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

Ines Bergmann-Nolting

Managing Partner

Yi Jean Chow

Principal

Conor Clifford

Principal

Patrick Elftmann

Partner

Veronique Hördemann

Investor

Felix Krause

Venture Partner

Jan Lozek

Managing Partner

Ohad Mamann

Principal

Natalie Milde

Analyst

Christopher Natter

Principal

Jan Palasinski

Venture Partner

Giancarlo Savini

Principal

Mischa Wetzel

Venture Partner

Past deals in Smart Cities

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.

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.

ShieldIoT

Series A in 2021
ShieldIoT is an Israeli company based in Tel Aviv, founded in 2017, specializing in IoT embedded device-level security solutions. Their flagship product, ShieldIOT, is a technology platform that protects Linux-based devices across IoT networks without requiring changes to the device, application, or network. The platform comprises ShieldCenter, a centralized security management module, and ShieldSupervisor, a device-level agent module. ShieldIoT offers comprehensive security features including application sandboxing, device resource protection, firewall, VPN secured communication, disk encryption, fleet monitoring, and threat prevention. These solutions cater to various industries such as smart homes, healthcare, transportation, retail, and more, enabling manufacturers and operators to secure their devices efficiently without needing extensive development resources or security expertise.

Lumenaza

Series B in 2021
Lumenaza GmbH is a Berlin-based company founded in 2013 that specializes in developing and operating a software-as-a-service platform for the buying and selling of renewable electricity. The company's platform connects producers and consumers of green distributed energy, utilizing sophisticated algorithms to ensure a secure and balanced supply of renewable electricity within regional communities. Lumenaza's software, available since early 2014, supports the management of renewable power plants, balancing groups, and provides real-time energy management data to market participants. The company has collaborated with municipal utilities, energy cooperatives, and project developers to create regional electricity products. In 2016, Lumenaza expanded its offerings to include a modular and highly automated "utility in a box" solution, which encompasses all services typical of an energy service provider.

ShieldIoT

Seed Round in 2019
ShieldIoT is an Israeli company based in Tel Aviv, founded in 2017, specializing in IoT embedded device-level security solutions. Their flagship product, ShieldIOT, is a technology platform that protects Linux-based devices across IoT networks without requiring changes to the device, application, or network. The platform comprises ShieldCenter, a centralized security management module, and ShieldSupervisor, a device-level agent module. ShieldIoT offers comprehensive security features including application sandboxing, device resource protection, firewall, VPN secured communication, disk encryption, fleet monitoring, and threat prevention. These solutions cater to various industries such as smart homes, healthcare, transportation, retail, and more, enabling manufacturers and operators to secure their devices efficiently without needing extensive development resources or security expertise.

Teralytics

Series D in 2019
Teralytics provides insights into mobility needs by applying big data and advanced machine learning to understand travel behavior and operational data. The company develops a data intelligence platform that helps transport operators, planners, and modelers optimize services, forecast demand, and make data-driven decisions. Its solutions enable transportation authorities to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance customer satisfaction while contributing to sustainable mobility by improving journey times, ensuring accessibility, and reducing environmental impact.

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.

GreenCom Networks

Series C in 2019
GreenCom Networks AG is an energy IoT company based in Munich, Germany, with a focus on developing innovative solutions for the energy sector since its founding in 2011. The company operates an Energy Information Brokerage Platform that integrates various distributed energy assets, including solar panels, battery storage, electric vehicles, and heat pumps. Its platform offers several services, such as eibp connect for managing and controlling energy assets, eibp boost for visualizing and optimizing energy flows, eibp mesh for connecting customers to energy communities, eibp empower for developing energy tariffs, and eibp cluster for enhancing the capabilities of distributed assets. By providing these tools, GreenCom Networks enables utilities and energy service companies to improve customer engagement and introduce new digital energy services.

Rydies

Seed Round in 2017
Rydies GmbH is a micro-mobility company based in Hanover, Germany, specializing in bicycle and e-bike rental services. The company operates a comprehensive platform that facilitates bicycle sharing and offers essential services such as parking, charging station information, and bike maintenance. Rydies connects individuals who wish to lend bicycles with those looking to rent them, enhancing urban mobility solutions for short-distance travel. Through its digitalized services, Rydies aims to improve accessibility and efficiency in urban transportation, making it easier for users to find and utilize bicycle and e-bike options in their communities.

aiPod

Seed Round in 2017
aiPod Inc., established in 2017 with headquarters in Pasadena, California, and an additional office in London, develops a platform that integrates autonomous vehicles with city data and transport infrastructure. The company aims to enhance urban mobility by offering safe, affordable, and convenient transportation services, complementing existing systems. Its primary goal is to introduce fleets of automated vehicles onto public streets in collaboration with major cities worldwide.

MotionWerk

Seed Round in 2017
MotionWerk GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Essen, Germany, specializes in developing blockchain-based software solutions for mobility infrastructure. The company offers innovative products such as Share&Charge, a decentralized protocol that facilitates electric vehicle (EV) charging, transactions, and data sharing among users. Additionally, MotionWerk has created the Open Mobility System, which serves as a decentralized and open digital infrastructure for mobility services. It engages in workshops focused on blockchain disruption and provides consulting services to enhance mobility solutions. The company aims to build a robust B2B network that promotes sustainable and shared mobility through green electricity and digital technology. By leveraging its expertise in blockchain, MotionWerk is committed to expanding the EV charging infrastructure and enabling seamless mobility across various transportation means.
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