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Best Energy Companies in Rotterdam, Netherlands

The 47 best Energy companies in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SolarDuck.

47companies tracked
$24.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
7have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ENERGY × ROTTERDAM

Our analysis of 441 Energy companies

$135.1b in tracked funding; 76% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

441companies analysed
76%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
8unicorns
2013median founding year
301kcombined LinkedIn audience
73%of audience held by top 3
4companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Energy companies in Rotterdam

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1SolarDuck
Developer of solar energy projects
$17M31 mo agoSeries BDon Hoogendoorn
CTO & Co-Founder
2018WordPressMySQLPHP+201 partnership
2Blue Radix
Provider of greenhouse management services
$5M22 mo agoSeries ARudolf De Vetten
Chief Product Officer / Co-founder
2020WordPressMySQLPHP+281 launch
3Involtum
Supplier of temporary electricity and utilities for marinas, campsites, and car parking areas
$1M82 mo agoAcquiredEdwin Noomen
Co-Founder
2012
4VertiDrive
Provider of magnetic crawler solutions for steel surface preparation and cleaning
$811K128 mo agoAcquired2008WordPressMySQLPHP+25
5Tetrahedron
Manufacturer of generators for wind turbines
$216K77 mo agoSeedWilco Stavenuiter
Founder
20187 patents
Offshore crane vessels for wind turbine component hoisting and installation
6Vopak
Liquid and gas storage solution provider for oil and gas industry
30 mo agoPublicDick Richelle
Chairman Executive Board and CEO
1999OutSystemsApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+13
7VTTI
Energy storage service provider for the oil & gas industry
84 mo agoAcquiredRob Nijst
CEO
2006WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+24
8Prime Oil & Gas
Provider of oil and gas exploration services
157 mo agoSeedRon Cochrane
CEO
2013

Top 8 Energy companies in Rotterdam

#1
Series A · Rotterdam, South Holland · founded 2020 · 23 employees
$5.5Mraised

Provider of greenhouse management services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 2.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2024Series A$5.5M
  • May 2023Seed
Founders & team
Rudolf De VettenChief Product Officer / Co-founderLaurens SpekCo-Founder
Investors
Navus Ventures, Horticoop
Tech stack
Anime.JsAzureCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsElementor
#2
Series B · Rotterdam, South Holland · founded 2018 · 27 employees
$16.5Mraised

Developer of solar energy projects

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 12k LinkedIn followers — 4.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Honeywell) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2023Series B$16.5M
Founders & team
Don HoogendoornCTO & Co-FounderKoen BurgersCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Green Tower, Invest-NL, InnovationQuarter, Katapult, Katapult Ocean
Tech stack
Contact Form 7Google AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle MapsGoogle Tag ManagerGsap
#3
Acquired · Rotterdam, South Holland · founded 2012 · 16 employees
$1.1Mraised

Supplier of temporary electricity and utilities for marinas, campsites, and car parking areas

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2019Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Edwin NoomenCo-FounderMaarten HektorFounder & CEO
Investors
ENERGIIQ, InnovationQuarter
Tech stack
VarnishApache Http ServerGoogle Font Api
#4
Acquired · Rotterdam, South Holland · founded 2008 · 16 employees
$810.7Kraised

Provider of magnetic crawler solutions for steel surface preparation and cleaning

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 3.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2015Grant (prize money)$810.7K
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebotCore-JsDivi
#5
Seed · Rotterdam, South Holland · founded 2018 · 7 employees
$216Kraised

Manufacturer of generators for wind turbines

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2020Seed$216K
Founders & team
Alexander RonseCo-OwnerWilco StavenuiterFounder
Investors
UNIIQ
#6
Public · Rotterdam, South Holland · founded 1999 · 5826 employees
raised

Liquid and gas storage solution provider for oil and gas industry

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 145k LinkedIn followers — 48.2% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Theo OostinjenChief Executive OfficerDick RichelleChairman Executive Board and CEO
Investors
Exolum, FEMA, HAL
Tech stack
Alpine.JsApple Icloud MailBabelBackbone.JsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#7
Acquired · Rotterdam, South Holland · founded 2006 · 300 employees
raised

Energy storage service provider for the oil & gas industry

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 47k LinkedIn followers — 15.7% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2019Series B
Founders & team
Rob NijstCEOGuy MoeyensChief Executive Officer
Investors
ADNOC, Buckeye Partners, Newlight Partners
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebotDocusignGoogle Analytics
#8
Seed · Rotterdam, South Holland · founded 2013
raised

Provider of oil and gas exploration services

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2013Seed
Founders & team
Ron CochraneCEO
Investors
Helios

Funding & investor landscape

$24.1Mtotal disclosed funding
5companies funded
5disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
HAL2 rounds
InnovationQuarter2 rounds
ADNOC1 rounds
Bentley Simonson Inc1 rounds
Buckeye Partners1 rounds
Capital A1 rounds
ENERGIIQ1 rounds
Emerald Technology Ventures1 rounds
Europa1 rounds
Exolum1 rounds

