Y Combinator Winter 2017 · Energy & climate · Other regions
Modern bill payment platform for African businesses and consumers.
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Winter 2017 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
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Rabot Energy is a German electricity provider with dynamic tariffs, EV charging tariffs, heat-pump tariffs, battery storage and home energy management.
Thin-film solar cells and batteries made by screen printing, with a high-throughput material discovery platform; aims at localized Western production.
Power systems for AI infrastructure from the IT rack to the grid: CBU and BBU sidecars, double-conversion UPS (GrapheneUPS, GrapheneGPU, GrapheneBBU), plus supercapacitor modules.
Virtual power plant operator that pays energy users to reduce or shift electricity use when the grid needs it, plus battery monetization and market-access APIs.
Epyr converts renewable electricity into on-demand high-temperature industrial heat using resistive heating and thermal energy storage, as a drop-in zero-carbon heat solution.
1KOMMA5° sells integrated home energy systems (solar, heat pumps, battery storage, EV chargers, air conditioning) run by its 'Heartbeat AI' control software, plus a dynamic…
