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Women in Tech: Leonie Wagner from Furo
From AI research at Stanford to an energy startup: Leonie Wagner oversees the tech side at Furo. The physicist and robotics expert talks with us about intelligent battery storage, customers as a source of ideas, and why she returned to Munich for the energy transition.
Turned Down Google, Raised 4 Million: This is Furo
Furo’s founding team turned down offers from Google and Apple to build their own startup in Munich. Now US investors are backing their software for battery storage: 4 million euros will drive further development and expansion.
Women in Tech: Lena Sophia Voß from Furo
From aerospace research and consulting to multiple startups and the energy sector: Lena Sophia Voß brings a diverse tech and business background to Furo. Together with Leonie Wagner and Simon Wittner at Furo, she is developing an operating system for commercial and industrial battery storage. In this interview, Voß explains why energy is becoming a critical location factor, what helped her overcome her fear of founding a company, and why Munich still has catching up to do when it comes to knowledge sharing between scaleup operators.
Furo: software for battery storage
Battery storage is considered key to the energy transition, but without intelligent control, much potential remains unused. Munich startup Furo develops a platform for planning, monitoring, and marketing of storage in the commercial and industrial sector. Co-founder Lena Sophia Voß explains in an interview why software is becoming critical infrastructure.