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Best Energy Tech Companies in North Brabant, Netherlands

The 72 best Energy Tech companies in North Brabant, Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Lightyear.

72companies tracked
$333.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
18have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ENERGY TECH × NORTH BRABANT

Our analysis of 287 Energy Tech companies

$109.4b in tracked funding; 82% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

287companies analysed
82%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
32unicorns
2018median founding year
68kcombined LinkedIn audience
34%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Energy Tech companies in North Brabant

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFoundedFounderTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Aruna Lighting
LED light solutions for horticulture, poultry farming, and aquaculture
——Unfunded2016Jeroen Van Velzen
Co-Founder & Managing Director
———
2Ateps
Energy Storage Solutions developer
——Unfunded2014Jos Theuns
Co-Founder & Managing Director
———
3Autarco Group BV
Solar power system monitoring and project designing software provider
——Unfunded2008Daniel Horan
CEO
TYPO3 CMSPHPApache HTTP Server+16——
4Avoxt
Provider of solutions for hydrogen production
——Unfunded2022Ton Rademaker
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+182 patents
Alkaline water electrolysis systems for hydrogen production
—
5Beyond Eyes
Provider of tech-enabled facility management solutions
——Unfunded2016Heijmans
Founder
———
6BlueHIQ
Renewable energy installation and monitoring solution provider
——Deadpooled2015Julia Jameson
Co-Founder
———
7ChargeSim
Saas-enabled platform charger simulation solutions
——Unfunded2019Andrew Rutgers
Founder & CEO
WebflowAmazon Web ServicesPreact+14——
8Citysteps
App-based electric kick scooter rental platform
——Unfunded2019Thomas Heeswijk
Co-Owner
———

Top 12 Energy Tech companies in North Brabant

#1
Series B · Eindhoven, North Brabant · founded 2020 · 36 employees
$14Mraised
▾

Developer of iron fuel technology for industrial heat decarbonization. The company provides an alternative to fossil fuels for industrial heat. It offers a circular energy carrier using fine iron powder. The iron powder releases high-temperature heat without carbon emissions. After combustion, the remaining iron oxide is regenerated using hydrogen. The company delivers clean, circular, and reusable energy solutions.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 10.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Series B$96.6M
  • Mar 2026Grant (prize money)$35.7M
  • Oct 2024Series A$12M
  • Oct 2022Seed$2M
Investors
Rubio impact Ventures, BOM, Breakthrough Energy, Invest-NL, PGGM, Oost NL
Tech stack
BricksCloudflare TurnstileCookiebotGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag Manager
#2
Series B · Eindhoven, North Brabant · founded 2016 · 697 employees
$205.6Mraised
▾

Developer of solar charging systems for electric vehicles and modules. The company focuses on creating systems that contribute to sustainable mobility. It designs for independence and convenience, enabling electric vehicles to drive off-grid. The company aims to bring clean mobility to the world through scalable technology.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2023Series B—
  • Feb 2023Series B$8.6M
  • Dec 2022Grant (prize money)—
  • Sep 2022Series B$81M
Founders & team
Bonna NewmanChief Executive Officer
Investors
Invest-NL, SHV, DELA, Sunbo Angel Partners, Lighthouse Combined Investment, Europa
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare ZarazGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Workspace
#3
Seed · Eindhoven, North Brabant · founded 2022
$3.3Mraised
▾

Provider of energy monitoring and smart grid controlling solutions. It provides Digital Twin technology solution for mapping energy management. It also offers monitoring and smart control solutions to manage assets such as heat pumps, charging stations and battery storage.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%
Growth
top 35%
Tech
top 44%
Moat
top 48%
Funding
bottom 45%
Market
bottom 36%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Tech: 36 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services · Devops: Nginx
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers — 6.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Seed—
  • Jan 2024Seed$3.3M
Founders & team
Jeroen AlthusiusCo-FounderRemco EikhoutCo-Founder & CEOBram CappersCo-Founder
Investors
SET Ventures, Speedinvest, Kompas, Hitachi Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#4
Series A · Eindhoven, North Brabant · founded 2020 · 11 employees
$32.2Mraised
▾

