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FUTURE

GEC invests in innovative energy technology and software companies. Our portfolio companies improve productivity, reduce costs, and increase energy availability globally.
We are returns-focused, providing partnership that fuels rapid growth as our companies become market leaders.
SECTOR EXPERTISE
Our team knows energy. Our robust, hands-on experience encompasses the critical skills to execute on energy technology investments and the operational and engineering expertise to guide strategic growth.
DYNAMIC INNOVATION
We invest in high-growth, differentiated companies with strong competitive advantages driven by distinct intellectual property, patented designs or unique processes. We actively partner with leadership and leverage our network to amplify market expansion.
ALIGNMENT & FLEXIBILITY
Nimble and flexible in structuring our investments, our approach captures the right opportunities at the right time. We deliver long-term benefit to our stakeholders through committed, control investments where we add significant value.
GEC TRACK RECORD
Veteran energy technology investors
Investing since 2008
Funds
Patents for our portfolio companies
WHAT WE BELIEVE
A low carbon future is actionable now.
The Energy Transition is on-going, and GEC has been generating returns from clean energy innovations for over a dozen years.
With our experience and capital, innovative technology companies become market leaders.
Global demand for clean, affordable energy will continue to grow in the coming decades.
Growing demand for affordable, reliable and cleaner energy
Innovation is essential to meet global energy demand.
ESG performance will increasingly tie to corporate returns and management compensation.
Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar are increasingly cost-effective, growing their share of the overall energy supply mix.
Innovative technologies that drive the Energy Transition must be scaled to achieve global market impact.
OUR INVESTMENTS
GEC provides growth capital to innovative clean energy technology companies.
We invest in founder-led companies with products and services generally supported by proprietary patented technology. We actively work alongside our management teams to foster innovation and grow companies into new geographic markets.
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Leading provider of production optimization, artificial lift and methane abatement solutions for the oil and natural gas industry.

SaaS provider of safety and quality assurance solutions. Digitalizes bolted joint management for highly complex assets, such as data centers, wind turbines, solar farms and refineries.

Step-change developer of patented multi-stage completions systems which drive increased production volume and cost savings for unconventional well completions.

The largest residential and commercial solar installer in Texas, with operations nationwide. Leading service platform combining design, installation, planning, certification, and execution.

Flic Financial partners with lenders to help homeowners access the right solar loan for their situation.

An innovative business-to-business solar marketplace driving cost savings and efficiencies for commercial and industrial customers.

SaaS provider of supply chain and inventory management solutions. The company’s patented SmartBox and integrated software platform generate unmatched inventory traceability and ERP integration.

Provides patented, green biosurfactant alternatives to traditional chemicals used in the energy, agriculture, mining and consumer industries.

Market leader in High Pressure Gas Lift, which replaces costly and failure prone Electric Submersible Pumps as the initial artificial lift method used in a well.

Global leader in offshore equipment engineering, including wind farm installation and maintenance. The company was sold to National Oilwell Varco (NYSE:NOV).

Leading provider of high-specification gloves demonstrated to cost-effectively mitigate hand injuries. The company was sold to Ansell (ASX:ANN).

Designed, engineered and distributed patented products for drilling rig equipment. The company was sold to Quantum Energy Partners.

Manufactured patented mixing, blending and separating equipment that combine bulk materials and fluids. The company was sold to Alfa Laval Group. (Stockholm: ALFA)

Leading provider of production optimization, artificial lift and methane abatement solutions for the oil and natural gas industry.

Global leader in offshore equipment engineering, including wind farm installation and maintenance. The company was sold to National Oilwell Varco (NYSE:NOV).

Leading provider of high-specification gloves demonstrated to cost-effectively mitigate hand injuries. The company was sold to Ansell (ASX:ANN).

SaaS provider of safety and quality assurance solutions. Digitalizes bolted joint management for highly complex assets, such as data centers, wind turbines, solar farms and refineries.

Designed, engineered and distributed patented products for drilling rig equipment. The company was sold to Quantum Energy Partners.

Step-change developer of patented multi-stage completions systems which drive increased production volume and cost savings for unconventional well completions.

The largest residential and commercial solar installer in Texas, with operations nationwide. Leading service platform combining design, installation, planning, certification, and execution.

Flic Financial partners with lenders to help homeowners access the right solar loan for their situation.

An innovative business-to-business solar marketplace driving cost savings and efficiencies for commercial and industrial customers.

SaaS provider of supply chain and inventory management solutions. The company’s patented SmartBox and integrated software platform generate unmatched inventory traceability and ERP integration.

Manufactured patented mixing, blending and separating equipment that combine bulk materials and fluids. The company was sold to Alfa Laval Group. (Stockholm: ALFA)

NEWS & PERSPECTIVES
HOUSTON –(BUSINESS WIRE)– GEC and White Deer are pleased to announce the formation of Flowco, Inc. (“Flowco”), creating the shale industry’s leading provider of production optimization and artificial lift solutions. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Flowco has approximately 1,300 employees located in every major productive region of the domestic oil and gas industry, and a growing international presence. Flowco provides patent-protected products and services that are vital throughout the 30-year lives of producing wells, including high pressure gas lift, traditional gas lift, plunger lift, vapor recovery and a variety of digital technologies. “Flowco combines the strengths of three market leaders in the production optimization industry – Flowco, Estis, and Flogistix have each developed technologies that provide the world’s leading energy producers with mission critical products required to optimize today’s oil and gas fields,” said GEC’s Managing Partner, Jonathan Fairbanks. “Our partnership with White Deer paves the way for Flowco’s continued growth and innovation in the sector.” “The merger forming Flowco represents a strategic alignment with GEC of our collective vision to lead the production optimization and artificial lift solutions sectors,” said White Deer Managing Partner, Joe Bob Edwards. “By uniting our three companies, each expert in their field and in complementary
GEC, an energy technology focused growth private equity firm based in Houston, Texas, is pleased to announce the completion of a $215 million single-asset continuation fund transaction involving one of its portfolio companies, Estis.