Brill Power Ltd. is a clean-tech company based in Oxford, United Kingdom, specializing in energy storage solutions using lithium-ion battery cells. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on developing advanced battery management technology that enhances the performance and longevity of battery packs. Its innovative control concepts and software are designed to significantly improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of battery systems, catering to applications in stationary energy storage and electric vehicles. Brill Power aims to provide sustainable energy solutions that benefit communities and contribute to a greener society.
CHOOOSE AS, based in Oslo, Norway, specializes in carbon offset solutions by purchasing carbon credits and deleting CO2 emission quotas. The company offers a platform that enables consumer-facing enterprises to integrate climate compensation options into their e-commerce checkouts and applications, facilitating a seamless experience for millions of customers. Founded in 1997, CHOOOSE has received recognition for its innovative approach, being named Norway's startup of the year in 2017 and ranking among the top ten global tech startups by Sir Richard Branson and the Extreme Tech Challenge. Additionally, CHOOOSE sells gift cards online, further enhancing its consumer engagement.
Princeton NuEnergy is a clean-tech startup that focuses on the direct recycling of lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles and consumer electronics. Princeton NuEnergy's patented Direct Battery Recycling technology produces high-quality and high-value-added cathode active materials with low operating costs from spent lithium-ion batteries and delivers sustainable energy and environmental solutions.
Developer of thermal batteries designed to support the widespread integration of renewable resources on the electricity grid. The company's batteries use solar panels to efficiently convert heat energy to electric energy and also electrify heavy industry with thermal energy storage for zero-carbon heat and power, enabling users to ensure convenient, sustainable and reliable electricity on a global scale while reducing carbon emissions.
Innovate chemistry, materials & design using commonly available, eco-friendly materials to built efficient & safe batteries for the sustainable future.
Verdagy is innovating water electrolysis technology for the large-scale production of green hydrogen. Verdagy's industry-leading solution achieves both the lowest upfront capital costs and the lowest unit economics for production. Verdagy operates laboratory and pilot plant facilities in Moss Landing, California to further develop and rapidly scale the technology platform.
Heaten is an industrial start-up, tackling one of the most difficult problems for numerous industries, namely, to accelerate the electrification of heat with the prospect of deep-decarbonization, while providing viable roadmaps, both technically and economically to rapidly de-carbonize industrial heating processes. Heaten is a start-up with an 8 years R&D history in heat-to-power (Organic Ranking Cycle) and power-to-heat machines (heat pump). Our technology platform and knowledge are leading the efforts to deliver process temperatures of currently realized 165 degrees Celsius which covers 30% of the energy demand of all industrial heating processes, equivalent to a €39billion TAM in the EU-28 market only. Heaten's technology platform can achieve up to 400 degrees Celsius (R&D roadmap). Heaten AS has gone through the full cycle of R&D, prototyping, engineering, and design to successfully deliver 200kW heat pumps and industrial equipment to a customer. We are now looking to scaling the existing platform to meet industry needs and staying ahead of the competition by leading R&D and secure IP into medium-temperature process heat.
Ionomr Innovations Inc. is a Vancouver-based company specializing in the design, adaptation, and manufacture of advanced ion-exchange membranes and polymer technologies. Founded in 2013, Ionomr focuses on creating environmentally friendly materials that replace toxic fluorinated chemicals often used in electrochemical applications. Its flagship product line, Aemion, is designed for various applications, including water treatment, energy storage, and clean energy generation. The company’s innovative membranes are known for their alkaline stability, strength, and performance, enabling optimal integration into electrochemical systems. By providing solutions that enhance efficiency and reduce environmental impact, Ionomr aims to support the decarbonization of the planet and foster the development of sustainable systems in the renewable energy and circular chemical economies. Additionally, Ionomr offers chemical engineering services to further support its clients in achieving their operational goals.
Princeton NuEnergy is a clean-tech startup that focuses on the direct recycling of lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles and consumer electronics. Princeton NuEnergy's patented Direct Battery Recycling technology produces high-quality and high-value-added cathode active materials with low operating costs from spent lithium-ion batteries and delivers sustainable energy and environmental solutions.
CHOOOSE AS, based in Oslo, Norway, specializes in carbon offset solutions by purchasing carbon credits and deleting CO2 emission quotas. The company offers a platform that enables consumer-facing enterprises to integrate climate compensation options into their e-commerce checkouts and applications, facilitating a seamless experience for millions of customers. Founded in 1997, CHOOOSE has received recognition for its innovative approach, being named Norway's startup of the year in 2017 and ranking among the top ten global tech startups by Sir Richard Branson and the Extreme Tech Challenge. Additionally, CHOOOSE sells gift cards online, further enhancing its consumer engagement.
