# Steffen Funck

> Steffen Funck is a Series A investor at Statkraft Ventures (Düsseldorf) backing Energy and SaaS. See 8 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: 8
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffenfunck

Steffen Funck is a Series A investor at Statkraft Ventures in Düsseldorf focused on Energy and SaaS. Steffen is a Managing Director at Statkraft Ventures. He believes that the current situation in the energy sector constitutes a once in a lifetime opportunity for growing ambitious start-ups.Steffen has extensive experience in market positioning & strategy, B2B sales and management of start-ups targeting the energy sector. Prior to joiningStatkraft Ventures he was an entrepreneur and the COO/CMO of Venios GmbH, a smart-grid- and distributed-energy-analytics company. Steffen started his career in energy at RWE's corporate strategy department. He holds an MSc in Physics from Imperial College London.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 2 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |
| Solar | 1 | 13% |
| GovTech | 1 | 13% |
| Big Data | 1 | 13% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |
| Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 3 | 38% |
| Austria | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Efficient Energy Technology | Efficient Energy Technology makes renewable energy simple, safe, and dependable for everyone. Efficient Energy Technology develops a small power plant consisting of photovoltaic and storage for complete self-installation. | $7.2M | Series A | Aug 04, 2023 |  |
| vialytics | vialytics' mission is to digitize road management in cities, municipalities and counties. Providing up-to-date image data and automatic evaluation, vialytics's AI simplifies the day-to-day work of our partner municipalities— from road inspection to maintenance management. We save cities time, money, and manpower, all while making roadssafer. Over 400 partner municipalities in the US and Europe trust in vialytics. | $10M | Series A | Jan 17, 2023 |  |
| zolar | With the zolar online configurator, homeowners can customise the components of their PV system to suit their individual requirements and receive personal assistance from one of our solar energy experts at the same time. zolar’s extensive network of local partner companies takes care of the installation on site. The Berlin-based start-up employsaround 200 employees across Germany and pursues the vision of installing a PV system on every roof in the world in order to make private households more independent from the mains grid. The dovetailing of energy generation, electricity storage and mobility allows customers to design electrified and smart households. As a next green energy company, zolar enables its customers to become energy providers for their own four walls, neutralise their carbon footprint and, in turn, make an effective contribution to climate protection. | $105.8M | Series C | May 19, 2022 |  |
| HeyCharge | HeyCharge provides charging infrastructure, payment systems, and installation for electric vehicles. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Munich, Bavaria. | $4.7M | Seed | Jan 13, 2022 |  |
| vialytics | vialytics' mission is to digitize road management in cities, municipalities and counties. Providing up-to-date image data and automatic evaluation, vialytics's AI simplifies the day-to-day work of our partner municipalities— from road inspection to maintenance management. We save cities time, money, and manpower, all while making roadssafer. Over 400 partner municipalities in the US and Europe trust in vialytics. |  |  | Dec 14, 2020 |  |
| zolar | With the zolar online configurator, homeowners can customise the components of their PV system to suit their individual requirements and receive personal assistance from one of our solar energy experts at the same time. zolar’s extensive network of local partner companies takes care of the installation on site. The Berlin-based start-up employsaround 200 employees across Germany and pursues the vision of installing a PV system on every roof in the world in order to make private households more independent from the mains grid. The dovetailing of energy generation, electricity storage and mobility allows customers to design electrified and smart households. As a next green energy company, zolar enables its customers to become energy providers for their own four walls, neutralise their carbon footprint and, in turn, make an effective contribution to climate protection. | $17.7M | Series B | Sep 10, 2020 |  |
| zolar | With the zolar online configurator, homeowners can customise the components of their PV system to suit their individual requirements and receive personal assistance from one of our solar energy experts at the same time. zolar’s extensive network of local partner companies takes care of the installation on site. The Berlin-based start-up employsaround 200 employees across Germany and pursues the vision of installing a PV system on every roof in the world in order to make private households more independent from the mains grid. The dovetailing of energy generation, electricity storage and mobility allows customers to design electrified and smart households. As a next green energy company, zolar enables its customers to become energy providers for their own four walls, neutralise their carbon footprint and, in turn, make an effective contribution to climate protection. | $11M | Series B | Aug 27, 2019 |  |
| zolar | With the zolar online configurator, homeowners can customise the components of their PV system to suit their individual requirements and receive personal assistance from one of our solar energy experts at the same time. zolar’s extensive network of local partner companies takes care of the installation on site. The Berlin-based start-up employsaround 200 employees across Germany and pursues the vision of installing a PV system on every roof in the world in order to make private households more independent from the mains grid. The dovetailing of energy generation, electricity storage and mobility allows customers to design electrified and smart households. As a next green energy company, zolar enables its customers to become energy providers for their own four walls, neutralise their carbon footprint and, in turn, make an effective contribution to climate protection. | $4.2M | Series A | Nov 16, 2017 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Heartcore Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heartcore-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Inven Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inven-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Partech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/partech) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baywa-re-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EnBW New Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enbw-new-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AENU](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aenu) — VC Fund, 1 deal 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 Steffen Funck invest in?

Steffen Funck invests primarily in Energy, SaaS and Solar startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Steffen Funck last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steffen Funck closed in Aug 2023. Shizune tracks 8 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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