Suma Capital, an independent asset manager specializing in sustainable investment and purpose-driven capital, has invested €1 million in Optimitive, a technology company focused on Real-Time Optimization of industrial processes using Artificial Intelligence. The investment, channeled through SC Venture via the early-stage fund SC Climate Tech Ventures, completes a €5 million Series A round, in which Cemex Ventures and TITAN Cement Group also participated as strategic co-investors.
The transaction takes place in a context in which energy-intensive industries are simultaneously facing the challenge of reducing their environmental footprint while maintaining competitiveness. In this scenario, data-driven operational optimization has become an immediate lever to improve efficiency and resilience, with a direct impact on energy costs and productivity.
Through its industrial AI platform OPTIBAT®, Optimitive applies Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning algorithms to optimize continuous manufacturing processes in real time across energy-intensive sectors such as cement, chemicals, petrochemicals, paper, and metals. OPTIBAT® integrates into the plant’s daily operations to reduce energy consumption and improve operational performance, achieving energy savings of up to 6% and production improvements of up to 10%, depending on the process and conditions of each facility. These operational improvements allow industrial customers to achieve rapid returns on investment and contribute to reducing emissions associated with energy consumption, while simultaneously strengthening their competitiveness.
In 2025, Optimitive experienced significant growth, enabling the company to build a team of more than 40 professionals and establish a global commercial presence. Its solution is deployed in industrial plants in markets such as the United States, Mexico, India, and Egypt, in addition to Europe, among others.
With this funding round, Optimitive will prioritize:
– Consolidation and growth of its current team
– International expansion and deployments in new geographies and industrial clients
– Product evolution and enhanced platform capabilities for new use cases
– Commercial growth and consolidation of its industrial customer base
Fernando de la Prida, CEO of Optimitive, states: “The closing of this investment round allows us to accelerate the global deployment of our technology and consolidate our value proposition in industries where every efficiency point counts. Moreover, doing so with Suma Capital—who, together with the rest of the co-investors, shares Optimitive’s purpose of building a more sustainable future through clean technologies—gives us confidence that we are moving forward with the best possible partners.”
Josep Miquel Torregrosa, Partner at Suma Capital, adds:“Optimitive perfectly represents our objective of investing in applied technology that improves efficiency and reduces energy consumption in industry, with a clear value-creation logic based on increased productivity, cost reduction, and risk management. The company has demonstrated measurable results in complex industrial environments; our role will be to support the team as it continues the global adoption and consolidation of the platform.”
About Suma Capital
Suma Capital is a leading alternative assets manager specialising in sustainability. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Barcelona, it also has offices in Madrid, Paris, and Milan. It manages over €1.2 billion through three investment strategies that drive the green transition:
Recognised as a European benchmark in impact investing, Suma Capital promotes a purpose-driven capital model that generates both economic and environmental value.
More information: www.sumacapital.com
About Optimitive
Founded in 2008, OPTIMITIVE is a software development company that enhances energy efficiency and sustainability in industrial processes through Real-Time Optimisation powered by Artificial Intelligence.
Through its OPTIBAT® solution, OPTIMITIVE enables autonomous, closed-loop optimisation based on AI, minimising energy consumption, improving productivity, and reducing CO₂ emissions.
Its unique, patented no-code technology is extremely easy to configure, requiring no programming knowledge, while being flexible enough to meet any optimisation goal across a wide range of applications and industries.
OPTIMITIVE currently operates in seven major regions worldwide (Europe, North America, South America, Africa, the Middle East, India, and East Asia), serving multiple markets (cement, oil and gas, chemicals, power generation, paper, mining, glass, metals, and water), optimising more than 65 facilities across diverse processes
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