LO3 Energy, Inc. owns and operates Pando, a marketplace solution that connects energy suppliers to customers. The company’s services help clients to create, deploy, and monetize energy products and customer services. It serves retail customers in utility and energy sectors. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Portland, Oregon.
GreenCom Networks AG operates an online energy information brokerage platform (eibp) that enables new energy business models for utilities, ESCOs, and OEMs. It offers eibp connect that connects and controls distributed energy assets; eibp boost that visualizes and optimizes energy flows; eibp mesh, which connects customers to energy communities; eibp empower that develops energy tarrifs; and eibp cluster that leverages the power of distributed assets. GreenCom Networks AG as founded in 2011 and is based in Munich, Germany.
Palmetto is a clean technology company that specializes in building and operating solar energy projects for residential, commercial, and utility customers. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Palmetto designs and installs solar systems while providing a range of services, including customer support, financing, engineering, permitting, and installation. The company offers innovative software solutions such as Palmetto Home, which enables homeowners to monitor real-time energy consumption and solar production, and Palmetto Fleet, which provides energy monitoring insights for home management professionals. Additionally, Palmetto's Alchemy platform enhances the sales experience for solar professionals by streamlining the sales, design, and proposal processes. With additional offices in locations such as San Francisco, Sea Girt, Charlotte, Washington, and Greenville, Palmetto is committed to advancing clean energy technology and improving energy efficiency.
Orb Energy Private Limited specializes in designing, manufacturing, marketing, selling, installing, and servicing solar photovoltaic and solar water heating systems for residential and commercial customers. Founded in 2006, the company is headquartered in Bengaluru, India, with additional operations in Kenya and Singapore. Its product range includes polycrystalline and monocrystalline solar panels, solar inverters, solar street lights, solar rooftops, solar power plants, solar water pumping systems, and heat pumps. Orb Energy also offers franchising opportunities, enabling customers to sell its products through a network of over 90 branches. The company aims to provide affordable renewable energy solutions, particularly targeting off-grid households in India. With plans to expand its branch network and workforce, Orb Energy seeks to increase its reach and impact in the renewable energy sector.
Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Private Limited engages in plantation, procuring, storing, preserving, processing, and supplying biomass. Its products and services include generation of bio-energy, briquetting and pelleting, steam supply contracts, build own operate and transfer, assessment and validation studies, operation and maintenance, project management consultancy, energy audit, and energy plantation. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Navi Mumbai, India.
Salient Energy is focused on the commercialization of a novel zinc-ion battery developed from research at the University of Waterloo. This innovative battery technology is designed for electricity storage in the grid, offering a safer and more sustainable alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries. Salient Energy's proprietary cathode materials uniquely incorporate zinc into their crystal lattice, resulting in a relatively high energy density. This advancement allows for the use of traditional battery designs compatible with existing manufacturing processes, making it feasible to produce these batteries in current facilities worldwide. Consequently, Salient Energy's products provide a cost-effective, long-lasting solution for energy storage, catering to the needs of electric industry stakeholders.
Corvus Energy Ltd. engages in the research, development, manufacture, and supply of energy storage solutions for marine, oil and gas, and port applications. The company offers energy storage systems for hybrid and electric propulsion. Its services include technical support, spare parts, extended warranty, recycling, field service, training, consulting, upgrades, and concierge service agreement. The company serves cruise and ferry, offshore, fishing and aquaculture, tugs and workboats, subsea, merchant, and port markets. Corvus Energy Ltd. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.
LO3 Energy, Inc. owns and operates Pando, a marketplace solution that connects energy suppliers to customers. The company’s services help clients to create, deploy, and monetize energy products and customer services. It serves retail customers in utility and energy sectors. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Portland, Oregon.
Private Equity Round in 2019
Nordsol specializes in the development and production of biofuels through the processing of organic waste. The company focuses on BioLNG, or liquefied biomethane, which is a CO2 neutral biofuel produced using its proprietary iLNG technology. This biofuel is primarily targeted at homes and small businesses. Founded in 2009 and based in Bunnik, the Netherlands, Nordsol collaborates with committed clients to mitigate trading risks and ensure fixed off-take volumes of BioLNG. The integration of innovative patented technologies with financial backing allows Nordsol to establish and operate its own BioLNG facilities in partnership with biogas production entities, creating a robust business framework.
SET Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2007 and based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It specializes in early to mid-stage investments in European technology companies, particularly within the energy and renewable sectors. The firm concentrates on innovative energy generation, distribution, storage, and efficiency technologies. Its investment strategy encompasses smart energy solutions, which integrate intelligent software and services with hardware components. Key areas of focus include renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and bioenergy, as well as advanced energy storage technologies and energy-efficient applications in buildings and transportation. SET Ventures typically invests between €0.5 million and €6 million in each portfolio company, aiming to support ventures that contribute to the transition of the energy system. The firm also emphasizes the importance of taking active roles in its investments, often seeking seats on supervisory boards to guide the companies it supports.
