Dutch-Portuguese AI company Jungle raises €5M

By , in news startups on September 5, 2022 . Tagged width: DeepTech , Dutch , Energy , Series A , Shift Invest

Jungle, a Dutch-Portuguese artificial intelligence company, has closed a €5M Series A funding round led by SHIFT Invest, complemented by Rocks International Group, EDP Ventures, Gorilla Growth Capital and Future Energy Ventures.

This funding allows the company to accelerate the deployment of its technology in the renewable energy and industrial sectors.

Jungle was founded to develop the world’s most effective tools to resolve machine underperformance. The company’s technology is used by owners and operators of wind farms, solar farms, and manufacturing lines to identify and resolve underperformance, allowing them to improve production. In the renewables sector, enabling installed wind turbines and solar panels to increase their electricity generation accelerates the world’s urgent energy transition.

Jungle’s AI product Canopy creates a deep understanding of machine performance and component health by detecting impending failures ahead of time and underperformance issues, e.g. related to curtailment and component misalignment.

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This allows customers to significantly increase their assets’ availability, output and lifetime. Jungle also offers inter- and intraday power forecasting tailored to the specifics of its customers’ wind- and solar farms.

We have been able to expand to a much larger customer base over the past year. With this funding we will further strengthen our team to support scaling on a global basis.

We have found a very valuable partner in SHIFT, and we are happy that they have doubled down on their commitment to us.
says Arnoud Kamerbeek, CEO of Jungle.

Jungle’s team is predominantly based in Lisbon, Portugal.‍

About a year ago we provided a small loan to Jungle and since then we have seen great progress which triggered our investment appetite on a larger scale. The Jungle team is very strong and has shown its ability to contract and onboard world class companies.

Jungle’s customers are empowered to boost production, prevent failure costs and reduce CO2 emissions of their production facilities. The instant contribution of Jungle to the energy transition need fits SHIFT’s impact investing purpose very well.
adds Guus Verhees, managing partner SHIFT Invest

The company will be hiring for 12 positions over the next few months. The raised funding will enable the company to strengthen its global team and expand its product offering to a growing number of customers across additional markets and sectors, supporting Jungle’s mission to resolve machine underperformance and empower the people behind it.