VPS provides energy monitoring and management solutions to help consumers save on energy costs. Their proprietary platform allows them to remotely manage over 1000 buildings and 20MW of energy usage in the commercial sector. They have also shipped over 20,000 home energy management kits. VPS uses IoT devices, cloud analytics, and machine learning to identify savings opportunities and provide demand management. Their goal is to build large virtual power plants across Europe to reduce carbon emissions and balance the electric grid. VPS is seeking £250,000 in investment to further develop their technology and growth strategy.
2. Idea description
In the industrial and commercial sector, more than 1000
buildings and 20MW are currently under management
by VPS using its proprietary platform Kisense, allowing
consumers to save thousands of pounds per year.
In the domestic sector, VPS has shipped more than
20,000 units of the beautiful plug and play Cloogy kit,
which achieves best in class in the world of home energy
management solution in terms of user experience, to
countries including the UK, Germany, France, Spain
and Portugal. Reported savings in the domestic sector
sometimes reach more than 25% of the total consumption.
https://youtu.be/O4mxwAl8LXg
Impact
VPS proprietary technology uses Plug
& Play IoT (Internet of Things) devices
and a Cloud based Big Data analytical
engine, powered by machine learning
techniques and backed by a five
star customer support, to determine
energy saving opportunities and
provide effective demand side
management.
This means that; through its proven
track record and proprietary software
& hardware technology, partnerships
and integrated platform, VPS is able to
provide a unique energy management
system and control services to energy
consumers, as well as virtual power
plants to the operators of distributive
electricity grids.
Virtual Power Solutions (VPS) is a
tech company that provides ESaaS
(Energy Savings as a Service) to all
sectors: industrial and commercial,
SME and domestic.
Aggregating all these savings, VPS
aims to build a very large net of
Virtual Power Plants (VPP) across
Europe, contributing to a low carbon
economy and to balancing the electric
grid.
INVESTMENT PROFILE
With the recent COP21 Convention on Climate Change in Paris bringing together
an unprecedented level of worldwide commitment to carbon reduction, never
has there been a more opportune time to provide customers with ways to act to
reduce consumption.
In the UK, the Demand Side Balancing Reserve (DSBR) programmes instigated
by National Grid are also pushing the agenda for emerging clean-tech demand
response technology at an increasing pace. VPS proprietary technology is
uniquely positioned to provide a platform to customers to leverage both of these
energy-related macro-economic developments to the local user’s benefit.
3. Awards:
Gartner Cool Vendor award for smart city applications,
recognizing VPS energy management solutions as part
of a building automation system that interactively
audits and displays energy consumption and provides
energy reduction opportunities.
https://youtu.be/EXteReQG8i4
Key partnerships:
Announced partnership with Anesco - the
fastest growing UK ESCO in 2013 & 14
Signed partnership with a property
management company providing access to
100.000+ social housing units.
Signed agreement with a complementary
technology company, with initial pilot for a
hight street vehicle maintenance customer
with c1400 outlets.
In detailed discussions to become technology
partner for major, global, energy consultancy.
Initially on two key community projects in
the UK.
Business model
Key business objectives of VPS:
Acquisition of key channel partners who will provide
market entry and scale in key target markets;
Deployment of proprietary technology as widely as
possible in target markets;
Long term revenue from the provision of supporting
service / software contracts;
The development and management of one of the largest
Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) in Europe, provided by the
megawatts managed and controlled by installed VPS
software.
VPS income streams include:
Revenue from purchases and install of proprietary
software and hardware;
Ongoing ESaaS (Energy Savings as a Service)
revenues from energy management and supporting
services as well as licensing contracts;
Additional revenues from the provision of a VPP to
energy traders and grid operators.
Accomplishments
Use of proceeds
Why are we raising funds?
James Napier, Chief Executive of VPS has stated that: “our mission is to provide energy consumers and their partners
with the ability to see and control their energy consumption in real-time. Allowing them to minimise the consumption
and carbon footprint of their buildings without compromising the day to day operations of these facilities.”
During the next 3 months we intend to further refine our marketing and growth strategy and continue to gain critical
user traction, and attract further funding for development. We plan to organise a larger investment campaign in 3
months to fund further commercial expansion whilst looking to raise Series A funding in 6 to 8 months.
4. VPS aim to provide energy management services to
all types of buildings and their owners or occupiers.
For Cloogy, all sectors of the housing market (Private,
Public, and Social Housing ) are looking to the cost and
sustainability of their energy costs, as well as home
automation and connected homes. Cloogy absolutely takes
the user on this journey. For Businesses, from the SME
through large I&C customers and Public Buildings such as
Airports, Schools and Hospitals, the drive to new smart
meters will provide energy suppliers with the ability to
provide much more structured tariffs which reflect costs
to supply at the time of demand (Time of Use (ToU) tariffs)
and will only increase all energy consumer’s focus on
demand management.
