Future Energy Ventures
Venture capitalBerlin · Seed–Late Stage · 16 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Future Energy Ventures believes the future of energy will be defined by electrification and orchestration as fuel-based systems are replaced by renewable electricity across power, transport, buildings, industry, and digital infrastructure. It backs asset-light, scalable businesses at the intersection of energy and digital technology that help forecast, optimize, store, and coordinate energy. Focus areas span renewable energy systems (storage, grid intelligence, optimization), accelerating electrification of the built environment, mobility, and industry, and frontier technologies such as AI, cybersecurity, robotics, and advanced computing. Its sweet spot is Series A+ companies with proven product-market fit and rapid multi-geography scalability.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 16 people
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What they invest in
from 45 of 54 portfolio companiesEnergy ×27Cleantech ×19SaaS ×19AI & Machine Learning ×17Enterprise Software ×13IoT ×10Climate Tech ×8Cybersecurity ×6
HQs:Germany×10United States×8United Kingdom×3Finland×2Israel×2Austria×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 29 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×112 founders×113 founders×34+ founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 32 founders with education data
Tel Aviv University ×5Universität Innsbruck ×3Hochschule Furtwangen ×2Jerusalem College of Engineering ×2Technische Universität Berlin ×2The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ×2Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche ×2University of British Columbia ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 34 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×10Engineering ×10Computer Science ×9Finance & Accounting ×4Chemistry ×2Physics ×2Social Sciences ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 29 founders with career history
AEye, Inc. ×2APAC Private Equity ×2GetAccept ×2Hayden AI ×2iUNU, Inc. ×2KLEAR Inc. ×2Nodle ×2OSRAM ×2
3 founders hold a PhD · 8 hold an MBA (of 34 with degree data)
Investments · 54 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 52023 · 22022 · 52021 · 22019 · 42018 · 12017 · 22014 · 122 dated
Enervee runs online product-comparison marketplaces that guide households toward energy-efficient and carbon-saving appliances, using its Enervee Score to rank products by efficiency.
CleantechEnergyMarketplacesSanta Monica, US
Matthias H Kurwig(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
BoardDon Epperson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsObvious VenturesSaaS Capital
Akselos provides SPM (Structural Predictive Maintenance) technology that models how operational decisions like ramp rates and startup/shutdown procedures affect stress, fatigue accumulation, and brittle fracture risk in refinery reactors.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Thomas Leurent(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundCastor VenturesElewitGRO CapitalShell Ventures
Bidgely offers UtilityAI, a platform that uses patented energy disaggregation to identify appliance-level usage (such as EVs, HVAC, and heat pumps) from smart meter data alone, without surveys or smart plugs.
AI & Machine LearningEnergySaaS
Abhay Gupta(Chief Executive Officer (CEO))inVivek Garud(Co-Founder & AI Enthusiast)in
Co-investorsConstellation Technology VenturesSnowflake Ventures
BootstrapLabs is a venture capital firm focused on investing in artificial intelligence applications across multiple sectors, including future of work, mobility, health, financial infrastructure, digital infrastructure, and climate & energy.
AI & Machine Learning
Nicolai Wadstrom(Founder)inBenjamin Levy(Founder)in
Buildots Intelligence Lab is a research hub that produces data, standardized performance metrics, and benchmarks for the construction industry.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechData & InfrastructureSaaS
Roy Danon(Founder)inYakir Sudry(Founder)in
Co-investorsConnetic VenturesIntel CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersMaor InvestmentsO.G. Venture PartnersQumra Capital+4 more
Calipsa provides cloud-based AI video analytics that connect to existing analog or IP cameras to detect threats, environmental hazards, loitering, safety risks, and camera health issues.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecuritySaaSLondon, GB
Mohammad Rashid Khan(CEO)inBoris Ploix(CTO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur First
DABBEL optimizes energy consumption in buildings using AI technology to reduce costs and carbon emissions.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergyPropTech
Abel SamaniegoinJavier Ferrein
Co-investorsTarget Global
Doozer is a SaaS platform for managing the renovation of vacant apartments, targeting professional residential property owners with roughly 3,500+ units.
Construction TechPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsBitStone Capital
Polkadot is an open-source proof-of-stake protocol that links independent blockchains for shared security and cross-chain messaging.
Gavin Wood(Founder)
Co-investors1confirmationAdvanced BlockchainAngelONE CapitalArrington CapitalBig Candle CapitalBollinger Investment Group+22 more
Energy Web builds blockchain-based infrastructure and a marketplace (Energy Web X) offering compute pools such as SmartFlow, Carbon-Aware, and GP4BTC for energy and sustainability applications.
