ABB Ventures
VC Fund
Zürich, Switzerland
ABB Ventures is a VC fund in Zürich focused on Software and Energy. ABB Ventures, the business-led venture capital investment framework of ABB, looks for breakthrough technology companies aligned with ABB’s goal to write the future of industrial electrification and automation. Since its formation in 2009, ABB Ventures, formerly known as ABB Technology Ventures (ATV), has deployed around $500 million into startups spanning a range of sectors including robotics, industrial IoT, AI/machine learning, energy transition, cybersecurity, electric mobility, smart buildings, and distributed energy. For more information, visit www.abb.com/ventures Feel free to reach out to our business-led venture capital teams: • ABB Robotics & Automation Ventures (ABB RA Ventures) • ABB Electrification Ventures (ABB EL Ventures) • ABB Motion Ventures (ABB MO Ventures)
- Total investments:
- 74
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 43%
Last updated:
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Industries ABB Ventures invests in
Stages ABB Ventures invests in
Countries ABB Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $3.3M–$20M
- Series B
- $7M–$60M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 16 (22%)
- Energy 13 (18%)
- Robotics 11 (15%)
- Renewable Energy 11 (15%)
- Artificial Intelligence 10 (14%)
Stage
- Series B 16 (22%)
- Series A 15 (20%)
- Funding Round 12 (16%)
- Seed 7 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 7 (9%)
Country
- United States 23 (31%)
- United Kingdom 6 (8%)
- Canada 4 (5%)
- Israel 4 (5%)
- Switzerland 4 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kurt Kaltenegger
Group Vice President / Head of Technology
|
Group Vice President / Head of Technology | Total investments: 5 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| LevelTen Energy is a company that provides renewable transaction infrastructure. It connects renewable energy buyers, advisors, and sellers and gives them the tools and services they need to get better deals done faster. Its technology-enabled marketplace connects a broader class of C & I to utility-scale projects. | Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 06, 2026 | ||
| Gridcog develops software for modeling and simulating energy projects to support planning, design, and investment analysis across distributed and renewable energy systems. Its platform enables users to evaluate the technical and commercial performance of projects involving solar energy, battery storage, wind power, electric vehicle charging,hydrogen, and other flexible energy assets under different operating and market conditions. The software supports energy developers, utilities, consultants, property owners, and other organizations in assessing project feasibility, comparing design scenarios, and analyzing energy system performance. Gridcog also provides tools for modeling multi-site, multi-asset, and multi-region energy projects, helping users understand the interactions between energy resources, electricity markets, and grid constraints. The company focuses on delivering data-driven simulation capabilities that assist organizations in making informed decisions throughout the planning and development of energy infrastructure. | $9.4M / Series A / Jul 10, 2026 | ||
| OKTO GRID offers a solution to assist the energy industry in digitizing assets in a simple manner while keeping critical assets operational. OKTO GRID provides an IoT device that collects non-invasive operation critical data from electricity-generating or distributing assets, with a primary focus on transformers. The data is then analyzed usingOKTO GRID's proprietary event detection algorithms to detect anomalies and events related to the operation and decommissioning of assets. | $4.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 02, 2026 | ||
| MESH offers robotic rebar solutions to the construction industry. We developed the world's first technology to combine formwork and reinforcement within a digital planning and fabrication process. Our technology makes it possible to produce complex or curved reinforcement cages through an automated prefabrication process. The 3D steel-meshstructure created this way serves as both formwork and reinforcement and is filled by a specific concrete mix without using conventional formwork. MESH offers building 3D concrete structures with greater material efficiency and design freedom for the construction industry. We link your computational design to the digital production of tailor-made reinforcement cages | $3.6M / Seed / Mar 26, 2026 | ||
| Automated Architecture provides the technological infrastructure for a distributed robotic micro-factory network producing sustainable timber housing. | $6.9M / Jun 04, 2025 | ||
| GO TO-U is a platform designed for EV charging management and operations. GO TO-U delivers a seamless EV charging experience with comfort, confidence, and simplicity. | Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 16, 2025 | ||
| Edgecom Energy's all in one energy platform takes you there. Our solutions reduce your costs and emissions by allowing you to understand, improve and control your energy usage. | $2.5M / Seed / Jan 06, 2025 | ||
| Pratexo is an intelligent edge-computing and distributed cloud platform for Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, and Industry 4.0 applications. | Nov 21, 2024 | ||
| Automated Architecture provides the technological infrastructure for a distributed robotic micro-factory network producing sustainable timber housing. | $3.3M / Seed / Mar 20, 2024 | ||
| Zaphiro has developed a real-time monitoring and automation system that enhances the efficiency and profitability of grid operations. Moreover, Zaphiro Technologies transforms the electrical distribution grids from passive to pro-active.Zaphiro Technologies is a spin-off of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL). It has beenincorporated in April 2017 and co-founded by 3 researchers: Paolo Romano, Marco Pignati and Lorenzo Zanni. | $6.9M / Series A / Dec 19, 2022 | ||
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FAQ
What does ABB Ventures invest in?
ABB Ventures invests primarily in Software, Energy and Robotics startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 74 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does ABB Ventures invest in?
ABB Ventures typically joins rounds of $3.3M–$20M at Series A and $7M–$60M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not ABB Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds ABB Ventures took part in.
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Who are the partners at ABB Ventures?
The team at ABB Ventures includes Kurt Kaltenegger (Group Vice President / Head of Technology). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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