Activus Energy Advisors

What Activus Energy Advisors does

Activus Energy Advisors is a full-service energy consulting firm founded in 2020 and headquartered in St. Charles, Illinois, operating as an affiliated company of private holding group Altimus Capital. The firm serves commercial clients across the United States with multi-location properties in retail, hospitality, property management, manufacturing, municipalities, and healthcare sectors, ranging from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises. Its advisory offering is delivered on a no-cost engagement basis, with most energy-saving projects financed to require no capital expenditure from clients.

The company's service platform is built on two integrated lines that draw on its affiliated ecosystem: energy procurement, executed through Navigate Power (one of the largest U.S. energy procurement companies, leveraging proprietary reverse auction technology and 100+ national supplier relationships to competitively bid supply contracts), and energy efficiency, executed through Verde Solutions (providing analysis, engineering, installation, and ongoing support across LEDs, HVAC, controls, solar, wind, co-generation, EV charging, and water reduction, plus rebate and incentive processing). Across the affiliated network, principals have negotiated more than 10 billion kWh of annual electricity usage and assisted over 500,000 clients.

Commercially, Activus generates revenue via managed services tied to financed energy efficiency projects and supplier-side economics rather than direct client fees, following a pay-as-you-go billing cadence on a no-cost client engagement. Distribution is sales-led, relying on direct enterprise engagement and referral flow from Navigate Power and Verde Solutions, with geographic coverage spanning 48 states. Leadership comprises Executive Co-Founders Steven Brewer and Cheryl Arts (both veterans of The Power Company, a deregulated energy broker that acquired over 400,000 customers in under six years) and Board member Barry Dorfman.

Name

Activus Energy Advisors

Legal name

Activus Energy Advisors

Website

https://activusenergy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Activus Energy Advisors is a full-service energy consulting firm providing procurement and efficiency solutions to multi-location commercial clients across the United States, leveraging affiliated Navigate Power and Verde Solutions under parent Altimus Capital.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Bill Auditing, Tariff Analysis & Utility Cost Optimization (EUAGAEAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Energy Systems & Power Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAG), Performance Contracting & Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) for Buildings (BPABAGAN), Corporate & Voluntary Procurement Policy (PPAs, Green Tariffs, 24/7 CFE) (EUAMANAH)

Keywords

• Energy procurement consulting
• Energy efficiency solutions
• Commercial energy advisory
• Energy bill auditing
• Sustainability consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Energy Consulting Services: Activus engages clients on a no-cost basis to earn their business, with most energy saving projects financed without requiring capital expenditures from clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Activus Energy Advisors is a full-service energy consulting firm that helps commercial clients reduce and manage energy costs through two integrated service lines: energy procurement (negotiating electricity and gas supply via affiliated Navigate Power and its proprietary reverse auction across 100+ suppliers) and energy efficiency implementation (LED lighting, HVAC, controls, solar, wind, co-generation, EV charging, water reduction, and rebate processing via affiliated Verde Solutions). The firm engages clients on a no-cost basis and structures most savings projects to require no capital expenditure from the client.

Product overview

Activus Energy Advisors operates as a unified energy consulting platform offering two integrated service lines: Energy Procurement (leveraging affiliated Navigate Power's 100+ supplier relationships and proprietary reverse auction technology) and Energy Efficiency (leveraging affiliated Verde Solutions' products and installation capabilities). The company serves clients from start-ups to Fortune 500, including properties with LEED Gold certification, across retail, hospitality, property management, manufacturing, municipalities, and healthcare sectors. Services are delivered on a no-cost, no-capital-expenditure basis with financing solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Energy Procurement Consulting Consulting service that negotiates electricity and gas supply for commercial clients across multiple states and utilities using a proprietary reverse auction across 100+ suppliers, targeted at multi-location enterprises seeking lower and more predictable energy rates.
• Energy Efficiency Solutions End-to-end energy efficiency implementation service covering LED lighting retrofits, HVAC optimization, controls, solar, wind, co-generation, EV charging stations, and water reduction, including analysis, engineering, installation, project management, rebate processing, and continued support for commercial clients.
• Energy Bill Auditing Comprehensive auditing of client utility bills to identify overcharges, savings opportunities, and the best supplier options, provided to commercial clients across multiple utilities and states.
• Zero-Down Energy Project Financing Financing arrangement that lets commercial clients undertake energy savings projects without capital expenditure, structured so projects are cash positive from day one through tax credits, utility rebates, and favorable financing terms.

Quantifiable outcome

• Projects are cash positive from day one through tax credits, utility rebates, and favorable financing
• +1 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Navigate PowercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the largest energy procurement companies in the U.S., having negotiated procurement of electricity and gas for over 50,000 commercial customers and contracts in excess of $1 billion worth of energy. Navigate Power handles energy supply procurement for Activus clients.
• Verde SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOffers complete array of energy efficiency products and services, having completed over 1,500 Commercial Energy projects in 48 states. Verde provides analysis, engineering, installation, and continued support for Activus clients.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cenergistic: Cenergistic provides energy management consulting and efficiency services to commercial and institutional customers across the U.S., closely mirroring Activus's energy advisory + efficiency implementation model for multi-location clients.
• Ameresco: Ameresco is a publicly traded energy efficiency and renewable energy services firm serving commercial, industrial, and government customers. Its bundle of consulting, engineering, and project implementation is highly comparable to Activus's procurement-plus-efficiency stack.
• Willdan Group: Willdan provides energy efficiency engineering and consulting services to utilities, municipalities, and commercial clients. Its project-based advisory and implementation model directly parallels Activus's affiliated efficiency delivery through Verde Solutions.

Broad incumbents

• ENGIE Impact: ENGIE Impact is the global energy and sustainability consulting arm of ENGIE, offering procurement advisory, energy management, and decarbonization services to large enterprises. It competes with Activus at the upper end of the multi-location corporate market with broader geographic reach.
• Enel X: Enel X (now part of Enel's global business lines) provides energy efficiency consulting, demand response, and EV charging solutions to commercial customers globally. Its energy advisory + sustainability services portfolio overlaps meaningfully with Activus's bundled offering.
• Schneider Electric Energy & Sustainability Services: Schneider Electric's Energy & Sustainability Services division provides enterprise energy management, procurement advisory, and efficiency implementation through its EcoStruxure platform. Comparable to Activus as a comprehensive energy consulting + technology provider for multi-site operators.
• Constellation Energy: Constellation Energy is one of the largest U.S. competitive electricity suppliers, offering retail energy supply and energy management services directly to commercial customers. Competes with Activus's procurement business at the supplier level rather than via brokerage.
• Direct Energy: Direct Energy is a major retail electricity and natural gas supplier serving residential and commercial customers across North America. Its commercial supply business competes head-to-head with the procurement recommendations Activus makes to multi-location clients.

Emerging players

• EnergyHub: EnergyHub provides a software platform for distributed energy resource management and demand response programs, often working with utilities and commercial customers on energy optimization. Represents the emerging digital/software layer competing with traditional energy brokers like Activus.
• EnergyCAP: EnergyCAP offers energy and sustainability management software for enterprise utility bill tracking, reporting, and benchmarking. It is an emerging software alternative to manual energy consulting engagements like Activus's bill auditing service.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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