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Factbox - Energy companies' investments in startups

LONDON (Reuters) - Energy companies have ploughed more than 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) into startups as they accelerate their search for innovative new technologies to help defend market share in the face of radical industry change. Below is a selection of some of the investments made by corporate venture capital funds: Total Energy Ventures Amount invested to date: 150 million euros *Aquion Energy (energy storage) *Sunfire (fuel cells) *Solidia Technologies (CO2 recycling) *Power Hive (micro grids) *AutoGrid (energy management software) Innogy Venture Capital Closed fund managing investments worth 115 million euros *Airec AB (gas heat exchangers) *Enercast (wind and solar power forecasting) *Heliatek (organic solar film) *Kiwigrid (energy management software) *Mantex (organic materials scanner) Innogy Corporate Ventures Total fund size: 130 million euros *Move24 (removals company) *Bigchain DB (blockchain database) *Heliatek (organic solar film) Engie New Ventures Total fund size: around 150 million euros *Powerdale (energy management software) *SteetLight Data (Mobility analytics) *Advanced Microgrid Solutions (energy storage analytics) *SymbioFCell (fuel cells) *Opus One (energy management software) Eneco Innovation & Ventures Total investment budget: 100 million euros *Quby (smart thermostat) *Luminext (outdoor lighting management) *Sustainer Homes (sustainable buildings) *Zon-IQ (solar power services) *Simaxx (energy management software) Electranova (EDF) Has not disclosed total invested *First Fuel (data analytics software) *Actility (energy management software) *Seatower (offshore wind foundations) *Forsee Power Solutions (energy storage) *Leosphere (wind power analytics) Inven (CEZ) Total investment budget: 180 million euros *Tado (smart thermostat) *Sonnen (energy storage) *Sunfire (fuel cells) *Environmental Technologies Fund Statkraft Ventures Total fund size: 100 million euros *DEPsys (smart grids) *Tado (smart thermostat) *Greenbird (energy management software) Shell Energy Ventures Has not disclosed total invested *GlassPoint Solar (solar steam generators) *2B Energy (offshore wind) *Aquion Energy (energy storage) Statoil Energy Ventures Total fund size: $200 million *United Wind (wind turbine leasing) *ChargePoint (electric vehicle charging) (Reporting by Karolin Schaps; Editing by Pravin Char)