Notable founders

Rudolf De Vetten
Chief Product Officer / Co-founder · Blue Radix
Laurens Spek
Co-Founder · Blue Radix
Don Hoogendoorn
CTO & Co-Founder · SolarDuck
Koen Burgers
Co-Founder & CEO · SolarDuck
Edwin Noomen
Co-Founder · Involtum
Maarten Hektor
Founder & CEO · Involtum
Alexander Ronse
Co-Owner · Tetrahedron
Wilco Stavenuiter
Founder · Tetrahedron
Theo Oostinjen
Chief Executive Officer · Vopak
Dick Richelle
Chairman Executive Board and CEO · Vopak
Rob Nijst
CEO · VTTI
Guy Moeyens
Chief Executive Officer · VTTI
Prism market signals · Netherlands · country-scoped Prism corpus, 195,182 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Energy coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Netherlands

How research on Grid Energy Storage is moving in the Netherlands

A read on the academic research around Grid Energy Storage — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 492 Netherlands-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201720232026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 53% → 57% across 2017–2026.
top research entities
  • Delft University of Technology133
  • Institute of Physics98
  • Eindhoven University of Technology70
  • University of Twente50
  • University of Groningen34
leading researchers
Pavol Bauer · Gautham Ram Chandra Mouli · Peter A. A. Klusener · Laura Ramírez-Elizondo · Yaxiang Lu · Hong Li · Antoni Forner‐Cuenca · Qinghua Zhang
Breakthroughs150 · 30%
▲ 25%→29% share
▲1.2× share momentum4 median citations80% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (25%→29% of field), led by Battery (electricity).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Battery (electricity)5→31
  • Electrolyte2→24
  • Redox2→19
  • Anode2→18
  • Electrochemistry1→15
Newly emergingPolysulfide 0→9 · Thermal energy storage 0→8 · Energy (signal processing) 0→7
Landmark Ultrahigh–energy density lead-free dielectric films via polymorphic nanodomain design · 1,078 cites
Advancements233 · 47%
▲ 42%→50% share
▲1.2× share momentum2 median citations90% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (42%→50% of field), led by Renewable energy.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Renewable energy2→59
  • Battery (electricity)4→38
  • Photovoltaic system3→30
  • Electrochemistry1→23
  • Automotive engineering2→17
Newly emergingElectricity 0→16 · Sizing 0→15 · Electrical engineering 0→11
Landmark Research on Advanced Materials for Li‐ion Batteries · 1,775 cites
Concerns75 · 15%
▼ 17%→14% share
▼0.8× share momentum3 median citations81% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (17%→14% of field), led by Battery (electricity).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Battery (electricity)2→15
  • Renewable energy2→15
  • Cathode1→7
  • Anode1→5
  • Hydrogen storage1→5
Newly emergingElectrolyte 0→8 · Electricity 0→8 · Energy (signal processing) 0→5
Landmark Approaching Practically Accessible Solid-State Batteries: Stability Issues Related to Solid Electrolytes and Interfaces · 1,549 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Netherlands

Where energy storage is researched across Netherlands

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Delft142 · +0.46
Hot · Energy (signal processing)Advancing · Electric power systemOpportunity · ThermodynamicsConcern · Petroleum engineering
Groningen81 · +0.38
Hot · Environmental economicsAdvancing · MicrogridOpportunity · Power (physics)Concern · Wind power
Eindhoven74 · +0.47
Hot · PorosityAdvancing · Flow batteryOpportunity · ElectrolyteConcern · Cathode
Utrecht27 · +0.38
Hot · ElectricityAdvancing · NanotechnologyOpportunity · Aquifer
Wageningen9 · +0.56
Advancing · Renewable energy
Leiden7 · +0.20
Opportunity · Life-cycle assessment
Nijmegen5 · +0.54
Hot · RedoxAdvancing · Flow batteryOpportunity · Radical
Rotterdam5 · +0.42
Opportunity · Battery (electricity)

Common questions

How many Energy companies are there in Rotterdam, Netherlands?
Radar tracks 47 indexable Energy companies headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Energy companies in Rotterdam, Netherlands?
The Energy companies in Rotterdam, Netherlands on this list have raised a combined $24.1M in disclosed equity funding across 5 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Energy company in Rotterdam, Netherlands?
SolarDuck is the highest-funded Energy company in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with $16.5M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Energy companies in Rotterdam, Netherlands are funded?
5 of the 47 Energy companies in Rotterdam, Netherlands on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Energy unicorns are there in Rotterdam, Netherlands?
None of the Energy companies in Rotterdam, Netherlands on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Rotterdam, Netherlands Energy companies?
The most active investors in Rotterdam, Netherlands Energy companies on this list include HAL, InnovationQuarter, ADNOC, Bentley Simonson Inc, Buckeye Partners.
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