Since 2018, our ENECHANGE Insight Ventures programme has attracted a steady stream of start-ups keen to enter the Japanese energy market and pitch their business to key decision-makers there.
For a number of alumni — both finalists and winners — the competition has led to significant investment from and partnerships with our subscribers in Japan and further afield.
2022 finalist GHGSat receives investment from the Japan Energy Fund through its Decarbonized Tech Fund managed by Japan Energy Capital. GHGSat, based out of Montreal, Canada, is a global leader in greenhouse gas emissions intelligence.
2022 finalist Energy Dome receives investment from Japan Energy Fund through its Decarbonized Tech Fund managed by Japan Energy Capital. Based in Italy, Energy Dome has developed an innovative large-scale, long-duration energy storage solution, which manipulates and stores CO2 under different conditions and is able to absorb from and discharge to the grid.
2021 finalist Natel Energy receives investment from the Japan Energy Fund through its Decarbonized Tech Fund managed by Japan Energy Capital. Natel Energy is a US-based sustainable energy company that offers both a proprietary, fish-safe Restoration Hydro Turbine design and a SaaS solution called HydroForecast.
2018 finalist Piclo receives investment from Japan Energy Fund through its Decarbonized Tech Fund managed by Japan Energy Capital. Piclo is a UK-based company that offers an online marketplace for flexibility trading.
2021 honouree Svante receives investment from the Japan Energy Fund through its Decarbonized Tech Fund managed by Japan Energy Capital. Svante, a Canadian company, was founded with the goal to make carbon capture solutions for hard-to-abate industries. They offer non-intrusive end-of-the-pipe solutions for existing industrial infrastructure to deliver pipeline-ready CO2 for safe storage at the giga-tonne (GT) scale.
2021 finalist Witricity receives investment from Japan Energy Fund through its Decarbonized Tech Fund managed by Japan Energy Capital. WiTricity is a U.S. company that develops and commercializes safe and efficient wireless power transfer over distance using magnetic resonance technology.
2020 honouree OhmConnect receives investment from the Japan Energy Fund through its Decarbonized Tech Fund managed by Japan Energy Capital. OhmConnect is a U.S. company that offers a demand response (DR) service for homes, where users receive rewards when they reduce their energy use to help balance the grid.
2022 finalist ZincFive receives investment from Japan Energy Fund through its Decarbonized Tech Fund managed by Japan Energy Capital. ZincFive is the world leader in innovation and delivery of nickel-zinc batteries and power solutions.
2021 finalist Akselos receives investment from the Japan Energy Fund to help further offshore wind generation through its digital twin technology.
2021 Honouree Leap receives investment from Japan Energy Fund to help further innovation in the energy industry and reach net zero in Japan.
2020 finalist Sense receives investment from Japan Energy Fund to help them make a significant contribution to the digitalisation of energy in Japan
2020 finalist Ambri raises 144 million USD in Series E funding from investors including Japan Energy Fund, Reliance Industries, Bill Gates, and Paulson & Co.
ENECHANGE and 2020 winner FreeWire announce they will partner to sell FreeWire’s Boost Charger in Japan
ENECHANGE and 2019 winner Kiwi Power announce alliance to strengthen VPP business in Japan with Kiwi Power products
2019 winner Heliatek conducts their first organic solar film project in Japan with Looop Inc. and Ritsumeikan University
JXTG Energy (now ENEOS) invests in 2019 participant Virta, a Finnish EV charging platform company
2018 winner and UK home energy storage manufacturer Powervault awarded study for second-life batteries and virtual power plants from JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy (now ENEOS)
2019 winner and UK battery storage systems provider Connected Energy secures multi-million investment from Sumitomo, ENGIE and Macquarie
