Top Clean energy startup founders in Germany (2026)

Curated list of clean energy startup founders in Germany, focused on renewable technology and scaling startups. Profiles include bios and contact details. Updated weekly.

101 Founders found • Last updated 23 hours ago
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#1
Robert Meitz avatar
Robert Meitz
Bavaria, Munich
Active in the past 19 days
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MD & Co-Founder Eternal Power GmbH // Global Mass Production of Green Hydrogen
#2
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Stephan Heberer
Rhineland-Palatinate, Linz am Rhein
Active in the past 9 days
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CEO
#3
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Tom Nikolei
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 6 days
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Co-Founder
#4
Volker Hollinder avatar
Volker Hollinder
Active in the past 6 days
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CEO
#5
Matthias Martensen avatar
Matthias Martensen
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 26 days
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Co-Founder
#6
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Paul Appel
North Rhine-Westphalia, Bonn
Active in the past 26 days
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Co-Founder & CEO
#7
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Peter Greiner
Hesse, Frankfurt
Active in the past 20 days
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CEO & Co-Founder
#8
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Christiane Kragh
Baden-Wuerttemberg, Heiligenberg
Active in the past 17 days
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CEO and Founder
#9
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Gregory Axmann
Active in the past 25 days
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Founders Associate Product
#10
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Steffen Schuelzchen
Bavaria, Munich
Active in the past 24 days
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Founder & CEO
#11
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Matthias Gossmann
North Rhine-Westphalia, Juelich
Active in the past 18 days
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Co-Founder and CEO
#12
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Leonard Bock
Hesse, Frankfurt
Active in the past 7 days
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Co-Founder | Head of Operations
#13
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Moataz Khalil
Saxony, Leipzig
Active in the past 14 days
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Founder & CEO
#14
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Michael Valentine-Urbschat
Bavaria, Munich
Active in the past 2 days
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Co-Founder & CEO
#15
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Johannes Herold
Bavaria, Munich
Active in the past 26 days
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Senior Manager New Business & Strategic Projects (CEO Office) & Squad Lead Small Asset User
#16
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Jonas Busch
Hesse, Frankfurt
Active in the past 30 days
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Founding Team
#17
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Mariia Semenenko
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 18 days
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Co-Founder & CTO
#18
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Georg Walder
Bavaria, Munich
Active in the past 7 days
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Co-CEO
#19
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Niklas Best
Hesse, Frankfurt
Active in the past 27 days
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CEO & Co-Founder
#20
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Michael Detke
Bavaria, Landshut
Active in the past 25 days
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CEO & Founder
#21
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Marie-Carole Girbal
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 25 days
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CFO and Co-founder
#22
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Patrick Steingraf
Hesse, Frankfurt
Active in the past 22 days
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CEO & Co-Founder
#23
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Thomas Forner
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 13 days
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Founder & CEO
#24
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Carsten Borchert
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 24 days
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Co-Founder and CEO
#25
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Ludwig Wurlitzer
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 23 days
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Founder & COO
#26
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Sebastian Heinz
North Rhine-Westphalia, Bonn
Active in the past 16 days
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Chief Executive Officer
#27
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Holger Bartel
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 10 days
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Dipl.-Volkswirt, Dipl.-Handelslehrer, Dr. rer. pol., RealRate - Explainable Financial AI, 3x CEO, Top Insurtech CEO, Appointed Actuary, Most Promising AI Startup, Winner PyTorch AI Hackathon, Drbartel.com
#28
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Nam Truong
Bavaria, Munich
Active in the past 24 days
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Co-Founder and CEO
#29
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Tom Kedor
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 22 days
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CEO and Founder
#30
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Christoph Tismer
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 20 days
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CEO & Co-Founder
#31
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Linda Weber
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 13 days
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Co-founder & CEO
#32
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Felix Brand
Hesse, Frankfurt
Active in the past 10 days
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MD & Co-Founder
#33
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Fabian Lemke
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 3 days
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Co-founder & CEO
#34
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Frederik Merz
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 14 days
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Co-Founder & CEO
