1KOMMA5° reaches $1.35B valuation, plans €100M investment in energy AI
Tech.eu Cate Lawrence ● Covered by 2 sources
1KOMMA5° hit a $1.35B valuation and plans to pour over €100M into its energy AI. It’s also weighing a US move and maybe even a future IPO.
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German energytech company 1KOMMA5° has crossed into unicorn territory again, with a fresh valuation of $1.35 billion in its latest funding round. The bigger story is where the company wants to put its money next: more than €100 million into Heartbeat, its energy AI platform, in 2027.
Heartbeat is meant to take over some of the dull but important work behind home energy systems. That includes electricity trading, billing and metering. It fits neatly with 1KOMMA5°’s push into home electrification, where software is becoming as central as the hardware.
CEO Philipp Schröder is also sounding out bigger ambitions. The company is considering entering the US next year, and he told Reuters that investor interest there is a major reason the idea is on the table. A US IPO is still possible too, though Schröder said 2027 performance will help decide whether and when that happens.
This is not the first time 1KOMMA5° has had to juggle those plans. It shelved US IPO ambitions in April 2025, citing market uncertainty tied to President Donald Trump’s renewable energy and trade policies. Back in October last year, it also complained to the European Commission about German plans to subsidise at least 20 GW of new gas-fired power plants by 2030, arguing that would tilt the market against decentralised renewable systems like virtual power plants.
The company said then that it was already aggregating more than 600 MW of flexible energy capacity through its network, with a target of 20 GW by 2030. It also reaffirmed last month that it is aiming for about $750 million in revenue in the 2026 financial year. So the pitch is clear: more AI, more scale, and maybe a broader geography if the numbers keep cooperating.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
1KOMMA5° is doing what every serious energy-tech company eventually does: turning from a hardware story into a software and market-structure story. That’s the right move, and the €100 million bet on Heartbeat sounds more grown-up than the usual AI glitter. The only thing louder than the valuation is the confidence that a US expansion and a possible listing can be neatly timed around 2027.
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