Provider of lithium-ion battery. The company leverages 3D solid-state technology with unique architecture and thin films to enable stable electrochemical charging and discharging.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 8.7% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Product Development Manager
Activity: 1 product launches · 2 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. JR Energy Solution) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2024Series A$16.2M
  • Nov 2021Seed$4.5M
Founders & team
Karl McGoldrickCo-FounderSandeep UnnikrishnanCo-Founder & CTOKevin BrundishCEO
Investors
Innovation Industries, BOM, Goeie Grutten Impact Fund, 819 Capital Partners
Tech stack
Alpine.JsApache Http ServerContact Form 7DropzoneGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
#5
Series C · Breda, North Brabant · founded 2018 · 21 employees
$35Mraised
▾

Provider of electric charging solutions for cities and businesses. It offers semi-public charging solutions and has a focus on providing green power. It also has a mobile app that allows users to locate and access their charge points.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 2.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Series C$35M
  • Feb 2022Series B—
Founders & team
Pieter HaansCo-founderFreddy NispenFounder / Managing Partner / COO / co-owner
Investors
Ramphastos Investments, ASN Bank, Aegon Am
Tech stack
AddtoanyAddtoany Share ButtonsAosCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebot
#6
Acquired · Eindhoven, North Brabant · founded 2014 · 20 employees
$10Mraised
▾

Provider of fleet electrification solutions. The company develops conversion kits and converts gasoline fleets into custom electric vehicles. It caters to fleet owners in the mining, agriculture, energy utilities, defense, police, government, humanitarian, and game safari industries.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 4.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 5 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. Sarao Motors) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2024Series A$10M
Investors
Emirates Investment Authority
Tech stack
AosAutomatic.CssCdnjsCivicthemeCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#7
Seed · Eindhoven, North Brabant · founded 2019 · 15 employees
$3.8Mraised
▾

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Funding rounds
  • Jan 2023Seed$3.8M
Founders & team
Helena SamodurovaCo-FounderRudie VerweijCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
HighTechXL, XNode
#8
Late Stage · Breda, North Brabant
$24Mraised
▾

Develops a lighting control system for building and street lighting applications. The system includes a lighting control module (installed in the luminaire) called Mira, a gateway called Antares, and a software control module called Regulus. The Regulus module connects to Google Maps (or an image of a plant/building) to keep track of all lights in a network and can control lighting systems based on lighting requirements (requirements sent to it by connected light sensors in the luminaire location).

Founders & team
Peter AdemaOwner
#9
Acquired · Best, North Brabant · founded 2009
$3.4Mraised
▾

Heliox manufactures plug-in charging solutions for commercial electric fleets. Provides charging systems with 25-600kW discharge capacity with an operating temperature range of -25 to 45 degree Celsius. Also provides back-office systems & support services. Can be used for public transport, port equipment, construction equipment, medical devices, and other commercial EV fleets.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2018Grant (prize money)$1.7M
  • Aug 2016Grant (prize money)$1.7M
  • Feb 2015Grant (prize money)$56K
Founders & team
Mark SmidtCo-FounderJaap SchuddematCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
EIC Fund, Europa, BOM
Tech stack
WebflowWeglotLinkedin Insight TagLinkedin AdsJqueryGoogle Tag Manager
#10
Seed · Helmond, North Brabant · founded 2018 · 72 employees
$625.3Kraised
▾

