Flower completes €45M Series A round with additional €20M, further powering its redefinition of tomorrow’s energy system
Flower is helping enable and control the clean energy system of tomorrow by creating flexibility, stability, and predictability of energy usage within global grids, while simultaneously providing owners of renewable power assets with new and better revenue streams. It does so via its AI-driven platform and infrastructural hardware.
Flower, the Swedish energy tech firm redefining the post-transition energy system, has closed its Series A funding with a further €20M, bringing this latest round to €45M and total investment in the company to €100M.
Flower is helping enable and control the clean energy system of tomorrow by creating flexibility, stability, and predictability of energy usage within global grids, while simultaneously providing owners of renewable power assets with new and better revenue streams. It does so via its AI-driven platform and infrastructural hardware.
Flower’s Series A round was led by Northzone with additional investment from Giant Ventures; 82an Invest (a joint venture between the Wallenberg Foundation’s FAM and returning investor 41an Invest, the investment vehicle of H&M founder and CEO Karl-Johan Persson and Glocalnet and Kivra founder Stefan Krook); Sony Innovation Fund; and angel investors Thomas von Koch (Partner at the EQT Foundation), and Founder of game developer King, Sebastian Knutsson. Northzone General Partner Pär-Jörgen Pärson has also joined Flower’s board.
Flower will deploy this latest capital towards ambitious pan-European expansion, as well as furthering development of its infrastructural Battery Energy Storage Systems. Active currently in Sweden and Denmark, Flower will become operational also throughout the DACH region, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium throughout 2025 and 2026.
John Diklev, Founder and CEO of Flower comments: “2024 has already been a pivotal year in the growth of Flower, with our acquisition of Sweden’s largest battery park and the announcement of significant new partnerships. Completing our Series A round, and bringing on board some of Sweden and Europe’s leading investors in the process, is not just a major milestone on the Flower journey, but towards the energy systems of tomorrow that we are helping to build.”
Pär-Jorgen Pärson, General Partner at Northzone, who is joining Flower’s board adds, “We’re very excited about the team’s pioneering approach to addressing the challenges of renewable energy with cutting-edge, AI-driven optimization combined with grid-level battery systems to transform the grid throughout Europe. We have never seen such a fast-moving company.”
Co-founder and Managing Partner at Giant Ventures Cameron McLain adds, “Energy flexibility is essential to building a resilient energy grid. Flower has achieved impressive growth with its bold vertically-integrated approach, and we’re excited for what’s next.”
“Flower’s cutting-edge optimization platform and portfolio of flexible energy assets will help accelerate the transition towards renewable energy, which aligns well with our vision for a sustainable future,” comments Antonio Avitabile, Managing Director EMEA at Sony Innovation Fund. “We are excited to join Flower on their growth journey and to support the team with internationalization.”
