How EnergyVision Built a Profitable Energy Business | Maarten Michielssens

Can Europe still build, finance and scale companies that compete globally? In this episode of Dranaissance, Brecht Seifi sits down with Maarten Michielssens, Group CEO & Co-Founder of EnergyVision, to discuss European competitiveness, energy, capital markets and what it actually takes to build a company against the odds. EnergyVision started in 2014 with just €6,200. Since then, the company has grown through energy market disruption, raised growth capital and entered the public markets while keeping its decision-making rooted in Europe. In this episode: • Why Europe’s real challenge begins when companies need to scale • How EnergyVision turned customer obsession into a growth strategy • Why affordable energy matters for European industrial competitiveness • What Europe’s capital markets get wrong about growing companies • Why the next generation of European industry may look very different The episode shares practical insights about building through uncertainty, protecting founder control, allocating capital and finding competitive advantage when the obvious route stops working. Can Europe create its next global champions and give them enough reason to stay? Follow us for more expert conversations. GUEST Maarten Michielssens Group CEO & Co-Founder, EnergyVision HOST Brecht Seifi Founder & CEO, DraghiAI https://draghi.ai/ PROUD SPONSORS DraghiAI From CBAM to ETS, IRA to REACH to EUDR, regulatory shifts are coming faster than ever. DraghiAI converts regulatory change into CFO-grade business intelligence before it reaches the balance sheet. Stay ahead of Europe's sustainability, trade, industrial and regulatory landscape. Visit: https://draghi.ai/ GeoKapti Satellite monitoring and high-tech systems for governments, businesses and research. GeoKapti transforms Earth Observation data, radar and remote sensing into actionable intelligence for agriculture, security, disaster prevention, logistics, engineering and strategic decision-making. Visit: https://www.geokapti.nl/ Dranaissance turns today's crises, competition and uncertainty into tomorrow's European industrial greatness. Rebirth with grit. Competitiveness with soul. #EnergyVision #MaartenMichielssens #RenewableEnergy #EuropeanBusiness #EnergyTransition #BusinessGrowth #EnergyInnovation #Entrepreneurship #CapitalMarkets #Dranaissance