# Jean Baptiste Curien

> Jean Baptiste Curien is a Series A investor at Nysnø (Stavanger) backing Energy and Industrial. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Nysnø](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nysn%C3%B8)
- Location: Stavanger, Norway
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://no.linkedin.com/in/jbcurien

Jean Baptiste Curien is a Series A investor at Nysnø in Stavanger focused on Energy and Industrial. Jean Baptiste Curien

## Investment focus

### Industry

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Heaten | Heaten is an industrial start-up, tackling one of the most difficult problems for numerous industries, namely, to accelerate the electrification of heat with the prospect of deep-decarbonization, while providing viable roadmaps, both technically and economically to rapidly de-carbonize industrial heating processes.Heaten is a start-up with an 8years R&D history in heat-to-power (Organic Ranking Cycle) and power-to-heat machines (heat pump). Our technology platform and knowledge are leading the efforts to deliver process temperatures of currently realized 165 degrees Celsius which covers 30% of the energy demand of all industrial heating processes, equivalent to a €39billion TAM in the EU-28 market only. Heaten's technology platform can achieve up to 400 degrees Celsius (R&D roadmap). Heaten AS has gone through the full cycle of R&D, prototyping, engineering, and design to successfully deliver 200kW heat pumps and industrial equipment to a customer. We are now looking to scaling the existing platform to meet industry needs and staying ahead of the competition by leading R&D and secure IP into medium-temperature process heat. | $6.8M | Series A | Jan 25, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Azolla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/azolla-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Shell Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shell-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Nysnø

VC Fund · Stavanger, Norway

Nysnø is a governmental climate investment fund investing in companies that solve climate challenges. The investment fund is set up as a commercial company that invests in technologies that contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It was established in 2017 in Stavanger, Rogalan by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry.

3 contacts available at Nysnø.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eivind Egeland Olsen | Chief Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eivind-egeland-olsen |
| Jean Baptiste Curien | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-baptiste-curien |
| Siri Kalvig | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/siri-kalvig |

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## FAQ

### What does Jean Baptiste Curien invest in?

Jean Baptiste Curien invests primarily in Energy, Industrial and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Norway. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jean Baptiste Curien last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jean Baptiste Curien closed in Jan 2022. 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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