A report providing an overview of the energy technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!

1. Q2 Startup Market Trends and Insights
ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
June 2017

2. Energy technology report outline
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This report provides an overview of the energy technology sector and is broken
down into three sections
SectorDescription
High-level sector metrics,
innovation quadrant, and
category definitions
Trends& Insights
Infographics and data points
for the energy technology
sector
QuarterlyActivity
Major funding and exit
events from the previous
90 days
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3. Sector Description
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Energy technology startups are creating new businesses in 12 categories
The full Venture Scanner market report
and database tracks 753 companies with
$50B in funding
ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Solar Energy Wind Energy Geothermal Energy HydropowerEnergy Bioenergy
TraditionalEnergy Enhancements Consumer Energy Efficiency
EnergyInfrastructure EnergyStorage CarbonManagement EnergyBy-Products Fuel Cell Technology
The graphic above shows only a sampling of companies in each category

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Innovation quadrant for energy technology
This quadrant shows a relative segmentationof the categories with respect to oneanother, data as of June2017
AverageFunding
AverageAge
Established Heavyweights
Pioneers Disruptors
Solar Energy
Geothermal
Energy
Energy Storage
Wind
Energy
Fuel Cell
Traditional Energy
Hydropower Energy
By-ProductManagement
ConsumerEfficiency
Carbon Management
Energy
Infrastructure
Bioenergy

6. Energy technology startups play in many different categories (1 of 2)
6Category stats as of June 2017
Bioenergy
43 Startups, $2B Total Funding
Companies that generate energy from biomass,
such as algae, including development, research,
and monitoring
Consumer EnergyEfficiencyTools
104 Startups, $2.2B Total Funding
Companies that help consumers be more efficient
with their energy use, including monitoring devices
and predictive analytics
EnergyProductionBy-ProductManagement
21 Startups, $190M Total Funding
Companies that reduce and recover waste created
during energy production, such treating waste
water from fracking
CarbonManagement
37 Startups, $1B Total Funding
Companies that aim to reduce carbon dioxide and
other greenhouse gas emissions, including
sequestering and recycling
EnergyInfrastructure
164 Startups, $10B Total Funding
Companies that enable the production and delivery
of energy, such as smart meters and energy grid
optimizers
EnergyStorage
90 Startups, $8.3B Total Funding
Companies that develop new methods to store
energy for use at later times, such as storing excess
renewable energy

7. Energy technology startups play in many different categories (2 of 2)
7Category stats as of June 2017
Fuel Cell Technology
26 Startups, $1.5B Total Funding
Companies that generate power by using hydrogen
and oxygen for fuel, including development,
research, and monitoring
HydropowerEnergy
34 Startups, $373M Total Funding
Companies that generate power from the energy of
moving water, such as wave energy converters and
run-of-the-river systems
TraditionalEnergyEnhancements
41 Startups, $2.5B Total Funding
Companies that improve the effectiveness and
sustainability of traditional energy sources, such as
methods to make fossil fuels cleaner
GeothermalEnergy
21 Startups, $2.6B Total Funding
Companies that use geothermal power to generate
electricity, including development, research, and
monitoring
SolarEnergy
169 Startups, $18B Total Funding
Companies that generate power by converting
sunlight into energy, including solar panel
manufacturers and installers
WindEnergy
57 Startups, $5.7B Total Funding
Companies that generate power using air flow,
including wind turbine manufacturers and
installers

8. Sector Trends & Insights
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Investing into the sector is occurring across a variety of categories
The Solar Energy category accounts for 33% of venturefunding and 21% of total
companiesin the energy technology sector
Venture Investing in Energy Technology
Companiesare categorized by function,and therefore can exist in multiple categories. Data through June 2017
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VC Funding Count

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VC funding into energy technology has grown in recent years
Overall energytechnologyVC fundinggrewata CAGRof 33% from 2011-2016,
and 2017 is currently at 59% of 2016 funding
Energy Technology Funding Over Time
Data through June2017
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Energy technology funding amounts have recently been towards later stage financings
Energy Technology Funding Amount By Round
57% of 2016 energy technology VC funding went into SeriesC andSeriesD events
Graphs shows only the funding rounds listed therein, data through June 2017
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Energy technology startups founded in 2007 lead in VC funding
Startups founded in 2007 account for 28% of the sectorfunding over the last decade, and
include companies like Terra-Gen Power, Sunrun, and View
Energy Technology Funding By Vintage Year
Data through June2017
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Energy technology startups are a global phenomenon
Energy Technology Startup Countby Country
Data through June2017
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A variety of VC investors are making bets into energy technology
Selected Investor Activity in Energy Technology
The above count represents a subset of overall investor activity, data through June2017
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Over half of the energy technology exit events are acquisitions
Exit events within the energy technology sector grew by 20% from 2011 to
2016, and 2017 is currently at 28% of 2016 exit events
Energy Technology M&A and IPO Events By Year
Data through June2017
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16. Quarterly Notable Events
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Recent energy technology funding statistics
There have been 55 energy technology funding events from January
2017 through March 2017
Recent Energy Technology Funding Round Counts
Graph shows only the funding types listed therein, data as of June2017
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Recent energy technology funding events
Notable Recent Energy Technology Funding Events
Company FundingType Amount Date
Post IPO Equity
Post IPO Debt
$1,700,000,000
$850,000,000
Mar 28, 2017
Debt Financing $390,000,000 Jan 17, 2017
Post IPO Debt $303,000,000 Jan 11, 2017
Post IPO Debt $240,000,000 Feb 22, 2017
Post IPO Debt $210,000,000 Jan 17, 2017
Energy technology startups raised $5 billion from January
2017 through March 2017
Data as of June 2017

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