Madrid-based Nido, a platform innovating the commercialisation, design, and set up of warmth pump methods within the residential sector, has efficiently closed its Seed funding spherical, elevating €5 million.
The capital was contributed by outstanding buyers, together with Iberdrola, Ship2B Ventures (by the BSocial Influence Fund, supported by Banc Sabadell, the EIF, and AXIS), Zubi Labs, Decelera Ventures, and Silence VC, together with institutional assist from the Instituto Valenciano de Finanzas (IVF), town of Valencia, and ENISA. Together with 15 further enterprise angels.
This funding will allow the corporate to proceed its mission of accelerating the vitality transition in Europe by cutting-edge digital options that simplify and optimise each stage of the warmth pump set up course of.
“This funding is a serious step towards our aim of democratising entry to warmth pumps in Europe,” mentioned Germán Peralta, CEO of Nido. “We’ll concentrate on integrating synthetic intelligence into our platform, increasing our engineering staff, and optimizing our market to extra effectively join installers, suppliers, and prospects. We wish to be the important thing know-how associate within the transition to a extra sustainable future.”
Based in 2023 by German Peralta, Julien Poitout, Matthieu Heusch, and Pedro Pablo Aparicio, Nido surpassed €250k in gross sales in 2023 and reached €1 million in 2024. Its platform has already facilitated warmth pump installations in 10 autonomous communities, lowering greater than 420 tons of CO2 per yr.
Due to its 3D modeling (BIM) know-how, Nido robotically generates materials lists and set up guides in seconds, lowering execution occasions by as much as a reported 75% and enabling any firm within the sector to supply warmth pump options shortly and precisely.
“At Perseo, we search modern startups that assist speed up the vitality transition. Nido is a superb associate, demonstrating that know-how will be key in bringing extra environment friendly and sustainable options to properties—options which have an actual and measurable impression on decarbonization, resembling warmth pumps,” highlighted Óscar Cantalejo, Head of Perseo, Iberdrola’s open innovation programme.
The platform provides an enhanced market that immediately connects installers with warmth pump tools suppliers, streamlining procurement. It options automated engineering capabilities, producing venture designs—together with hydraulic and electrical elements—by BIM modeling. AI-powered instruments present real-time assist for installers whereas optimising venture design. Moreover, built-in monetary and administrative options simplify entry to this know-how for finish prospects, making adoption extra seamless.
“We invested in Nido due to its holistic method to warmth pump installations, driving vitality effectivity in properties and producing a systemic impression within the transition towards a extra sustainable and resilient mannequin. Moreover, we’re excited to assist them of their enlargement throughout Europe,” added Jaime de Antonio, Funding Supervisor at Ship2B Ventures, an impression fund supervisor centered on Local weather Change, High quality of Life, and Schooling.
With this funding spherical, Nido goals to place itself as a key participant within the vitality transition in Spain and different European markets, resembling France and Germany. The corporate invitations vitality corporations, installers, and strategic companions to hitch its imaginative and prescient of constructing a extra sustainable future.
