The energy transition can be a tricky business for industrial SMEs. It requires investment in areas that are not directly relevant to their business. Kyotherm, a young company founded in 2011, is proposing to do just that for them, with installations for generating heat from renewable sources such as biomass, solar energy and wind energy. geothermal or solar energy. In return, Kyotherm is remunerated by the industrial company for the energy it consumes, and even pays back a portion of the energy savings it achieves. Since its creation, Kyotherm has invested 250 million euros in energy assets at 180 sites. industrial. Today, it generates sales of around 35 million euros. But it is capable of growing much faster.

To take full advantage of this potential, the founders sold more than half of Kyotherm’s capital to the Infravia investment fund. “ We are investing 300 millions…