Start the new year with the hopefulness of a true optimist. If you are not
naturally inclined to optimism, pretend to be. Maybe it will grow on you.
Speaking of optimism, no one can be more hopeful than someone starting a new
venture. To realize their vision, these people will need to find outside
finance.
Anyone involved in venture capital or its variants (see previous post: Starting
Down the Startup Path (Part 1 of a series) is interested in identifying
potential candidates for investment opportunity.
Finding these candidates is not easy. But a place to start on startups is to
see what companies other venture capital firms have identified.
Caveat … I am not an expert in venture capital or in identifying startups.
However, I am pretty good at online research. So what I offer in this series of
posts is a way to streamline your online research to obtain results that are most
useful to you.
For example, using the Google® search string …
venture capital oil gas
… I found, among other things …
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List of Top Oil and Gas Private Equity Firms
Because of the specialized
nature of the upstream, midstream and downstream segments, potential investors
often address the need to understand potential risks by being familiar with the
ins and outs of the industry. A lack of specialized knowledge can create
barriers to entry for would-be investors.
Oilfield services companies follow the more traditional private equity model of
acquisition of controlling stakes in target companies. These companies
typically attract generalist Private Equity firms looking to get into the oil
and gas space.
Some large, diversified investment companies have divisions dedicated to energy
(including oil and gas, power, alternative energy and other businesses). Other
firms concentrate on oil and gas. Investment in oil and gas companies can require
specialized industry knowledge.
Major players in the Private Equity space such as The Carlyle Group, Blackstone and others
continue to shore up their investment in the oil and gas industry, but this
list focuses on energy-specific investment firms.
ArcLight
Bayou City Energy
Blue Tip Energy
Blue Water
Energy
BlueRock Energy
Partners
Chiron Financial
CSG Investments, Inc.
Denham Capital
EnCap
Energy Trust
Partners
First Reserve
Five States Energy Capital
Intervale
Capital
Kayne Anderson
Kimmeridge
Energy
Lime Rock Management
Natural Gas Partners
Old Ironsides
Energy
Parallel
Resources Partners
Pearl Energy
Investments
Petro Capital
Securities
PetroCap
Pine Brook
Partners
Post Oak Energy
Capital
Quantum Energy
Partners
Riverstone
Holdings
Sage Road Capital
Scout Energy Partners
Talara Capital Management
White Deer
Energy
source:
https://www.sprioilgas.com/blog/list-of-top-oil-and-gas-private-equity-firms
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TIP:
Google® venture
capital [your field of interest]. If you’re lucky, you will find a
list of venture capital firms interested in the same field.
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Starting Down the Startup Path: TOC – Table of Contents
If you enjoyed this post, you might like some of
the others in this series. Here is a convenient way to find them.
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Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 1 of a series)
How do you find emerging technology? One way is to focus on startups.
OK, fine, but how do you discover the startups that offer a technology of
interest to you? One way is to focus on venture capital
firms that focus on the areas of interest to you.
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2019/12/starting-down-startup-path-part-1-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 2 of a series)
Anyone involved in venture capital or its variants is interested in
identifying potential candidates for investment opportunity. Finding these
candidates is not easy. But a place to start on startups is to see what
companies other venture capital firms have identified.
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2019/12/starting-down-startup-path-part-2-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 3 of a series)
Panning for Google® gold: startups with promising new technologies
The previous post in this series featured the List of Top Oil and Gas Private
Equity Firms discovered as the result of a Google® search. The list focuses on
companies pursuing acquisition and development of existing resources. While the
list will be useful to many, this series of posts focuses on techniques you can
use to identify startups with promising new technologies.
So, on to the next step in the quest to find new technology on the cusp of
successful deployment.
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/01/starting-down-startup-path-part-3-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 4 of a series)
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: Follow the Lead of the Oil Majors
How do you identify startups that fit your corporate goals? One way is to set
up and advertise a venture capital unit, which enables young companies to pitch
their technology to your corporation.
And that is just what several oil majors have done.
Studying their portfolios can provide a wealth of helpful information, whether
you are a venture capitalist, a startup, or simply interested in identifying
emerging technology.
