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CVE Funding, Investors & Competitors
CVE has raised $151M across 2 funding rounds, most recently a $34M undisclosed-stage round in January 2022.
Last CVE funding round
$34M
Undisclosed stage · Jan 2022
Cumulative funding CVE raised
$151M
across 2 funding rounds
Key investors in CVE
Swen Capital Partners
ICG Infra
About CVE
CVE is a French renewable energy developer concentrating on solar photovoltaic, biogas, and hydropower projects. The company finances, constructs, and operates solar facilities for industrial sites, farms, businesses, private owners, and communities seeking competitive long-term energy supplies. CVE promotes collaborative models treating renewables as shared planetary resources, with operations spanning Europe.
Founded
2009
HQ
Website
Status
Privately held
Customer focus
B2B & B2C
Revenue model
Product sales
CVE Funding History
CVE has raised a total of $151M across 2 funding rounds.
CVE's first fundraising round was a $117M undisclosed-stage round in September 2020. The most recent completed round was a $34M undisclosed-stage round in January 2022.
CVE funding rounds
| Date | Stage | Investors | Raised | Deal Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2022 | Undisclosed stage | Swen Capital Partners (lead) | $34M | CVE, a French independent renewable energy producer founded in 2009, raised €30M from SWEN Capital Partners around May 2022 to accelerate the growth of its biogas subsidiary, CVE Biogaz, which was spun off as part of the deal. The funds are primarily for developing CVE Biogaz's biogas business based on a local methanation model, with ambitions to become France's leading independent renewable gas player and capture 10% of the French biogas market by 2030. CVE retained majority equity and voting rights in CVE Biogaz, now co-owned with SWEN through its Impact Fund for Transition. SWEN Capital Partners, a European asset manager specializing in non-listed responsible investments with experience in methanation, led the investment, aligning with its strategy for renewable gas projects. The transaction involved financial and tax due diligence by Eight Advisory. CVE operates multi-country and multi-energy, active in France, Chile, USA, and expanding in Africa, employing nearly 240 people at the time. |
| Sep 2020 | Undisclosed stage | ICG Infra | $117M | CVE is a France-based independent producer of renewable energy operating across multiple countries with a focus on decentralized power generation from sources like solar, biogas, and hydropower, selling directly to businesses and communities via short supply chains. In September 2020, Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) through its infrastructure arm ICG Infra invested €100 million in equity and quasi-equity into CVE to reinforce its capital base, finance its 2020-2025 business plan, accelerate investments, support long-term growth, and diversify its energy mix including accelerating methanation (targeting nearly 25% of revenue by 2025 from 2%) and hydropower. At the time, CVE aimed to increase its production capacity eightfold to 2.3 GW in operation and under construction by 2025, with over 50% deployed outside France in markets like the US, Chile, and certain African countries. This 2020 investment marked ICG Infra's entry into CVE, providing resources to capture growth in competitive renewable energy markets. Founding partners Pierre de Froidefond, Hervé Lucas, and Christophe Caille highlighted the deal's role in accelerating development, while Arnaud Réal del Sarte, Deputy CFO, emphasized the solidity of CVE's multi-energy, multi-country model. Guillaume d’Engremont, Head of European Infrastructure at ICG, noted it as a sustainable infrastructure investment partnering with a leading industrial player already key in its markets. A follow-on €100 million investment from ICG Infra occurred in March 2023, described as additional to the 2020 commitment, to further fund growth amid a buoyant clean energy market. By end-2022, CVE had 640 MW in assets, planning to quadruple to 2.7 GW by 2027 with acceleration in France, Chile, and the US, plus biogas success; it reported €76 million in 'sales' for 2022 (over 50% YoY growth) and employed 350 people. |
Who has invested in CVE?
2 investors have backed CVE across its funding rounds, including Swen Capital Partners and ICG Infra.
Lead investors include Swen Capital Partners.
CVE Investors
| Investor | HQ | Rounds | Role | First check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Start Free TrialInvestments by CVE
CVE has invested in 1 company to date.
Latest investment by CVE was on March 26th 2025. CVE invested in CARBON in their $2M Seed round.
Latest Investments by CVE
| Description | Carbon is a French manufacturer of photovoltaic solar modules designed for residential, commercial, and utility-scale installations. Based in Bordeaux, the company produces high-efficiency panels using advanced silicon technologies to optimize energy yield in diverse climates. Its product lineup includes monocrystalline and bifacial modules certified under IEC standards, with distribution across Europe. |
| HQ Country | |
| HQ City | Lyon |
| Deal Date | 26 Mar 2025 |
| Round | Seed |
| Raised | $2M |
| Investors | IEL Group; SEPALE; IRISOLARIS; Technique Solaire; Provence Eco Energie; tenergie; Wewise; Synapsun; Langa International; Silversun; Terre et Lac Solaire |
| Valuation | undisclosed |
| EV/Revenue | |
| EV/EBITDA | |
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CVE Competitors
CVE competitors include listed companies like Iberdrola, China Yangtze Power, Constellation Energy and Vistra, and private ones like Adani New Industries and Helion Energy.
| Company | HQ | Status | Revenue | EBITDA | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publicly listed | $51B | $17B | $158B | 4.3x | ||
| Publicly listed | $13B | $11B | $104B | 11.3x | ||
| Publicly listed | $26B | $5B | $93B | 3.8x | ||
| Private | - | - | $50B | - | ||
| Publicly listed | $18B | $5B | $48B | 3.3x | ||
| Private | - | - | $16B | - |
CVE Public Comps
CVE is still privately-owned, but its public comps include Aramco, ExxonMobil, Chevron, PetroChina, Shell, GE Vernova, TotalEnergies, NextEra Energy, ConocoPhillips and Iberdrola.
| Last FY | EV/Revenue | EV/EBITDA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | EBITDA | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | |
| $446B | $213B | 3.9x | 3.7x | 8.2x | 7.1x | |||
| $324B | $68B | 2.2x | 1.8x | 10.5x | 8.0x | |||
| $184B | $41B | 2.4x | 2.0x | 10.8x | 7.2x | |||
| $427B | $70B | 0.8x | 0.7x | 4.7x | 4.4x | |||
| $267B | $55B | 1.2x | 1.0x | 5.8x | 4.5x | |||
| $38B | $3.2B | 6.2x | 5.4x | 73.5x | 43.5x | |||
| $182B | $38B | 1.3x | 1.2x | 6.3x | 5.0x | |||
| $27B | $16B | 10.5x | 9.6x | 17.9x | 16.2x | |||
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Common questions about CVE
| When was CVE founded? | CVE was founded in 2009. |
| Where is CVE headquartered? | CVE is headquartered in Marseille, France. |
| Is CVE publicly listed? | No, CVE is a private, VC-backed company. |
| How much funding has CVE raised? | CVE has raised $151M across 2 funding rounds. |
| What was CVE's last funding round? | CVE's last funding round was a $34M undisclosed-stage round in January 2022, led by Swen Capital Partners. |
| Who are CVE's investors? | CVE's investors include ICG Infra and Swen Capital Partners. |
| Which companies are comparable to CVE? | Companies comparable to CVE include Iberdrola, China Yangtze Power, Constellation Energy, Adani New Industries, Vistra and Helion Energy. |
| How many companies has CVE invested in? | CVE has invested in 1 company, including CARBON. |
| What was CVE's last investment? | In March 2025, CVE invested in CARBON's $2M seed round alongside IEL Group, SEPALE, IRISOLARIS and 8 other investors. |
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