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Schneider Electric

35 rue Joseph Monier, Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine, 92500, France

Overview

Schneider Electric provides digital transformation in energy management and automation. Their digital transformation by integrating processes, energy technologies, connecting products, controls, and software services. Their products include low-voltage products, systems, grid automation, building automation, energy storage, cooling, and racks.

Total investments
24
Lead investments
3
Investments · 12mo
2
Active investors
9

Sector focus

  • Electronics
  • Energy
  • Energy Management
  • Information Technology
  • Renewable Energy
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Investment portfolio

  • Together AI

    Participated · Series C · Jul 2026

    Together AI is an AI neocloud founded in 2022 that offers AI-specific infrastructure and tooling to support deployment and usage of open-source models. The company says its platform has driven a tripling of open-source model usage across the industry and reports thousands of paying customers, including Cursor, Cognition, and Decagon. Financially, Together AI reported annual bookings of over $1.15 billion as of its last quarter. Its team includes co-founders Vipul Ved Prakash, Percy Liang, and Ce Zhang. Together AI has raised multiple rounds to date, including a $102.5 million Series A in 2023 and a $305 million Series B about 16 months before this Series C. The company operates amid strong VC interest in neocloud providers and infrastructure for AI model deployment.

  • Aerem

    Participated · Series B · Jan 2026

    Founded in 2021, Aerem provides a comprehensive platform that combines solar system design, an equipment marketplace, financing solutions, and post-installation asset monitoring to simplify distributed solar deployment. The company primarily targets MSMEs, homeowners, EPC contractors, and financial institutions, giving them a single interface to procure, finance, and oversee rooftop solar projects. Aerem claims to have enabled more than 1,200 MW of solar capacity and financed over 2,000 projects nationwide. Its network includes 3,200 installation partners operating in 150 Indian cities, underscoring its broad geographic reach. Revenue details are not disclosed, but the company’s total capital raised now stands at roughly $34.5 million. With fresh funds, Aerem plans to widen its pan-India footprint, deepen its EPC and installer network, and invest in affordability, execution quality, and system-performance visibility to drive solar adoption among MSMEs and residential customers.

  • Stellaria

    Participated · Equity · Jul 2025

    Stellaria is developing the Stellarium, a fourth‑generation molten‑salt fast‑neutron reactor designed to fully regenerate its fuel during operation and be self‑sufficient for more than 20 years. The design aims to reduce long‑lived nuclear waste (minor actinides) and to provide competitive, safe and flexible low‑carbon power for industry and the grid. The company plans a first molten‑salt facility capable of sustaining a fission reaction by 2029 and expects a first production unit ready for commercial deployment by 2035. Funding announced in 2025 is being directed to technical and regulatory studies, the development of a liquid‑core fast‑neutron demonstrator, and R&D acceleration. Stellaria intends to double its workforce to support those efforts and to expand its Grenoble research laboratory by several million euros. The company was founded in 2023 and originates from CEA and Schneider Electric.

