Founders Associate Intern - Energy Operations & Automation
About the job
- Have initial experience gained through internships in Tier 1 or Tier 2 consulting, high-growth start-ups (ideally in operations or process optimization), or project management.
- Currently study for a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant area, such as industrial engineering and management, energy management, or business administration, or be in a gap year.
- Make independent, well-founded decisions and set clear priorities focused on impact, scalability, and long-term company success.
- Have a strong interest in start-ups, energy, or real estate.
- Be willing to take responsibility and help build structures in a fast-paced, founder-adjacent environment.
- Be based in Berlin or willing to relocate.
- Speak German and English fluently.
- Support the operational and technical implementation of ongoing customer projects, from signing through successful realization.
- Work closely with internal teams and external partners to ensure smooth project workflows.
- Independently own subprojects and ensure structured documentation and follow-up.
- Analyze existing processes and identify complexity and opportunities for optimization.
- Help structure decision-making processes and implement operationally sound automations.
- Support the development of scalable technological structures, standards, and templates for operational projects.
- Further develop internal processes and tools, such as Airtable, to improve operational efficiency and scalability.
- Identify improvement opportunities in existing workflows and implement concrete improvements, for example through automations using Claude.
- Take on cross-functional special projects in organization, tooling, and internal structures.
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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