Corporate Venture Capital

Corporate Venture Capital

Williams Ventures: Fueling the future 

We partner with early-stage companies to help catalyze progress in evolving energy markets. 

Williams Ventures has committed $100+ million to help commercialize innovative technologies. Our investments help us optimize our core business and drive growth in clean energy verticals. 

Williams’ Corporate Venture Capital program strategically invests in early-stage, innovative technologies at the forefront of the energy transition. The program focuses on integrating our large-scale energy infrastructure with emerging technologies to serve our customers better and advance the clean energy marketplace. 

Investment Areas 

Portfolio Companies

Context Labs has created a data platform to ingest environmental and pipeline data from a multitude of sources and certificate carbon intensities for delivery pathways, from the wellhead to the end use for the molecule. Read more.

Co-investors: BP Energy Partners, KPMG

Encino Environmental specializes in providing environmental services for operators including emissions testing, continuous emissions monitoring, leak detection and repair, and satellite methane detection by leveraging innovation and science-based results. Read more.

Co-investors: BP Energy Partners

Aurora Hydrogen has created a novel reactor using microwave energy, to take natural gas feedstock and produce purity hydrogen and elemental carbon products, resulting in zero GHG emissions and best-in-class energy efficiency. Read more.

Co-investors: Energy Innovation Capital, Shell Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures

Orbital Sidekick utilizes hyperspectral imaging to identify and quantify GHG emissions, vegetation health, and potential pipeline leaks – all from dedicated satellites that are able to monitor both individual plants and interstate pipeline systems. Read more.

Co-investors: Energy Innovation Capital, ONEOK, Silicon Valley Bank

ION has patented technology to capture post-combustion point-source CO2 emissions through a liquid amine system. The tech firm is developing a standard plant design, which is a fully modular solution that provides an economical offering for smaller point sources. Natural gas turbines typically found in compressors on midstream pipeline systems would fall within the range supported by this offering. The investment provides the opportunity for Williams to partner with ION on accelerating the deployment of these standard plants. 

In addition, ION is currently working on several carbon capture projects for natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) power plants.