Our team

    The people behind Hypha Energy

    A multidisciplinary team of energy, technology and governance specialists building the cooperative grid for European communities.

    Founders

    Alex Prate

    Founder and Product Lead

    Shapes the Hypha Energy product vision across governance and web3, turning community energy needs into a usable platform.

    Edgar Kampers

    Founder and Market Lead

    Drives go to market, regulations and partnerships across European energy communities.

    Zekeriya Aydın

    Founder and Technology Lead

    Leads engineering, data commons and the technical backbone behind Hypha Energy.

    Team

    Knut Hovland

    Energy Assets, Market Development Nordics

    Builds asset pipelines and grows the decarbonised Nordic community energy market.

    Marieke Post

    Marketing, Market Development Benelux

    Tells the Hypha story and develops the Benelux market.

    Pedro Freire

    Pilots, Market Development Iberia

    Runs pilot communities and grows Hypha Energy across Iberia.

    Rogerio Ivan

    Pilot Support, Market Development Portugal

    Supports municipalities and energy agencies and onboards energy communities in Portugal.

    Vlad Hramtsov

    Smart Contract Developer

    Builds the web3 smart contracts powering Hypha Energy tokens and value flows.

    Marcus Saul

    Energy Architect, Market Development Islands

    Designs decentral energy systems everywhere and opens new island markets.

    Surya Venkatesh Pandiyan

    Energy Management Systems

    Builds energy management systems, algorithms and connectors to the market.

    Suzana Cracco

    Operations and Customer Onboarding, Iberia

    Responsible for operations of Hypha Energy and customer onboarding in Iberia.

    Maria K. Langås

    Community Building and Operations, Nordics

    Supports community building, project management and operations in the Nordics.

    Philipp Litzenberger

    AI Integration

    Brings AI into Hypha Energy workflows to make community energy smarter.

    Advisors

    Mohamed Alkaduhimi

    Software

    Advises on software architecture and engineering practice.

    Joachim Stroh

    Governance

    Advises on governance design for cooperative energy communities.

    Ronnie Potel

    Finance and Law

    Advises on financial structuring and regeneration of our planet.

    Sten Rodenborg

    Investor Strategy, Legal Frameworks and Author

    Advises on investor strategy and legal frameworks. Author of the upcoming book EcoMoney.