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eSmart Systems raises EUR 30million in investment to accelerate growth

eSmart Systems, a global leader in AI-based solutions for inspection and maintenance of critical energy infrastructure, has successfully raised EUR 30 million in new capital. The funding round has been led by TiLT Capit… read more

FEV leads Series-A together with Blue Earth Capital into reev

eMobility software company reev successfully completes Series A financing round to accelerate the expansion of intelligent charging infrastructure reev, the leading software provider for semi-public charging solutions, … read more

Hololight Secures $12 Million to Fast-Track the Future of XR Streaming

Durham, North Carolina & Innsbruck, Austria, November 28th, 2023 – Hololight, the leading specialist in AR and VR solutions for the enterprise market, today announced it has secured a further $12 million in funding … read more

A Glimpse into the Future: Piclo Max Set to Transform Global Electricity Markets in 2024

Piclo Max will unlock global electricity market visibility and access, and maximise revenue stacking opportunities for flexibility sellers, from a single place. Piclo Max will be rolled out in 2024, initially in the UK,… read more

Nuventura secures €25 million in Series A funding, to accelerate global energy transition away from greenhouse gases

Berlin-based Nuventura develops switchgear (GIS) technologies that support the energy industry’s transition away from SF6 – the world’s strongest greenhouse gas, with 25,200x more global warming power than carbon … read more

ev.energy secures $33M Series B to expand its reach in North America and Europe

ev.energy will expand its reach in North America and Europe, create a pathway to connect millions of vehicles, chargers and drivers to their Virtual Power Plant (VPP) and enable Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) services. The fundi… read more

The Crucial Technological Paradigm for Climate Catastrophes

By Boaz Kantor, Technology Advisor Future Energy Ventures Millions of people have already witnessed firsthand the increasing intensity of extreme weather events such as heatwaves, wildfires, storms, and floods due to cl… read more

Employee Spotlight: Valentina Mugno Pérez

At Future Energy Ventures, we cherish our community, both inside and outside the company. We take pride in the inspiring and impactful work done by our dedicated team members that makes FEV such a special place. In our … read more

Virta Closes €85M Funding to Increase EV Impact and Market Growth in Europe and Asia-Pacific

Funding positions Virta to capitalise on hypergrowth EV charging market Virta targets platform capacity growth from the current ca. 2,000 MW to 12,000-15,000 MW by 2025 Investors include Jolt Capital, Future Energy Vent… read more

Employee Spotlight: Giancarlo Savini

We value the strong community we have both around and within the company – and we are especially proud of the people that make Future Energy Ventures such an inspiring and impactful place to work. For our latest employe… read more

Why We Invested in Piclo

Having recently co-led an £8.3 million Series B investment round in the flexibility services marketplace provider, Piclo, we sat down with the deal team, Jan Palasinski and Anna Trendewicz, to learn more about our inves… read more

Piclo raises £8.3 million to accelerate decarbonisation of grid internationally

Series B led by Future Energy Ventures and Clean Growth Fund will support Piclo’s growing team and investment in further product development. Funding will see leading energy flexibility marketplace grow into new regions… read more

eSmart Systems raises EUR 40 million to accelerate virtual infrastructure inspections for power utilities

Norwegian company eSmart Systems was among one of the first in the world to develop an AI based solution, Grid Vision®, for the inspection and maintenance of critical energy infrastructure. With over 20 years of experie… read more

Buildots raises a $60 million Series C round

  In the construction industry, managers can become disconnected from what’s happening on-site — particularly when dealing with pandemic-related disruptions. Among the top hurdles are staying on top of costs, commu… read more

Akselos to scale digital twin after $16.5m closing round

Lausanne, Switzerland, May 9th, 2022 – Akselos, the leader in physics-based digital twins – today announces a $16.5 million funding round, with participation from AT Capital Group, Future Energy Ventures, Japan En… read more

