You want to shape the future of fuel cell systems?
--> Your product or solutions is patented or has a clear USP?
--> For your next steps you are searching for an investment?
With your team, you have invented a hardware component of the fuel cell system - and now you are searching for a strong partner?
Next Shed, the investment arm of Eberspächer Group, is looking for innovative solutions and systems to make them successful and contribute to a more emission-free economy.
We offer extensive support and experience in scaling businesses, deep understanding of the mobility market and venture capital.
Let's build
a strong network
around fuel cell systems!
Next Shed is the investment arm of the Eberspächer Group. With this challenge, we are looking for innovative teams and companies working on sustainable and profitable fuel cell solutions and systems, such as
- H2 Loop (anode path)
- Air Loop (cathode path)
- Powerelectronics behind the fuel cell systems
- Sensorics and measuring in fuel cell systems
We are also searching for teams and companies working in the area of systemsimulation and -modellation.
What we are not searching for:
- Control unit and application software for fuel cell systems
- Thermal management for fuel cell systems
- Stack itself
With this Challenge we are searching for founder teams, spin-off-teams, teams from universities and institutes as well as established start-ups and companies.
Founders & Early-Stagers
- Joint pilot projects
- Possiblity to pitch directly to the Eberspächer top management
- Extensive network
- Deep expertise to further develop your solution together

Founders & Early-Stagers
- You are a founder team or Early-Stager with a team of at least 2
- You want to work together with a strong partner to further develop your solution and business model
- Ideally, you already have first users or sold to first paying clients
- Clear idea of what you need from Eberspächer for your next step

Growth Stage Start-Up & More Advanced business
- Individual agreements either for a cooperation and/ or an investment
- Joint pilot projects
- Possiblility to pitch directly to the Eberspächer top management
- Expertise in scaling and extensive network
- Market access

Growth Stage Start-Up & More Advanced business
- You are an established start-up or company with a well-rehearsed team
- You already sold your product to first clients
- You are searching for collaboration in the area of fuel cell systems
- Clear idea why Eberspächer would be a good fit for you

Power Up
"I truly enjoyed pitching to the committee. The highlight of the session was presenting my company's solution to one of the veterans in the RV and automotive industry."
Ivar Krusenberg
Founder and CEO
Nüwiel
"Next Shed is a very approachable and engaged team. They have supported us a great deal during the whole process of closing the investment round, even in not-so-easy times. We are very much looking forward to shaping the future of urban mobility together with Eberspächer!"
Natalia Tomiyama & Fahad Khan
(Co-Founders of Nüwiel)
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Yes and no. As a venture unit of the Eberspächer Group, we see ourselves as both a strategic partner and an investor. We go beyond shareholdings to cooperate with startups in the form of pilot projects, co-developments, license agreements and partnerships.
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