
Next Sense is a company focused on decarbonizing commercial real estate through a smart building platform that leverages data, predictive simulations, and AI control to optimize building performance, reduce carbon footprints, and comply with ESG benchmarks. Their platform supports multi-year investment strategies to achieve Paris-proof, climate-neutral buildings. The company is backed by €11.5M in Series A funding and trusted by global leaders such as Microsoft, Chanel, and AXA IM. Next Sense aims to make sustainable real estate the new standard by driving innovation and creating healthier, energy-efficient environments.

Next Sense is a company focused on decarbonizing commercial real estate through a smart building platform that leverages data, predictive simulations, and AI control to optimize building performance, reduce carbon footprints, and comply with ESG benchmarks. Their platform supports multi-year investment strategies to achieve Paris-proof, climate-neutral buildings. The company is backed by €11.5M in Series A funding and trusted by global leaders such as Microsoft, Chanel, and AXA IM. Next Sense aims to make sustainable real estate the new standard by driving innovation and creating healthier, energy-efficient environments.
Founded: 2014 (Delft, Netherlands)
Product: SmartSkin / PowerWindow — transparent windows that generate electricity and building data
Founders / Leadership: Ferdinand Grapperhaus (CEO & Co‑founder); Willem Kesteloo (Co‑founder; CTO)
Latest funding: Series A reported on 2021-05-19
Investor signal: 12 investors listed; recent investors include Adunare Investments and Phase2.Earth
Built-environment decarbonization and smart building energy management
2014
Cleantech / Smart building
€1,500,000
Venture round reported on Crunchbase; involved multiple individual investors.
Grant entry shown in funding history.
Corporate round entry shown in funding history.
Series A entry shown in funding history.
Latest reported funding round (Series A) per captured funding history.
“Crunchbase lists 12 investors; recent/listed investors include Adunare Investments, Phase2.Earth, EDGE Technologies, and individual investors such as Job Dura and Coen van Oostrom.”