Capital Energy Quantum, Capital Energy's investment vehicle whose objective is to identify energytech startups with the potential to transform the energy sector, and other adjacent sectors, in order to reach agreements and invest in them, as well as to create a portfolio of scalable, innovative companies with a global vision, is facing a new strategic stage in which it wants to promote these types of companies from their origin.

To this end, Capital Energy Quantum is going to multiply its current budget by 2.5 times, from the 20 million euros with which it began its journey in the last quarter of 2020, of which it has already committed more than 8 million euros to date, to the 50 million euros it plans to invest in the coming years.

Quantum's mission is to help develop teams and business models, to foster solid and profitable companies and to find those entrepreneurs with the ability to create and transform industry and society. In this way, the company aims to contribute to the consolidation of sustainable global economic development, in which innovation and technology play a critical role.

To carry out its mission, Capital Energy Quantum has so far used different ways, such as direct investment (venture capital), partnerships with startups (venture client) or the launch of open innovation challenges, such as those carried out last year in Galicia and Castilla y León.

But in this new strategic stage, the company is going to go further, implementing a unique model in its field of action, tailored to the needs of the startups it supports, especially those taking their first steps, to which it will offer everything from a physical space to training, mentoring and networking services, as well as business opportunities and access to financing.

Entrepreneurs will also have the opportunity to explore the construction of new businesses based on an idea, the incubation of companies or their acceleration, generating an international ecosystem conducive to the creation and development of teams and models with the capacity to offer solutions to the challenges faced by today's society.

This investment vehicle is part of Capital Energy's strategic commitment to fostering entrepreneurship and generating a vast network of knowledge in the field of sustainability. It also contributes to supporting the company's strategy of territorial impact, which is largely reflected in its Territories Project, by supporting the local industrial fabric and local talent.

Since its foundation, Capital Energy Quantum has backed a series of national and foreign companies that are set to lead the transformation of the energy sector and the services it provides to other industries:

2021:
Hesstec > Valencian-Andalusian company dedicated to the development of hybrid storage solutions.
Klima Energy Transition Fund > pan-European fund focused on energy transition driven by Alantra and Enagás.
Solum > Sevillian company that creates a photovoltaic pavement capable of generating 100% renewable energy.

2022:
Stemy Energy > Madrid-based software platform that, through artificial intelligence, connects and manages consumers, allowing them to actively participate in the electricity market and enabling them to reduce their electricity bill and carbon footprint.

2023:
Veltium > Basque company that develops, manufactures and markets hardware and software solutions for electric vehicle charging.
Infraclear > US platform that has a database of contracts in the infrastructure sector on which it offers different layers of services.

In these first years of life, Quantum has also promoted seven pilot projects, with as many start-ups, of various kinds: gamification of sustainable behaviour (Light); electricity consumption unbundling system (Voltaware); smart charging devices to improve the user experience at the point of sale (Chargy); BlockChain technology applied to the certification of the origin of renewable energy (Flexidao); virtual reality to improve the operation and maintenance of wind farms (Onirix); predictive meteorological models for estimating wind farm production (Vexiza) and quantification of the direct and indirect effects of wind turbine installation (AYEconomics).

New website

Capital Energy Quantum faces this new strategic stage with the launch of its new corporate website, with which it aims to capture the attention of the national and international entrepreneurial fabric, with a focus on Europe, the United States and Israel, which it wants to accompany from the gestation phase of the ideas.

The new site has taken a 180º turn from the previous one, optimising and making the browsing experience more intuitive for users. Through this new portal, users will be able to learn more about the portfolio of disruptive startups that have already been set up, the pilots carried out, the innovation challenges that have been launched so far or the history of the company... In addition, Quantum has enabled a contact section to receive all those proposals whose ambition is to revolutionise the sustainable industry.

About Capital Energy Quantum

Launched by Capital Energy in 2020 and currently endowed with €50 million, Quantum seeks to identify a portfolio of energytech startups with the potential to transform the energy sector, and other adjacent sectors, reach agreements and invest in them. To this end, the company, which in the first phase had focused on the venture client, direct investment in the energy sector, has launched a new venture capital programme.

Capital Energy Quantum is part of the group's strategic commitment to promote entrepreneurship and generate a vast network of knowledge and talent in the field of sustainability. It also contributes to supporting the company's strategy of territorial impact, supporting the local industrial fabric and talent.

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