Berenberg
VC Fund
London, United Kingdom
Berenberg is a VC fund in London focused on Energy and Solar. Private Banking: This division serves wealthy private investors and families, in many cases across generational lines. This is a complex task involving great responsibility, which we gladly accept by offering advice with proven competence and continuity. We employ opportunity-oriented risk management to maintain and increase the wealth of ourclients.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 44%
Last updated:
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Industries Berenberg invests in
Stages Berenberg invests in
Countries Berenberg invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Richard Brass
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Samuel Menghistu
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 4 (44%)
- Solar 3 (33%)
- Renewable Energy 2 (22%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (22%)
- Fuel 1 (11%)
Stage
- Post-IPO Equity 3 (33%)
- Funding Round 2 (22%)
- Debt Financing 2 (22%)
- Post-IPO Debt 1 (11%)
- Private Equity 1 (11%)
Country
- United Kingdom 4 (44%)
- Sweden 2 (22%)
- Germany 2 (22%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Richard Brass
Head of Wealth and Asset Management UK
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Head of Wealth and Asset Management UK | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Samuel Menghistu
Vice President
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Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Rezolve
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Rezolve is a transformative technology for mobile commerce and engagement. Rezolve provides a bridge between offline and online commerce by leveraging the mobile device’s camera, microphone and location awareness and allows any kind of product or media to instantly “trigger” a highly relevant, contextual engagement between consumer andadvertiser/merchant. Rezolve opens new channels of opportunity and revenue for advertisers, retailers and brands. | $30M / Post-IPO Debt / Jan 29, 2025 | |
BPC Instruments
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Bioprocess Control Sweden develops analytical instruments for the renewable energy and environmental biotechnology industries.. They offer solutions for a range of applications, including biogas production, animal nutrition, the biodegradability of plastics, bioethanol production, wastewater treatment, and biohydrogen production. | Post-IPO Equity / Dec 19, 2024 | |
Amarenco
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Amarenco is a fast growing, independent Solar PV investment company with a founding executive team that has wide and deep experience in energy and renewables infrastructure. | $525.5M / Debt Financing / Dec 03, 2024 | |
TESVOLT
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TESVOLT, named after inventors Nikola Tesla and Alessandro Volta (inventor of the battery), develops and produces flexible battery storage systems with high capacities. TESVOLT has advanced existing technologies with its strategic partners, for example SMA SOLAR Technology AG, and focuses primarily on quality “Made in Germany”. The energy storagesystems are produced in Germany, and the battery systems are also assembled in Germany. The company was founded with the ambition to continue to drive the renewable energy sector forward. The company’s co-founders, Daniel Hannemann and Simon Schandert, have been working in the photovoltaic sector for many years, so they have excellent knowledge of the market and innovations in the renewables industry. Their main goal was to develop and sell economical commercial and industrial storage solutions. | $43.9M / Nov 17, 2021 | |
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TESVOLT
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TESVOLT, named after inventors Nikola Tesla and Alessandro Volta (inventor of the battery), develops and produces flexible battery storage systems with high capacities. TESVOLT has advanced existing technologies with its strategic partners, for example SMA SOLAR Technology AG, and focuses primarily on quality “Made in Germany”. The energy storagesystems are produced in Germany, and the battery systems are also assembled in Germany. The company was founded with the ambition to continue to drive the renewable energy sector forward. The company’s co-founders, Daniel Hannemann and Simon Schandert, have been working in the photovoltaic sector for many years, so they have excellent knowledge of the market and innovations in the renewables industry. Their main goal was to develop and sell economical commercial and industrial storage solutions. | $45.3M / Private Equity / Nov 17, 2021 | |
Irisity AB (publ)
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At Irisity we're doing real-time video analytics powered by machine learning. Irisity is a public software company with headquarters at Lindholmen, Gothenburg, and offices in Israel, USA, UAE and Singapore, where the innovative spirit is flourishing. We develop smart algorithms to detect and predict suspicious activities while preservingpeople’s integrity. We believe that enhanced AI performance, ethics, and privacy go hand in hand, creating a positive mark within the camera security industry.Irisity’s patented solution IRIS™ can be integrated into any new or existing camera infrastructure, installed directly into the camera, on server or in the cloud, to safeguarding people and assets. IRIS™ product portfolio includes solutions on asset protection, traffic management, and forensic search capabilities for a broad spectrum of industries such as safe cities, education, transportation, infrastructure, and the security industry. All IRIS™ functionality is available with our patented real-time anonymization, ensuring GDPR and US NDA act compliance and ethical safeguarding | $15M / Post-IPO Equity / Sep 01, 2021 | |
Elgin Energy
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Elgin Energy is an international and independent solar development platform. Established in 2009, Elgin Energy has extensive experience in delivering projects from initial landowner engagement to project completion with a 98% success rate in obtaining planning permission. To date, only one project has not achieved planning permission. | $39.8M / Debt Financing / Aug 24, 2021 | |
Enpal
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Enpal is a photovoltaics leasing firm that provides solar power systems. Its product already enables customers to reduce their electricity expenditure through a solar system and a green all-inclusive energy solution. The company was founded in 2017 by Jochen Ziervogel, Mario Kohle, and Viktor Wingert. It is based in Berlin, Germany. | May 04, 2021 | |
Ceres Power
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Ceres Power is founded on British technology and engineering innovation. The principle of innovation is at the very heart of what they do.For over 10 years they have been working as a company to develop a commercially viable fuel cell, building on 30 years of research by the founder of their technology, Professor Brian Steele.In 1981Professor Brian Steele developed the building blocks that enabled the lithium battery, now a commodity and used by people across the world every day. It is these same building blocks that the Ceres Steel Cell is based on.From the outset Professor Steele’s vision was to create a real world energy solution. His vision has continually driven all of their innovations to make the Steel Cell a reality. | $252M / Post-IPO Equity / Mar 18, 2021 |
Co-Investors
E.R. Capital Holdings
2 deals together
Liechtenstein Group
2 deals together
UBS
2 deals together
ABACON
1 deal together
Chalmers University of Technology
1 deal together
Svenska Handelsbanken
1 deal together
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What does Berenberg invest in?
Berenberg invests primarily in Energy, Solar and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Post-IPO Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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