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🔧 Smart Manufacturing: Where AI Meets Industrial Impact! The industrial sector is responsible for 1/5 of global emissions and consumes 54% of delivered energy – yet still runs on outdated systems. We believe this makes smart manufacturing one of the most underleveraged climate levers of the decade. Today, we’re sharing AENU’s deep dive into this space – from our investment thesis to 40+ European early-stage startups that are using next-gen AI, IIoT and data tooling to optimize material and energy flows at scale. 👉 Download the Deep Dive and Cheat Sheet here: https://lnkd.in/ehg9RM2a We’re already seeing momentum in the ecosystem: Robert Stoecker is hosting a fully booked investor roundtable on “AI Unlocking Cleaner Manufacturing” at Slush 2025 – a signal that climate and productivity no longer live in opposition. For founders: If you’re building solutions with measurable CO₂e reduction, data defensibility, and fast operator adoption – we’d love to connect. alcemy Meddle ENLYZE Phaidra Vernaio Luffy AI Deep.Meta Carbon Re ONIQ Matta EthonAI Augury Ascalia United Manufacturing Hub (UMH) TVARIT Geminus Moritz William Heck #climatetech #smartmanufacturing #AI #industry40 #vc #impactinvesting

What if your career made you feel aligned - not drained? 🌍 You spend around 80,000 hours working in your lifetime - imagine using them to solve some of the most pressing systemic shifts of our time. At AENU, we back founders building solutions to the climate crisis - and they’re hiring. From feld.energy (searching for a Chief of Staff) to Voltfang, recently named one of Germany’s best employers, there are 177 open roles waiting for people who want purpose and performance. 🔥 Your next chapter in climate starts here: jobs.aenu.com/jobs 💡 Not ready to move yet? Join our Talent Pool to be first in line when the next opportunity opens: https://lnkd.in/gYnK2QQb Michelle Piontek, Daniel Zakowski, Melina Sánchez Montañés, Dr. Fabian Heilemann, Ferry Heilemann, Siobhan Brewster, Robert Stoecker, Elena Harumi Stark, Sebastian Parizek, Catrin Schmidt, Leo Allgoewer, Melusine Bliesener, Philip Specht, Francesco Nobili #ClimateTech #Careers #ClimateJobs #EnergyTransition

Paris is buzzing with climate innovation - and we mapped it. 🇫🇷⚡️ Our team is in Paris this week, meeting founders, investors and partners driving the next wave of climate tech. To celebrate, we’ve built a first version of the Paris Climate Tech Startups Market Map - a snapshot of the founders turning Europe’s climate ambition into scalable business reality. Can you spot our portfolio companies Equitable Earth (formerly ERS), EPYR, and Apiday among them? 👀 👉 If you’re a founder building in climate tech, or know someone we missed, we’d love to hear from you. Let’s connect while we’re here! 🌍 Philip Specht • Melusine Bliesener • Robert Stoecker • Siobhan Brewster • Dr. Fabian Heilemann • Melina Sánchez Montañés • Leo Allgoewer • Ferry Heilemann #ClimateTech #Paris #StartupEcosystem #EnergyTransition #ClimateInnovation

From world-class athletes to world-changing founders - excellence runs on the same mindset. 🏁 Congratulations to Christina Paulus for an outstanding result at the Ironman World Championship - finishing 9th out of 1,556 athletes and ranking as the best amateur in her age group. 💪 As proud supporters of athletes like Christina Paulus, Sebastian Steudtner, and Maya Gabeira, we see powerful parallels between elite sports and entrepreneurship. Their mindset mirrors what we look for in founders: clarity of purpose, endurance under pressure and the courage to go beyond limits. At AENU, we believe that the same principles that drive athletic excellence also define great companies - discipline, resilience and a relentless belief in progress. 🌍 Ferry Heilemann, Dr. Fabian Heilemann, Philip Specht, Siobhan Brewster, Catrin Schmidt #ClimateTech #Performance #Mindset

💭 Building a company takes drive, resilience, and relentless focus - but it also takes care. According to Harvard Business Review, 72% of founders experience mental health challenges. It’s a reminder for all of us that this needs to change, because no innovation is sustainable if the people driving it are running on empty. At AENU, we stand with founders who push boundaries while learning to protect their own. 🧠 Learn more: aenu.com/mental-health

Europe’s next growth wave is climate! ⚡️ At this year’s Bits & Pretzels, we joined forces with UnternehmerTUM, ImpactVC and Netlight to host “Connecting Europe’s Builders” - a side event bringing together founders, corporates and investors driving Europe’s resilience and technological sovereignty. The event was fully booked and standing-room only - a strong signal that collaboration across the ecosystem has never been more needed or more exciting. On stage with Sophia Spitzer (Marvel Fusion) and Dr. Philipp Lill (Siemens), our very own Philip Specht explored what it takes for Europe to translate scientific excellence into scalable business models - on a panel moderated by Narin Mahmuti (Netlight). The takeaway was clear: Europe will only lead if innovation scales - commercially and collaboratively. Startups contribute ideas, corporates bring scale, investors provide capital ➡ progress happens when these forces align. At AENU, we back commercially superior, impact-aligned companies accelerating systemic decarbonization across energy, industry, and adaptation. Because solving the climate crisis isn’t philanthropy - it’s Europe’s most compelling investment opportunity. 🌍 A big thank you to everyone who joined us - and to those building what’s next. 🚀 Dr. Fabian Heilemann, Ferry Heilemann, Siobhan Brewster, Robert Stoecker, Melusine Bliesener, Leo Allgoewer, Melina Sánchez Montañés, Daniel Zakowski, Michelle Piontek, Lawrence Leuschner, Elena Harumi Stark, Sebastian Parizek, Catrin Schmidt #BitsAndPretzels #ClimateTech #DeepTech #VentureCapital

