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Furo Energy
10/10Traction
Furo provides a software platform that manages industrial battery storage systems across their entire lifecycle, from system sizing and design to AI-driven operational optimization and energy trading. The platform forecasts electricity prices and weather up to 48 hours ahead to control charging and discharging in real time, enabling multiple revenue streams such as peak shaving, self-consumption optimization, and spot market trading. Over 800 companies use Furo at more than 6,000 sites across Germany and Europe.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Data & Analytics
- Battery Technology
- Clean Technology
- Energy
- Software Only
Updated 8 days ago
Funding
Raised to date
€4MRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Est. $4.4Macross 1 round
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Problem
Industrial and commercial battery storage systems are often operated with static, pre-programmed control rules that do not react to changing weather conditions, electricity prices, or consumption patterns. This leaves significant economic potential untapped, as operators miss opportunities to reduce energy costs through peak shaving, self-consumption optimization, or trading on energy markets. Additionally, most software tools on the market only cover the initial sales and design phase, leaving a gap in ongoing operational optimization.
Solution
Furo provides a software platform that accompanies industrial battery storage projects across their entire lifecycle, from planning through operation to energy trading. The platform's PLAN module lets users upload load profiles and site data to calculate optimal storage sizing, economic viability, and operating strategies within minutes, automatically generating customer-ready documents. The OPERATE module uses forecast-based multi-use optimization, predicting generation, electricity prices, and consumption up to 48 hours ahead to control the battery in real time, dynamically switching between use cases such as peak shaving, self-consumption optimization, atypical grid usage, and electricity purchase optimization. The FLEX module automatically identifies unused storage capacity and markets it on energy exchanges, enabling additional revenue even for systems under 1 MW. A virtual battery feature makes potential returns simulatable before the physical storage system is even commissioned.
Target Audience
Primary customers are battery storage manufacturers, installers, project developers, energy suppliers, and municipal utilities that sell, install, or operate commercial and industrial battery storage systems, as well as commercial and industrial companies seeking to reduce their electricity costs.
Features
- PLAN: Auslegungssoftware that calculates optimal storage size, profitability, and operating strategy from load profile uploads and site data, generating customer-ready documents automatically
- OPERATE: Forecast-based multi-use optimization that anticipates generation, prices, and consumption up to 48 hours ahead and controls the battery accordingly in real time
- FLEX: Automatic marketing of unused storage capacity on spot, intraday, and day-ahead energy markets, including for systems under 1 MW
- Virtual battery simulation that makes potential returns visible before physical commissioning
- Real-time switching between multiple revenue streams including self-consumption optimization, peak shaving, atypical grid usage, and dynamic tariff optimization
- Role-based platform adaptation for battery manufacturers, installers, project developers, energy suppliers, and industrial end customers