SunFunder is a solar energy finance business with a mission to provide financing for solar assets in emerging economies, including inventory, working capital, construction, and structured finance loans. SunFunder is a well-positioned financial intermediary that has been operating since 2012.
We offer borrowers a deep solar market expertise, an efficient due diligence process and strong customer partnerships, while simultaneously providing investors with diversified, high-impact, fixed income debt offerings of emerging market solar investments.
Sonnen offers solutions which are much more than only storage and includes many additional benefits like active energy management, smart metering and virtual power plant integration. Different system sizes are offered, optimally customized to the requirements of residential homes, agricultural farms and commercial firms. Sonnenbatterie was introduced to the German and Austrian markets in January 2011 as one of the first proven and transportable intelligent lithium storage systems.
Husk Power Systems Pvt. Ltd. is a renewable energy company based in Patna, India, that focuses on generating and distributing electricity to households, community services, small businesses, and factories. Founded in 2007, the company utilizes biomass waste—such as rice husks and other agricultural residues—to produce electricity through its proprietary technology. Husk Power Systems designs and operates mini-power plants and micro-grids, offering electricity as a pay-for-use service primarily to rural areas. This approach not only provides reliable lighting, reducing reliance on kerosene, but also fosters economic development by enabling microenterprises and the use of electricity-operated machinery. By creating a sustainable energy ecosystem at each power plant, Husk Power Systems aims to deliver shared value to its stakeholders and stimulate local economies.
Brill Power Ltd. is a clean-tech company based in Oxford, United Kingdom, specializing in energy storage solutions using lithium-ion battery cells. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on developing advanced battery management technology that enhances the performance and longevity of battery packs. Its innovative control concepts and software are designed to significantly improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of battery systems, catering to applications in stationary energy storage and electric vehicles. Brill Power aims to provide sustainable energy solutions that benefit communities and contribute to a greener society.
Kite Power Systems, founded in 2011 in Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, UK, focuses on harnessing wind energy through an innovative twin-kite system. This technology aims to provide a reliable and efficient solution for generating clean energy at a lower cost compared to traditional wind turbines, utilizing 85 percent less material. The company's kite arrays can be deployed in both onshore and offshore locations, making them suitable for areas where conventional wind systems are not viable. Kite Power Systems has undergone continuous testing and development since its inception and has received funding from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change and various private sector investors, reinforcing its commitment to reducing dependency on fossil fuels and mitigating climate change impacts.
Aquion Energy is fundamentally changing the economics of power generation, transmission and distribution by developing and commercializing cost-effective energy storage solutions that are safe, reliable, and sustainable from nontoxic components as simple as saltwater. Based on the research of Carnegie Mellon University Professor Jay Whitacre, Aquion's proprietary Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI™) battery overcomes the pitfalls of conventional energy storage technologies. AHI systems enhance the electrical grid by providing flexible, emissions-free capacity that optimizes existing generation assets and enables broad adoption of renewable energy technologies.
GlassPoint provides solar steam generators to the oil and gas industry for applications such as Enhanced Oil Recovery. It replaces gas-fired steam generation with solar, GlassPoint can reduce EOR gas consumption by up to 80 percent.
The company was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Fremont, California.
Next Step Living provides home energy evaluations and solutions for individuals and organizations. It offers energy assessment and diagnostics, air sealing and insulation, and multi-family retrofit services. The company also provides customized solutions, such as HVAC repair and replacement, window replacement and installation, solar or geothermal systems installation, building automation, interior and exterior lighting design, and custom retrofit services. Its sustainability solutions include water efficiency and purification, landscape design and management, and indoor air quality services. The company provides assessment and diagnostic processes to heating and cooling, domestic hot water, and electricity and lighting needs. Next Step Living partners with more than 400 municipalities, civic organizations, contractors, and corporations to deliver energy-efficient and environmental-friendly solutions to its customers. Those solutions include home energy assessments, weatherization work, energy-efficient windows, efficient heating, and cooling solutions, and access to solar solutions. Next Step Living was founded in 2008 by Geoff Chapin and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
2B Energy focuses on the design and development of offshore wind turbines and power plants, aimed at reducing costs and promoting sustainability in the wind energy sector. The company provides fully integrated solutions that include innovative tower and foundation designs, which facilitate efficient hoisting processes and optimize rotor orientation for accessing turbines in deep waters. By enhancing the performance and efficiency of offshore wind generation, 2B Energy enables its clients to lower power generation costs while contributing to the production of sustainable energy.
GlassPoint provides solar steam generators to the oil and gas industry for applications such as Enhanced Oil Recovery. It replaces gas-fired steam generation with solar, GlassPoint can reduce EOR gas consumption by up to 80 percent.
The company was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Fremont, California.