Sunfire Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2010

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 500

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Series E

  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $342M

  • Investors
  • 24

Sunfire General Information

Description

Developer of industrial electrolyzers designed to convert renewable electrical energy into fuels and gases. The company's renewable hydrogen and syngas as substitutes for fossil energy sources and offers electrolyzers based on alkaline and solid oxide technologies, enabling chemical, fuel, and steel industries to transform energy.

Contact Information

Website
www.sunfire.de
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Primary Industry
Alternative Energy Equipment
Corporate Office
  • Gasanstaltstraße 2
  • 01237 Dresden
  • Germany
+49 0351 0000000

Sunfire Timeline

2021202220232024
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Sunfire Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
10. Later Stage VC (Series E) 20-Mar-2024 $342M 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
9. Debt - General 23-May-2023 00.000 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
8. Grant 00000 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
7. Secondary Transaction - Private 11-May-2022 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
6. Later Stage VC (Series D) 01-Mar-2022 00000 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Later Stage VC 06-Mar-2020 000.00 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Later Stage VC (Series C) 07-Jan-2019 000.00 000.00 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Later Stage VC (Series B) 23-Nov-2015 000.00 000.00 000.00 Completed Generating Revenue
2. Early Stage VC (Series A2) 25-Feb-2014 $10.9M $21.4M 000.00 Completed Generating Revenue
1. Early Stage VC (Series A1) 01-Jan-2013 $10.5M $10.5M Completed Generating Revenue
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Sunfire Competitors (12)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Ohmium Venture Capital-Backed Newark, CA 000 00000 00000000000 00000
H-Tec Systems Corporate Backed or Acquired Augsburg, Germany 000 000000&0
Ceres Power Holdings Formerly VC-backed Horsham, United Kingdom 000 00000 0000000000 00000
McPhy Energy Formerly VC-backed Grenoble, France 000 00000 000000000 00000
Nel (Alternative Energy Equipment) Corporation Oslo, Norway 000 00000 0000000000 00000
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Sunfire Patents

  • 536

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 175

    Granted

  • 26

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

Sunfire Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
EP-4113809-A1 Method for starting an electrolysis system and electrolysis system for executing the method Pending 01-Jul-2021 00000000 0
AU-2022302293-A1 Method for the starting of an electrolysis system, and electrolysis system for carrying out the method Pending 01-Jul-2021 00000000
EP-4327443-A1 Method for the starting of an electrolysis system, and electrolysis system for carrying out the method Pending 01-Jul-2021 00000000
US-20240128857-A1 Method for the starting of an electrolysis system, and electrolysis system for carrying out the method Pending 01-Jul-2021 00000000
EP-4092000-A1 Glass ceramic sealing composition Pending 17-May-2021 C03C3/091 0
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Sunfire Executive Team (10)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Nils Aldag Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director
Frank Posnanski Chief Financial Officer
Bernhard Zwinz Chief Operating Officer
Andreas Froemmel Managing Director (Sunfire Fuel Cells)
Christian Olshausen CTO & Co -Founder
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Sunfire Board Members (10)

Name Representing Role Since
Andreea Constantinescu Planet First Partners Advisory Board Member 000 0000
Felix Pahl Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Board Member 000 0000
Frank Mastiaux Ph.D Self Chairman 000 0000
Kevin Bone Lightrock Board Member 000 0000
Matthieu Bonamy Eurazeo Board Member 000 0000
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Sunfire Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Sunfire Investors (24)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info
Ahren Innovation Capital Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Carbon Equity Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Eurazeo PE/Buyout Minority 000 0000 000000 0
FSF Beteiligungs Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Global Innovation Consulting Corporation Minority 000 0000 000000 0
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Sunfire Investments & Acquisitions (4)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
IHT Industrie Haute Technology 12-Jan-2021 0000000000 Alternative Energy Equipment 0000 0000
ElringKlinger(High-temperature SOFC fuel cell business) 30-Sep-2018 0000000000 Electrical Equipment
H.C. Starck Ceramics (ESC-SOFC production assets and related IP) 01-Jan-2014 000000000 Buildings and Property
staxera 17-May-2011 Merger/Acquisition Industrial Supplies and Parts 0000 0000
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Sunfire Subsidiaries (2)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
New Enerday Alternative Energy Equipment Neubrandenburg, Germany 2010
staxera Industrial Supplies and Parts Dresden, Germany 0000
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Sunfire FAQs

  • When was Sunfire founded?

    Sunfire was founded in 2010.

  • Who is the founder of Sunfire?

    Nils Aldag, Christian Olshausen, and Carl Berninghausen are the founders of Sunfire.

  • Who is the CEO of Sunfire?

    Nils Aldag is the CEO of Sunfire.

  • Where is Sunfire headquartered?

    Sunfire is headquartered in Dresden, Germany.

  • What is the size of Sunfire?

    Sunfire has 500 total employees.

  • What industry is Sunfire in?

    Sunfire’s primary industry is Alternative Energy Equipment.

  • Is Sunfire a private or public company?

    Sunfire is a Private company.

  • What is Sunfire’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Sunfire is 00000.

  • How much funding has Sunfire raised over time?

    Sunfire has raised $680M.

  • Who are Sunfire’s investors?

    Ahren Innovation Capital, Carbon Equity, Eurazeo, FSF Beteiligungs, and Global Innovation Consulting are 5 of 24 investors who have invested in Sunfire.

  • Who are Sunfire’s competitors?

    Ohmium, H-Tec Systems, Ceres Power Holdings, McPhy Energy, and Nel (Alternative Energy Equipment) are some of the 12 competitors of Sunfire.

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