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.
Daniel Ehnes
Co-Founder & CEO
Engineering
Daniel, co-founder and co-CEO of encentive, is responsible for engineering. As a qualified systems engineer, he is interested in the complex interrelationships of the energy system and the energy industry. Daniel not only supports our customers in technical sales, but also has extensive knowledge of their processes and systems.
Torge Lahrsen
Co-Founder & CEO
Funding & Marketing
As co-founder and co-CEO with a Master's degree in Finance and Economics, Torge is the expert for commercial topics, figures and visions. He is responsible for sales, marketing and investor relations. He is also passionate about the energy industry and the specific features and roles of the energy system.
Sascha Greve
Co-Founder & CTO
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.
Nicolàs Juhl
CCO
Sales
Nicolàs leitet als Chief Commercial Officer den Vertrieb. Durch seinen Hintergrund im International Management und seine langjährige Tätigkeit im Bereich Growth bringt er die richtige Erfahrung mit, um encentive in der Industrie bekannt zu machen. Neben Vertrieb, Marketing und Projektmanagement begeistert sich Nicolàs für die Energiewende – und treibt diese in seiner Arbeit leidenschaftlich voran.
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!
