Utrecht-based Zympler secures €1.5M to help businesses manage energy systems

Utrecht-based energy software company Zympler secures seed funding. The company provides a platform that links and manages energy systems for businesses.

Utrecht-based Zympler (formerly Simpl.energy), an energy software company for businesses, announced that it has raised €1.5M in seed funding. Arches Capital led the round with co-investor ROM Utrecht Region.

ROM Utrecht Region is a social investor that provides capital to innovative companies in the digital, health, and sustainability sectors. It invests through two funds, the Startup Innovation Fund (SIF) and the Participation Fund. 

Zympler’s investment came from the Startup Innovation Fund (SIF), supported by co-financing from the Province of Utrecht and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

Helping businesses optimise energy use

Founded in 2023 by Jorrit Salverda, Tom Selten and Reinout de Jongh, Zympler provides a platform that links separate energy systems, such as batteries, solar panels, and charging stations, and allows them to be controlled together. 

The platform helps businesses manage energy use, charge batteries at low cost, operate charging stations when solar power is available, and coordinate solar panels with other energy assets. 

This enables transport and logistics companies to operate electric vehicles efficiently, energy suppliers to manage imbalance costs, and installers to complete projects faster.

Zympler works with companies in the transport, logistics, energy, real estate, and installation sectors across the Netherlands and is active at more than 20 locations, including R. Nagel Transport and the TU/e campus.

Lotte Smit van Ditshuizen, partner at Arches Capital, says, “The Zympler team is demonstrating true execution power and is technologically ahead of the market. Their behind-the-meter optimisation makes electrification possible for businesses struggling with grid congestion—a crucial piece of the puzzle in the energy transition.”

Arjan van den Born, Director of ROM Utrecht Region, adds, “Zympler combines technological innovation with direct social impact. Their predictive energy management system makes the electrification of processes, transportation, and real estate feasible and profitable—exactly what we need to accelerate the energy transition.”

Capital utilisation

The Dutch company plans to use the proceeds to help businesses manage power shortages, reduce energy costs, address grid congestion, and expand collaboration with energy suppliers and installers.

Tom Selten, one of Zympler’s founders, says, “With Zympler, you choose simplicity over complexity. It’s like a digital Chief Energy Officer for your company. We see companies getting bogged down in energy issues every day. Unfortunately, grid congestion won’t be solved in the next ten to twenty years.”

“Thanks to this funding, we can help more organisations regain control—and simultaneously accelerate the energy transition.”

Brief about Arches Capital

Arches Capital is an angel syndicate of over 100 business angels that connects venture capital and angel investing. 

The group combines the resources of a €22M VC fund with the experience of its members. The angels are entrepreneurs and investors who provide support to founders and help companies grow. 

Arches Capital invests in founders building B2B software companies and assists them from initial investment through exit. Its current portfolio includes 26 B2B software companies.