CleantechCrypto & Web3Energy
Ed Hesse(Founder)
Co-investors1k(x)1kxAdvanced BlockchainBlackhorn VenturesMerkle Tree CapitalMoonlanding Ventures+3 more
enspired is an energy technology company that operates an AI-powered optimization platform for trading battery energy storage systems (BESS), helping battery asset owners maximize revenues and integrate renewable flexibility into the grid.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergy
Jürgen Mayerhofer(CEO & Co-founder)
Co-investors360 CapitalBerliner Volksbank VenturesEmerald Technology Ventures AgEnBW New Ventures GmbHPUSH VenturesRedstone+2 more
eSmart Systems develops AI-powered software for the digitalization and intelligent asset management of critical energy infrastructure, serving electric utilities.
AI & Machine LearningEnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Nancy Cavanaugh(Chief Financial Officer)in
Co-investorsEnergy Impact Partners
ev.energy provides an API-first intelligent charging platform for energy retailers that manages smart EV charging across residential, commercial, and fleet segments.
CleantechEnergyIoTSaaSSouthampton, GB
Co-investorsBootstrap EuropeEnergy Impact PartnersNational Grid Partners
feld.energy develops, permits, builds, and operates agrivoltaic (Agri-PV) solar installations on farmland, offering farmers turnkey systems with lease, revenue-sharing, or self-operation models to generate additional income while continuing agricultural use.
AgTechCleantechEnergy
Adrian Renner(Co-founder & Managing Director)inLukas Zels(Co-founder & Managing Director)in
Co-investorsAngel InvestAENUHV Capital
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FirstPoint provides cellular cybersecurity solutions for enterprises and government agencies to protect IoT and 5G networks.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaSRaanana, IL
Dror Fixler(Founder & President)inAdam Weinberg(Founder & CTO)inAlon Matzliah(CEO)
GridCare develops AI-powered solutions to optimize energy efficiency and performance for data centers.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechData & InfrastructureEnergy
Co-investorsClearvision VenturesClocktower VenturesSherpalo VenturesStepchangeXoraKleiner Perkins+2 more
2NA FISH develops a spatial RNA detection platform using nanostructure-enhanced probes for oncology research and pathology workflows.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechCloud ComputingCybersecurityMedical DevicesEssen, DE
Dr. Tobias LieberumPrabhakar MishraChristina Port(Founder and CEO)
Co-investorsGF BRYCK VenturesVenture Stars
Heliatek develops and manufactures HeliaSol, an IEC-certified organic photovoltaic solar film that is lightweight, flexible, and adheres to building surfaces and other structures without drilling.
CleantechEnergyNew MaterialsDresden, DE
Karl Leo(Gründungsmitglied)Martin Pfeiffer(Gründungsmitglied)Bert Männig(Gründungsmitglied)Peter Bäuerle(Gründungsmitglied)Jens Drechsel(Gründungsmitglied)Harald Eggers(Gründungsmitglied)
Co-investorseCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERSENGIE New VenturesSIB Innovations- und BeteiligungsgesellschaftAQTON SEEuropean Investment BankHTGF
Hololight provides a centralized platform for hosting, managing, and streaming AR and VR applications to enterprise headsets from cloud or on-premises infrastructure.
Deep TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSaaSInnsbruck, AT
Florian HaspingerinAlexander WerlbergerinSusanne HaspingerinLuis BollingerinIsabella Dopplerin
BoardAndreas König
Co-investorsBayern KapitalCipio PartnersEnBW New Ventures GmbH
Hubject provides intercharge CPO, a platform that connects EV charging station operators with hundreds of eMobility charging service providers and their customers worldwide, enabling seamless access, payments, and discovery of charging infrastructure.
CleantechEnergyMobility & TransportationSaaSBerlin, DE
Christian HahninCarsten Puhlin
Co-investorsBosch
Intertrust builds trust and interoperability infrastructure for interconnected systems, focused on securing data exchange across open networks.
CybersecurityEnergyIoTSunnyvale, US
Talal Shamoon(Executive Officer, Director)inMatthew Glotzer(Executive Officer)inWilliam Rainey(Executive Officer)Florian Kolb(Director)inMark Khalil(Director)Stephanie van Wermeskerken(Director)
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersStreamlined Ventures
Jua develops an AI agent that models physics and optimization to simulate and improve physical systems at scale, starting with energy pricing and grid optimization across global markets, and expanding to materials discovery, aerospace design, and drug development.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechDeep TechEnergy
Co-investorsMetaGGFGreen Generation Fund468 CapitalAnanda Impact Ventures
Libryo provides a software platform that identifies and tracks environmental, health, and safety (EHS) legal and regulatory obligations across multiple jurisdictions for businesses.
Climate TechEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaS
Garth Watson(Founder)in
Co-investorsKickstart InnovationForce Over Mass CapitalNextlaw Labs
Lumenaza provides a SaaS platform for energy utilities, suppliers, and new market entrants to manage direct marketing, billing, customer relationships, and grid operations in the German energy market.
EnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBerlin, DE
Bernhard Böhmer(Founder)inDr. Christian Chudoba(CEO)
Co-investorsEnBW New Ventures GmbHFirst Imagine!IBB Ventures
SOLshare is a climate-tech company in Bangladesh that builds peer-to-peer solar electricity trading networks through its SOLbazaar platform, connecting rural households with and without solar home systems.
CleantechEnergyImpact & Social Good
Mojio offers a hardware-agnostic connected car platform and branded mobile apps for automotive OEMs, supporting both embedded (TCU/CCU) and retrofit (OBD-II) telematics devices.
AI & Machine LearningIoTMobility & TransportationSaaSVancouver, CA
Jay GiraudinNarayan SainaneyinDavid ShoreinKenny Hawk(CEO)inRichard WoodruffinOlivier(CFO)
Co-investors500 GlobalCerity Partners VenturesKensington Capital Partners LimitedRelay Ventures
Nuventura develops SF₆-free medium voltage gas-insulated switchgear that uses pure dry-air insulation as an alternative to conventional SF₆-based GIS.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyHardware
Co-investorsADB VenturesFORWARD.one
Care Daily provides an ambient operating system that uses AI assistants and camera-free ambient sensing to monitor sleep, daily activity, and safety in residents' homes, turning those signals into longevity, property protection, energy, and security services.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechIoTPalo Alto, US
Gene Wang(Executive Officer, Director)David Moss(Executive Officer, Director)David R. Lee(Executive Officer)
BoardGregory McCarthy(Director)Josh Becker(Director)Will Graylin(Director)
Piclo operates a marketplace platform connecting flexibility sellers (EV operators, battery providers, and distributed energy resource aggregators) with buyers (utilities, system operators, energy retailers) across the USA, Europe, and Australia.
B2B MarketplacesCleantechClimate TechEnergyMarketplaces
James Johnston(Founder)in
Co-investorsBethnal Green VenturesClean Growth FundSustainable Future Ventures
Prisma Photonics develops optical fiber sensing technology combined with machine learning to monitor large-scale infrastructure assets for utilities and infrastructure operators.
Deep TechEnergyIoT
Co-investorsi3 PartnersINcapital VenturesSE VenturesAdara Ventures
Qmerit operates a nationwide network of vetted, certified electricians in North America and connects homeowners and businesses with them for EV charger installation and other electrification projects, managing the work end to end.
B2B MarketplacesCleantechEnergyMarketplacesMobility & TransportationIrvine, US
Tracy K Price(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inRichard Sandfer(Executive Officer)
BoardVictoria Grace(Director)Greg Martin(Director)Mark Heaney(Director)Richard Troop(Director)
Co-investorsFrontier Venture CapitalSE VenturesBTECH CONSORTIUM
Reel is a B2B electricity supplier, energy trader, and balancing-responsible party that turns corporate electricity demand into a driver of renewable energy buildout.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Jon Sigvert(CEO, Co-founder)inAnders Meldgaard(CCO, Co-founder)inChristian Schmidt(CTO, Co-founder)in
Co-investorsUVC Partnersfoobar.vcThe Footprint Firm
Shield-IoT provides an agent-less, AI-powered SaaS platform for securing IoT, operational technology, and IT networks through asset visibility and threat management.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityIoTSaaS
Udi Solomon(Founder)inNoam(Sales Leader)Motty(VP R&D)Shani(CFO)
Co-investorsBloc VenturesJoule VenturesNextLeap VenturesTachles VCAkamai TechnologiesDIVEdigital+2 more
Sight Machine develops AI agents that optimize manufacturing operations by analyzing industrial data, connecting production systems, and providing autonomous recommendations to improve output and reduce waste.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Jon Sobel(Chief Executive Officer and President)inNathan Oostendorp(Secretary and Treasurer)
BoardAdrian Fortino(Director)inMark Jacobsen(Director)Roger Ehrenberg(Director)
Co-investorsDnx VentureseLab VenturesFundersClubHuron River VenturesMercury FundMomenta Ventures+3 more
SkenarioLabs provides data infrastructure and asset-level intelligence for real estate finance institutions, quantifying climate risk, capital requirements, and future property valuations across European markets.
Climate TechData & InfrastructureFintechPropTechEspoo, FI
Topi Tiihonen(Founder)in
Co-investorsTechstars
Solarize offers a cloud-based, API-first billing platform for decentralized energy business models such as tenant electricity (Mieterstrom), community building supply, energy sharing, and on-site PPAs.
CleantechEnergySaaSStuttgart, DE
Andi Weiß(Co-Founder & Head of Product)inFlorian Feigenbutz(Co-Founder & Information Security)inFrederik Pfisterer(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsPICUS CAPITALPoint Nine
Station A provides software and services that help commercial building owners and portfolio managers evaluate buildings, identify clean energy project opportunities such as onsite solar, and connect with qualified developers and buyers to execute those projects.