Enervee raises $35m in financing to accelerate decarbonization

    Future Energy Ventures‘ portfolio startup Enervee sees explosive growth of its energy-efficient shopping network LOS ANGELES, CA, April 22, 2022 – Enervee, the pioneer and leading provider of marketp… read more

Energy crisis: Why now is the time to be smart about energy efficiency and clean energy

  Energy prices across the world are spiking, with the terrible war and hardship in Ukraine prompting fresh sanctions on Russia and accelerating a spike in energy prices that was already taking hold across global m… read more

Skenariolabs raises a € 3 million capital round led by Mediahuis

European media group Mediahuis is investing in the FEV investee SkenarioLabs, a fast-growing Finnish start-up that predicts the future of sustainable real estate, based on data and artificial intelligence (AI). The €3 m… read more

Meet Lemonbeat, the WhatsApp for IoT

The following question has driven – and continues to drive – Lemonbeat to success: What if every machine, no matter whether smart and young or old and dumb, could talk to each other and also to humans? The company has c… read more

Welcome Anna Trendewicz!

  We are pleased to continue the expansion of our Berlin team with the appointment of Anna Trendewicz as an Investment Associate. Anna brings extensive interdisciplinary experience in energy, sustainability and inn… read more

Meet Doozer, the leading platform for renovations

Berlin-based start-up Doozer digitizes home renovation projects and processes through its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform. In an industry that has been slow to embrace digital transformation, but is now adapting t… read more

ev.energy extends its Series A to $12.8m with ArcTern Ventures

  February, 24 2022, PALO ALTO, CA and LONDON, UK – ev.energy, a global provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging software, has extended its Series A financing round to $12.8M led by ArcTern Ventures. ev.energy’s … read more

Prisma Photonics raises $20 Million

    TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 9, 2022 — Prisma Photonics, the award-winning, Israeli startup which monitors large scale infrastructure, announced today that it raised $20M in a Series B round led by New York-base… read more

Meet Enervee, the platform making energy efficiency actionable

Enervee is a clean technology company that combines data science, behavioral science, and digital marketing to drive better energy-related buying decisions across dozens of consumer product categories. Its Commerce plat… read more

Holo-Light Receives $6m Investment

German-Austrian tech startup Holo-Light aims to enter new markets and expand its immersive streaming platform XRnow with its largest investment yet.     XR software startup Holo-Light has closed a funding roun… read more

Meet Holo-Light, the future “Netflix” of the Extended Reality Economy

Since its foundation in 2015, Holo-Light has been at the forefront of the extended reality industry. From its early days experimenting with an early Microsoft HoloLens, Holo-Light now provides a powerful immersive strea… read more

gridX: From investment to exit to E.ON

When we first met gridX in 2017, the company was only about a year old and had very few resources – even so, they had already achieved a remarkable level of technological development. We were deeply impressed by their d… read more

Manufacturers unite to accelerate progress towards net zero

    This week, our portfolio company Nuventura joined some of the world’s largest manufacturers of electrical transmission and distribution (T&D) equipment to state the urgent need for – and co… read more

FEV’s Q3 Portfolio Update

  “Future Energy Ventures exists to invest in the underlying technologies and infrastructure that will get us to a net-zero-carbon energy system and create a sustainable, prosperous future. We love our job and take… read more

Nuventura and E.DIS replace world’s most potent greenhouse gas

  Nuventura and E.DIS have begun cooperation on a commercial demonstration project in Ketzin, Brandenburg, Germany that aims to replace SF6 in distribution grids Nuventura has started a pilot project with E.ON´s re… read more

E.ON acquires majority stake in leading smart grid company gridX

  E.ON announces the acquisition of a majority stake in GridX to form a strategic partnership that will enable new value chains in the energy market. Munich, September 2021 – The energy group E.ON today announces t… read more

