Joel Haas

Chief Of Staff

2024 - Current

Pioneering smart dynamic electricity tariffs in Germany

Founders Associate

2023 - 2024

Enabling customers to gain the maximum value of their energy assets​

Founder of an eCommerce Privat Label Company

2018

Founder of an Amazon FBA Privat Label eCommerce Company Currently building up two different brands.

Board Observer (Beirat) NIMMSTA GmbH

2023 - 2023

Revolutionizing the picking process. Industrial Smart Watch / freehand scanner with picking workflow. Up to 50 % faster picking processes with zero error rate.Revolutionizing

Board Observer (Beirat) Allye

2023 - 2023

Allye provides distributed energy storage at the grid edge working in partnership with electricity network to accelerate decarbonisation of the grid while helping commercial and residential customers to lower energy costs by up to 50%. Our smartly designed energy storage systems reimagine how batteries are connected, distributed and used. Flexible and modular, our batteries are self-learning, intelligently managed via the cloud to maximise cycle life and arbitrage on electricity prices. Using digital twins, we deploy machine learning and AI to optimise behaviour and performance as a collective of assets, to deliver benefits at an individual level to the end user and the energy network at a system level.

Investment Manager

2022 - 2023

Alpha Future Funds is a multi-stage capital investment firm focused on topics surrounding the low-carbon economy, EV revolution, global battery transition and Natural Resource Technology. The preferred investment stage is Pre-Series A and ticket size around €250k to €1mio initially with the possibility to invest further in subsequent rounds.

Research Analyst Technology

2021 - 2022

The fund 10xDNA was launched on September 1, 2021 It is a public fund with focus on disruptive technology stocks with high growth potential During the initial launching days I helped refining the strategy and setting up the start portfolio. My focus area has been Mobility & Energy In the following months I worked as Research Analyst Technology and performed the following tasks: • Conducted in-depth analysis of high growth/high technology impact markets such as mobility & transportation, and energy • Developed hypotheses about the development of different technologies based on physical fundamentals, e.g., dominant battery chemistry for electric vehicles, role of battery management software in the power grid, or necessity of driving data for training of autonomous driving algorithm • Performed technological assessment of potential investment targets and created financial valuation models

Intern | Venture Capital Analyst & Venture Developer

2021 - 2021

Freigeist Capital is a privately-owned investment firm working with visionary founders to fund and build disruptive technology companies. The firm is best known for its seed investments in Lilium, Kraftblock, Neufund and Smartlane. Notable exits include Wunderlist (acquired by Microsoft), MyTaxi (acquired by Daimler) and kaufDA (acquired by Springer). Freigeist’s team of experienced founders consists of Frank Thelen, Marc Sieberger, Marcel Vogler, Alex Koch and Niklas Hebborn. The firm specializes in identifying and backing extraordinary founders at an early stage, often before their companies have even been founded. At Freigeist, we believe startups are a key driver of innovation and progress. Ultimately, startups improve the quality and sustainability of our lives. In our 25 years of founding and supporting startups, we have been through the highest highs and lowest lows. Building a company is a tough challenge, but we can’t think of a better way to spend your professional life.

Student Consultant

2017 - 2020

Intern at Rolls Royce (BMW Group)

2019 - 2019

Development of complete vehicles in the Rolls Royce product line (New Models and Current Models)

Intern at Service Department

2018 - 2018