Future Energy Ventures

Founded in 2020, Future Energy Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Essen, Germany. It invests globally in early-stage startups focusing on digital and digitally enabled technologies within the energy sector.

Konrad Augustin

Partner

Yi Jean Chow

Principal

Patrick Elftmann

Partner

Veronique Hördemann

Investor

Jan Lozek

Managing Partner

Past deals in Electric Grid

eSmart Systems

Venture Round in 2024
Founded in 2012, eSmart Systems develops AI-driven software solutions for the energy industry. Its cloud-born platform collects and analyzes vast data quantities from sensors in real-time, enabling optimized energy decisions, resource savings, and predictive maintenance. The company offers tailored solutions for utilities and applications for consumers, with a focus on global markets.

Piclo

Venture Round in 2024
Piclo operates an independent energy marketplace that makes electricity grids smarter, more flexible, and sustainable. Its platform enables renewable generators, battery owners, and electric vehicles to provide local flexibility to distribution networks, helping utilities balance the grid, integrate renewable energy, and reduce costs while improving resilience. The marketplace promotes participation and standardization to level the playing field and accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future.

Prisma Photonics

Series C in 2023
Prisma Photonics Ltd. is a company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, that specializes in developing advanced fiber sensing solutions for critical large-scale infrastructure. Founded in 2017 by a team with expertise in lasers, optical fibers, algorithms, and machine learning, the company focuses on monitoring various infrastructures such as highways, railroads, pipelines, power lines, and bridges. Prisma Photonics employs innovative optical fiber technology that enhances sensitivity and classification capabilities, allowing for effective monitoring without the need for traditional sensors. By integrating hyper-scan fiber-sensing technology with machine learning, the company aids utility operators in achieving their environmental and renewable energy objectives while maintaining operational efficiency in their pursuit of net-zero emissions. Currently, Prisma Photonics is in the commercial deployment stage of its products.

Nuventura

Series A in 2023
Nuventura GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in the design and development of gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) technology. The company has innovated a solution that replaces sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) with dry air, maintaining the advantages of traditional SF6 switchgear while significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Nuventura's technology is compatible with existing IEC standards, allowing industries to effectively control, protect, and isolate electrical equipment while monitoring the health of the switchgear. This advancement positions Nuventura as a key player in promoting sustainable practices within the global energy sector.

Ev.energy

Series B in 2023
Ev.energy is a London-based company established in 2018, specializing in smart charging software for electric vehicles (EVs). Its platform optimizes EV charging during off-peak hours, tracks energy usage and costs, supports solar energy integration, and enables drivers to schedule and monitor charging via an app, thereby reducing both costs and carbon emissions.

Virta

Private Equity Round in 2023
Virta is a company that specializes in managing electric vehicle charging services on various scales, providing a comprehensive solution for both charging networks and businesses. Its offerings encompass the entire value chain, connecting electric vehicle drivers, charging points, and the energy system to facilitate seamless charging experiences. By utilizing a user-friendly mobile application or tag, clients can easily identify and access charging stations. Virta aims to enhance the adoption of electric mobility by delivering high-quality charging services that meet the needs of users while also helping real estate and other businesses differentiate themselves in the market.

Piclo

Series B in 2023
Piclo operates an independent energy marketplace that makes electricity grids smarter, more flexible, and sustainable. Its platform enables renewable generators, battery owners, and electric vehicles to provide local flexibility to distribution networks, helping utilities balance the grid, integrate renewable energy, and reduce costs while improving resilience. The marketplace promotes participation and standardization to level the playing field and accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future.

eSmart Systems

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2012, eSmart Systems develops AI-driven software solutions for the energy industry. Its cloud-born platform collects and analyzes vast data quantities from sensors in real-time, enabling optimized energy decisions, resource savings, and predictive maintenance. The company offers tailored solutions for utilities and applications for consumers, with a focus on global markets.

Ev.energy

Series A in 2022
Ev.energy is a London-based company established in 2018, specializing in smart charging software for electric vehicles (EVs). Its platform optimizes EV charging during off-peak hours, tracks energy usage and costs, supports solar energy integration, and enables drivers to schedule and monitor charging via an app, thereby reducing both costs and carbon emissions.

Prisma Photonics

Series B in 2022
Prisma Photonics Ltd. is a company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, that specializes in developing advanced fiber sensing solutions for critical large-scale infrastructure. Founded in 2017 by a team with expertise in lasers, optical fibers, algorithms, and machine learning, the company focuses on monitoring various infrastructures such as highways, railroads, pipelines, power lines, and bridges. Prisma Photonics employs innovative optical fiber technology that enhances sensitivity and classification capabilities, allowing for effective monitoring without the need for traditional sensors. By integrating hyper-scan fiber-sensing technology with machine learning, the company aids utility operators in achieving their environmental and renewable energy objectives while maintaining operational efficiency in their pursuit of net-zero emissions. Currently, Prisma Photonics is in the commercial deployment stage of its products.

Ev.energy

Series A in 2021
Ev.energy is a London-based company established in 2018, specializing in smart charging software for electric vehicles (EVs). Its platform optimizes EV charging during off-peak hours, tracks energy usage and costs, supports solar energy integration, and enables drivers to schedule and monitor charging via an app, thereby reducing both costs and carbon emissions.

Nuventura

Venture Round in 2021
Nuventura GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in the design and development of gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) technology. The company has innovated a solution that replaces sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) with dry air, maintaining the advantages of traditional SF6 switchgear while significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Nuventura's technology is compatible with existing IEC standards, allowing industries to effectively control, protect, and isolate electrical equipment while monitoring the health of the switchgear. This advancement positions Nuventura as a key player in promoting sustainable practices within the global energy sector.

eSmart Systems

Venture Round in 2019
Founded in 2012, eSmart Systems develops AI-driven software solutions for the energy industry. Its cloud-born platform collects and analyzes vast data quantities from sensors in real-time, enabling optimized energy decisions, resource savings, and predictive maintenance. The company offers tailored solutions for utilities and applications for consumers, with a focus on global markets.

gridX

Series A in 2018
gridX develops an energy platform that connects distributed generation, storage, and consumption to optimize energy flows and form a decentralised, vendor-neutral virtual power plant. The platform enables intelligent control of generation assets and household energy flows, with integration of smart home solutions, and serves as a digital provider for decentralized energy. Founded in 2016 and based in Aachen, Germany, gridX aims to make renewable energies accessible and affordable while helping users reduce electricity costs and enable the energy transition. By linking millions of small producers and consumers on its platform, gridX creates transparency, efficiency, and resilience in energy systems while supporting scalable, local energy management.
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