GFI Energy Ventures LLC

GFI Energy Ventures, LLC was founded in 1995 and is based in Los Angeles, California. GFI Energy Ventures, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in acquisitions and buyouts. The firm does not invest in start-up and turnaround situations. It prefers to invest in the energy and power sector with a focus on companies engaged in power quality and power conversion; energy measurement and control; transmission and distribution optimization; information systems and transaction support; and demand management. The firm targets the downstream portion of the market with emphasis on the point of interface among the energy supplier, transporter, marketer, and industrial and commercial end-users. It also does not invest in unproven technologies and companies having an equity investment requirement of less than $30 million. The firm seeks to invest in companies having enterprise values between $50 million and $500 million and minimum revenues of $50 million. It seeks to acquire controlling or significant interests in private companies or business units of public companies. The firm also acquires large equity positions in publicly traded companies under certain circumstances.