GERMANY – aedifion, a Cologne, Germany-based provider of an environment cloud management platform, raised €12M in Series A funding.
The round was led by World Fund, and Beyond Build with participation from the family office of SAP’s founding family Hopp, Bauwens, Drees & Sommer, MOMENI Venture, BitStone Capital and Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures.The company intends to use the funds to further develop the platform.Led by Johannes Fütterer, founder and CEO, aedifion provides a built environment cloud management platform that helps commercial building operators monitor, manage and reduce energy usage across their estate. The company combines engineering and information technology expertise in a broad portfolio of solutions.aedifion was spun out of RWTH Aachen University’s Institute for Building Technology in 2017, and participated in a number of of research initiatives funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK), as well as a number of initiatives with other research institutions including FU Berlin, University of Stuttgart and Fraunhofer ISE, where it has partnered with the likes of Eon, Uniper and Züblin in the process.30/01/2023
