Activate Capital

“The biggest risk with AI is that we don’t go big enough.” - Peter Thiel, Founders Fund. At Crusoe, we are making the promises of #AI a reality. Thrilled to announce our $600 million series D funding and general availability! https://lnkd.in/gkw_qfzj

🚀 BREAKING NEWS: We’ve acquired Flextools! Flextools is a Nordic flexibility technology provider, with an extensive track record in Norway and Sweden. Flextools’ SaaS platform can be optimised for demand response, BESS and RES, providing energy companies and asset owners with access to national and local flexibility, reserve, and balancing markets, with the ability to participate on these markets independently. This strategic move will: ⚡ Expand our joint portfolio by 250 MW 🌐 Unite our industry expertise, technologies, and teams to better serve our combined extensive portfolio spanning the Nordics, Greece, and the Netherlands. 🚀 Provide our customers and partners with a broader, tailorable offer of secure and scalable flexibility solutions, covering consumption, storage, and renewable production assets. It will also allow them to access more energy markets quicker, maximising impact and generated value 🤝 Begin our collaboration with Flextools’ previous owner Å Energi, supporting the energy group across its commercial, industrial, and #BESS portfolio. “We believe that the challenges inherent to the energy transition can be tackled more effectively by strong pan-European players. Europe’s energy transition needs flexibility solutions that optimise portfolios of consumption, production and storage assets across all value streams Flextools’ and Sympower’s offerings complement each other, and we are impressed by their track record in Norway and Sweden, especially the significant steps they have made on BESS and renewable energy services. Not only do we inherit a strong portfolio of solutions, but also the deep industry knowledge and experience that Flextools brings. We are better equipped than ever to deliver exceptional value to our customers and partners while supporting Europe’s energy transition” - Simon Bushell, CEO & Founder, Sympower Together with Flextools, we’re looking forward to delivering even greater value to our customers and drive the #EnergyTransition forward. Exciting times ahead! Read the full press release: https://lnkd.in/eUNWjN-q #EnergyFlexibility #Acquisition #DemandResponse Vicky McIvor Herman Vos Victoria Fearnley Landmark Bo Kristensen Kevin Gjerstad Claire Scott Jade Lubich Kim Essebaggers - Verdouw Alexandre Jennaoui David Malmberg 🇸🇪 Anders Tonhammar Lööf 🇳🇴 Gunnar Egidius 🇫🇮 Stanislav Kiselev Jani Helolahti

⭐ FT Partners is pleased to announce the publication of our new in-depth industry research report, Parking Payments and Curb Management: A Large Auto #FinTech Opportunity. The report discusses the current state of the curb management and parking payments space, and provides a closer look at the various technology solutions helping cities and private operators modernize and streamline their operations. 👉 The report also includes a detailed landscape of relevant companies, profiles of selected market players and M&A transactions, and interviews with executives of leading companies in the space. 📊 View or download the report below or here: https://lnkd.in/eUHQJ4pe #AutoFinTech #Payments

⚡ BREAKING NEWS: We’ve raised an additional €21 million in investment! ⚡ Huge thank you to our new investors A&G Energy Transition Tech Fund (A&G ETTF) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) and existing investors Activate Capital, Rubio Impact Ventures, PDENH, and Expon Capital for your ongoing support and trust. What’s next for us? 🔋 We’ll roll out #BESS 🤝 We’ll pursue M&A 🚀 We’ll further scale our operations across Europe 📈 We’ll diversify our offering to industrial companies and renewable energy producers by extending our trading capabilities to new energy markets This investment is a powerful vote of confidence in our growth and the #EnergyFlexibility space as a whole. The European Commission repeatedly highlighted energy flexibility as a cornerstone of the #EnergyTransition, critical for enhancing grid resilience and stability across Europe. "Sympower has grown tremendously in recent years, which aligns with the unprecedented demand across Europe for diversified and mature energy flexibility solutions. I'm grateful for the continuous support of our investors and delighted to see new ones putting their trust in us. Completing an oversubscribed funding round shows our investors' confidence in our vision, team, and execution capabilities. This new funding will be key in expanding our operations and enabling us to deliver a sophisticated and mature offering for battery energy storage systems." - Simon Bushell, CEO & Founder, Sympower Exciting times ahead! 👉 Read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/e3TKjBaG #EnergyTransition #DemandResponse #FundRaising Herman Vos Vicky McIvor Claire Scott Bo Kristensen Alexandre Jennaoui Kevin Gjerstad Kim Essebaggers - Verdouw Jade Lubich Anup Jacob Jesus Lozano Lopez Charlie Macdonald Teresa Grijelmo Sada Alain Rodermann Anthony Viellevoije

My latest in Forbes After promoting the idea of a "missing middle" for a few years now, it was exciting but also confusing to see everyone talking about it at NYCW but talking about it in many different ways. Here's an attempt at a breakdown of the idea, the need, and the potential solutions.