Florentijn Degroote
Florentijn Degroote is co-founder and CEO of Powernaut, a Ghent-based cleantech startup building Virtual Power Plant orchestration software, which raised EUR 2.4 million in December 2024 and now manages over 200 MW of decentralized energy assets.
Degroote has been working on energy system modeling since 2018 as a machine learning engineer and co-founded Powernaut in 2023. The platform enables energy suppliers to aggregate and optimize distributed energy resources including solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles, and heat pumps in real time. The EUR 2.4 million round was led by Revent and joined by Seedcamp, Pitchdrive, and Syndicate One. Powernaut's 200 MW under management is equivalent to powering approximately 40,000 homes.
Career
- PowernautCo-Founder & CEOJan 2024 – Present
- Agoria#147factorySteerco Member Young ProfessionalsDec 2022 – Dec 2023
ML6#71factorySquad Lead & Energy Domain OwnerFeb 2022 – Jan 2024
- Crunch Analytics#180factoryData Science internOct 2019 – Jan 2020
In The Pocket#66factoryMachine Learning Summer InternJul 2019 – Aug 2019
- VMA NVCommissioning Engineering InternAug 2018 – Aug 2018
- UNILIN#121factoryElectrical Engineering InternAug 2017 – Aug 2017
- UNILIN#121factoryElectrical Engineering InternAug 2016 – Sep 2016
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern DenmarkMaster of Science in Engineering, Robotica2018 - 2018
KU Leuven#1schoolMaster's degree, Artificial intelligence2018 - 2020
- College WaregemHigh School Diploma, Science & Math (8 hours)Sep 2008 - Jun 2014
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