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Together with partners, the Munich startup Proxima Fusion wants to build a commercial fusion power plant. A demonstration reactor is to be built in Garching beforehand.

The Munich startup NuuEnergy builds regional heating specialist businesses that plan, install, and maintain heat pumps – with craft quality and digital efficiency. This startup, founded in 2023, brings the heat transition into homes and houses. Our interview partner Julia Rafschneider first completed a degree in marketing, politics, and communication. After positions in climate tech, including at Tado, in scaleups and at a venture builder, she founded her own startup with Tobias Klug: NuuEnergy. In the interview, she talks about courage and stumbling, why proximity and distance matter, and why Munich needs more bridges between tech and application.

The Munich startup Feld Energy receives over 10 million euros in a seed round to accelerate the agricultural photovoltaics market in Germany.

NuuEnergy wants to bring heat pump projects out of chaos – with its own regional specialist businesses, digital infrastructure, and AI-powered processes. Instead of quick sales, the Munich startup focuses on quality, customer proximity, and sustainable structures to advance the energy transition.

UnternehmerTUM presents Energy Innovation, an initiative for developing innovative solutions for energy infrastructure. The goal is to advance new business models for a resilient, decarbonized, and affordable energy system.

The Munich energy startup Pionierkraft not only made it onto the renowned SET100 list, but also secured a spot among the 15 finalist teams. However, the Munich startup did not make it into the five final award winners.

The Munich startup Homenergy brings renewable energy to private households. Photovoltaic (PV), energy storage, heat pumps, and charging stations – the startup, founded in 2022, advises on these topics, installs the solution, and additionally offers an energy management platform from a single source. The founders Bastian Busl, Hannes Münzinger, and Alexander Priebe received the Munich Founder Prize from Sparkasse München in 2023.

Ecoplanet was founded in 2022 by Maximilian Dekorsy and Henry Keppler. The startup now has a team of 35 people, operates with offices in Munich and Berlin, and has raised a total of six million euros since March 2023. In the first year after product launch, the company achieved seven-figure revenues and continues to grow steadily. We spoke with founder Maximilian Dekorsy.

Munich-based startup Twaice offers predictive analytics software that optimizes both battery development and operation through an AI-powered platform. Founded in 2018 by Stephan Rohr and Michael Baumann, the startup was supported by prominent investors from the outset. Twaice has since raised over 60 million euros across multiple funding rounds, established offices in Chicago and Paris, and built a global customer base in industry. In 2023, the young company opened a battery laboratory in Munich with Vispiron, an automotive supplier.

Energyminer develops micro hydropower plants that are designed not to interfere with the river biotope. The company has now commissioned a pilot plant in the Auer Mühlbach in Munich.

At the Science4Life business plan competition, ideas from life sciences, chemistry, and energy are further developed into concrete startup ventures. Applications can be submitted until April 21.

These five Munich startups develop solutions to advance the energy transition in Germany and worldwide.