As the global shift toward electrification accelerates, optimising energy storage has emerged as a pivotal challenge to unlocking renewable energy’s full promise. Vienna-based enspired is addressing this challenge head-on by leveraging high-frequency, AI-driven trading intelligence to maximise the value of battery energy storage systems (BESS).
The company has now extended its Series B funding round to €40 million, with Future Energy Ventures joining as a new strategic partner alongside returning investors including Zouk Capital, EnBW New Ventures, Banpu NEXT, PUSH VC, and 360 Capital. This fresh capital will propel enspired’s expansion across Europe, Asia, and the United States.
Founded by Jürgen Mayerhofer and Wolfgang Eichberger, enspired was born out of a shared frustration with market inefficiencies and a vision to transform energy flexibility into a tradable asset through cutting-edge technology. Mayerhofer, whose background spans energy trading and power systems, emphasises that “AI and real-time automation offer unprecedented opportunities to unlock the full potential of battery assets, turning flexibility into a revenue-generating commodity.”
At the heart of enspired’s technology lies a proprietary trading engine considered the fastest on Europe’s short-term power markets. Unlike competitors such as Greensync, Tesla’s Autobidder, and Fluence’s AI-driven energy management solutions, enspired’s platform delivers simultaneous, cross-market optimisation, enabling asset operators to respond instantly to shifting price signals across wholesale, control reserve, and ancillary service markets.
Future Energy partner Jan Palasinski said, “Energy storage is the #1 driver for EU energy resilience as we electrify everything. Enspired has the most advanced battery optimisation technology and a stratospheric team that’s consistently ahead of the pack. We’ve trusted them since day one and been stunned by their relentless execution of ambitious milestones. Their global technology leadership convinced us to fuel their expansion into new markets and become part of what we see as a defining success story in the energy transition.”
Looking forward, the company is deepening integrations, expanding use cases, and forging partnerships worldwide. Its first major expansion beyond Europe is through a collaboration with Banpu NEXT in Japan.
Mayerhofer concluded, “Within the last 12 months, we entered six new markets and crossed the magical 1GW mark of BESS under management. We proved our undisputed leadership in commercial optimisation by publishing our actual, certified revenues. We are at our greatest peak, and we won’t stop here.”
