24 million euros Series A for trawa

The Berlin-based B2B energy startup trawa wants to digitize and decarbonize the power supply for industrial and commercial companies.

Berlin, May 22, 2025 - The energy startup trawa has closed a Series A financing round of 24 million euros. The round was led by Headline and also included Norrsken VC, the impact fund of the Klarna co-founder, as well as existing investors Balderton Capital, Speedinvest and AENU. Magnetic from Berlin and Tiny VC from London are also new on board.

trawa is building the backbone of Europe's new industrial era.

Christian Miele, General Partner at Headline

All-in-one solution for energy supply and flexibility management

trawa offers industrial and commercial customers a combination of power supply, AI-controlled energy management software and flexibility marketing (e.g. battery storage). This enables companies with high electricity consumption (from around €100,000 per year) to control consumption and costs efficiently and achieve savings of up to 30%.

Intelligent control and economical use of decentralized technologies (such as batteries) can avoid expensive grid peaks, increase self-consumption and open up new sources of income.

Industry under pressure

In view of high electricity prices in Europe (around twice as high as in China or the USA), growing volatility due to renewable energies and increasing pressure to decarbonize, trawa sees itself as the answer to the threat of deindustrialization.

Energy prices have long been a structural risk for many European SMEs. We combine affordable, sustainable electricity with intelligent software and flexible solutions - this creates competitive advantages in a tense energy future.

David Budde, CEO and co-founder of trawa

Agate Freimane from Norrsken VC adds: "trawa democratizes access to clean and affordable energy for SMEs - a key to Europe's competitiveness."

Expansion: over 3,000 locations supplied

trawa currently serves over 100 customers at more than 3,000 locations, including well-known names such as Flixtrain, Conrad Elektronik, Martim Hotels and SETEX Textil. The company has also been active in Austria since 2025. A year ago, we reported on the successful 10 million euro financing round for the start-up.