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Make your business case happen bigger, sooner, and safer

An idea is just an idea. Until it’s real

De-risking clean tech innovation for global impact

Grow your company to become a commercial success that drives impact on a global scale. As your trusted partner, we provide the support you need – from assessing and finetuning your business plan, connecting you with customers to further developing your technology and access to private and public funding. Our team of experts works with you hands-on, embedded in our trusted clean tech innovation ecosystem.

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Most active VC investor globally in energy*

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*Pitchbook’s Annual League Table 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024

Investment focus

We invest in people with high-impact solutions advancing the clean energy transition – be it CAPEX-heavy hardware solutions or software, FOAK technologies or business model innovations.

 

Our focus is on:

  • A complementary, diverse and execution-driven team
  • Fields related to clean tech
  • Companies with at least a proof of concept/prototype
  • Early-stage development
  • Mainly Europe, but also USA and Japan

The largest and most trusted clean energy innovation ecosystem

Our ecosystem in action for you

Access our trusted clean tech innovation ecosystem of 1,400+ partners spanning industry, finance, public policy, and academia to accelerate time-to-market, de-risk, and increase the impact of your innovation.

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Support that scales with you

We are your sparring partner to co-create your roadmap for success and help you implement it. Gain access to the right investors, market and technology expertise, customers, supply chain partners, talent, and more. With our holistic industrialisation approach and deep, hands-on experience in growing clean tech to industrial scale, we make your business case happen bigger, sooner, and safer.

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Areas we work in

Energy storage

The way we generate, transmit and distribute power is changing. Energy storage has a vital role to play in the transition to a sustainable energy system.

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Energy for transport and mobility

The transport and mobility sector is responsible for about 1/3 of Europe’s energy consumption and about 1/4 of overall greenhouse gas emissions. This thematic field plays a significant role in the transition of the energy system of the EU. The need for a transition to an energy efficient and clean transport and mobility sector.

Learn more about our startups in energy for transport and mobility

Decarbonising the industry

InnoEnergy works in the decarbonisation of energy intensive industries (cement, steel, chemical and fertilisers, aluminium, glass and refining). These industris account for 20% of Europe’s GDP and employ 18 million people in Europe, but they are source of CO2 emissions. Enabling their transition to net zero is key to ensure Europe’s competitiveness.

Learn more about our initiatives for decarbonising the industry

Smart electric grid

The electricity grid is increasingly becoming a critical part of the transition to a sustainable energy system. Increased use, intermittent generation sources, and new regulations put strain on the system. Therefore, we are encouraging new solutions that enable the hosting of new services, technologies and business models. We also support enhanced cyber-security and critical infrastructure protection.

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Renewable energy

Renewable energy sources play an essential role in reducing dependence on fossil fuels and creating energy autonomy.

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Energy for circular economy

The Energy for Circular Economy thematic field focuses on conversion processes and complete conversion routes from fossil, biogenic and waste resources to final energy carriers and chemicals. This includes: resources, conversion processes, transport, storage and utilisation of energy carriers and allocation of chemicals.

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Energy efficiency

Reducing consumption at home and at work is still the most cost-effective way to reduce carbon emissions and improve energy security and competitiveness. We are encouraging innovation in energy efficiency in buildings and in the industry: two areas that together account for more than 50 per cent of the EU’s energy consumption, and at least 33 per cent of its CO2 emissions.

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Recognitions

#1 most active VC investor globally in energy

Pitchbook’s Annual League Table 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024

#1 top early-stage “energy transition” investor

Pitchbook’s “Archetypal Investing into Climate Tech” 2015-2021

#2 global top VC firms and impact investors

Global Startup Ecosystem Report: Cleantech by Startup Genome 2021