Bosch Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Bosch Group, is investing in the Hamburg-based startup Rabot Energy. Its aim is to promote the utilisation of flexible electricity consumption potential in households, commerce and industry and thus make an important contribution to the energy transition.
Rabot Energy optimises costs and use of electricity
Rabot Energy, founded in 2021 under the name Rabot Charge, offers dynamic electricity tariffs that pass on current market prices from the electricity exchange to customers in real time. This means that electricity can be used when it is generated particularly cheaply and in a climate-friendly way, as when there is a high feed-in from photovoltaics or wind power. In May 2025, for example, a kilowatt hour on the day-ahead market only cost an average of around 7 cents; over 100 hours, the electricity price was even below zero. Rabot Energy combines its dynamic tariffs with intelligent control of flexible consumption units such as heat pumps, electric vehicles, battery storage systems and household appliances.
The business model is not limited to private households. There is also room for manoeuvre in the use of electricity for industry. The SynErgie project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, shows that up to 4.4% of electricity consumption could be flexibly controlled in the short term. Robot Energy has already convinced investors several times with its versatile potential, most recently receiving 17.5 million euros in a series A round at the beginning of 2024. The company now has more than 100,000 customers and employs over 130 people at its three locations in Hamburg, Berlin and Munich.
