Battery Storage for SMEs: Munich-based startup encosa receives EUR 25 million
Munich (ots)
With equity capital and a scalable debt facility, encosa is bringing its complete solution to energy-intensive companies, enabling them to reduce their electricity costs and profit from electricity trading.
For German SMEs, energy costs are the largest and fastest-growing pressure on margins – and given ongoing geopolitical instability, relief is hardly in sight. The solution is battery storage: a technology that can optimize grid power procurement and generate additional revenue by feeding excess capacity back into the grid. However, until now, the right solution required significant time, capital, and project management effort – a hurdle that ties up valuable resources.
encosa – the name stands for "Energy Cost Savings" – was founded precisely for this purpose. With the completed financing of EUR 25 million, the company is now scaling its complete solution into the German SME sector.
Everything from a single source
encosa is the "one-stop shop" for battery storage in the commercial and industrial sector. The company plans, finances, installs, and operates battery storage systems for energy-intensive businesses in industries such as chemicals, food, plastics, paper, glass, metal, mechanical engineering, and logistics.
A battery storage project in an industrial environment can hardly be compared to a home storage project due to its higher technical, regulatory, and financial complexity. For a typical SME, this means months of coordination of financing, grid connection, fire protection, permits, authorities, and technical planning – all while managing day-to-day operations. encosa handles the entire process, allowing customers to focus on their core business. Savings take effect from the first month. Depending on the consumption profile and market conditions, the investment typically pays for itself within 18 months to five years. A proprietary technology platform combines "behind the meter" (energy cost savings) and "front of the meter" (marketing on the electricity market), extracting significantly more value from each installed system.
A series of new regulations in 2025/26 are fundamentally improving the economic framework for commercial storage: the Solar Peak Law, new regulations in the Energy Industry Act (EnWG), and the MiSpeL ruling by the Federal Network Agency on the flexible use of storage. For the first time, economically attractive multi-use models in the commercial sector are becoming regulatory possible. encosa is precisely aligned with this market window.
Three ways to own battery storage
Financing for battery storage is flexible: customers can choose between purchase, rental, or lease. encosa either provides the capital or accompanies the direct investment. The result is the same for every model: significantly lower energy costs, additional revenue from marketing the storage, CO2 savings, and benefits for ESG reporting obligations.
"Battery storage is conquering the German SME sector. The question is no longer whether, but how fast. encosa makes it easy for every company: reduce energy costs without effort, without risk, without own investment." – Sascha Koberstaedt, Founder & CEO, encosa
This assessment is also shared by investor Realyze Ventures, which leads the seed financing round:
"We were particularly impressed by how well encosa understands its customers' requirements. This is also reflected in the numerous projects already won. Moreover, the company differentiates itself from its competitors through its own technology. This makes storage operation more efficient and ensures that investments pay off faster." – Marc Stilke, Realyze Ventures
Scaling in Germany, then beyond
The funds will flow into both the expansion of the German business and the further development of the technology platform. It already controls the economically optimal operation of installed storage and is gradually evolving into a multi-use and VPP-capable energy platform. This continuously increases the economic value of each installed system. The focus is clearly on Germany, with over 100,000 potential customers often having multiple sites. Whoever conquers this market has the best starting position for international expansion.
"Storage projects are systematically underestimated. For SMEs, they are a complex infrastructure project and by no means completed with commissioning. encosa therefore delivers not only savings from day one but also minimizes the operational risk of storage management." – Sebastian Becker, Founder & COO, encosa
About encosa
encosa is a Munich-based company for battery storage solutions, serving commercial and industrial companies throughout Germany. With a complete solution comprising planning, financing, installation, and operation, encosa enables energy-intensive companies to reduce their energy costs and generate additional revenue from the marketing of storage. Flexible financing models and the elimination of additional operational effort make the solution feasible for any company.
Founded in June 2024 by Sascha Koberstaedt and Sebastian Becker, encosa has raised EUR 25 million in capital in less than two years, put initial systems into operation, and built an experienced team of specialists. In the pre-seed round, First Momentum Ventures and Redstone invested as lead investors together with Heliad, UTUM Funding for Innovators, and WEPA Ventures. The seed round was led by Realyze Ventures, also participated by Verve Ventures, Bayern Kapital, Blum Ventures, and Kopa Ventures. All pre-seed investors reinvested in the seed round. Additional investors include several business angels, among them Andreas Kupke (co-founder and former COO/CFO of Finanzcheck.de), Marc Stilke (former CEO of Immobilienscout24), Sebastian Bärhold (co-founder of IDnow), as well as a family venture capital consortium of family businesses around WEPA Ventures and with support from better ventures.
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