environmental damage to the water or air.  Nth Power is looking for technological innovations in the energy sector.