#35
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Michael Foertsch
Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart
Active in the past 8 days
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CEO
#36
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Axel Schumacher
Bavaria, Munich
Active in the past 4 days
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Founder & CEO
#37
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Sven Markschlaeger
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 8 days
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CEO & Co-Founder
#38
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Artur Loewen
North Rhine-Westphalia, Aachen
Active in the past 24 days
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CEO
#39
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Lars Krueger
Lower Saxony, Brunswick
Active in the past 13 days
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Co-Founder | Research and Technological Development
#40
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Alexander Stoll
Bavaria, Landshut
Active in the past 18 days
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CTO & Founder
#41
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Julius Pahmeier
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 25 days
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Co-Founder & CEO
#42
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Colin Harder
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 23 days
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Founder & CEO
#43
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Valentina Ullrich
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 23 days
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Founder & CEO
#44
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Moritz Schwencke
Hamburg, Hamburg
Active in the past 30 days
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CEO & Co-Founder
#45
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Manasi
Baden-Wuerttemberg, Heidelberg
Active in the past 30 days
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CEO | Managing Director | Co-Founder
#46
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Moritz Schrader
Hesse, Frankfurt
Active in the past 14 days
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Co-Founder, Head of Product
#47
Kai-Philipp Kairies avatar
Kai-Philipp Kairies
North Rhine-Westphalia, Aachen
Active in the past 13 days
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CEO & Co-Founder
#48
Michael Baumann avatar
Michael Baumann
Bavaria,
Active in the past 22 days
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Founder & Co-CEO @ Twaice
#49
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Lukas Liedtke
Baden-Wuerttemberg, Karlsruhe
Active in the past 22 days
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Founder & CEO
#50
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Nancy Valentine-Urbschat
Bavaria, Munich
Active in the past 29 days
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Chief Executive Officer
#51
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Richard Eckl
Bavaria, Groebenzell
Active in the past 15 days
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Geschäftsführer / Co-CEO
#52
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Justus Hinken
Lower Saxony, Hanover
Active in the past 18 days
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CTO & Co-Founder
#53
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Arwen Colell
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 22 days
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CO-Founder and CPO - Policy, Partnerships & Participation
#54
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Jan Themlitz
Hamburg, Hamburg
Active in the past 30 days
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CEO, Managing Director
#55
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Smbat Rafayelyan
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 26 days
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Founder & CEO
#56
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Simon Sonntag
Bavaria, Munich
Active in the past 9 days
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Co-Founder&CEO
#57
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Jan
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 30 days
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Founder & CEO
#58
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Maurits Zevering
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 13 days
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CEO & Managing Director
#59
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Alicia Faridi
Hamburg, Hamburg
Active in the past 25 days
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Co-Founder & CEO
#60
Johannes Mewes avatar
Johannes Mewes
Hamburg, Hamburg
Active in the past 29 days
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Managing Director & Co-Founder
#61
Markus Riemenschneider avatar
Markus Riemenschneider
Hesse, Taunusstein
Active in the past 23 days
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Managing Director & Founder
#62
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Jan Weil
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 4 days
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Co-CTO and Co-founder
#63
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Marius Klages
Bavaria, Munich
Active in the past 4 days
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Founder & CEO
#64
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Paul Hock
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 12 days
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CEO, Co-Founder
#65
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Matthias Karger
Hesse, Frankfurt
Active in the past 29 days
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CEO & Co-Founder
#66
Joachim Lohse avatar
Joachim Lohse
Bavaria, Erlangen
Active in the past 21 days
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Founder & CEO
#67
Diana Heinrichs avatar
Diana Heinrichs
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 9 days
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CEO & Founder
#68
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Sebastian Bartels
Hamburg, Hamburg
Active in the past 15 days
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Co-Founder
#69
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Khurram Masood
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 20 days
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Co-Founder & -CEO
#70
Eduard Schlutius avatar
Eduard Schlutius
Bavaria,
Active in the past 21 days
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CEO & Founder
#71
Nikhil Yadav avatar
Nikhil Yadav
Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart
Active in the past 3 days
