Data bytes meet drill bits at Corporate Venture Houston 2017.

“We’re increasingly seeing companies that are as appealing to the oil and gas sector as they are to renewables,” says Geert van de Wouw, MD, Shell Technology Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of the Netherlands and UK-based energy major.

“For example, we invested in Maana, a big data solution for us and other players in oil and gas. But their knowledge and capabilities are equally applicable to the renewable energy domain,” says van de Wouw.

Maana, the California-based start-up, will…