About Azimuth Capital Management

Azimuth Capital Management is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in seed/startup, mid venture, early stage, middle market, and emerging companies. It makes direct investments and co-investments. Azimuth Capital Management seeks to invest in the energy sector resource and infrastructure development companies with a focus on oil and gas exploration and production, oil sands, non-conventional resource plays, energy infrastructure, services and energy technology. It prefers to invest in companies based in Canada and also invests in the United States and international energy sector opportunities. Azimuth Capital Management makes investments between $7.58 million and $36.12 million. It makes investments for a period of more than ten years. Pentti O. Karkkainen, and D. Jeffrey van Steenbergen founded KERN Partners in 2000 that later became Azimuth Capital Management. It has its headquarters in Calgary in Canada with additional office in San Francisco Bay Area and Operating Partners in Houston and Denver.

Investment Details

Investment Range
Not specified
Investment Stage
Various stages
Industry Focus
AI/ML, Cloud, Energy (+4 more)
Investor Type
Private Equity Firm

Investment Focus

Focus Areas
AI/ML Cloud Energy Finance Manufacturing +3 more
Investment Stages
Early Stage, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed