Founders Associate
About the job
- The candidate has a completed degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant area such as energy engineering and management, energy economics, or business administration.
- The candidate thinks entrepreneurially, makes well-founded decisions independently, and prioritizes based on impact, scalability, and long-term company success.
- The candidate is willing to take responsibility and build structures in a fast-paced, founder-near environment rather than seeking a conventional 9-to-5 role.
- The candidate is based in Berlin or willing to relocate to Berlin, where the office is the home base.
- The role acts as an extension and staff function of the two founders, ensuring that strategic priorities are clearly defined and operationally implemented.
- The role structures complex questions, such as performance reviews and talent acquisition, and prepares well-founded decision bases for the founders.
- The role translates the company vision and strategy into concrete roadmaps and operational goals.
- The role challenges assumptions, identifies risks, and ensures clear prioritization.
- The role owns cross-functional key projects, including finance topics, new business models, organizational design, and fundraising preparation.
- The role ensures the structured and timely implementation of strategic initiatives.
- The role identifies bottlenecks early and resolves critical issues with a high degree of ownership.
- The role helps build scalable structures, decision-making processes, and reporting systems.
- The role establishes clear goal systems, such as objectives and key results, and performance transparency.
- The role supports recruiting, team development, and leadership topics.
- The candidate has initial experience in Tier 1 or Tier 2 consulting, high-growth startups, or venture capital/private equity.
- The candidate has experience in the energy or real estate industry, or a strong interest in startups, energy, or real estate.
- The candidate speaks German and English fluently.
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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