Start-up Pitch Session | New Players in BESS: Technologies, Business Models and Market Entry

Recording from Tuesday, March 31, 2026 | Battery Business & Development Forum | Language: English | Duration: 54:23 .

Innovation in battery storage is increasingly driven by new market entrants developing technologies, software and business models across the value chain. In this fast-paced session, selected start-ups present their solutions and explain how they position themselves in a competitive and rapidly evolving market.

Each company gives a short pitch, followed by brief discussion and feedback from the moderator.

What you will discuss:

Which specific problems in the BESS value chain new companies are addressing
How software tools and AI-based approaches can support areas such as performance analysis or O&M
How new solutions aim to improve project returns, scalability or operational efficiency
Which applications and customer segments these companies are targeting
How these approaches fit into today’s storage market

Moderator

Matthias Engel
Managing Partner
Vireo Ventures

Speaker

Elias Aruna
Founder
Scale Energy

Florian Heise
Co-Founder
Re-Twin Energy

Laura Laringe
CEO
reLi Energy

Joseph Perrotta
Founder
Invertix

Peter Bruins
Founder
Fudura

Volker Schöller
CTO
Schoenergie GmbH

Jörg Beringer

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