Sympower

Energy Management · Smart Grid

Overview

Sympower aggregates industrial energy assets into a virtual power plant that balances the electricity grid. Factories earn revenue by shifting consumption within agreed limits. The company is headquartered in Amsterdam and operates across Europe.

Funding and backers

Total raised
$22.7M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$22.7M
Venture round · Nov 2024 · 23 mo ago
Grants
$2.5M
1 grant · CORDIS
The money's age
Due for its next round
23 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
2 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Feb 7, 2025 On the Hacker News front page Baltic countries disconnect from the Russian power grid · 130 points Nov 13, 2024 Raised a round Venture round $22.7M · TNW Sustainability May 1, 2022 Won a grant $2.5M · CORDIS 2015 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.38%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
1
best: 130 points
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Nov 2024 $22.7M — TNW Sustainability
Grant May 2022 $2.5M — CORDIS
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Financials

Total raised
$25.2M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 $22.7M Details
Grant 2022 $2.5M Details

News

News TNW Sustainability 2 years ago
Dutch startup Sympower secures €21M to balance out the energy grid
Electricity grids around the world are struggling to adapt to the influx of renewable energies like wind and solar. Sympower has a fix.
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Amsterdam Netherlands
HQ
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1011TD Amsterdam
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