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/01/starting-down-startup-path-part-4-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 5 of a series):
Searching Patents
Patents: Emerging Tech
Patents are a rich source of cutting-edge research. And much of the research
reported in patents never appears in peer reviewed journals. So, to identify
emerging technology in your field, consider searching the patent literature on
a regular basis.
TIP: Read Tips
for reading patents: a concise introduction for scientists for an
excellent overview on this topic.
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/02/start-up-startdown-path-parti-5-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 6 of a series):
Reviewing Patents
Searching for patents is iterative. You type in some keywords. Results reveal
more keywords. You type in those keywords. And repeat.
This can be really tedious, irksome even. Sometimes it is hard to figure out
whether a given patent is even relevant to your needs.
Fortunately, a number of experts have offered tips to make it easier to read a
patent quickly.
TIP: Google® how to read a
patent for more tips on efficient ways to review a patent
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/03/starting-down-startup-path-part-6-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 7 of a series):
Patents and Run On Sentences
Per USPO rules, the Claims in a patent must be stated in a single
sentence. In many cases, the “single sentence” can be, thanks to colons,
commas, semicolons, et al., several hundred words long.
But remember that, as difficult as it may be to wrap your head around any given
claim, it still is faster than reading the whole patent.
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/03/starting-down-startup-path-part-7-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 8 of a series):
Mining Patents for Keywords
Mining patents for useful information can be tedious. One thing you can
do is to look for keywords to use in Google® searches. For example, in a
previous post I listed a Breakthrough Technologies LLC patent with the
following claim …
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/03/starting-down-startup-path-part-8-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 9 of a series):
PTQ Catalysis 2020
PTQ Catalysis 2020 is ready to view at www.eptq.com. As always, it is
rich in useful information. In the context of our Startdown the Startup Path series
of posts, one article in particular caught my eye …
Pilot plant studies of hydrotreating catalysts
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/03/starting-down-startup-path-part-9-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 10 of a series): The
Bigness of Machine Learning
Big data is a big deal. We humans generate so much data that our puny
brains are unable to process it. So we have created machines to do that for us.
There is a whole discipline called machine learning designed to train these
machines to process massive amounts of data in useful ways.
“Machine learning,” as Serdar Yegulalp notes in an InfoWorld article, “is a
complex discipline. But implementing machine learning models is far less
daunting and difficult than it used to be, thanks to machine learning
frameworks—such as Google’s TensorFlow—that ease the process of
acquiring data, training models, serving predictions, and refining future
results.”
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/03/starting-down-startup-path-part-10-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 11 of a series):
Thread the Needle
In a horse race, the goal is to bet on the winning horse. Common sense tells us
that if we knew for a certainty which horse would win the race, racing them
would be pointless. The same logic applies to new technologies, and the
companies that create them.
That’s why it can be useful to look at companies that have been examined by
investment funds like the Columbia Seligman
Communications and Information Fund.
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/04/starting-down-startup-path-part-11-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 12 of a series):
Patent Prior Art Search
Prior Art Search: Everything you need to know
If you’re looking to understand everything about prior art search,
you’ve landed on the right page. By the time you finish reading this guide,
you’ll likely have built a solid understanding of what can be included in the
prior art, how you can use this knowledge to conduct a patent search all by
yourself and avoid spending valuable resources on the non-patentable subject
matter.
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/04/starting-down-startup-path-part-12-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 13 of a series)
Dibenzothiophene Patents 2020
What’s the quickest way to determine if a patent is of interest to you?
Depends on your purpose. This tip sheet may help you decide which section of a
patent to focus on.
Read full post at:
https://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/05/starting-down-startup-path-part-13-of.html
Starting Down the Startup Path (Part 14 of a
series)-Google Patents Find Prior Art Link
Patent research is important in any area of research you are engaged in
... especially if you are a startup, or are considering investing in a startup.
Prior art is an important concept in patent research.
In this regard, Google® Patents Prior Art Link is useful. When you
find a patent of interest, in the upper right of the screen you will find a
link labeled Prior Art.
Read full post at:
http://desulf.blogspot.com/2020/05/starting-down-startup-path-part-14-of.html
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Google® Better!
Jean
Steinhardt served as Librarian, Aramco Services, Engineering Division, for 13
years. He now heads Jean Steinhardt Consulting LLC, producing the same high
quality research that he performed for Aramco.
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