# Christophe Defert

> Christophe Defert is a Series A investor at Centrica Innovations backing Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Centrica Innovations](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/centrica-innovations)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophedefert

Christophe Defert is a Series A investor at Centrica Innovations in London focused on Software and Renewable Energy. Christophe Defert

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 50% |
| Predictive Analytics | 2 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Battery | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ACCURE Battery Intelligence | Accure is a battery analytics company. The software and AI-driven solution assist manufacturers and operators in monitoring the overall health and safety conditions of a battery system throughout its lifecycle. | $16M | Series B | Feb 12, 2025 |  |
| ACCURE Battery Intelligence | Accure is a battery analytics company. The software and AI-driven solution assist manufacturers and operators in monitoring the overall health and safety conditions of a battery system throughout its lifecycle. | $7.9M | Series A | Aug 22, 2023 |  |
| Chargetrip | Chargetrip is the world's leading Smart EV Routing platform. We make EV-driving and -charging seamless, reduce operational costs, and unlock new business models. Our customers are CPOs (e.g. EnBW, Recharge, EDP, Iberdrola), Fleet Operators (e.g. Total), OEMs (e.g. Porsche), Telematics providers (e.g. Autosense), and Mobility ServiceProviders (e.g. Elbil, ANWB). They use our Routing-API to power solutions for individual EV-drivers and EV-fleets; owned, leased, rented, shared, and autonomous.Our routing engine uses over 15 different (dynamic) variables to calculate the real-time range of any EV (currently 260+ EV models). Proprietary algorithms then compute the best route from A, to B (to C, to D) with the optimal charge stations in between; specific to that vehicle, to that journey, business logic, and fleet specs. Build-in predictive models optimize for total travel-time and travel-costs. Chargetrip’s API is easy to integrate into existing charge-, navigation-, Fleet operating, and telematics applications. On average, over 175.000 EV drivers use our software every month; equal to 10% of all EV’s in Europe. | $10.8M | Series A | Mar 17, 2023 |  |
| LO3 Energy | LO3 Energy is a technology and business development consulting firm with a focus on emerging decentralized business models. The company builds tools and develops projects to support and accelerate the proliferation of the distributed energy, utilities, and computation sharing economy of the future. | $5.8M |  | Nov 06, 2017 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blue Bear Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-bear-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Capnamic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capnamic-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Riverstone Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/riverstone-holdings) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [42CAP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/42cap) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [APX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apxberlin) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Braemar Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/braemar-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Centrica Innovations

VC Fund · Windsor, United Kingdom

Centrica Innovations is a global innovation group investing and partnering with startups that are transforming energy, electric mobility, home services and industrial markets with innovative technology and ideas, all with a relentless customer focus.

1 contacts available at Centrica Innovations.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christophe Defert | Venture Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christophe-defert |

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## FAQ

### What does Christophe Defert invest in?

Christophe Defert invests primarily in Software, Renewable Energy and Predictive Analytics startups, most often at Series A 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 Christophe Defert last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Christophe Defert closed in Feb 2025. 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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