Kurrant Ventures
Strategic Investment
in Smart City
& Utility Start-Ups
We bridge the gap between industry knowledge and innovative ideas by investing in software-driven start-ups that play a pivotal role in the digital transformation of cities and utilities. We inject funds like a VC but contribute to growth like co-founders.
We are not just investors. We proactively engage with our portfolio companies and rely on hands-on team collaboration to accelerate their growth.
We take a strategic and thoughtful approach, carefully matching our investments with the evolving landscape of the smart city and utility market.
We leverage Kurrant’s extensive industry network, in-depth market knowledge, and specialized expertise to supercharge the growth and success of our investments.
Our Thesis
Business Focus: Software or software-driven solution vendors
Investment Criteria: Revenues of around EUR 1M
Financing Round: Seed, Series A
Investment Ticket: EUR 50k – EUR 500k
Governance: Seat on the Board of Directors
Our Spotlight Investments
Business: Urban Environmental Data Broker
Technology: AI, Big Data, IoT
Invested in: 2024
Meersens is the leading broker of urban environmental data, transforming how businesses and
governments leverage environmental intelligence to drive sustainability, public health,
citizen awareness, cost optimization, and risk mitigation.
Using AI, IoT, and big data analytics Meersens aggregates and analyzes multi-source
environmental data, including air quality, water safety, electromagnetic exposure,
allergens, and other health-impacting factors. Through a user-friendly platform and seamless
API integration, Meersens delivers real-time insights, predictive analytics to a wide range
of industries—from smart cities and utilities to cosmetics and insurance companies.
Major organizations use Meersens’ data including cities and government like le Grand Lyon
and Luxembourg, smart city vendors and system integrators like Schreder, Airscan and
Siradel, Luxury brands like Chanel and Guerlain, healthcare agencies like Institut Rafael
and Ciamt, Logistic players like Geopost as well as insurance firms like Generali.
www.meersens.com
Business: Cleanliness optimization
Technology: AI & computer vision
Invested in: 2023
Cortexia provides cities worldwide with an objective and automatic urban cleanliness. Thanks
to
Cortexia’s advanced AI technology, cities can monitor their cleanliness level in real time.
This
data enables better use of resources for well-managed and unrivalled cleanliness and
sustainability results. Related Article Andréas von Kaenel on
Pioneering AI-Driven Solutions with Cortexia
Using the same technology, Cortexia also addresses bio-waste management challenges with the
measurement of biowaste quality at bin pick-up and truck unloading in treatment plant (Clean
Biowaste Index) enabling quality based pricing.
Cortexia is adopted by major waste and cleanliness players like Remondis, Citeo, Suez and
Veolia. The solution was deployed in major cities and territories like Geneva, Zurich, Basel
and
Montreux in Switzerland, GPSO (Paris Region), Bordeaux and Toulouse in France and Charleroi
in
Belgium.
www.cortexia.ch
Business: Smart City Control & Management
Technology: IoT & cross-use case CMS
Invested in: 2023
Citylinx helps cities become more efficient, attractive and sustainable. Their smart city
platform enables cities to control, command and monitor their various infrastructures,
connected
equipments and services: street lighting, traffic, parking, access control,
environmental
monitoring, water networks and more.
The Citylinx software collects, normalizes and augments all the data coming from these
systems
to create and track the most relevant alarms, assigns them to the field teams and
provides
all
the relevant reports and dashboards.
Citylinx is adopted by leading system integrators and vendors like Engie, Bouygues
Energies,
NGE, Schreder and Led Roadway Lighting. The solution is deployed in major cities like
Brussels
(Belgium), Reims (France), San Jose (USA) and Ottawa (Canada).
www.citylinx.com
Testimonials
Our whole team is excited to join forces with Kurrant to address the smartcity needs for more sustainable cities. Many thanks to the Kurrant team for the great start, we really look forward to our next common achievements!
Andréas von Kaenel
Co-Founder & CEO Cortexia
If you are a smart city founder make it a priority to get Kurrant on your cap table. They have actively used their industry knowledge and network to advise our growth strategy and product roadmap, make introductions to key customers and support our commercial bids and deals negotiation.
Emmanuel Touron
Co-Founder & CEO Citylinx
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