Founders Associate - Finance & Strategic Projects
About the job
- You have initial experience in Tier 1 or Tier 2 consulting, high-growth startups, or venture capital/private equity.
- You have completed a degree or hold an equivalent qualification in a relevant field such as business engineering, energy economics, or business administration.
- You have experience in the energy or real estate sector, or a strong interest in startups, energy, or real estate.
- You think entrepreneurially, make well-founded decisions independently, and set clear priorities with a focus on impact, scalability, and long-term company success.
- You deliberately seek a fast-paced, founder-near environment rather than a 9-to-5 job, and want to take responsibility, build structures, and actively shape growth.
- You are based in Berlin or willing to relocate.
- You speak German and English fluently.
- You work as an extension and staff function of the two founders, ensuring that strategic priorities are clearly defined and operationally implemented.
- You structure complex questions such as debt financing, funding opportunities, and performance reviews, and prepare well-founded decision bases.
- You translate the founders' vision and strategy into concrete roadmaps and operational goals.
- You challenge assumptions, identify risks, and ensure clear prioritization.
- You own cross-functional key projects, including finance topics, new business models, financing models, and fundraising preparation.
- You prepare comprehensive analyses to support the founders' decision-making.
- You ensure the structured and timely implementation of strategic initiatives.
- You automate cash flow management, document management, and investor reporting.
- You identify bottlenecks early and resolve critical issues with a high degree of personal responsibility.
- You help build scalable structures, decision-making processes, and reporting systems.
About the company
VREY is a Berlin PropTech company that helps landlords enable solar power for multi-family buildings. It handles planning, installing photovoltaic systems, and the operational setup, including a digital platform that automates legally compliant billing to tenants. As a metering point operator (wMSB), it also manages contracts with other energy providers, removing the supplier obligation from landlords and allowing tenants to buy solar energy directly (potentially lowering bills by up to 20%). Its goal is to scale communal solar use, support building decarbonization, and increase property value through tenant-accessible clean energy.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$3.6M
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Founded
2024
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- VREY closed a €3.3 million seed round on April 23, 2026.
- VREY reported a three-digit project pipeline across all 16 German federal states.
- Germany's §42b framework reduces landlord supplier obligations, expanding VREY's addressable market.
What critics are saying
- metergrid raised €10 million in January 2026, crushing VREY's financing disadvantage.
- §42b EnWG still excludes subsidies, squeezing VREY margins and slowing landlord adoption.
- If tenant churn or project delays hit, VREY's 20-person team burns seed capital fast.
What makes VREY unique
- RE Joule GmbH pairs certified smart metering with automated billing for §42b EnWG.
- VREY targets Germany's underserved multi-family solar market, not single-family rooftop installs.
- Founders Julius Pahmeier and Cedric Jaeger launched VREY in Berlin in 2024.
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