Future Energy Ventures Fund II

About Future Energy Ventures Fund II

Berlin-based second fund at €235M total (main fund €205M + €30M Italy vehicle). Backs ~20-25 Series A/B startups in digital energy transition technologies.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionGermany

Funding StageSeries A

Industry Focus

Climate Sustainability

Energy Tech

Investor Signals Profile

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Sweet Spot

Digital asset-light energy-tech founder, Series A+, PMF proven, Europe/USA/Israel

digital-energy

asset-light-climatetech

grid-intelligence

industrial-decarbonisation

energy-SaaS

smart-cities

frontier-tech-AI-blockchain

agri-photovoltaics

tenant-electricity-software

future-mobility-V2X

cybersecurity-resilience

VPPs-distributed-generation

smart-buildings

IoT-edge-quantum

Bullish Signals

€235M Fund II closed, exceeding initial €205M target with expanded LP baseblog

EU policy, VC capital and industrial demand aligned for digital energy scale-upblog

Fund targets Europe's strongest growth category: energy-tech 2026–2030blog

Led enspired Series B extension — AI BESS optimizationwebsite

Led Chloris Geospatial Series A — nature-based climate solutionswebsite

Ticket range €1–10M; board seat targeted every dealwebsite

E.ON SE anchor LP; 20+ global corporate strategic partnerswebsite

Led Solarize round — tenant electricity SaaS, Feb 2026website

Participated feld.energy €10M seed — agri-PV category creatorwebsite

Teams in Germany, Silicon Valley, Israel — tri-market coveragewebsite

10–20% equity target — standard institutional sizingwebsite

Strategic LPs: AEP, Shell, TEPCO, Deutsche Telekom, BASF, Bosch+website

LP network spans Asia, North America, Middle East, Europewebsite

Integrated collaboration platform + recruiting support offeredwebsite

Continuous LP business-unit exchange — E.ON innovation pipelinewebsite

Contrarian Signals

Explicitly rejects capex-heavy infrastructure; software-only preferredblog

Hardware-bound climate models seen as too slow-cycle for Fund IIblog

Board seat required — high governance involvement expectedwebsite

Lead role case-by-case — not guaranteed co-lead friendlywebsite

Non-energy SaaS unlikely — energy-adjacency mandatorywebsite

Founder Do's

Pitch software-led, asset-light business models with clear scalability

Demonstrate near-term revenue and utility/corporate adoption potential

Show relevance to grid flexibility, demand-response or industrial decarbonisation

Target Europe, UK, Israel or North America with cross-border ambition

Align with corporate energy partners (E.ON, AEP, Shell etc.) as early customers

Founder Don'ts

Avoid hardware-heavy or capex-intensive infrastructure plays

Do not pitch long hardware-cycle models without software layer

Avoid pre-Series A without clear product-market-fit evidence

Key GPs & Partners

Future Energy Ventures Team

General Partner

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€205M

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Key People

Future Energy Ventures

Future Energy Ventures TeamGeneral Partner