Just eight years after being founded – AI climate tech firm gets snapped up by giant ABB

Sensorfact CEO Pieter Broekema, Massimiliano Cifalitti, President of ABB’s Smart Power division and Eleanor Blagbrough, co-founding partner of Blume Equity. Photos: press.
22 jan. 2025
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Sensorfact CEO Pieter Broekema, Massimiliano Cifalitti, President of ABB’s Smart Power division and Eleanor Blagbrough, co-founding partner of Blume Equity. Photos: press.
Sensorfact founder Pieter Broekema launched his software company in 2017 after seeing how difficult it was for manufacturers to identify opportunities for energy savings. Less than eight years later, the AI-driven clean tech innovator has been bought up by engineering giant ABB with the aim of helping companies lower their energy bills and emissions.

AI-driven algorithms to boost energy efficiency are increasingly taking centre stage in the climate tech sector. Swiss engineering giant ABB is now strengthening its foothold in this rapidly growing field with the acquisition of Netherlands-based Sensorfact BV.

Sensorfact launched in 2017 with a software solution that aims to help small and medium-sized companies lower their energy bills and emissions with the help of AI, and now has more than 250 full-time employees with offices in Utrecht, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Berlin.

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