MUNICH — Invertix secured €1.7 million in pre-seed funding on Tuesday, according to the cleantech startup based in Munich. Vireo Ventures led the financing round, which also included contributions from the Italian Founders Fund and unnamed angel investors specializing in energy and artificial intelligence. Joseph Perrotta and Kaan Durmaz founded the company in 2026 to address severe labor shortages across the European power sector.
The funding follows extensive research involving 5,000 interviews with energy operators across the continent, per company disclosures. Invertix officials said the rapid expansion of solar and wind capacity has severely outpaced the available skilled workforce in 2026. Existing software tools failed to handle rising workloads, leaving operators with critical gaps in maintenance management, according to the startup.
The company built artificial intelligence systems that currently oversee more than 1.8 gigawatts of solar capacity in European markets. These proprietary systems autonomously execute operational tasks like managing alarms and verifying compliance records without human intervention. “We are not building AI to replace people,” said Perrotta in a statement detailing the pre-seed round. “Our AI workers handle repetitive tasks, allowing human experts to concentrate on critical decisions.”
Felix Krause, managing partner at Vireo Ventures, praised the startup's operational focus in a published release. The German firm faces established market competitors such as Greenbyte and Powerfactors, both of which offer traditional monitoring tools rather than autonomous execution. Invertix aims to differentiate its platform by taking direct action on alarms rather than merely alerting human engineers to faults across the 1.8 gigawatts of managed assets.
With the fresh capital secured from Vireo Ventures, Invertix plans to expand its engineering team throughout Europe before the end of the year. The startup intends to extend its autonomous software capabilities into wind power, battery storage, and grid operations by 2026. Company executives did not disclose the specific valuation attached to the €1.7 million pre-seed financing agreement.
