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    The Westly Group

    Menlo Park, California, United StatesFounded 2007
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    Climate & EnergyMobility & TransportationManufacturingCybersecurity

    The Westly Group is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 and based in Menlo Park, California. It invests in entrepreneurs transforming the world's largest industries through the digitization and sustainability of energy, mobility, buildings, industrial technology, and cybersecurity.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months vs 3 prior). Average disclosed round size is $44.8M (across 40 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    40

    Fund Size

    $100M

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    DC

    Danny Cotter

    Managing Partner

    SW

    Steve Westly

    Founder & Managing Partner

    BR

    Bob Rowe

    Venture Partner

    EF

    Emily Fritze

    Partner

    JK

    Jason Kalira

    Partner

    SC

    Shaun Chaudhuri

    PARTNER

    TW

    Timothy Wang

    Venture Partner

    JD

    Jamie Daudon

    Principal

    MC

    Megan Cain

    Principal

    KW

    Kerry Wu

    Associate VP, Research & Partnerships

    NA

    Nick Albanese

    VP, Research & Strategy And Investment Associate

    Noemi Walzebuck

    Noemi Walzebuck

    Senior Associate

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    46 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Comfy logoComfySeries A$30MJan 2026
    Squint logoSquintSeries B—Aug 2025
    Magentic logoMagenticSeed—Jul 2025
    Optimal Dynamics logoOptimal DynamicsSeries C—May 2025
    Enpal logoEnpalGrowth—Apr 2025
    Via Science logoVia ScienceSeries B$28MMar 2025
    Comfy logoComfyUnknown$17MJan 2025
    AttoTude logoAttoTudeSeries B$50MJan 2025
    Optimal Dynamics logoOptimal DynamicsSeries C$40MJan 2025
    SSquint, Inc.Series B$40MJan 2025
    Learn to Win logoLearn to WinSeries A$30MJun 2024
    Comfy logoComfySeries A$19MJan 2024
    Enpal logoEnpalSeries D—Jan 2023
    WeaveGrid logoWeaveGridSeries B$35MNov 2022
    Circulor logoCirculorSeries B$25MJun 2022
    Fictiv logoFictivSeries E$100MMay 2022
    Optimal Dynamics logoOptimal DynamicsSeries B$33MApr 2022
    T-REX logoT-REXSeries C$40MJan 2022
    TT-REX Group, Inc.Series C$40MJan 2022
    Network Perception logoNetwork PerceptionSeries A$13MJan 2022
    Cycognito logoCycognitoSeries C$100MDec 2021
    Via Science logoVia ScienceSeries A$28MJan 2021
    Cleverciti logoClevercitiUnknown$5.6MOct 2020
    CCleverciti SystemsUnknown$5.6MJan 2020
    Luminar logoLuminarSeries D$100MJul 2019
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    Top Co-Investors

    Activate Venture Partners5 shared
    G2 Venture Partners3 shared
    Angeleno Group3 shared
    TPG Rise Climate3 shared
    Bessemer Venture Partners3 shared
    Accel2 shared
    SineWave Ventures2 shared
    DCVC2 shared
    Redpoint Ventures2 shared
    Third Point Ventures2 shared
    Granite Hill Capital Partners2 shared
    Sound Ventures2 shared
    Norwest Venture Partners2 shared
    Volvo Cars Tech Fund2 shared
    TCV2 shared
    Partnership Fund for New York City2 shared
    ClearSky2 shared
    Citi Ventures2 shared
    Viola Fintech2 shared
    Riverstone Holdings2 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026