
GEVI is an Italian startup that designs and builds vertical axis wind turbines with active blade pitch control and artificial intelligence to adapt to various wind conditions and installation sites. Their turbines maximize energy production and operational life while reducing CO2 emissions, turbine mass, installation complexity, and costs. The company has developed a pilot turbine and plans commercial turbines by 2026. GEVI's technology demonstrated a 2X increase in efficiency and aims to provide high energy density turbines that ease installation and reduce maintenance costs. Their business model focuses on distributed energy production systems to accelerate the transition to a decarbonized future, targeting industrial and remote sites, telecom towers, nautical applications, and floating offshore platforms. GEVI has received pre-seed investments and participated in cleantech accelerators, positioning itself as a promising player in the clean energy and wind power market.

GEVI is an Italian startup that designs and builds vertical axis wind turbines with active blade pitch control and artificial intelligence to adapt to various wind conditions and installation sites. Their turbines maximize energy production and operational life while reducing CO2 emissions, turbine mass, installation complexity, and costs. The company has developed a pilot turbine and plans commercial turbines by 2026. GEVI's technology demonstrated a 2X increase in efficiency and aims to provide high energy density turbines that ease installation and reduce maintenance costs. Their business model focuses on distributed energy production systems to accelerate the transition to a decarbonized future, targeting industrial and remote sites, telecom towers, nautical applications, and floating offshore platforms. GEVI has received pre-seed investments and participated in cleantech accelerators, positioning itself as a promising player in the clean energy and wind power market.
What: AI-controlled vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWT) for low-wind, urban and rooftop sites
Founders: Emanuele Luzzati; Edoardo Simonelli; Soufiane Essakhi
Founded: July 2022
Fundraising: €2.75M Seed round led by CDP Venture Capital, 360 Capital and NextStep
Product highlights: Active blade-pitch AI control (proprietary 'Eol-IA'), claims +60% annual yield, storm self-protection, ultra-quiet operation (<38 dB)
Distributed small-scale wind generation for low-wind, urban, rooftop and other constrained sites where conventional horizontal turbines are impractical.
2022
Renewable energy / wind power
Company states it received its first investment through ZERO (the Italian Cleantech Accelerator facilitated by CDP).
€2.75M
Company states the round was raised to scale across Europe.
“Seed round led by CDP Venture Capital, 360 Capital and NextStep; early support via CDP's ZERO cleantech accelerator.”