Tavion

Europe's energy system is changing faster than its infrastructure can keep up. As power generation and consumption become more decentralized and renewables take a growing share of the grid, the need for flexibility is rising sharply. Sweden-based Tavion was founded to close that gap by developing, owning, and operating battery parks across Europe, starting in Poland, one of the continent's most urgent and fastest-moving markets for battery storage.

The team

Tavion is led by a team with deep, hands-on experience in European energy infrastructure. CEO and co-founder Emad Zand previously led Northvolt's battery systems division, giving him first-hand insight into what it actually takes to move from battery technology to batteries in the grid. Katarzyna Suchcicka heads Tavion's Polish operations, having previously built and led OX2's business in the country. The company has also brought on Torbjörn Wahlborg chairman of the board of Svenska kraftnät and former head of Vattenfall's power generation business as senior advisor, adding deep institutional expertise to Tavion's execution capabilities.

"Electrification is accelerating, but infrastructure isn't keeping up. Battery storage is what will make tomorrow's power system work in practice, and that's where we're concentrating our efforts. Tavion's strength lies in moving from project to operation quickly delivering real batteries on the grid, not just software," says Emad Zand, CEO and co-founder of Tavion.

Backers’ perspective

The battery storage market in Europe is still in its early innings compared to the US and China but the window to build a leading position is narrow and closing fast. Tavion's model of owning and operating its assets across the full lifecycle, rather than flipping projects after permitting, is what sets it apart in a market where many developers stall before ever breaking ground. With a 1.7 GW project pipeline already secured in Poland 300 MW of it ready to break ground and up to SEK 500 million in debt financing unlocked alongside its SEK 76 million raise, Tavion has moved further, faster, than most companies at this stage.

"What convinced us about Tavion was the combination of deep technical expertise and a team that has actually built and operated energy infrastructure before not just planned it. In a sector where execution is everything, that's rare, and it's exactly the kind of founder profile we back," says Sara Wimmercranz, Founding Partner at BackingMinds.

As Tavion scales its Polish pipeline and looks toward new markets, its ambition is clear: to become one of Europe's leading independent operators of battery storage, built on assets it owns and runs for the long term