Target Market
MARKET SCOPE
At the core of our offering is the VPS Integrated Platform (VIP):
Providing Industrial, Commercial and Domestic clients the means
of gaining, real time, Active Demand Management of their energy
consumption, and effectively achieving energy savings using the VPS
ESaaS concept; and
Future proofing their consumption against changes in tariff structures.
For Network Operators:
Creating Virtual Power Plants enabling them to balance their grid with
reduced demand at peak times; and
Localised programmes to manage [Constraint Zones] without the need
for additional Capex.
For Energy Consumers, real-time demand management to:
Minimise – permanently the level of total energy consumption in
conjunction with a range of Energy Conservation Measures (ECM’s);
Optimise – the time and source of consumption to match changing tariff
structures for grid based sources of generation; and
Monetise – the value in the embedded flexibility of their consumption.
5. All consumers are now looking at solutions which will: (i) lower
the total amount of consumption; (ii) manage costs associated
with ToU tariffs and associated grid costs, (iii) maximise
benefits from, local, embedded, renewable generation and, (iv)
increasingly encompass energy storage solutions into the overall
energy strategy. For non-domestic, large consumers, ongoing
government legislation, such as the Energy Savings Opportunity
Scheme (ESOS) in the UK as well as the basic principles of the
EU Energy Efficiency Directive will continue to provide penalties
for business who aren’t making significant steps forward in
sustainability.
Market Description
VPS has a deliberate and structured
strategy of developing relationships
with key channel partners. Since
May 2015 VPS has developed
agreements in the UK, with: a
large, fast growing Energy Services
Company (ESCO); a national property
services company and a company
providing energy management as
part of an integrated comms package
to the non-domestic sector. As a
result of these relationships, VPS
has started a trial of Cloogy in social
housing, is currently developing
and installing a trial of Kisense into
a recognised national retailer with
in excess of 1,000 buildings and is
in the final stages of developing a
proposal for a national chain of fitness
centres. In combination, these current
partners already provide VPS with an
estimated pipeline of 2,000 Kisense
sales and in excess of 15,000 Cloogy
sales.
In addition, VPS is currently working
with other potential partners
including: a large scale property
management company for Kisense
to become their energy monitoring
and management platform; a newly
formed Community Energy Company
for VPS to become the exclusive
supplier of energy management
technology; due diligence with one
of the Big 6 UK Energy companies
for VPS technology to be included
in a range of energy schemes they
have or are developing across the UK;
a proposal for a company managing
c15,000 operational assets for some
of the UK’s leading mobile network
operators, and a sales agreement to
target a large national provider of
paid-for TV services in the UK.
Our ongoing strategy is to continue to
work with a targeted number of key
channel partners and to embed VPS’s
technology into their core offerings.
To date, we have successfully built
two API’s to build Kisense as a
seamless part of their existing offer
to their client base. We are currently
supporting these efforts from the
Technology Centre of Excellence
in Portugal, but will, as a priority,
create a mirrored centre in the UK and
establish key account management
for our channel partners.
Reaching the Market
This provides VPS with a wide target market with key priorities being: (i) large scale energy consumers, especially those
with large, complex, dispersed estates; (ii) social housing with a focus on fuel poverty and protecting vulnerable tenants
and (iii) community energy schemes which look to incorporate generation and supply as well as energy management
to it’s members.
6. VPS has developed its technology over the last decade and we believe that, currently, it stands comparison with any
other system available in the market place. However, in the fast moving market, two factors are key to success; 1.
Market Acquisition and 2. Software Development.
Success Against Competitors
The market in both Portugal and the UK is currently
immature, especially in the domestic sector, with no clear
market leaders. Competitors range from small technology
based start ups through established and funded players
right up to large-scale multinational players such as
Siemens, Schneider Electric and Honeywell.
VPS has a clear strategy to both establish itself in
new markets as well as to compete long-term with
all competitors. Key to any software based offering is
market share (in many cases, it’s not necessarily the best
but the most widely adopted solution that often wins).
Secondly the ability to rapidly develop and bring to market
continuous improvement which adds real value to users.
By partnering with established players on an exclusive
basis VPS has access to a large number of existing
customers. In addition, carefully selecting channel partners
in different areas of the market provides VPS with not
only the maximum opportunity to sell to new customers
but also to demonstrate real benefits in a wide range of
market sectors to a wide range of stakeholders. To support
this strategy VPS has 3 KPI’s: 1. Customer Acquisition;
2. Technology Deployment and 3. Megawatts under
Management (the total amount of energy our products
and services control). It is our strategy to develop local
Technology Centres of Excellence to provide focus and
support on each key market.
