Smart Energy Innovation Fund

Profile and portfolio

Parent Energie 360° AGHQ Zurich, SwitzerlandFounded 2015

Smart Energy Innovation Fund is the corporate venture arm of Energie 360° AG, an energy company. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland. It invests from pre-seed to seed. Sectors it names: climate and energy, mobility and automotive.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Pre-seed to Seed

Data behind this graphic

Data behind this graphic
Item	Value
Stage range	Pre-seed to Seed
Sectors	Climate and energy, Mobility and automotive
Geography	Europe
Offices	Zurich, Switzerland

Sources: S1 Smart Energy Innovation Fund page.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland
Offices: Zurich, Switzerland

Investment regionsS1

Europe

LeadersS1

Ruth HappersbergerHead of Strategy and Corporate Investment; Chair of the Investment CommitteeFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Metin ZermanInvestment ManagerFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Demis AcrostelliInvestment ManagerFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Phillippe HonsbergInvestment ManagerFind on LinkedIn Firm page

Smart Energy Innovation Fund on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Energie 360° AG	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Energy and utilities	Single source	S1
Founded	2015	Single source	S2
Headquarters	Zurich, Switzerland	Single source	S1
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Stages	Pre-seed, Seed	Single source	S1

For founders

Item	What the firm says	Source
Stages	Pre-seed, Seed	S1
Check size	CHF 500,000 to CHF 3M	S1

Notable outcomes

IPOs and acquisitions of portfolio companies. Price shown only where published.

Company	Type	Year	Acquirer or exchange	Source
Liquind 24/7	Acquisition	2021	Vitol	S1
Luftmeister	Acquisition	2022	Danpower	S1

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 15 companies.S1

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

6 companies on the Smart Energy Innovation Fund portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Smartworks Innovation	2	Necture, Enerthing
VERBUND X Ventures	1	Necture
ALIAD	1	Distran
Baker Hughes New Frontiers	1	Electrochaea
Carmeuse Ventures	1	Planeteers
Aramco Ventures	1	Ucaneo

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the Smart Energy Innovation Fund list

15 companies, as listed on the firm's own website: 13 listed, 2 exited.S1 Read the firm's list.

Listed 13

Brineworks
ChargeX
Distran
Electrochaea
Enerthing
Insolight
Necture
Planeteers
Service4Charger
Stabl Energy
Suena
Ubiq
Ucaneo

Exited 2

Liquind 24/7
Luftmeister

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website www.energie360.ch/en/company/innovation-fund/

Sources

Disclaimer and corrections

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