Formic acid-based technology solutions provider for energy storage. Its offerings include a formic acid power generator that can be used for heavy transport, industry and heavy-duty equipment. It generates formic acid using H20, Co2, and electricity. In the regeneration stage, the formic acid is converted to CO2, H20, and electricity.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 13.3% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: emissieloos werken in een binnenstedelijk project
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2022Grant (prize money)$2.3M
  • Oct 2021Grant (prize money)$58K
  • Jun 2019Seed$625.3K
  • Jun 2019Grant (prize money)$673K
Founders & team
Max AertsFounder & DirectorTijn SwinkelsFounder & Technology
Investors
Europa, EIC Fund, BOM, Goeie Grutten Impact Fund
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAzureCookiebotHttp/3LitespeedMicrosoft 365
#11
Funding Raised · Eindhoven, North Brabant · founded 2020 · 9 employees
$96.7Kraised
▾

Provider of heat battery technology. It offers technology which provides solution for converting waste residual heat into resuable form of heat to make it available again later.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2024Grant (prize money)$96.7K
  • Oct 2022Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Evert RietdijkCEO
Investors
Breakthrough Energy, Europa, Goeie Grutten Impact Fund
#12
Seed · Eindhoven, North Brabant · founded 2014 · 90 employees
$582.1Kraised
▾

Amber Mobility provides subscription-based electric car rentals for employee transportation. The company offers electric BMW i3 cars to its clients for business trips & meetings. Offers a mobile app through which users can request a car, locate a nearby hub, and unlock the car. The vehicles are connected to a cloud-based management system. Amber Mobility (a brand) is a part of P33 Holding BV. Has partnered with Microsoft, Nvidia, BMW, Achmea, Athlon, and others. Clientele includes ABM-AMRO, Pipple, Fontys, Hezelburcht, and more.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2017Seed$582.1K
Founders & team
Steven NelemansCo-Founder & CEOHans De PenningFounderMerien Ten HoutenCo-Founder
Investors
BOM, HighTechXL

Funding & investor landscape

$333.1Mtotal disclosed funding
13companies funded
25disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
BOM7 rounds
Europa5 rounds
Goeie Grutten Impact Fund3 rounds
Breakthrough Energy2 rounds
EIC Fund2 rounds
EIT InnoEnergy2 rounds
HighTechXL2 rounds
Invest-NL2 rounds
Move Energy2 rounds
Oost NL2 rounds

Notable founders

Bonna Newman
Chief Executive Officer · Lightyear
Jeroen Althusius
Co-Founder · TIBO Energy
Remco Eikhout
Co-Founder & CEO · TIBO Energy
Karl McGoldrick
Co-Founder · LionVolt
Sandeep Unnikrishnan
Co-Founder & CTO · LionVolt
Pieter Haans
Co-founder · Opcharge
Freddy Nispen
Founder / Managing Partner / COO / co-owner · Opcharge
Helena Samodurova
Co-Founder · Incooling
Rudie Verweij
Co-Founder & CEO · Incooling
Peter Adema
Owner · Dazzletek
Mark Smidt
Co-Founder · Heliox
Jaap Schuddemat
Co-Founder & CEO · Heliox
Prism market signals · Netherlands · country-scoped Prism corpus, 264,398 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Energy Tech 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 Tech companies are there in North Brabant, Netherlands?
Radar tracks 72 indexable Energy Tech companies headquartered in North Brabant, Netherlands that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Energy Tech companies in North Brabant, Netherlands?
The Energy Tech companies in North Brabant, Netherlands on this list have raised a combined $333.1M in disclosed equity funding across 13 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Energy Tech company in North Brabant, Netherlands?
Lightyear is the highest-funded Energy Tech company in North Brabant, Netherlands, with $205.6M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Energy Tech companies in North Brabant, Netherlands are funded?
13 of the 72 Energy Tech companies in North Brabant, Netherlands on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Energy Tech unicorns are there in North Brabant, Netherlands?
None of the Energy Tech companies in North Brabant, Netherlands on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in North Brabant, Netherlands Energy Tech companies?
The most active investors in North Brabant, Netherlands Energy Tech companies on this list include BOM, Europa, Goeie Grutten Impact Fund, Breakthrough Energy, EIC Fund.
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