  • GoParity

    Participated · Equity · May 2025

    Goparity operates a crowdlending platform that channels capital to sustainable projects across almost 20 countries on three continents. Since its 2017 founding it has lent more than €45 million through the platform and in 2024 reported €1 million in revenue for the first time. Projects financed via Goparity have helped prevent over 30,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions per year, supported the creation of more than 4,700 jobs and had a direct positive impact on around 86,000 people. The company combines institutional investment with retail equity crowdfunding, having twice opened rounds to its investor community via Crowdcube. In its latest community round it gathered more than 800 private investors who contributed €470,000. Goparity plans to grow its investor community mainly in Europe and Canada while reinforcing its presence in South America and other parts of the Southern Hemisphere. Founded in 2017 and based in Lisbon, Goparity runs a 'green bank' fintech marketplace that matches impact-driven projects seeking funding with people who want to invest in sustainability. The platform aims to democratize access to sustainable finance by combining institutional backers with community ownership via equity crowdfunding. Goparity has attracted more than 30,000 users across over 70 countries and reported about €10.4 million invested through its platform in 2022 while doubling turnover that year. Its reported projects have impacted nearly 200,000 people, created 7,000 jobs and helped avoid over 23,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions. The company highlights a community-led approach—€600k of the latest raise came from platform users and 69% of crowdfunding participants were aged 18–40. Goparity intends to use the new capital to expand across Europe and North America (notably Spain and Canada) and to develop new financial products. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Lisbon, GoParity operates an impact finance platform that lets users invest in projects across sectors such as renewable energy, electric mobility, sustainable aquaculture, eco-fashion, health and education. The platform has gathered a community of 24,000 users and has funded about 200 impact projects across Europe, South America and Africa. GoParity recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube that hit its €1.2 million target in one hour and is now accepting overfunding and community shareholders. The company has raised over €1.2 million to date from private investors, including Mustard Seed Maze and Critical Software, as well as business angels, backers and prizes. After launching a new app last month, GoParity plans to expand across Europe and Canada, add new savings and investment products, and grow its team in marketing, development, risk and operations. The firm positions itself to democratize sustainable finance by inviting customers and partners to become shareholders and influence the company’s future.

  • BuildOps

    Participated · Series C · Mar 2025

    BuildOps, founded in 2018 and based in Los Angeles, builds field service management SaaS that helps commercial contractors in the U.S. and Canada with project management, service, dispatching, and invoicing via AI-powered automation. Its per-user annual-contract pricing serves HVAC, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and fire and life safety contractors and the platform claims to boost efficiency, reduce errors and downtime, and increase profitability. The company reports over 1,000 commercial contractor customers and about 375 employees, up roughly 50% year over year. Chanani declined to disclose hard revenue figures but said the company launched its platform in 2020, surpassed seven figures in its first year, tripled that figure in 2021 and 2022, and then doubled revenue in 2023 and 2024. BuildOps is not yet profitable as it prioritizes aggressive scaling and investment in product and technology. It plans to use the new capital to expand headcount, invest in products and its API architecture, and pursue strategic acquisitions. BuildOps provides a SaaS platform for commercial service and project-oriented trade contractors to manage workflows and operational tasks. The purpose-built technology integrates scheduling, dispatching, inventory management, contracts, workflow, purchasing, and invoicing into a single software suite. It serves commercial contractors of all sizes, from a dozen employees to several thousand. The platform is designed to address industry challenges such as supply chain delays and the skilled labor shortage. BuildOps is led by CEO and founder Alok Chanani and is based in Los Angeles, CA. The company raised $50M in a round that brought total funding to $100M and plans to use the proceeds to accelerate growth and cement its market position. BuildOps is a SaaS technology platform that integrates scheduling, dispatching, inventory management, contracts, workflow, and accounting into a single software suite for commercial contractors. The product is built specifically for modern commercial contractors with staff ranging from a dozen to thousands of employees. The company plans to use the funds to expand operations and its business reach. BuildOps was founded in 2018 by co-founders Alok Chanani, Steve Chew, and Neeraj Mittal and is based in Los Angeles, California. The article frames the company as an all-in-one management solution for the commercial contracting market. BuildOps sells an integrated software platform that combines scheduling, dispatching, inventory management, contracts, workflow and accounting into a single package for commercial real estate contractors. The product targets subcontractors with staffs ranging from a few dozen to several hundred employees. The company plans to use the new financing to support continued growth. BuildOps positions itself against fragmented tech adoption in the subcontractor segment of the commercial construction market. The company cites industry context that commercial construction spending grew from $626 billion to $807 billion over the past three years. The founding team includes former ServiceTitan developer Neeraj Mittal, Steve Chew, and Alok Chanani.

Team

  • Annette Clayton

    CEO & President

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  • John Madden

    Chief Technologist, Advanced Applications Business

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  • Elan Fritz

    Product Marketing Manager

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  • Ralf Neubert

    Vice President Research And Development

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