CleantechClimate TechEnergySan Francisco, US
KEVIN BERKEMEYER(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardGEORDAN HANKINSON(Director)inEMILY KIRSCH(Director)in
Co-investorsBuilding VenturesClimacticSE VenturesSystemiq CapitalPowerhouse VenturesRenewal Funds+2 more
tado° makes smart thermostats and AI-powered energy management products for home heating systems including radiators, underfloor heating, boilers, and heat pumps, plus dynamic electricity supply based on real-time prices.
CleantechEnergyIoT
Co-investorsAster CapitalBayern KapitalInven CapitalLBBW Venture Capital GmbHS2G Investments
TechSee provides visual AI and AR-powered customer service solutions that enable remote support agents, field technicians, and customers to see and troubleshoot issues in real-time.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
Eitan Cohen(Founder)inAmir Yoffe(Founder)in
Co-investorsPlanven Entrepreneur VenturesOurCrowdSalesforce VenturesScale Venture PartnersTELUS Ventures
Co-investorsHorizons VenturesShift4Good
Teralytics analyzes human mobility patterns using machine learning and big data to provide insights into transportation and movement trends.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareGovTechMobility & Transportation
Georg Polzer(Cofounder)
Co-investorsBeyond1435 GmbHBosch VenturesDeutsche Bahn Digital VenturesLBBW Venture Capital GmbHRobert Bosch Venture CapitalAtomico+2 more
Thermondo installs heat pumps, photovoltaic systems, and energy management solutions for homeowners in Germany, handling planning, government subsidy applications, and installation as a complete package.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyBerlin, DE
Philipp Pausder(Founder)inClimate Tech Energy Philipp Pausder(Founder)Florian Tetzlaff(Co-Founder (former managing director))Kristofer Fichtner(Co-Founder (former managing director))in
Co-investorsEneco VenturesMutschler VenturesPICUS CAPITALVorwerk Ventures10x FoundersHoltzbrinck Ventures+2 more
Vicarius vRx is a vulnerability remediation platform for enterprise IT and security teams that prioritizes CVE findings based on exploit probability, active exploitation status, and environmental reachability rather than CVSS scores alone.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Roi Cohen(Founder)inMichael Assraf(Founder)inYossi Ze'evi(Founder)inYossi Zeevi(Founder)
Co-investorsAllegisCyber CapitalAlleyCorpBright Pixel CapitalKesha VenturesLiquidity CapitalMars Growth Capital+3 more
Vinli develops subscription-based software and IoT solutions for fleet and insurance organizations to optimize mobility and transportation operations.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareIoTMobility & TransportationDallas, US
Mark Haidar(Founder & Chairman)Matt Himelfarb(CEO)Vann Walke(CTO)Ray Hernandez(Chief Creative Officer)
Co-investorsThe Westly Group
Virta provides roaming management software that enables charging station operators to connect their infrastructure to a network of hundreds of thousands of charge points across 35+ countries.
CleantechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareFintechMobility & TransportationSaaSHelsinki, FI
Juhani Hintikka(CEO)in
Co-investorsJolt CapitalObvious VenturesVenrockVertex GrowthHelen VenturesREDMILE+2 more
Co-investorsAcario InnovationEvergy Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
BigchainDBChloris GeospatialeSmart SystemHoponReel
Exits · 2
2 acquisitions · showing 1Thermondoacq. by Brookfield Infrastructure
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Akselos · sustainablebusinessmagazine.net · Sep 9, 2026
Piclo · techfundingnews.com · Aug 19, 2026
DOT · aashtojournal.transportation.org · Jul 31, 2026
Lumenaza · trysignalbase.com · Jul 24, 2026
bidgely · economictimes.indiatimes.com · Apr 5, 2026
Feld Energy · munich-startup.de · Sep 19, 2025
Thermondo · finsmes.com · Jul 21, 2025
Holo-light · finsmes.com · Jul 11, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Future Energy Ventures made?
- Future Energy Ventures has 54 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Future Energy Ventures invest at?
- Future Energy Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Future Energy Ventures's typical check size?
- Future Energy Ventures typically writes checks of $1.1M – $11M.
- What sectors does Future Energy Ventures focus on?
- Future Energy Ventures focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Construction Tech, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Energy, Hardware, IoT, Mobility & Transportation, New Materials, PropTech, Robotics.
- Where is Future Energy Ventures located?
- Future Energy Ventures is headquartered in Berlin, DE.
- Does Future Energy Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Future Energy Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Future Energy Ventures co-invest with?
- Future Energy Ventures most often shares deals with EnBW New Ventures GmbH, SE Ventures, Bayern Kapital, among 133 tracked co-investors.
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