Capalo Zeus VPP

Capalo AI Oy is a Finnish company founded in 2022 by Henri Taskinen, Riku Kukkonen, Teemu Lappalainen and Eerik Jauhiainen, with its registered office in Kuopio. It provides AI-based trading, optimisation and aggregation for battery energy storage systems and co-located solar and wind assets.

Its Capalo Zeus VPP is a turn-key service that aggregates batteries and renewable generation from multiple sites into one virtual power plant. It covers route-to-market, prequalification, balance responsible party and balance service provider services, and AI-optimised multi-market trading. Customers include Nordic Solar, European Energy, eNordic and Renewable Power Capital.

• Route to market: Prequalification and market access for BESS.
• BRP and BSP services: Balance responsible and balance service provider functions.
• AI multi-market trading: Optimised bidding across FCR, aFRR, mFRR, intraday and spot.
• Ultra-fast intraday trader: Automated intraday trading.
• Market forecasts: Forecasts for ancillary and wholesale markets.
• Hybrid optimisation: Optimisation of standalone and co-located BESS.

A solar and storage developer evaluates hybrid BESS revenue before financing. A storage owner outsources market access and trading to a specialist. An investor compares standalone and co-located battery configurations with revenue calculations.

Gives battery owners access to ancillary, intraday and spot markets through one provider. The company reports more than 1.7 GW of BESS under contract and 800 MW of BESS plus 400 MWp of PV live under optimisation. Supports both standalone and hybrid assets. Provides revenue calculations to support financing and investment decisions.

Battery storage capacity is growing quickly in electricity markets with liberalised ancillary and intraday trading, and owners need specialist optimisation to earn revenue. Vietnam is moving toward a competitive power market and pilot storage projects, so market-access and trading tools of this kind may become relevant to future storage owners.

Finnish company with registered office in Kuopio and an office in Helsinki. Closed an 11M euro Series A on 6 February 2026 led by Heartcore Capital, with Tesi, VentureFriends and others. Trading in Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Bulgaria.