# Hans Middelthon

> Hans Middelthon is a Series A investor at Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures backing Shipping. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saev)
- Location: Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hans-middelthon-91b96930

Hans Middelthon is a Series A investor at Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures in Aberdeen focused on Shipping and CleanTech. Hans Middelthon - Managing Director of SAEV Europe Venture Capital @ Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shipping | 1 | 50% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 50% |
| Power Grid | 1 | 50% |
| Clean Energy | 1 | 50% |
| Nanotechnology | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daphne Technology | Daphne Technology is developing a catalyst-free, nano-technology that helps the petrochemical, power and transportation industries reduce air emissions to the levels required by international and national regulations. Daphne Technology’s patented solution can be miniaturized and is especially well-suited to meet the requirements of marine vessels.This approach reduces capital costs when compared to other technologies and can also be used without switching fuel, resulting in a substantial reduction in operating costs. | $10.9M | Series B | Oct 29, 2021 |  |
| Daphne Technology | Daphne Technology is developing a catalyst-free, nano-technology that helps the petrochemical, power and transportation industries reduce air emissions to the levels required by international and national regulations. Daphne Technology’s patented solution can be miniaturized and is especially well-suited to meet the requirements of marine vessels.This approach reduces capital costs when compared to other technologies and can also be used without switching fuel, resulting in a substantial reduction in operating costs. | $5.7M | Series A | Jan 15, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovation-fund-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AET](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aet-tanker) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Climate-KIC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/climate-kic) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/epfl) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Shell Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shell-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Trafigura](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trafigura) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures

VC Fund · Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Aramco Oil Company. It's mission is to invest globally into start-up and high growth companies with technologies of strategic importance to Saudi Aramco, and to accelerate their development and deployment in Saudi Aramco’s operations. Based out of Dhahran (Saudi Arabia),SAEV also operates through regional offices in North America and Europe. SAEV's Objectives are: - Enhance reserve identification, management and production - Increase energy production - Improve operational efficiency - Increase value in downstream processes - Optimize energy & water consumption in Saudi ArabiaSAEV's investment Focus Areas are: - Upstream Oil & Gas - Downstream & Petrochemicals - Sustainability - Digitalization and IR4.0 - New Drivers of Hydrocarbon Demand

5 contacts available at Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Arne Frøiland | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arne-fr-iland |
| Bruce Niven | Chief Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruce-niven |
| Daniel Carter | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-carter |
| Hans Middelthon | Managing Director of SAEV Europe Venture Capital | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hans-middelthon |
| Jim Sledzik | Managing Director, North America | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-sledzik |

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## FAQ

### What does Hans Middelthon invest in?

Hans Middelthon invests primarily in Shipping, CleanTech and Power Grid startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hans Middelthon last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hans Middelthon closed in Oct 2021. Shizune tracks 2 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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