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Partner and Capital Provider to Energy Technology

Cottonwood Venture Partners (“CVP”) is a growth equity investment firm partnering with technology companies that provide digital solutions for the energy industry.  CVP invests in technology companies that have achieved early customer adoption and require capital to accelerate growth.  CVP leverages its expertise and relationships in energy and technology to help drive growth at its portfolio companies.  

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The CVP team has been a fantastic capital partner.  But beyond capital, they are thoughtful strategists, given their tremendous domain expertise and understanding of customers, their pain points, and technology adoption drivers.  They have been an invaluable source of executive referrals to help accelerate adoption and bring deep relationships to bear across oil and gas.
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Alex Robart

CEO
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Ambyint

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As an entrepreneur, when you make the decision to take an investment, you hope to get money, good advice, and maybe a couple industry contact hook ups that might turn into revenue.  But, honestly, you'd just take the money.  With CVP, Novi has gotten all three, to the point where the advice and industry contacts are worth more than the money.
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Jon Ludwig

CEO
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Novi Labs

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When we raised capital, we were looking for more than money -- we wanted a partner to help us grow the business.  CVP has acted like a true partner to us at every step.  They're smart, and willing to roll up their sleeves and get things done.  Most importantly, they're guys we're excited to spend the next few years working closely with.
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Gabe Wilcox

CEO
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MineralSoft

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It was an easy decision to partner with CVP.  The CVP team differentiates themselves from many other venture or private equity firms by strategically focusing on developing the energy tech space.  They are willing to roll up their sleeves to help entrepreneurs and founders institutionalize and grow their businesses.
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David Bateman

CEO
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SitePro

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​Once you get to know the CVP team it’s an easy decision to partner with them.  We weren’t necessarily looking to raise capital, but they showed a great ability and strong willingness to work with us on growing the business.  Plus… they get bonus points for being a partner we look forward to chatting with on a regular basis.
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Josh Churlik

CEO
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Well Data Labs

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PORTFOLIO companies

Ambyint logo
Ambyint's proprietary platform leverages the latest innovation in edge computing, wireless communications, predictive data analytics, and artificial intelligence to enable oil and gas producers to autonomously and intelligently optimize production and the well-site.
ambyint.com | Calgary, Alberta
Novi logo
Novi Labs is the industry leader in advanced machine learning software to help oil and gas companies design wells and optimize development programs to maximize economic performance.  Novi's software is used in every major unconventional play in North America.
novilabs.com | Austin, Texas
SitePro logo
SitePro provides end-to-end solutions for digitalizing and automating water management and other oil and gas facilities.  SitePro’s leading cloud- and edge-based technologies streamline operations and logistics across the full water life cycle for some of the largest oil and gas operators.  
sitepro.com | Lubbuck, Texas
Well Data Labs logo
Well Data Labs is a modern web application built to give operators the fastest and simplest way to manage, analyze, and report on their internal frac data.  Well Data Labs provides a platform that standardizes the delivery of time-series and field-created frac data directly to an operator’s systems in real time.
welldatalabs.com | Denver, Colorado
MineralSoft logo
Exited December 2018
 MineralSoft is the leading provider of cloud-based mineral rights management software to automate and optimize management of small to large portfolios of mineral interests and royalty payments.  MineralSoft is used across more than one hundred thousand wells by mineral funds, endowments, family offices, and other mineral owners.
mineralsoft.com | Austin, Texas
 

Investment Team

Jeremy Arendt - Managing Partner - Cottonwood Venture Partners
JEREMY ARENDT​
​Managing Partner
  • Co-founder of CVP
  • Executive Director at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.​​​​
  • MBA, Chicago Booth​
  • BS, Arizona State University
Ryan Gurney - Managing Partner - Cottonwood Venture Partners
RYAN GURNEY
​Managing Partner
  • Co-founder of CVP
  • CFO of Basin Energy Services
  • White Deer Energy
  • Lime Rock Resources
  • Merrill Lynch
  • BS, University of Virginia
Mark Mills - Strategic Partner - Cottonwood Venture Partners
MARK MILLS
Strategic Partner
  • Co-founder of CVP
  • Co-founder of Digital Power Capital
  • Chairman & CTO of ICx Technologies
  • Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
  • Author of Shale 2.0
  • BSc Honours, Queen’s University
Joe Rempe - Associate - Cottonwood Venture Partners
JOE REMPE
Associate
  • Investment Banking  at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
  • BBA in Business Honors and Finance from Texas A&M University

Advisory Board

Ed Abbo - Cottonwood Venture Partners
ED ABBO
  • President & CTO of C3
  • Former SVP of Apps at Oracle
  • Former CTO of Sibel Systems
John Gibson - Cottonwood Venture Partners
JOHN GIBSON
  • Former CEO of Paradigm
  • Former CEO of Energy Services at Halliburton
  • Former CEO of Landmark Graphics
Maynard Holt - Cottonwood Venture Partners
MAYNARD HOLT
  • CEO of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
  • Former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs
Nat Gregory - Cottonwood Venture Partners
NAT GREGORY
  • Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan
  • Former CEO of NATCO Group
  • Former General Partner of M&A at Lazard
Rod Beeler - Cottonwood Venture Partners
ROD BEELER
  • Former Chief Marketing Officer of Caterpillar
  • Former President of Asia Pacific of Caterpillar

FOUNDERS Board

Gabe Wilcox - Cottonwood Venture Partners
GABE WILCOX
Co-Founder and CEO of MineralSoft
Jon Parker - Cottonwood Venture Partners
JON PARKER
Co-Founder and CTO of MineralSoft
 

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