VPS is backed by a strong team with 20+ years of experience in the development and use of technology in the energy
sector, headed by leading energy software & hardware entrepreneurs and Honeywell’s former General Manager for
their Energy business in the UK.
By partnering with established players on an exclusive
basis VPS has access to a large number of existing
customers. In addition, carefully selecting channel partners
in different areas of the market provides VPS with not
only the maximum opportunity to sell to new customers
but also to demonstrate real benefits in a wide range of
market sectors to a wide range of stakeholders. To support
this strategy VPS has 3 KPI’s: 1. Customer Acquisition;
2. Technology Deployment and 3. Megawatts under
Management (the total amount of energy our products
and services control). It is our strategy to develop local
Technology Centres of Excellence to provide focus and
support on each key market.
VPS is backed by a strong team with 20+ years of experience in the development and use of technology in the energy
sector, headed by leading energy software & hardware entrepreneurs and Honeywell’s former General Manager for
VPS has developed its technology over the last decade and we believe that, currently, it stands comparison with any
other system available in the market place. However, in the fast moving market, two factors are key to success; 1.
Market Acquisition and 2. Software Development.
Success Against Competitors
VPS has developed its technology over the last decade and we believe that, currently, it stands comparison with any
other system available in the market place. However, in the fast moving market, two factors are key to success; 1.
Market Acquisition and 2. Software Development.
By partnering with established players on an exclusive
basis VPS has access to a large number of existing
customers. In addition, carefully selecting channel partners
in different areas of the market provides VPS with not
only the maximum opportunity to sell to new customers
but also to demonstrate real benefits in a wide range of
market sectors to a wide range of stakeholders. To support
this strategy VPS has 3 KPI’s: 1. Customer Acquisition;
2. Technology Deployment and 3. Megawatts under
Management (the total amount of energy our products
and services control). It is our strategy to develop local
Technology Centres of Excellence to provide focus and
VPS is backed by a strong team with 20+ years of experience in the development and use of technology in the energy
sector, headed by leading energy software & hardware entrepreneurs and Honeywell’s former General Manager for
MARKET SCOPE
7. MANAGEMENT TEAM
Jorge Landeck
CTO
Founder and former CTO of ISA, owns a PhD in
Technological Physics and has more than 25 years’
experience in the areas of software, industrial control
systems and instrumentation. He authored several
scientific publications in international referred journals,
managed several RDI European projects and developed
several innovative remote management systems.
Basílio Simões
COO
Founder CEO of ISA, building the business to 160 people
and €9m turnover. PhD in Technological Physics with 25
years experience in the areas of electronics, telemetry
and remote management. Chairman of Smart-Cities
Association B2CITIzens.
Tweedie Brown, CBE
Chairman
Commander of British Empire: Tweedie saw service
mainly in Europe at the height of the Cold War and was
DCOS British Sector Berlin during the fall of the Wall
until 2004. Since then Tweedie has developed business
interests in several fields such as Local Government,
Housing, Information Technology, Carbon Certification,
Energy and executive coaching and mentoring.
James Napier
CEO
Previously General Manager, Energy for Honeywell
Building Solutions, James has extensive experience
of selling and delivering energy efficiency projects,
supporting technology and ADR/Smart Grid. He has
participated in numerous Demand Side forums e.g.
Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies and is a board
member of the Energy Managers Association.
8. DC044|ED01|EN
originated from the merging of ISA Energy and
Stor Generation, gathering the experience and
technology of both companies, with the purpo-
se of assuring services and solutions that increase energy
efficiency and answer the requirements of individual users,
as well as companies and utilities.
Ensure savings and decreasing costs, allowing the invest-
ment made to be returned in the short-term, increasing
sustainability and competitiveness for companies and for
people - these are our goals.
VPS
Virtual Power Solutions LTD
Unit 19 - 10 Acklam Road - Notting Hil
London W10 5QZ -United Kingdom
Bernardo Meira
bmeira@vps.energy
+44(0) 788 466 6972
www.vps.energy
COMPANY PROFILE
We design solutions for a wide range of economic and industrial sectors, such as banking, retail, the hotel industry,
the airport and health sectors, among others, whilst also embracing Automated Demand Response (ADR) in electrical
distribution grids, public lighting grids and water supply networks. In addition, our solutions allow energy consumption
monitoring for housing and SME’s.
Because saving energy is all about doing more with less.
Investment: £250,000.00
Percentage of equity offered: 2.70%
Pre-money valuation: £9,000,000.00
James Napier
jnapier@vps.energy
+44(0) 778 965 1163
PROJECTIONS 2016-18
Consolidated Sales above £30 million
Consolidated EBITDA above £5 million
Expected growth of shareholders value: 3.5x