Angeleno Group

What Angeleno Group does

Angeleno Group is a Los Angeles–based, SEC-registered investment adviser founded in 2001 by Yaniv Tepper and Daniel G. Weiss, operating as a growth equity and venture capital firm dedicated to clean energy and climate solutions. The firm invests $10–30 million per opportunity in high-growth, well-managed companies with proven technologies and established customer traction, organizing its investments around seven thematic focus areas: Clean Energy Transition, Next Generation Energy Storage, Resource Efficiency, Critical Infrastructure & Resiliency, Industrial Energy Efficiency & Digital Manufacturing, Carbon Mitigation & Climate Adaptation, and Sustainable Mobility and Smart Cities. Active portfolio companies include NESTEC (industrial air pollution control), IND Technology (AI/ML early fault detection for grids), AZZO (energy management IoT), SPAN (smart residential panels), Stem (AI-driven storage), ZincFive (nickel-zinc batteries for UPS), mPrest (mission-critical grid/defense software), REsurety and Anza (clean energy marketplaces), Edeniq (cellulosic ethanol analytics), Kinematics (precision motion control), and INRIX (traffic analytics), with historical exits including IPOs of Stem, TPI Composites, GT Advanced Technologies, and Scodix, and acquisitions by Verizon, Misumi, TRC Companies, Ecosense, and Amaysim.

Angeleno Group earns revenue through a standard private equity model: recurring management fees on committed/invested capital from institutional and sophisticated limited partners, supplemented by carried interest from successful portfolio exits. The firm does not publicly disclose fee rates, fund size, or AUM. Its go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, relying on two decades of accumulated deal flow, board-level engagement, and a global operating partner network. The firm has formalized a Responsible and Sustainable Investment Program aligned with UN PRI and UN 2030 SDG principles, and operates from a headquarters in Beverly Hills with active coverage of North America, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

Angeleno Group's customer base is bifurcated: portfolio companies receive growth capital, board participation, and value-creation support (product/business development, strategy, sales, corporate finance), while institutional and sophisticated LPs receive exposure to a diversified clean energy and climate solutions portfolio. A strategic partnership with Nomura (2024) and a co-investment alliance with Energy Impact Partners (2025) have extended the firm's capital sourcing and deal origination capacity, and a series of high-profile Board of Advisors additions — former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (2025), former Bezos Earth Fund CEO Sir Andrew Steer (2025), and former Ingka/IKEA CEO Jesper Brodin (2026) — have strengthened its policy, climate finance, and corporate development firepower. The firm has a dedicated CCO and SVP of Finance and Operations (Anand Talreja, joined 2024) and maintains a team of operating partners including former CEOs of TPI Composites, GT Solar International, SustainX, Kinematics, Click Energy, and New Forests.

Name

Angeleno Group

Legal name

Angeleno Group, LLC

Website

https://angelenogroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Angeleno Group is a Los Angeles–based, SEC-registered growth equity and venture capital firm founded in 2001 that invests $10–30 million per opportunity in next-generation clean energy and climate solutions companies globally, serving institutional LPs and operating through active board participation across seven thematic focus areas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Equity and Growth Capital Investment Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Energy & Sustainability / Climate Growth Equity (FSANACAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

SDG / Thematic Sustainable Investment Funds (FSANAJAN)

Keywords

• Growth equity investments
• Clean energy venture capital
• Climate solutions funding
• Private equity firm
• Sustainability sector investing

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Management Fees: Management fees charged on committed capital from institutional and sophisticated investors in Angeleno Group funds.
2. Carried Interest (Performance Fees): Carried interest from successful portfolio company exits, including IPOs, acquisitions, and strategic transactions. The firm has achieved multiple successful exits including IPOs (Stem, TPI Composites, GT Advanced Technologies) and acquisitions across its portfolio.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Angeleno Group is a Los Angeles-based growth equity and venture capital firm founded in 2001 that provides $10–30 million in growth capital to next-generation clean energy and climate solutions companies. The firm actively engages with portfolio companies through board participation and supports them in product and business development, strategy, sales, and corporate finance. It also manages a Responsible and Sustainable Investment Program aligned with UN PRI and UN 2030 SDG principles.

Product overview

Angeleno Group is a pioneer in providing growth capital for next generation clean energy and climate solutions companies, founded in 2001. The firm operates seven investment focus areas: Clean Energy Transition, Next Generation Energy Storage, Resource Efficiency, Critical Infrastructure & Resiliency, Industrial Energy Efficiency & Digital Manufacturing, Carbon Mitigation & Climate Adaptation, and Sustainable Mobility and Smart Cities. The firm deploys between $10 and $30 million per opportunity and actively engages with portfolio companies through board participation and value creation support. Angeleno Group has established a Responsible and Sustainable Investment Program aligned with UNPRI principles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Growth Capital Investment Services Sector-focused, research-driven growth equity investments of $10–30 million per opportunity in high-growth, well-managed, innovative clean energy and climate solutions businesses with proven technologies and established customer traction. Includes active board participation and ongoing collaboration with portfolio management teams on product and business development, strategy, sales, and corporate finance.
• Responsible and Sustainable Investment Program An ESG-focused program for actively managing clean energy and climate solutions portfolio companies, aligned with UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) and UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple successful exits through IPOs (Stem, TPI Composites, GT Advanced Technologies, Scodix) and strategic acquisitions across diverse portfolio
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability10 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Energy Impact Partners: Global growth equity/VC firm dedicated to clean energy and decarbonization; co-invested AUD$50M with AG into IND Technology in Dec 2025, making it a direct competitor and partner in the same niche.
• Ara Partners: Houston-based private equity firm focused exclusively on industrial decarbonization investments; competes with AG for many of the same clean-energy growth-stage opportunities.
• Prelude Ventures: Early-to-growth stage venture firm focused on sustainability and clean energy technologies; comparable thesis and similar check size range to Angeleno Group.
• Clean Energy Ventures: Venture capital firm dedicated to early- and growth-stage clean energy startups across power, mobility, and storage; directly comparable to AG's clean energy transition and storage focus areas.

Emerging players

• Breakthrough Energy Ventures: Bill Gates-backed early-to-growth climate tech investor; targets many of the same clean energy, storage and mobility themes as Angeleno Group at a slightly earlier stage.

Broad incumbents

• KKR Global Climate Strategy: KKR's dedicated climate-focused strategy is led in part by former Mexican Energy Secretary Dr. Luis Téllez, an Angeleno Group Senior Advisor, and competes for large clean infrastructure and growth equity deals globally.
• Brookfield Renewable: One of the world's largest renewable energy investors/operators; a broad incumbent that competes for institutional climate capital and project-level clean energy opportunities alongside specialist firms like AG.
• BlackRock Climate Infrastructure: BlackRock's dedicated climate infrastructure platform aggregates massive LP commitments into clean energy projects, competing for the same institutional climate allocations as Angeleno Group.

Regional players

• Nexus Group (Energy Foundry / Evergreen): Clean energy-focused investment platform addressing US and global mid-stage opportunities; thematic overlap with AG but typically serves different geographies and earlier stages.
• CIM Group: Los Angeles-based real assets and infrastructure investor with growing clean energy exposure; geographically adjacent peer competing for similar institutional capital and clean infrastructure deals in the US.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments40 records

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