# Christian Müller

> Christian Müller is a seed investor at EIT InnoEnergy backing Energy. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [EIT InnoEnergy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kic-innoenergy)
- Location: Netherlands, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-mueller-6b43961b

Christian Müller is a seed investor at EIT InnoEnergy in Netherlands focused on Energy and Battery. Christian Müller studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe and at the University of California, Berkley, United States. In 1996, he received his PhD in technical thermodynamics.Christian then started working as a project manager in the corporate technology units of the former Hoechst AG, which was subsequently acquired by SiemensAG, in 2000. In several management functions at Hoechst, and respectively at Siemens, he was involved in the commercialisation of technologies and services, as well as in the creation of new businesses.From 2006 until 2009, Christian was responsible for the global business development of Siemens in the Food and Beverage industries. Other positions in Christian´s professional career included the management of the global Center of Excellence for Chemical industry at ABB, and the start-up of the business development department at Infraserv Höchst.Since 2013, he has been managing KIC InnoEnergy´s activities in Germany and holds the position of CEO, KIC InnoEnergy Germany.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 25% |
| Battery | 1 | 25% |
| Robotics | 1 | 25% |
| Logistics | 1 | 25% |
| Automotive | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2 | 50% |
| Austria | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Phytonics | Phytonics designs and offers anti-reflective coating products with excellent light-trapping capabilities. |  | Seed | Mar 16, 2023 |  |
| ecop Technologies GmbH | ecop is a high-tech company that manufactures rotation heat pumps for industrial use using a novel, multi-patented technology. In this way, ecop supports companies in recovering energy, protecting the environment and saving costs.Due to the novel technology, the heat pump is capable of high temperatures, can be flexibly adapted to a wide range ofrequirements and is characterized by particular economic efficiency. It does not require any refrigerant and the compression necessary in heat pumps is generated by rotation, which results in extremely high efficiency.ecop has locations in Vienna and in Neuhofen an der Krems. The development center, equipped with the latest technologies, is located in Vienna, while production takes place in Upper Austria.ecop has been awarded a number of prizes, including the European Commission's European Environmental Award (Winner The Process Award) in 2018, the State Prize for Environmental Technology 2018/19, the Austrian Chamber of Commerce's "Winner of Passion" award twice (2017 and 2018) and the "Mission Innovation Austria" award in the category "Tech Solutions" in 2022. | $4.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 23, 2022 |  |
| Ducktrain | Multiple vehicles (we call them ducks) can form a train for efficient transportation on longer distances within cities and industry areas. Ducktrain provides vehicle platforms and automation technology that will change urban and industrial logistics. |  | Seed | Jan 13, 2021 |  |
| VoltStorage | VoltStorage develops and produces solar energy storage systems based on the eco-friendly Redox Flow technology to store surplus solar energy by day and use it during periods of low sunshine. With its sustainable energy storage solutions, VoltStorage follows the vision of making 100 percent renewable energy available around the clock – and thusmaking the world cleaner and fairer for future generations. | $6.9M | Series B | Jul 22, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bayern Kapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bayern-kapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Energie360°](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energie360) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [kopa ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kopa-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About EIT InnoEnergy

VC Fund · Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Founded in 2010, EIT InnoEnergy is the leading innovation engine in Sustainable Energy. With offices in Europe and US, the firm seeks to make equity minority investments in early-stage companies and through added value services make the business case bigger, sooner and safer (de-risking). Investment scope: climate tech and energy sectors.

5 contacts available at EIT InnoEnergy.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bart de Beer | Chief Financial Officer | — |
| Christian Müller | CEO of KIC InnoEnergy Germany | — |
| Diego Pavía | Chief Executive Officer | — |
| Elena Bou | Co-founder | — |
| Fabian Sacharowitz | Investment Director | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Christian Müller invest in?

Christian Müller invests primarily in Energy, Battery and Robotics startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Christian Müller last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Christian Müller closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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