Global Energy Capital

About The Fund

Global Energy Capital (GEC) is a private equity fund headquartered in Houston, Texas, focused on providing growth capital to innovative energy technology businesses. With a mission to connect capital to the energy future, GEC invests in high-growth, differentiated companies that have strong competitive advantages such as distinct intellectual property, patented designs, or unique processes. The fund is returns-focused, partnering with companies to fuel rapid growth as they become market leaders in their fields. GEC's sector expertise is grounded in the team's robust, hands-on energy experience, encompassing the critical skills needed to execute on energy technology investments coupled with the operational and engineering expertise to guide strategic growth. Emphasizing dynamic innovation, GEC's approach is nimble and flexible in structuring investments to capture the right opportunities at the right time, delivering long-term benefit to stakeholders through committed control investments where they can add significant value. GEC boasts a track record of veteran energy technology investors with engagements in platform investments and add-ons while also having successfully raised funds for their companies which collectively hold over 21,000 patents. GEC believes that a low carbon future is actionable now and has been generating returns from clean energy innovations for over a dozen years. They invest in the Energy Transition, recognizing global demand for clean, affordable energy will continue to rise, and that ESG performance is increasingly linked to returns and management compensation. GEC's portfolio includes companies like Freedom Solar, the largest residential and commercial solar installer in Texas, FLIC Financial, a partner to lenders offering solar loans, and Cumulus, a SaaS provider of safety and quality assurance solutions, among others. GEC's team is composed of industry experts with vast experience in investing, operational development, and compliance, with the aim of fostering innovation and growing companies into new geographic markets.