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Investing in the Future of Energy

Montrose Lane, formerly known as Cottonwood Venture Partners, is an investment firm partnering with leading technology companies that help to make energy affordable, safe, and environmentally friendly.  Montrose Lane invests in companies that serve the entire energy complex, among other sectors.  We leverage our collective expertise and relationships in the energy, industrial, and technology sectors across Montrose Lane and our portfolio to help drive growth at the companies in which we invest.  

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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 Montrose Lane, 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

President
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Novi Labs

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​Once you get to know the Montrose Lane 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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When we raised capital, we were looking for more than money -- we wanted a partner to help us grow the business.  Montrose Lane 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 Montrose Lane.  The Montrose Lane 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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We were looking for a partner, not just capital.  My due diligence on Montrose Lane yielded the same consistent feedback: they DO help,  they DO partner,  they DO roll up their sleeves.  After several rounds at three different startups, I know good money when I see it.  After we closed I received unsolicited congrats saying, “The Montrose Lane team is first class….congrats!”
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Bob Baughman

CEO
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HUVR

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PORTFOLIO companies

Ambyint
Ambyint's platform enables automation and intelligent optimization production facilities.  Ambyint's products automate and optimize several forms of artificial lift and provide production analytics on assets around the globe.
ambyint.com | Calgary, Alberta
Engage
Engage provides a software platform for operators to manage supply chain operations by delivering transparency and data across field operations, driving lower costs, accountability, and environmental responsibility.  Engage's platform enables dynamic smart contracts and real-time logistics optimization.
engage-m.com | Denver, Colorado
HUVR
HUVR's software platform streamlines and standardizes inspection workflows and data aggregation for wind, solar, refining, and other energy and industrial infrastructure. In addition to significant increases in efficiency, HUVR’s solution also results in a single, structured data repository that enables unique insights and analytics.
huvrdata.com | Austin, Texas
Novi
Novi Labs is the industry leader in advanced machine learning software to help operators optimize development programs and analyze assets to maximize economic performance. Novi also provides proprietary data to analyze assets across assets in the U.S. and Canada.
novilabs.com | Austin, Texas
SitePro
SitePro provides end-to-end solutions for digitalizing and automating water management and other industrial and municipal facilities.  SitePro’s leading cloud- and edge-based technologies streamline operations and logistics across the full water life cycle for the energy, agriculture, and municipal water sectors.  
sitepro.com | Lubbock, Texas
Tachyus
Tachyus is an industry leader in optimizing fields under secondary and tertiary recovery, including water, steam, and CO2 flooding.  Tachyus also provides greenhouse gas emissions measurement, benchmarking and reporting software for the energy industry.​
tachyus.com | Houston, Texas
Trivie
Trivie is a unique training and communication platform that leverages cognitive science, adaptive learning, and gamification to help companies better engage their workforce, automate knowledge retention, and provide insight into what employees know and feel.
trivie.com | Dallas, Texas
Well Data Labs
Well Data Labs is a modern cloud software built to give customers the fastest and simplest way to manage, analyze, and report on their time-series data.  Well Data Labs software allows customers to run advanced analytics and machine learning on complex time-series data.
welldatalabs.com | Denver, Colorado

MineralSoft
Realized 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.com | Austin, Texas
 

Our Team

Jeremy Arendt - Montrose Lane
JEREMY ARENDT​
​Managing Partner
  • Co-founder of Montrose Lane
  • Executive Director at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.​​​​
  • MBA, Chicago Booth​
  • BS, Arizona State University
Ryan Gurney - Montrose Lane
RYAN GURNEY
​Managing Partner
  • Co-founder of Montrose Lane
  • CFO of Basin Energy Services
  • White Deer Energy
  • Lime Rock Resources
  • Merrill Lynch
  • BS, University of Virginia
Mark Mills - Montrose Lane
​MARK MILLS
Strategic Partner
  • Co-founder of Montrose Lane
  • Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
  • Co-founder of Digital Power Capital
  • Chairman & CTO of ICx Technologies
  • Author of several books
  • BSc Honours, Queen’s University
Joe Rempe - Montrose Lane
JOE REMPE
Vice President
  • Associate at Montrose Lane
  • Analyst  at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
  • BBA Honors, Texas A&M University
Sonya Christianson - Montrose Lane
SONYA CHRISTIANSON
Vice President, Finance & Operations
  • Senior Director at Station Houston
  • Relationship Manager at Northern Trust
  • Fund Accounting Officer at J.P. Morgan
  • Accountant at The Carlyle Group
  • MS, George Washington University
  • BS, Boston College

Advisory Board

Rod Beeler - Montrose Lane
ROD BEELER
  • Former Chief Marketing Officer of Caterpillar
  • Former President of Asia Pacific of Caterpillar
John Gibson - Montrose Lane
JOHN GIBSON
  • CEO of Flotek
  • Former CEO of Paradigm
  • Former CEO of Landmark Graphics
Nat Gregory - Montrose Lane
NAT GREGORY
  • Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan
  • Former CEO of NATCO Group
  • Former General Partner of M&A at Lazard
Maynard Holt - Montrose Lane
MAYNARD HOLT
  • CEO and Founder of Veriten
  • Former CEO of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
Chuck Yates - Montrose Lane
CHUCK YATES
  • Former Managing Partner of Kayne Anderson

Operating Partners & Founders Board

Jon Parker - Montrose Lane
JONATHAN SCHEINER
Montrose Lane
Operating Partner
Gabe Wilcox - Montrose Lane
GABE WILCOX
Co-Founder and CEO of MineralSoft
Jon Parker - Montrose Lane
JON PARKER
Co-Founder and CTO of MineralSoft
 

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