Jarett Carson

Jarett Carson is a Managing Director at EnerTech Capital, a venture capital firm founded in 1996 that invests in technology companies across mobility, Industry 4.0, connected customer, and energy innovation. EnerTech says it has made 78 investments and managed more than $500 million in limited-partner capital commitments.

EnerTech’s bio says Carson has spent 16 years investing in and advising on energy and energy-technology companies and projects; including his earlier engineering roles, it describes him as having more than 22 years of experience in the energy and process industries. Before EnerTech, he was a Partner at Sound Energy Partners, an energy-focused hedge fund group that launched the Sound Energy Alternatives Fund, which invested globally in public and late-stage private energy-technology companies.

Earlier, Carson was Director, Energy Technology Research at RBC Capital Markets. He joined RBC in 2000 to cover oil and gas, then launched RBC’s energy-technology research effort in 2001, advising public and private-market investment managers and companies globally. Before RBC, he spent six years in engineering and project-management roles in upstream oil and gas, refining, and chemicals, including work with Mobil Oil, now ExxonMobil, and four years with Chevron.

Carson holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University and an MBA from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School. EnerTech’s bio also notes that he has appeared on CNBC and been cited by Bloomberg, Barron’s, Dow Jones, and The Globe and Mail as an energy-technology investment expert.

• EnerTech focuses on companies shaped by “Digitalization, Decentralization, and Decarbonization,” particularly where energy, transportation, utilities, and industrial systems are converging.
• The firm’s three core focus areas are Mobility, Industry 4.0, and Connected Customer.
• In mobility, EnerTech says it is focused on electrification, autonomy, smart mobility, connectivity, and Industry 4.0.
• EnerTech seeks companies across the mobility landscape that need capital, expertise, and strategic support to commercialize and scale from early through growth stages.
• The firm emphasizes strategic value from corporate partners, including market intelligence, deal flow, co-investment opportunities, custom research, workshops, and business advice.
• Carson’s energy-sector investing lens includes patience on quality and fit: in a 2012 renewable-energy M&A discussion, he said the market allowed fund managers to “sit back and wait for the right pitch that you want.”