Founded as the utility industry's first Silicon Valley-based energy investment and innovation group, National Grid Partners now works closely with more than 120 worldwide utilities. This gives us a unique position at the center of the global clean energy transformation. We connect the people and partnerships that are powering a better future.
Founded as the utility industry's first Silicon Valley-based energy investment and innovation group, National Grid Partners now works closely with more than 120 worldwide utilities. This gives us a unique position at the center of the global clean energy transformation. We connect the people and partnerships that are powering a better future.
Connecting the entrepreneur to an energized market
When it comes to business development, we have a proven method to bring together entrepreneurs and utilities. Ideas are nothing without the ability to scale them for use, and the utility sector requires careful navigation. National Grid Partners has an extensive track record of getting innovative technologies deployed successfully. We leverage our extensive utility experience to co-develop robust value hypotheses, then nurture those opportunities into insightful proofs of concept - and ultimately, broad deployments. With the vast majority of our portfolio startups actively engaged with National Grid business units, we bridge the gap between the entrepreneur and the utility.
Our main investment categories
Our business development team looks for opportunities to test and deploy technologies at the intersection of energy and IT by focusing on four key pillars:
- Future Electric Networks
- Operational Efficiency
- Decarbonizing Gas
- Customer First
Case Studies
Learn about our business development function by reviewing our case studies: