Total oil & gas industry venture financing deals worth $486.5m were announced in North America in April 2021, led by $128m venture financing of Crusoe Energy Systems, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

  • Embed this chart

    Embed this chart into your website

    Copy and paste the image source into your website to display the chart.

The value marked an increase of 257.2% over the previous month of $136.19m and a rise of 138.5% when compared with the last 12-month average of $203.95m.

North America held a 99.05% share of the global oil & gas industry venture financing deal value that totalled $491.17m in April 2021. With a 97.82% share and deals worth $480.48m, the US was the top country in North America’s venture financing deal value across oil & gas industry.

In terms of venture financing deal activity, North America recorded 27 deals during April 2021, marking an increase of 42.11% over the previous month and a rise of 50.00% over the 12-month average. The US recorded 26 deals during the month.

North America oil & gas industry venture financing deals in April 2021: Top deals

The top three oil & gas industry venture financing deals accounted for 39.67% of the overall value during April 2021.

The combined value of the top three oil & gas venture financing deals stood at $193m, against the overall value of $486.5m recorded for the month.

The top three oil & gas industry venture financing deals of April 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Bain Capital Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Exor, Founders Fund, KCK Group, Lowercarbon Capital, Polychain Capital, Upper90, Valor Equity Partners, Winklevoss Capital Management and Zigg Capital’s $128m venture financing of Crusoe Energy Systems

2) The $50m venture financing of Seeq by Altira Group, Chevron Technology Ventures, Cisco Investments, Insight Partners, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures and Second Avenue Partners

3) OGCI Climate Investments and Talis Capital’s $15m venture financing of Andium.