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    Evergy Ventures

    Kansas City, Missouri, United StatesFounded 2015

    Evergy Ventures is the non-regulated corporate venture capital investment affiliate of Evergy, Inc., an electric utility serving more than 1.6 million customers in Kansas and Missouri. It invests in innovative companies across the energy value chain, focusing on energy storage, grid modernization, digital utility, connected mobility, and utility-focused AI.

    54% of their portfolio is in Climate & Energy. Average disclosed round size is $38.0M (across 13 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    11

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Brock Smith

    Brock Smith

    Managing Director

    Drew Robinson

    Drew Robinson

    Strategic Partner, Principal

    Dennis Odell

    Dennis Odell

    Vice President and Head of Evergy Ventures

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    13 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    ConnectDER logoConnectDERSeries D$35MDec 2024
    Yotta Energy logoYotta EnergySeries A$8MSep 2023
    Xendee logoXendeeSeed$12MJun 2022
    SkySpecs logoSkySpecsSeries D$80MMay 2022
    Xendee logoXendeeSeries A$12MJan 2022
    Redaptive logoRedaptiveUnknown$156.5MOct 2020
    PPalmetto Clean Technology, Inc.Series B$29MAug 2020
    SkySpecs logoSkySpecsSeries C$17MDec 2019
    WattBuy logoWattBuySeries A$10MJul 2019
    Innowatts logoInnowattsUnknown$18.2MMay 2019
    SSunvergeSeries B$15MJan 2014
    Omnidian logoOmnidianGrowth$87M—
    Spear Power Systems logoSpear Power SystemsUnknown$14.5M—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026