Our 2025 Impact Report
Our impact report for 2024, detailing the milestones achieved by SET and our portfolio
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SET leads metergrid’s €10m Series A – largest growth financing for tenant electricity in Germany
Stuttgart-based energytech startup, metergrid, has closed an oversubscribed Series A financing round of €10 million, the largest growth financing to date in the German tenant electricity (Mieterstrom)…
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Optics11 secures 25 million from EIB
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €25 million venture debt financing agreement with SET portfolio company and Dutch fibre-optic sensor innovator, Optics11. The company…
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SET invests in AI platform Spoor for biodiversity protection in wind energy
SET Ventures is proud to announce that it has led an €8M Series A investment round in Spoor. Spoor is an Oslo-based startup that leverages AI…
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Easelink co-founds consortium with Audi, Nissan & Voyah for automated conductive charging
Today, SET portfolio company Easelink, alongside automotive giants Audi, Nissan and Voyah, has announced the establishment of the Matrix Charging Interest Group (MCIG). The group is…
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65 EU impact funds call on the EU to create new ‘Impact/Solutions’ category in SFDR revision
#UnitedforImpact, a coalition of 65 impact investment funds across 17 European countries, together with Impact Europe, is urging the European Commission to use the revision of…
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fd. | AI and machine learning were made for solving grid congestion
Due to an overcrowded power grid, businesses are queuing for energy connections. Tibo Energy founder Remco Eikhout raised €9 million to unlock the country with AI.…
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Tibo Energy raises €6 million to expand to Germany and Belgium
SET portfolio company, Tibo Energy has raised €6 million in Seed funding to expand into Germany and Belgium and further scale its technology. Tibo is a…
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SET Ventures invests in Enrise to slash solar costs for commercial real estate
SET Ventures has invested in Enrise, a next-generation solar developer specialising in self-consumption for commercial and industrial (C&I) real estate. The €8 million funding round was…
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SET invests in Optics11 to protect Europe’s critical energy infrastructure
Optics11, a Dutch deeptech scale-up that builds advanced fibre optic sensing solutions, announced a €17 million funding round as Europe’s infrastructure faces mounting pressure and exposure. The round was led by Dutch energytech fund, SET Ventures and deeptech investor FORWARD.one. With contributions from Join Capital, who provides significant defence sector experience, and long-term investor Value Creation Capital (VCC). This powerful syndicate positions the company to scale its cutting-edge solutions and protect Europe’s vital infrastructure from increasing threats. Rising threats demand immediate action “The vulnerabilities facing Europe’s infrastructure today demand immediate…
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vilisto launches new software for intelligent hydronic balancing
Intelligent adaptive hydronic balancing for non-residential buildings is the latest technology from Hamburg-based energy-saving company vilisto. The company has developed software that is installed on its self-learning thermostats and automatically performs hydronic balancing. This is a tried-and-tested measure for adjusting water-based heating systems to suit the respective building and ensuring even heat distribution in all rooms. Thanks to the software, this is now done automatically and within minutes instead of days or even weeks, as is usually the case with analog balancing. Its effectiveness has been confirmed by a certificate…
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SET hires new Venture Partner Sarah Chapman
SET Ventures has appointed Sarah Chapman as a Venture Partner to source the UK’s best energy startups and partner with founders to scale their companies into…
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Easelink awarded €11.5 million funding to advance automated EV charging standardisation
The European Innovation Council (EIC) has awarded Easelink €11.5 million in funding for its pioneering EV Matrix Charging® technology. This financial support underlines the strategic fit…
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Today, SET Ventures joined a climate coalition of 102 investors, startups and other stakeholders led by Cleantech for Europe in signing an open letter addressed to…
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SET Ventures exits Sensorfact to ABB
SET Ventures has exited Sensorfact to ABB. Acquiring Sensorfact, a fast-growing energy management company headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands, will further expand ABB’s digital energy management offering.…
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Frequenz raises additional €10 million to scale its AI platform for energy management
Frequenz, an AI platform for autonomous energy management, has raised a €10 million follow-on financing round. Cape Capital, SET Ventures, Enkraft and existing investors participated in…
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The fitness tracker for heating systems: vilisto now pinpoints energy waste in real time
The Consumption and Energy Saving Monitor (CSM) is the latest innovation from vilisto to make the proptech company’s smart thermostats even smarter. The new software pinpoints…
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Etpa raise 5.5 million to expand into France, Belgium and Austria
Etpa, a designated European Power Exchange for the short-term electricity markets, has announced it has raised 5.5 million euros in new capital to further expand its…
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Easelink raise new funding from Verbund
Easelink, has raised €1.5 million in new funding led by VERBUND X Ventures. VERBUND X Ventures, the corporate venture capital unit of Austrian energy company VERBUND,…
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Minds from Audi, Mercedes and BCG join Easelink’s Advisory Circle
Easelink's advisory circle is expanding! With Matrix Charging® Easelink is set to establish the new industry standard for automated charging. To drive the adoption of this standard, Easelink has formed an Industry Advisory Circle, comprising: Axel Strotbek – former CFO of AUDI AG. Konstantin Neiß – Director Transmissions & eDrivetrain R&D at MERCEDES AG. Thomas Dauner – former Senior Partner and Global Lead of Industrial and Automotive Goods Practice at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) These top-class industry experts, who also have personally invested in Easelink, will now help to leverage the…
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