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Founder & CEO
#72
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Markus Mueller
Bavaria, Munich
Active in the past 3 days
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Co-Founder & CEO
#73
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David Budde
Active in the past 1 days
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Co-Founder & CEO
#74
Stephan Rohr avatar
Stephan Rohr
Bavaria, Munich
Active in the past 28 days
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Founder & Co-CEO
#75
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Andreas Lemke
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 20 days
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CEO/Co-Founder
#76
Erik Kaiser avatar
Erik Kaiser
Active in the past 17 days
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Co-Founder, CEO, Managing Director
#77
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Dominik Dietrich
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 28 days
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Venture Development I Office of the CEO
#78
Stephan Dreier avatar
Stephan Dreier
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 27 days
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Co-Founder & CEO
#79
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Paul Hammer
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 4 days
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CEO & Founder
#80
Merlin Ostermann avatar
Merlin Ostermann
North Rhine-Westphalia, Koenigswinter
Active in the past 9 days
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Co-Founder
#81
Yazin Thangal avatar
Yazin Thangal
Active in the past 10 days
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J. Business Development Manager - CEO Office
#82
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Andreas Schindler
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 14 days
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Founder and CEO
#83
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Alexander Zoz
North Rhine-Westphalia, Freudenberg
Active in the past 6 days
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CEO
#84
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Felix Stockmar
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 7 days
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Co-Founder & CEO
#85
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Johann Boeker
North Rhine-Westphalia, Essen
Active in the past 22 days
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CEO and Founder
#86
Hugo Merida-Barba avatar
Hugo Merida-Barba
Hesse, Frankfurt
Active in the past 29 days
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Founding Partner. CEO & Chief Investment Officer
#87
Marek Slavik avatar
Marek Slavik
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 1 days
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Co-Founder, CSO
#88
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Hamdi Belhassen
Bavaria, Munich
Active in the past 5 days
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Co-Founder & CEO
#89
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Jens Hartmann
Bavaria, Munich
Active in the past 10 days
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CEO and Co-Founder
#90
Niels Christ avatar
Niels Christ
Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart
Active in the past 9 days
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CEO
#91
Lucas Spohn avatar
Lucas Spohn
Baden-Wuerttemberg, Freiburg
Active in the past 14 days
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CEO & Founder
#92
Djef Rifamole avatar
Djef Rifamole
North Rhine-Westphalia, Bonn
Active in the past 6 days
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Co-Founder & CEO
#93
Laura Korcik avatar
Laura Korcik
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 20 days
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Founder & CEO
#94
Helmut Fedder avatar
Helmut Fedder
Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart
Active in the past 29 days
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CEO Single Quantum Germany
#95
Christian Gnerlich avatar
Christian Gnerlich
Bavaria, Regensburg
Active in the past 14 days
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CEO | Co-Founder
#96
Kevin Roehl avatar
Kevin Roehl
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 4 days
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Founder & CEO
#97
Omar Nahhas avatar
Omar Nahhas
Berlin, Berlin
Active in the past 6 days
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CEO & Co-founder
#98
Marc Trieschmann avatar
Marc Trieschmann
Bavaria, Munich
Active in the past 29 days
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Founder & Managing Director
#99
Timur Sirman avatar
Timur Sirman
Hesse, Darmstadt
Active in the past 13 days
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CEO & Co-Founder
#100
Nils Bitzer avatar
Nils Bitzer
Active in the past 26 days
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Co-Founder
#101
Tobias Westerheide avatar
Tobias Westerheide
Saxony, Dresden
Active in the past 11 days
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Co-Founder

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What types of founders are included in this list specifically?

This list focuses on founders who lead startups in the clean energy sector and are based in Germany. It highlights founders building renewable technologies such as solar, wind, energy storage, and efficiency solutions rather than general tech founders.

How is this clean energy founder list different from generic directories?

Unlike broad directories, this list is curated using filters for sector (clean energy), role (founder/CEO/co-founder), and Germany-based operations. The selection prioritizes founders actively building or scaling renewable technology companies to support targeted outreach.

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This list is ideal for investors, corporate partners, accelerators, and recruiters seeking founders in Germany's clean energy startups. It helps users identify founders working on renewables, storage, grid solutions, or energy efficiency for collaboration or investment conversations.

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Selections are based on explicit filters: sector (clean energy), role (founder/CEO/co-founder), and location (Germany). Additional selection criteria include company focus within renewable technologies, disclosed funding stage when available, and verifiable public profiles or contact details.

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Yes. The list highlights founders across technologies like solar, wind, energy storage, electric mobility, and energy efficiency within the German market. Filters enable targeting by specific tech focus or market segment to match partnership or investment needs.

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