Industry consumes the largest share of energy in Germany and worldwide. To achieve the transformation to a climate-neutral economy the use of renewable energy is essential. Our vision is to decarbonize industry with the help of renewable energy.
"By revolutionizing the way industry consumes energy, we are saving megatons of CO2 - and millions of euros in energy costs."
We are pursuing this mission by enabling industrial companies to manage energy with AI. We have developed the energy management platform flexOn for this purpose. It uses AI-based data analysis and automation to shift the electricity consumption of existing infrastructure to green and favorable periods. flexOn serves as an intelligent control room that bi-directionally adjusts energy flows to the availability of renewable energy at the customer’s location and in the markets. Thereby, we are creating a new way for companies to consume energy efficiently: Transparent, predictable and independent. Thanks to our strong network in the energy market and plant engineering, we are setting new standards and providing answers to all relevant energy questions from our customers.
The business idea was born in 2019 from the observation that renewable energies are not being used effectively enough and a lot of potential is getting lost. As a result, Daniel, Torge and Sascha founded encentive in 2020 and worked intensively on the topics of smart grids, heat pumps and grid-interactive buildings.
This led to the vision that resulted in the first version of flexOn and the appointment of our first employee in 2022. In 2023, we then released the automatic, AI-based consumption control as part of flexOn and completed our seed financing.
In the meantime, the first employee has grown into a team of 18 experts in mathematics, engineering, software development, sales and marketing who are constantly developing our business idea.
Nicolàs Juhl
CEO
Business Development
Nicolàs heads business development as Chief Executive Officer. With his background in international management and his many years of experience in growth, he has the right experience to make encentive known in industry. In addition to business development, marketing and project management, Nicolàs is enthusiastic about the energy revolution — and passionately drives it forward in his work.
Torge Lahrsen
Co-Founder & COO
Funding & Marketing
As co-founder and chief operations officer with a master's degree in finance and economics, Torge is the expert for strategy, figures and visions. He is responsible for financing, marketing and maintains relationships with investors. He is also passionate about the energy industry and the special features and roles of the energy system.
Daniel Ehnes
Co-Founder & CPO
Engineering
Daniel, co-founder and chief product officer of encentive, is responsible for engineering. As a trained systems engineering engineer, he is interested in the complex interrelationships between the energy system and the energy industry. Daniel not only supports our customers in technical sales, but also brings comprehensive knowledge of their systems.
Sascha Greve
Co-Founder & CTO
Software Development
As co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Sascha leads the development of our energy management platform flexOn. In addition to his background in computer science, he has a special interest in cryptography, information security and renewable energies. Sascha works daily on solutions to seamlessly integrate existing infrastructure into the energy system of the future.
For a climate-friendly future
Protecting the climate is important to us and drives our daily work. At the same time, it is important that climate protection and economic efficiency go hand in hand. With our solution, we are paving the way for independence from fossil fuels and reducing both CO2 and our customers' energy costs.
Expertise as our greatest asset
On the one hand, this applies to the composition of our team. Expertise is more important to us than the background of our employees. On the other hand, we also focus on quality and function in product development. We're doers, not talkers!
Down to earth & approachable
Cooperation within the team and with customers is characterized by our down-to-earth attitude. We interact at eye level and are open to ideas and direct feedback. We also offer newcomers to this complex field the opportunity to familiarize themselves quickly.
Flexible rather than static
What we want regarding the electricity grid is also reflected in our working culture. Our team works flexibly and from different corners of Germany. We focus on motivation and excellent results, not dusty office etiquette.
You share our values?
Then join us!
Apply for one of the positions or send us an unsolicited application. We are always on the lookout for talented people who share our vision!
