Hagen Lihl, co-founder of Upgrid and recent graduate of the Tenity Acceleration Program, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about a platform for harnessing solar energy in your neighborhood.
Here is what they talked about in more detail:
- Hagen, can you introduce yourself?
- Why have you decided to start your own company?
- What is the problem that you are trying to solve? What is Upgrid?
- What are the issues you’re addressing to change that?
- How are you different from traditional energy providers?
- How do you make money?
- Who are your target customers? How big is the Swiss market, and what about regulation?
- Where are you based?
- How have you started with your venture? What were your very first steps?
- Where are you on your journey regarding product development, geographic reach, funding, and hiring? Can you share any numbers?
- What are the next steps for you this year and beyond? Customers, incumbents as partners, investors?
- Where can interested parties reach you? Check out the website or reach out to Hagen Lihl on LinkedIn.
