Company · Energy & Climate

Articae

articae.com ↗ ·Valladolid ·Seed

Articae (Articae Smart Technologies) is a Spanish IoT and AI startup building Cirrus AI, an energy management platform that monitors and optimizes HVAC and industrial refrigeration systems to cut energy costs and emissions. It serves sectors with high energy demand such as tertiary buildings, senior residences, cold-chain logistics, and food and beverage manufacturing. Founded in 2020 and based in Valladolid, Spain, it closed a €200K seed round in February 2024 on top of over €400K in prior public funding.

Founded

2020

Founders

News

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SectorsEnergy Management, Industrial IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Climate Tech, Proptech Start-up MapEnergy & Climate › Industrial resource monitoring

Profile updated 31 Jul 2026

Founders

Juan Carlos García Carrizo

CEO & Co-founder

Manuel Lanza Ruiz

CTO & Co-founder

Global models 5

Budderfly

United States · www.budderfly.com ↗

Deploys IoT sensors and AI to remotely monitor and optimize HVAC and refrigeration energy use for commercial buildings, closely mirroring Articae's Cirrus AI model.

$553MComparable

Redaptive

United States · redaptive.com ↗

IoT-enabled energy-as-a-service platform that monitors and optimizes energy consumption across commercial and industrial building systems.

$372MComparable

Uplight

United States · uplight.com ↗

AI-driven software platform for energy efficiency and demand-side optimization in buildings, delivered through utility partnerships.

$317MComparable

Deepki

France · www.deepki.com ↗

Data and AI platform that tracks and optimizes energy consumption and ESG performance across real estate and industrial portfolios.

$180MComparable

BrainBox AI

Canada · brainboxai.com ↗

Autonomous AI platform that optimizes HVAC energy consumption in commercial buildings in real time, the closest technical analog to Articae's Cirrus AI.

$60MComparable

Investors 3

Bcombinator

www.bcombinator.com

Investor Spain

Bolsa Social

www.bolsasocial.com ↗

Investor Spain

Sodical (ADE Capital Sodical)

sodical.es

Investor Spain

Funding rounds 1

Pre-seed · €200K

Articae raised €200K with no stated lead, split evenly between private business angels and participatory loans from ENISA and regional publi…

2024-02-21

News & media 1

Published	Article
2024-02-21	Articae levanta 200.000€ para potenciar la Optimización Energética ↗ FOUNDER.ES