Solshare gets shortlisted for the Earthshot Prize 2021

  Created by Prince William and The Royal Foundation, The Earthshot Prize has led an unprecedented global search for the most inspiring and innovative solutions to the greatest environmental challenges facing the p… read more

Bidgely secures $26M in financing to accelerate the leading role of utilities in the clean energy future

  Funding to reinforce company leadership position in electrification, decarbonization innovations   Mountain View, Calif., September 14, 2021 – Bidgely today announced the closing of a $26M round of strategic… read more

Enervee Launches Innovative “Eco Financing” Program

    Los Angeles, September 2021 – Enervee, the leading provider of online marketplaces for energy-efficient products, has announced the rollout of Eco Financing™, an innovative program to make it easy an… read more

Announcing LabelFlow, the open platform for image labeling

    September 2021 – Sterblue, the central platform for infrastructure inspections, today announced the launch of LabelFlow, the open platform for image labeling. Over the last five years, the Sterblue team ha… read more

Meet Thermondo, a pioneer of the heating transition

Berlin-based Thermondo was founded in 2013 on the belief that the energy transition can only work with a successful heating transition. The company digitizes the processes around the modernization of heating systems – f… read more

Meet Calipsa, transforming the way we prevent crime

In 2016, a team from Cambridge, UCL and Imperial Universities came together in London to create Calipsa. They had seen the burden that false alarms place on the security industry and believed that by applying AI technol… read more

Basking.io raises investment from Blue Field Capital, Aconterra and Ray Wirta

Berlin, Germany, August 2021 – Basking.io, a workplace occupancy analytics provider, today announced an additional investment from notable PropTech investors — Blue Field Capital, led by Zain Jaffer, Aconterra, an… read more

Waycare Technologies, Ltd acquired by Rekor Systems.

  August 2021 – Future Energy Ventures’ portfolio company Waycare was acquired by Rekor Systems, a global AI technology company with a mission to provide intelligent infrastructure and insights that build saf… read more

Meet DABBEL, making commercial buildings green worldwide

In 2018, three engineers came together to create DABBEL – Automation Intelligence GmbH, built on a common desire to cut down the CO2 footprint of buildings – 75% of commercial buildings are still inefficient in terms of… read more

Meet Lumenaza, the powerful SaaS platform accelerating new energy adoption

Berlin-based Lumenaza is a software platform that connects producers and consumers of green distributed energy. Having recently raised €6.5 million in its Series B funding round, the start-up has its sights set on Europ… read more

ev.energy closes $8.8m funding round to accelerate global roll-out of smart charging services

(Press Release) LONDON MAY 2021 – ev.energy, a software platform that delivers optimised electric vehicle charging services to drivers in Europe, USA, Australia and Asia, today announced it has successfully completed a … read more

HoloBuilder announces acquisition by FARO

Future Energy Ventures’ portfolio company HoloBuilder has been acquired by FARO, a global leader of 3D measurement, imaging, and realization solutions for manufacturing, construction, and public safety analytics industr… read more

Lumenaza raises EUR 6.5 million to accelerate its European expansion

(Press Release) Lumenaza, the software-as-a-service platform for green utilities, has raised EUR 6.5 million in its Series B funding. The round is led by First Imagine!, a VC focusing on technologies driving the energy … read more

Libryo closes £1.35m convertible note round to fund expansion

(Press release) Amid challenging times during the Covid-19 pandemic, Libryo continues its mission to be a catalyst to a sustainable world, having closed its most recent funding round at £1.35m. The round was led by Futu… read more

E.ON Next partners with ev.energy to launch the ‘Next Drive’ EV tariff

(Press release 29.04.2021) LONDON – E.ON Next, the newest face of renewable electricity provider E.ON, has partnered with ev.energy to launch one of the UK’s cheapest off-peak EV tariffs in a drive towards sustainabilit… read more

Future Energy Ventures and SET Global join forces to support innovation in the energy transition

We believe digital technologies will form the building blocks of a future where energy systems around the world are more connected, intelligent, efficient, reliable and sustainable. Making this future a reality requires… read more

