1.4 million pre-seed financing for FION Energy
The Berlin-based cleantech startup FION Energy has successfully closed a pre-seed financing round of €1.4 million. The round is led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Norrsken Evolve, with experienced business angels also participating.
FION will use the capital to accelerate the roll-out of its AI-driven battery systems, further develop the platform and expand the team to help industrial companies reduce electricity costs.
Industrial battery storage
On average, Europe pays around 50% more for industrial energy than competitors in the USA or China. This is due to volatile feed-ins from renewable sources and a lack of flexibility in factories.
Europe's industry is losing ground due to high electricity costs. With FION, energy becomes predictable and profitable - our AI makes battery storage a real competitive advantage.
Philipp Hamm, Co-Founder & Managing Director FION Energy
FION Energy offers a complete solution for industrial battery storage, from site analysis, dimensioning, procurement and installation to ongoing operation.
The company's own AI dispatch engine learns consumption patterns, reads tariffs and market prices and controls the battery autonomously. Load peaks are smoothed out, grid charges are reduced and price arbitrage is used without any additional effort for the companies. The result is up to 50 % lower electricity costs.
Mission and prospects
FION's goal is to turn energy into a competitive advantage for European industry and to keep locations economically attractive. In the long term, the aim is to create a platform that connects industrial sites to form an intelligent, decentralized energy network. Factories are not just energy consumers, but active managers and marketers of their energy.
High energy costs are one of the biggest challenges facing industry. FION offers a scalable solution that reduces costs and makes it easy to get started with battery storage.
Anne Umbach, HTGF
About the startup FION Energy
Founded in Berlin in 2025, FION Energy develops manufacturer-independent industrial battery storage systems and operates them AI-optimized in real time. Target customers are industrial companies with an annual consumption of over 2 GWh. Several systems are already in operation and further projects are planned in Germany and the EU. The founding team consists of Philipp Hamm, Johannes Meriläinen and Dmytro Dzifuta.
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