What it takes to raise from Shell Ventures

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The Corporate VC In Search Of The Future Of Energy
By Matt Morris • is a Senior Associate with ADL Ventures and has an extensive network amongst the climate and deeptech communities, specializing in materials and manufacturing.
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THE TL;DR 💨
  • Shell Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Shell that launched a new $1.4B investment fund in December 2021 to invest in three core areas: power, mobility, and industry
  • Shell Ventures operates as a semi-independent organization with respect to its parent company, acting under its own governance and thesis while helping Shell innovate
 

Shell Ventures (SV) is the corporate venture capital arm of Shell, a leading global energy provider. They launched a new $1.4B investment fund in December 2021 to thematically invest in three core areas: power, mobility, and industry. SV operates as a semi-independent organization with respect to its parent company, acting under its own governance and thesis while helping Shell innovate. SV has 80+ portfolio companies, LP positions in a dozen top climate tech funds, and a seed stage-only fund called SVX that invests in the earliest innings in the above-mentioned core areas. The Shell Ventures team of 30+ operates across 10 offices in 7 countries with investments throughout 5 continents.

Fund Snapshot:
  • Stage: Seed to Pre-IPO
  • Check Size: $1M to $50M
  • Geography: Global
  • Lead/Follow: Flexible (lead on highly strategic deals)

About the Fund
Why was Shell Ventures created?

Shell Technology Ventures was originally founded in 1996 as a way for the fund’s parent company to incubate and spin out its technologies and commercialize them. However, as the threat of climate change loomed closer, Shell sought to find a greener future for energy. In 2012, Shell Technology Ventures changed its name to Shell Ventures to expand their scope to:

  1. include business model and technology innovation, and
  2. to accelerate the transformation of energy, mobility and industry/decarbonization

SV is a semi-independent entity with its own governance, investment period, team, and decision frameworks that are detached from the parent organization. That said, the fund is closely aligned with Shell, helping the parent make an impact in its current energy transition businesses with partnerships, in addition to identifying new areas to focus in the long-term.

What domains in climate tech does Shell Ventures have the greatest expertise in?
SV invests thematically across three core areas in which the parent company and its product offerings play an important role. Thus, SV can leverage the interest and business units within its parent company to vet and provide subject matter expertise in these core areas:

  • Power: large-scale power generation, wind (floating & fixed), solar, nuclear, distribution, trading, consumption, whole-home electrification, heating and cooling and energy efficiency.
  • Mobility: electrification, ground, aviation, new business models
  • Industry/Decarbonization: carbon capture utilization and storage, nature-based solutions, hydrogen, waste to chemicals, electrification of industrial processes, ESG trading

What type of portfolio support does Shell Ventures provide?
SV’s position as a corporate venture arm allows the fund to be a strategic partner to its portfolio companies. SV can pave the route for companies to pilot their products with or become customers of Shell. SV connects entrepreneurs with implementation managers who can assist portfolio companies in gaining exposure within Shell. Additionally, due to Shell’s global operations, SV can help startups expand multi-nationally, aiding startups of all stages to grow and mature.

Aside from traditional sales assistance and growth inside the parent organization and its partners, SV has access to a team of scientists and technical specialists who can help de-risk technologies and aid in R&D. Shell and SV are always analyzing market developments and can assist businesses in adapting to a changing ecosystem.

About Investments
How can a startup get investment from Shell Ventures?

SV likes to meet entrepreneurs early in their process and build long-term relationships. Founders can directly reach out to the local team to evaluate the opportunity. In the US, SV has investment teams in San Francisco, Houston, and Boston.

What is Shell Ventures’ investment process and timeline?
For companies engaging with SV, founders can typically expect a fairly engaged process lasting around 1-3 months, although diligence can move faster when necessary. SV will have meetings with the teams of startups, engage with customers, do a competitive and market size analysis, understand unit economics, as well as engage with external partners at other funds to get expertise and potentially co-invest.

SV prioritizes financial returns over strategic objectives, yet both must be present when making an investment decision. So long as the financial return is there, the fund is open to technical and market risk.

What would make Shell Ventures consider deviating from their typical criteria?
SV will likely not deviate from its criteria, given that the scope of the fund is extremely broad and the team invests from seed to pre-IPO. The fund is flexible in capital and will invest within the bounds of its mission. As new topics emerge, SV is open to exploring opportunities that align with decarbonization and Shell’s net-zero targets.

 
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