SunRoof, a Swedish-Polish start-up developing fully solar 2-in-1 roofs and facades as well as solutions to support smart energy management, raised €2 million in a late seed round for product development and global expansion. This is the first financing round in which EIT InnoEnergy has participated along with other VC funds. Read More

EIT InnoEnergy, the European innovation engine for sustainable energy, has crowned Woola the winner of PowerUp! The start-up has been awarded a €50,000 cash prize and a place on its coveted investment programme – the Highway for its eco-friendly bubble wrap solution made from sheep’s wool. Woola was established at the end of… Read More

InnoEnergy, has recently invested in a Polish startup called Wheelme, which aggregates the services of shared mobility services on a single map.The Wheelme app is meant to be a tool which shows people that you don’t need to own a car to get to your destination quickly and comfortably. The startup wants to actively promote forms of urban transport which reduce exhaust fumes, resource consumption and noise levels. Read More

The results from the fifth edition of InnoEnergy’s PowerUp! competition – which saw participation from over 300 start-ups from 24 countries across Central and Eastern Europe – have now been announced. Danubia NanoTech from Slovakia was named the overall winner by the judges following a close battle with its rivals… Read More

InnoEnergy and ConnectPoint agreed to cooperate closely on the development of ConnectPoint’s Smartvee, the solution  for meter data quality assurance. Additionally, InnoEnergy decided to provide financial support to develop and promote Smartvee on the European market. The investment and various network of contacts allows Smartvee to accelerate its growth and… Read More

Verv, the Google-mentored start-up behind a cutting-edge smart energy hub and green electricity sharing platform, today announced that it has raised over £6.5 million in its Series A round led by environmental fund Earthworm. Read More

SolarWorX is the winner of the very first Startup Award by SolarPower Europe, which was presented in Munich, Germany on 4 December 2018. The competition aimed to find innovative solutions and business ideas among early-stage ventures for the solar industry and the InnoEnergy startup convinced the jury with their modular solar… Read More

The “US Landing” programme intends to smooth the entry in the US through a 3-month stay at one of InnoEnergy’s partner energy accelerators, members of Incubatenergy, a network of 14 clean energy focused accelerators across the US. Within the programme, start-ups have the access to services such as introductions to… Read More