Deep Tech startup Nuventura raises new funding to support global expansion of SF6-free gas insulated switchgear

Future Energy Ventures participated in the latest €2.5 million funding round for Berlin-based R&D company, Nuventura. As an existing investor, we are excited by the potential of its patented gas insulated switchgear… read more

E.ON partners up with eSmart Systems to digitalize the inspection of overhead lines

(Press release) 02/09/2021 E.ON and eSmart Systems join forces to streamline the digital transformation of energy networks. The use of drones will facilitate early detection of possible defects. Leveraging synergies bet… read more

Introducing Future Fuel: a video series

The time for action on climate protection and decarbonization is now, and the path to a livable future can only be tackled through digitalization. Digital technologies enable new forms of transparency, collaboration and… read more

Meet KUGU, the modular platform for digital building management

KUGU is a Berlin-based startup that is transforming the German real estate and energy industries through an innovative digital building management platform. Founded in 2016 by Leopold Kuttner and Christopher von Gumppen… read more

Meet SOLshare, pioneers in peer-to-peer solar micro-grid technology

In 2015 SOLshare established the world’s first peer-to-peer solar energy grid in a remote community in Bangladesh. As well as the undoubted impact it had on households in parts of the country underserved by traditional … read more

Simplifying decentralized energy solutions

Earlier this month, our portfolio companies Lumenaza and Kiwigrid announced they were teaming up to offer a manufacturer-agnostic home energy management solution (HEMS) with a customized green electricity flat rate tari… read more

Meet HoloBuilder, the Street View for Construction

HoloBuilder is a construction technology startup with roots in Aachen, Germany. This fast-growing company quickly evolved into a German-American organization, spanning the Atlantic, and opening its headquarters in San F… read more

Face-to-Face with our portfolio: Sterblue

  Sterblue builds AI-supported analytics software for drones to automate the wind turbine and power grid inspection process. We caught up with Sterblue CEO Geoffrey Vancassel to learn more about Sterblue’s growth a… read more

Face-to-Face with our portfolio: Bidgely

  It’s been almost a decade since Bidgely was founded in a garage in the heart of Silicon Valley and around two years since their last, Series C, round of funding. Today many of the world’s top utilities count on t… read more

Face-to-Face with our portfolio: ev.energy

  ev.energy is on a mission to enable the decarbonization of transport through fast, zero-carbon, and affordable electric vehicle (EV) charging. They became the first British start-up to win the Free Electrons acce… read more

Face-to-Face with our portfolio: gridX

  As the energy market becomes increasingly decentralized, digitalized and democratized, the relationship between energy company, grid operator and the end user is evolving, demanding new business models and a more… read more

Face-to-Face with our portfolio: eSmart Systems

  eSmart Systems, a provider of AI-driven software for the inspection of powerlines, grid maintenance planning, and energy flexibility optimization, secured $34 million USD in an investment round that took place in… read more

Face-to-Face with our portfolio: FirstPoint

We welcome Dror Fixler, Co-founder and CEO of FirstPoint, an Israeli based cyber security startup to discuss the company’s progress to date, its goals, and our team’s role in helping to achieve those. Can you start by t… read more

Face-to-Face with our portfolio: Oriient

Founded in Israel in 2016, Oriient is a pioneer in the development of indoor GPS and navigation. Using the sensors found in most smartphones their technology uses the Earth’s magnetic field to enable consumers and custo… read more

Face-to-face with our portfolio: Vicarius

  Meet Vicarius, the world’s first cyber security platform designed to offer clients proactive attack mitigation strategies in real-time. This Jerusalem-based start-up was founded in 2016, born from the vision to p… read more

Face-to-face with our portfolio: Buildots

  With buildings accounting for some 40% of global energy consumption, construction and building management continues to be an important area of focus for the energy industry. Making buildings smarter through the e… read more