Blue Minds
Siebensterngasse 31, Wien, 1070, Austria
Overview
Driving the energy transition or the art of creating value. THE BLUE MINDS COMPANY is the new go-to company in Vienna when it comes to business models for energy transition. In the areas of research, consulting and communications theywork hand in hand for and with companies when it comes to facing the challenges of the 21st century. As startup incubator theyfind, mentor and support startups with creative ideas on their way to become the architects of the energy transition. Based in Vienna, They are well-connected throughout South-East-Europe, Turkey and MENA, based on many years of local experience. Their subsidiary Blue Minds Israel Ltd. in Tel Aviv develops software for digital energy services to meet the new challenges of converging energy, Internet and telecommunications. This is their response to recent developments of combining energy, Internet and telecommunication.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 6
Sector focus
- Energy
- Management Consulting
Investment portfolio
- Placense
Participated · Equity · Mar 2021
Placense is an Israeli-founded location intelligence provider that uses machine learning and anonymisation to gather location-based data for retail and real estate decision-making. Its technology helps retailers assess market demand and the company says it can cut data-collection costs by around two-thirds versus surveys, cameras and sensors. Placense emphasizes data privacy and GDPR-compliant collection and management, with data handled by Placense and associated partners. The company has appointed Germany's Fachverband Aussenwerbung e.V. as location intelligence data experts to support retailers. CEO Dan Gildoni says the product enables faster, more informed decision-making for occupiers, asset managers, developers and brokers. Placense recently received external funding to support scaling and expansion across Europe.