The shortlist covers 133 investment firms distilled from 167 investor-profile candidates and 498 early-stage financing records found on the live web — a comprehensive research shortlist, not a guaranteed census of every VC worldwide. 19 firms carry verified energy-AI deal evidence; the other 114 are verified by thesis, geography, stage and disclosed check sizing. Note: a round amount (what the startup raises, ~$4M here) and an investor's check (what one firm writes into that round) are different numbers — "fit" below means the firm's disclosed ticket or round range overlaps ~$4M.
| Firm | Qualification | Stage | Ticket (as disclosed) | Geography | Energy-AI fit / evidence | Sources |
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Method: 133 normalized investor firms shortlisted from 167 investor-profile candidates and 498 early-stage financing records extracted from live-web searches (2026 snapshot). Inclusion required pre-seed/seed/Series A activity, an international remit, explicit energy/grid/climate exposure, explicit AI/compute/digital-infrastructure exposure, and plausible participation in a ~US$4M round. "~$4M fit" compares a firm's disclosed ticket or round range (original currency kept; € and £ converted at fixed indicative rates for classification only) with a $4M round; a disclosed check or a past round does not guarantee current commitment. Profile URLs support mandate claims, round URLs support transaction claims. Long thesis and product texts are truncated in the table for space; blanks mean unresolved, not negative.