85%
Capacity contracted before groundbreaking
Helped bring the third-largest food-waste digester in the U.S. to construction with 85% of its capacity already under contract.
Energy advisory · Venture studio · Fund in formation
Turning impossible energy projects into reality.
Founder-side execution from interconnects, feedstock, and offtake through capital and tax credits—so ambitious energy infrastructure can get contracted, financed, and built.
Proof, not positioning
Making the impossible bankable—and buildable.
As a co-founder of Synthica Energy, Sam Schutte led commercial work that turned a difficult infrastructure thesis into contracted projects with the utility, customer, and tax-credit foundations needed to move forward.
Sharon Creek brings that same operator’s discipline to founders facing the commercial details that determine whether an energy project remains a presentation—or becomes reality.
5
States where digesters were permitted
Secured permits for digester projects in Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia, Texas, and Louisiana—each with distinct regulatory requirements.
160,000+
Tons of feedstock under contract
Contracted feedstock with household-name brands and Fortune 50 companies to support long-term digester operations.
$500M+
In equity funding raised
Raised more than $500 million in equity funding while developing and advancing digester projects.
These outcomes reflect Sam Schutte’s prior work as a co-founder of Synthica Energy. Sharon Creek Ventures is a separate, independent firm.
Advise
Capital strategy
Fundraising narratives, investor readiness, and disciplined growth plans.
Govern
Board leadership
Founder-aligned guidance through critical operating and financing decisions.
Build
Venture studio
New companies formed from scratch around high-conviction energy opportunities.
Invest
Development capital
A fund in formation to back businesses where experience and capital compound.
Pursuing opportunities where complex energy systems can become enduring businesses.
Sharon Creek is pursuing opportunities across the nuclear renaissance, waste-to-fuel pathways, grid-scale storage, and industrial AI—areas where founder experience can help turn difficult infrastructure concepts into durable companies.
Area of interest
Nuclear renaissance
Pursuing opportunities across small modular reactors, nuclear projects, and the nuclear fuel supply chain.
Area of interest
Woody waste to fuel
Helping turn difficult woody residuals into useful low-carbon fuels.
Area of interest
Agricultural waste to fuel
Building pathways from agricultural residues to scalable energy products.
Area of interest
Grid-scale storage
A broader area of interest across the evolving energy system.
Area of interest
Industrial AI
Applying intelligence where infrastructure and operations meet.
At this time, due to outstanding obligations, Sharon Creek Ventures is not pursuing or engaging in U.S.-based anaerobic digester development.
Turn the hard energy project into reality.
Bring Sharon Creek in when the project needs more than advice—when interconnects, contracts, capital, incentives, and execution all have to come together.
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