Agri-PV pioneer feld.energy receives investment from FlixBus founders

feld.energy combines agriculture and power generation - now with the support of the FlixBus founders. New managers strengthen the team.

Munich, January 29, 2025 - Munich-based startup feld.energy, a pioneer in the field of agrivoltaics (agri-PV), has received an investment from FlixBus founders Jochen Engert, Daniel Krauss and André Schwämmlein. At the same time, the company is strengthening its management team with experienced experts in order to further accelerate growth.

Investment by FlixBus founders: support for sustainable agriculture

Following the successful pre-seed financing round at the end of 2024, in which feld.energy raised 1.7 million eurosthe company is now receiving further capital from the FlixBus founders. The aim is to realize the vision of an agriculture that is in harmony with electricity generation.

We are delighted that the FlixBus founders have placed their trust in us. Together, we want to promote the dual use of agricultural land and offer farmers sustainable income opportunities.

Dr. Adrian Renner, Co-Founder and CEO of feld.energy

Reinforcement in the management team

In addition, feld.energy welcomes two experienced leaders:

• Lukas Zels, serial founder with more than twelve years of experience, will be responsible for the operational business as the new co-founder and COO.
• Dr. Bernhard Gruber, agri-PV expert and process engineer, will become Managing Director and Chief Engineer for Agricultural Solutions.

"With Lukas and Bernhard, we are gaining experienced partners who share our mission of making agriculture more resilient and sustainable," says Renner.

Dual use of agricultural land

feld.energy offers solutions that use agricultural land both for growing food and for generating electricity using photovoltaics. Farmers can generate up to an additional 3,500 euros per hectare of land without sacrificing agricultural yields. Agri-PV not only contributes to the energy transition, but also supports agriculture in times of climate change: less water consumption, additional income and increased resilience in the event of crop failures are just some of the benefits.

Contributing to the energy transition

Germany has set itself the target of covering around 80 percent of gross electricity consumption from renewable energies by 2030. Agri-PV plays a key role in this. Fraunhofer ISE estimates the technology's potential at 2,900 GWp in Germany alone. With the latest round of financing and the strengthening of the team, feld.energy believes it is ideally positioned to meet the growing demand for sustainable solutions and make the dual use of agricultural land the norm.