# Stefan Hülsen

> Stefan Hülsen is a Series B investor at Statkraft Ventures backing Software. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Statkraft Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/statkraft-ventures)
- Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 64%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-h-88a8283/

Stefan Hülsen is a Series B investor at Statkraft Ventures in Düsseldorf focused on Software and Information Technology. Experienced Venture Capital investor with a demonstrated track record in early stage investments. Entrepreneurial experience as founder building a fast growing profitbale company before selling it. Strong finance professional.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 27% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 27% |
| Internet of Things | 2 | 18% |
| SaaS | 1 | 9% |
| Energy | 1 | 9% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 4 | 36% |
| Series A | 3 | 27% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 18% |
| Series C | 1 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 3 | 27% |
| Germany | 1 | 9% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 9% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wakeo | Wakeo is a SaaS platform to bring real-time visibility on B2B transport flows (sea, air, road). They help shippers and forwarders improve customer experience and optimize operations.They do this by consolidating multiple transport partners into a central Saas platform to bring real-time visibility on all transport flows.They use satellite dataand they connect to trucks embedded GPS & IoT systems. Through machine learning, they adjust dates of arrival on a dynamic basis and send alerts to operational teams for them to anticipate. They turn the Supply chain from reactive to predictive. | $19.7M |  | Dec 04, 2023 |  |
| Wakeo | Wakeo is a SaaS platform to bring real-time visibility on B2B transport flows (sea, air, road). They help shippers and forwarders improve customer experience and optimize operations.They do this by consolidating multiple transport partners into a central Saas platform to bring real-time visibility on all transport flows.They use satellite dataand they connect to trucks embedded GPS & IoT systems. Through machine learning, they adjust dates of arrival on a dynamic basis and send alerts to operational teams for them to anticipate. They turn the Supply chain from reactive to predictive. | $19.5M | Series B | Dec 04, 2023 |  |
| DCbrain | DCbrain helps Datacenters teams to run and optimize their buildings. They provide a systemic view of their systems displaying a dynamic map of all datacenter flows (energy, chilled water ...) and dynamic expert dashboards. | $5.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 21, 2022 |  |
| Deepki | Deepki is the most trusted sustainability solution for real estate. The complete SaaS platform helps asset owners and investors manage risk, enhance financial performance, and meet rising expectations from regulators and stakeholders with data-driven insights. They support clients in creating clear, actionable plans for both climate transition andadaptation—delivering quantifiable environmental and financial outcomes.With 600+ customers and 70,000 users, Deepki monitors €4T in assets across 90+ countries and 60+ asset types, serving clients such as Generali Real Estate, PGIM, Swiss Life, and the French government. Deepki holds both ISAE 3000 Type II and SOC 2 Type II reports, meeting the highest standards for data security, credibility and auditability.With 500+ customers and 50,000 users, Deepki monitors €4T in assets across 80+ countries and 60+ asset types, serving clients such as Generali Real Estate, PGIM, Swiss Life, and the French government. Their platform is also ISAE 3000 Type 2 certified, which meets the highest standards for data credibility and auditability. | $167.4M | Series C | Mar 30, 2022 |  |
| ParkBee | At ParkBee, our mission is to help travelers, property owners and local government make better use of urban space. As one of the first digital car park operators, we take cars off the streets by offering drivers a better alternative. With our large network of connected parking garages, integrations with parking apps, and our smart systems, we guideusers to the best location for the best price. | $33.1M | Series B | Mar 22, 2022 |  |
| Betterspace | Betterspace is innovative and holistic solution provider for the reliable and efficient digitization in the hotel industry. Betterspace is 360 ° solution provider for the digitization of hotels. Their goal is to partner with in intelligent and smart software as part of digitization and to simplify day-to-day work as a hotelier. They ensureincreased sales, reduced operating costs and optimized operating processes in hotel. | $3.2M | Series A | Nov 07, 2019 |  |
| Deepki | Deepki is the most trusted sustainability solution for real estate. The complete SaaS platform helps asset owners and investors manage risk, enhance financial performance, and meet rising expectations from regulators and stakeholders with data-driven insights. They support clients in creating clear, actionable plans for both climate transition andadaptation—delivering quantifiable environmental and financial outcomes.With 600+ customers and 70,000 users, Deepki monitors €4T in assets across 90+ countries and 60+ asset types, serving clients such as Generali Real Estate, PGIM, Swiss Life, and the French government. Deepki holds both ISAE 3000 Type II and SOC 2 Type II reports, meeting the highest standards for data security, credibility and auditability.With 500+ customers and 50,000 users, Deepki monitors €4T in assets across 80+ countries and 60+ asset types, serving clients such as Generali Real Estate, PGIM, Swiss Life, and the French government. Their platform is also ISAE 3000 Type 2 certified, which meets the highest standards for data credibility and auditability. | $8.5M | Series B | Jun 20, 2019 |  |
| DEPsys | DEPsys is a Swiss technology company establishing thought leadership in the energy market. It provides evolutive solutions enabling traditional low-voltage electricity networks to cope with the new constraints of decentralized production from renewable energy sources, such as photovoltaic systems and wind turbines, as well as emerging storagetechnologies.DEPsys is located in Puidoux in the French-speaking part of Switzerland on the Lake Geneva shore, a region called Lavaux, known for its vineyard terraces, a UNESCO World Heritage Center. | $15M | Series B | Feb 12, 2019 |  |
| ParkBee | At ParkBee, our mission is to help travelers, property owners and local government make better use of urban space. As one of the first digital car park operators, we take cars off the streets by offering drivers a better alternative. With our large network of connected parking garages, integrations with parking apps, and our smart systems, we guideusers to the best location for the best price. | $5.3M | Series A | Feb 22, 2018 |  |
| DEPsys | DEPsys is a Swiss technology company establishing thought leadership in the energy market. It provides evolutive solutions enabling traditional low-voltage electricity networks to cope with the new constraints of decentralized production from renewable energy sources, such as photovoltaic systems and wind turbines, as well as emerging storagetechnologies.DEPsys is located in Puidoux in the French-speaking part of Switzerland on the Lake Geneva shore, a region called Lavaux, known for its vineyard terraces, a UNESCO World Heritage Center. | $2.3M |  | Jan 18, 2018 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [360 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/360-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [50 Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/50-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hi Inov - Dentressangle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hi-inov) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [InnovationQuarter](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovation-quarter) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EIT InnoEnergy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kic-innoenergy) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Statkraft Ventures

VC Fund · Düsseldorf, Germany

SK Ventures is a venture capital investor focused on the energy transition and climate tech. They partner with exceptional founders in early- and growth-stage start-ups in Europe and North America. With offices in Germany and Norway and backed by Statkraft, Europe's largest producer of renewable energy, SK Ventures provides capital andexpertise to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable future.

5 contacts available at Statkraft Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Küppers | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-k%C3%BCppers |
| Lars Odin Mellemseter | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lars-odin-mellemseter |
| Odette Yga | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/odette-yga |
| Stefan Hülsen | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stefan-h%C3%BClsen |
| Steffen Funck | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steffen-funck |

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## FAQ

### What does Stefan Hülsen invest in?

Stefan Hülsen invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Internet of Things startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Stefan Hülsen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Stefan Hülsen closed in Dec 2023. Shizune tracks 11 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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