We’re proud to celebrate three of our portfolio companies - trawa , EPYR, Charm Industrial and alcemy - being named to the Norrsken Impact/100 2025 list of the world’s most promising impact startups. Even more encouraging: nearly half of this year’s winners come from Europe, showing that impact tech made in Europe is not only competitive but setting the pace globally. As our colleague Elena Harumi Stark, part of this year’s selection committee, shares: “It’s inspiring to witness how strongly climate innovation is thriving in Europe. The fact that industrial decarbonisation and the energy transition are at the core of this year’s recognition - exemplified by EPYR, Trawa, and Alcemy - gives confidence that we are building the foundations for a futureproof economy.” Congratulations to all the founders recognized - your work is proof of what’s possible when innovation meets purpose. 👉 Explore the full list here: norrsken.org/impact100 Dr. Fabian Heilemann Ferry Heilemann Siobhan Brewster Philip Specht Daniel Zakowski Elena Harumi Stark Michelle Piontek Melusine Bliesener Robert Stoecker Melina Sánchez Montañés Leo Allgoewer Katharina Beitz Catrin Schmidt Sebastian Parizek Manuel Fuchs

🚨 Heavily oversubscribed BUT we’ve secured 10 extra spots for CVCs & Corporates! On September 30 in Munich, on the eve of Bits & Pretzels, we’re co-hosting with ImpactVC, UnternehmerTUM and Netlight an evening on Connecting Europe’s Builders - How SMEs and Startups Scale Innovation with Purpose. Why join? Because this is where Europe’s builders meet: ✨ Dr. Philipp Lill, Global Head of Research & Innovation at Siemens ✨ Dr. Nicolas Burkardt, CFO at Marvel Fusion ✨ Philip Specht, Partner at AENU 🎤 Moderated by the wonderful Narin Mahmuti. Together, they’ll explore: - How corporates and startups can learn from each other’s strengths - From procurement to energy, logistics to manufacturing - The role of investors in making innovation thrive 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 - 𝐧𝐨 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐟𝐟, 𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 👉 We’d love to share our last 10 seats with SMEs and CVCs in our network. Apply now to secure your spot: https://luma.com/vqo2cc97 Dr. Fabian Heilemann, Siobhan Brewster, Ferry Heilemann, Philippe Singer, Melina Sánchez Montañés, Robert Stoecker, Melusine Bliesener, Leo Allgoewer, Michelle Piontek, Philip Prestele, Michael Stockerl, Frederick Pietzcker, Julia von Knoblauch, Ellie Broad

⚡ Rewiring EV Charging into Climate Infrastructure We just released our second Use Case – this time on Monta, one of Europe’s most advanced software-first climate infrastructure companies. What you’ll find inside the case study: 💡 The Blind Spot: Why charging infrastructure, if left fragmented, risks becoming the bottleneck of the energy transition. 💡 The Systemic Role: How Monta is building the operating system for EV charging — connecting fleets, CPOs, site owners, and energy providers. 💡 Impact at Scale: 200k+ charge points powered 2.1M+ monthly charging sessions 162,000 tons of CO₂ reduced in 2024 alone 🔹 The AENU Lens: Applying our Systemic Impact Framework to evaluate not just emissions avoided, but how Monta rewires entire systems. As Ferry Heilemann puts it: “Monta’s platform shows how commercial traction and climate impact can scale together — every additional site and session improves infrastructure efficiency, accelerates EV adoption, and displaces emissions at system level.” 📖 Dive into the full Use Case here → https://lnkd.in/e6ypcTbe Michelle Piontek Katharina Beitz Elena Harumi Stark Ferry Heilemann Newsha Dalman Casper H Rasmussen

**Apply NOW** 🔈 It's that time of the year again: AENU is looking for visiting analysts from January-June 2026! 🌍 Are you passionate about solving the climate crisis? 💡 Are you mission-driven, a critical thinker and do you possess an insatiable curiosity? 🤝 Do you want to learn about the startup universe, connect with like-minded people and meet experts from various fields? 🚀 Does this sound like you? Kick-start your investment career as a Visiting Analyst at AENU, a ClimateTech VC that invests in early-stage startups. Join our amazing team in Berlin for 6 months, starting January 2026: https://lnkd.in/dP9p3tPh Daniel Zakowski Philip Specht Robert Stoecker Melusine Bliesener Leo Allgoewer Siobhan Brewster Elena Harumi Stark Dr. Fabian Heilemann Michelle Piontek Katharina Beitz Ferry Heilemann Catrin Schmidt