Company · Energy & Climate

Samara

www.samara.energy ↗ ·Madrid ·Series A

Besana (formerly Samara, the brand still live at samara.energy) is a Madrid-based energytech startup founded in 2022 by Iván Cabezuela (ex-Country Manager of Bulb Spain, ex-Amazon/Uber) and Manel Pujol (ex-Country Manager of Uber Eats and Alan Spain), originally selling residential solar, batteries, EV chargers and heat pumps with an online 3D system-design tool. In October 2025 it sold its single-family self-consumption unit to Catalan rival Solfy (taking equity in Solfy's round in exchange) and refocused exclusively on end-to-end energy services for Spanish homeowner communities (comunidades de propietarios), where it now claims 1,500+ communities managed. It raised a €2M pre-seed (2022), a €4.5M seed (2022) and a Series A that started at €9M in mid-2024 and was extended to €10.5M in September 2024.

Founded
2022
Founders
2
News
0
Rounds
4
Investors
7
SectorsEnergy & Climate, Solar, Cleantech, Energytech, Proptech Start-up MapEnergy & Climate › Residential energy transition

Profile updated 3 Sep 2026

Founders

Iván Cabezuela
Co-founder
Manel Pujol Olivares
Co-founder

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Investors 7

Athletico Ventures
Investor United Kingdom
Green Generation Fund
Investor Germany
Move Energy
Investor Netherlands
Mustard Seed Maze
Investor Portugal
Pelion Green Future
Investor Germany
Investor France
Seaya
seaya.vc
Investor Spain

Funding rounds 4

Series A · €1.5M
Portuguese impact fund Mustard Seed MAZE put in €1.5M to extend Samara's June 2024 Series A, taking the round to €10.5M in total and the com…
2024-09-17
Series A · €9M
Madrid residential energy startup Samara raised a €9M Series A to accelerate its national rollout of solar panels, batteries, EV chargers an…
2024-06-04
Seed · €4.5M
Six months after launching, Samara closed a €4.5M seed round led by Madrid-based Seaya with Munich-based Pelion Green Future following on, t…
2022-12-18
Pre-seed · €2M
Samara launched out of stealth with a €2M pre-seed led by Seaya alongside clean-energy holding Pelion Green Future, funding the launch of it…
2022-06-20

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