The London Technology team advised Mott MacDonald Ventures on its equity investment in energy market disruptor and cleantech startup Piclo, as part of a Series A £4.7M funding round led by the Clean Growth Fund. The investment in Piclo is strongly linked to Mott MacDonald’s ’Net Zero’ strategy which includes a toolkit that helps non-energy clients decarbonise their electricity supplies and deliver a sustainable transition towards new energy market design.
Founded on a vision of a world powered by cheap and abundant renewable electricity, Piclo is on a mission to make our energy system smart, flexible and clean, faster. Piclo Flex is an independent marketplace for trading energy flexibility online. The platform leverages the latest digital technology to enable electricity networks to buy flexibility services that help balance the grid from technologies such as electric vehicles and battery storage.
Mott MacDonald Ventures is a strategic corporate venture capital unit of global engineering, management and development consultancy Mott MacDonald, that was established to offer a collaborative approach to venture partnering. Mott MacDonald Ventures creates, partners, and invests in visionary businesses to drive digital transformation in the built environment and provides founders with unparalleled resources and access to its global network of diverse clients.
The team was led by Ali Ramadan.
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