FEV co-leads Series A with Ananda Impact Ventures into Jua, an earth simulation provider
Zurich-based Jua closes $11M Series A to champion AI-based earth simulation
Zurich, Switzerland – Swiss startup Jua, creator of the world’s most advanced AI-based Earth simulation, has announced the close of its USD 11 million (€ 10 million) Series A funding round. The round was co-led by Ananda Impact Ventures and Future Energy Ventures, with continued support from existing investors including 468 Capital, Promus Ventures, and others.
The funding will be used to accelerate the commercial rollout of Jua’s Earth Intelligence Platform, a decision engine that helps energy traders make faster, more profitable decisions by simulating how the physical world behaves. Powered by Jua’s proprietary EPT -2.0 AI model, a Large Physics Model trained on petabytes of data, the platform delivers unparalleled forecasting performance across weather, energy markets, and supply-demand dynamics. In third-party benchmarks, EPT-2.0 significantly outperforms traditional numerical weather models (like ECMWF’s ensemble) and AI models from big tech firms, including DeepMind’s GraphCast, Nvidia’s Earth-2, and Microsoft’s Aurora.
Accurate weather forecasting is critical for sectors like energy, agriculture, aviation, and shipping, impacting lives, infrastructure, and economies. Yet traditional forecasting still relies on fragmented models and expert interpretation. As extreme weather intensifies and predictability declines, a new approach for the AI era is needed.
Jua’s AI-based Earth simulation marks a fundamental shift, moving from fragmented guesswork to a single, consistent, physics-simulating platform that enables faster, more reliable decision-making across sectors. It’s not just better forecasting; it’s a new way to understand and prepare for a rapidly changing world. Alongside the raise, Marvin Gabler, co-founder and architect of EPT-2.0, has been appointed CEO, taking over from Andreas Brenner, who led the company since its founding in 2022 and helped shape it into a globally recognized AI lab. Under Gabler’s leadership, Jua will focus on scaling its platform within the energy sector and expanding its capabilities into new markets. “With our Earth Intelligence Platform, we’ve turned the world’s most advanced Earth simulation into a practical decision engine” said Gabler. “This is a foundational step toward mastering our planetary future.”
A foundational AI model for the natural world
Founded in Zurich in 2022, Jua’s mission was to build the world’s most advanced foundational AI model for the natural world. Combining deep expertise in physics-simulating AI, climate modeling, and energy systems, the team saw an urgent need: climate volatility and geopolitical instability were outpacing the capabilities of existing planning tools. They set out to change that. Jua previously raised $16M in its 2024 seed round. Notable backers of Jua include Siraj Khaliq (Founder of The Climate Corporation), Mehdi Ghiassani (former Head of Product at DeepMind), Ola Torudbakken (Director of AI Systems at Meta), 468 Capital, Green Generation Fund, and Promus Ventures.
Today, leading energy trading firms use Jua’s Earth Intelligence Platform daily to anticipate supply-demand imbalances and price shifts. With integrated access to every major weather model—numerical and AI-based—it allows traders to simulate market reactions, derive power and grid-level forecasts, and automate decision workflows, all in one interface. Backed by world-class impact investors “Jua is building one of the most important technological foundations for our planet’s future, ” said Florian Erber, General Partner at Ananda Impact Ventures. “The team combines world-class talent in AI and Earth science with the technical depth to execute at scale. We invest in ventures with deep, systemic impact: Jua is a standout example.”
“Jua is not just improving forecasts; they are redefining what’s possible, ” added Jan Palasinski, Partner at Future Energy Ventures. “They’re establishing themselves as a category leader in foundational models of the natural world, exactly the kind of innovation needed to accelerate the energy transition.”
As the physical economy becomes more volatile and interconnected, Jua is positioning itself as core infrastructure for navigating the future, one simulation at a time.
