# Engynious

> Engynious is a VC fund backing Energy and Renewable Energy. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026

Engynious is a VC fund focused on Energy and Renewable Energy. The Engynious Joint Venture founded in 2016 with Younergy Solar SA to operate photovoltaic systems in Switzerland will continue to accelerate its growth in 2018. As of November 2018, the 200th PV system was completed and put into service. The joint portfolio for distributed energy generation, most of which is pre-financed by Engynious, now hasreached a total capacity of 1 MWp. This corresponds to a doubling of the Swiss plant portfolio compared to 2017 in terms of both number and size of plants and represents a significant milestone.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 100% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Younergy | Younergy is a Swiss start-up providing distributed solar electricity to consumers. | $803.9K | Seed | Dec 21, 2018 | https://www.younergy.ch/ |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Virtual Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/virtual-network-sa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Engynious invest in?

Engynious invests primarily in Energy and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Engynious last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Engynious closed in Dec 2018. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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