Name

Watch-E

Legal name

Watch-E B.V.

Website

https://watch-e.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Performance Monitoring Software

NAICS

Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use (334512), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519)

SIC

Auto Controls For Regulating Residential & Comml Environments (3822), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825)

akta.pro primary industry

Home Energy & EV Charging (HEMS, Smart Meters, Batteries, Chargers) (HSAPAQAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Customer Energy Engagement (In-Home Displays, Portals, Usage Insights) (EUADAFAH), Smart Electrical Panel, Energy Monitoring & Load Management (HSAOANAE), Residential Behind-the-Meter Generation (EUACALAB)

Keywords

• Energy performance monitoring
• EPV compliance monitoring
• Hybrid heat pump monitoring
• Sustainable housing analytics
• Building energy management

Headquarters

HQ city

Arnhem

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Monitoring Services: Recurring monitoring fees for housing corporations to monitor energy performance of EPV, NOM, and BENG homes. Includes data collection, reporting, and compliance verification.
2. Hardware Sales: Sale of monitoring hardware including gateways, kilowatt-hour meters, and sensors for measuring energy installations in residential properties.
3. Resident Communication Services: Supporting services including resident coaching, bewonersbijeenkomsten (resident meetings), and personalized energy advice to improve engagement and reduce energy consumption.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Watch-E designs and develops a solar and energy performance monitoring platform that combines proprietary software (Watch-E Platform), a resident-facing mobile app and portal (MijnEnergiebundel), and hardware (gateways and kilowatt-hour meters) to monitor electricity, gas, heat output, and solar generation in Dutch social housing. Their solutions enable housing corporations to verify EPV (Energieprestatievergoeding) compliance, manage NOM/BENG home portfolios, monitor hybrid heat pump installations, and engage residents in energy-saving behavior, primarily sold via annual subscription packages sized by monitored dwellings.

Product overview

Watch-E is an energy performance monitoring company offering a platform-plus-services model for housing corporations. The core Watch-E Platform combines with MijnEnergiebundel (resident app), specialized monitoring hardware (gateways and kilowatt-hour meters), and supplementary services including EPV 2.0 Management, Service & Onderhoud (maintenance portal), Bewonerscommunicatie (resident communication/coaching), and Hybride Warmtepomp Monitoring. The platform enables housing corporations to monitor energy performance of sustainable homes, collect the Energieprestatievergoeding (EPV), and provide residents with insights into their energy consumption through the MijnEnergiebundel application.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MijnEnergiebundel: Mobile application and portal that gives residents of energy-efficient NOM/BENG/EPV homes insight into their energy consumption, solar generation, and associated energy bundles.

Products and services

• Watch-E Platform Primary energy performance monitoring platform enabling housing corporations to manage energy performance of their entire housing portfolio, supporting EPV collection, monitoring of sustainable homes, and deep analysis of energy installations. Sold as a subscription to Dutch housing corporations.
• MijnEnergiebundel Resident-facing mobile application and web portal that gives households real-time insight into their energy consumption, solar generation, and assigned energy bundles, with tips for energy savings. Targets residents of EPV/NOM/BENG homes, deployed as part of Watch-E's housing corporation offerings on iOS and Android.
• Monitoring Hardware (Gateways and Kilowattuurmeters) Hardware including gateways and kilowatt-hour meters that measure energy flows in EPV, NOM, BENG, and hybrid heat pump homes, capturing electricity consumption by heat pumps, gas consumption by boilers, total gas/electricity usage, heat output for space heating and hot water, optional temperature and solar generation data. Sold to housing corporations and contractors deploying Watch-E monitored installations.
• Energieprestatiemonitoring Service Independent energy performance monitoring service that measures and reports on energy performance across housing corporation portfolios, enabling data-driven decision-making, project tracking, and optimal performance verification of sustainable installations.
• EPV 2.0 Management Comprehensive service supporting housing corporations with the Energieprestatievergoeding (EPV) 2.0, including regulatory guidance, Program of Requirements input, monitoring configuration choices, and internal information provision to align portfolios with the new EPV 2.0 framework.
• Service & Onderhoud Platform Platform for service and maintenance operations that enables remote monitoring and management of sustainable housing installations, helping contractors efficiently handle maintenance and verify performance of installed energy systems. Targeted at Dutch service and maintenance companies (uitvoerders).
• Bewonerscommunicatie (Resident Communication Services) Resident communication services including resident meetings, individual coaching, energy clinics, and awareness materials that help residents of EPV/NOM/BENG homes understand and optimize their energy behavior. Delivered as a paid offering to housing corporations to drive energy-saving behavior and bundle compliance.
• Hybride Warmtepomp Monitoring Specialized monitoring service for hybrid heat pumps in social rental housing, providing insights into the ratio between heat pump and boiler performance, cost savings, gas savings, electricity consumption increase, CO2 savings, and SCOP of the heat pump. Targeted at housing corporations retrofitting social housing with hybrid heat pump installations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 83.2% of NOM homes achieve zero-on-the-meter status after one year of monitoring
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• StroomversnellingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBranchevereniging (industry association) focused on the energy transition of homes and neighborhoods. Watch-E contributes to knowledge sharing and development of monitoring standards and protocols.
• XemexcoreTechnology or IntegrationHardware supplier providing robust and reliable intermediate meters and monitoring stations for Watch-E's monitoring solutions.
• TMXcoreTechnology or IntegrationHardware partner providing Plug & Play monitoring hardware sets specifically developed for NOM/EPV homes, integrated with Watch-E's software platform.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Plugwise: Plugwise is a Dutch manufacturer of smart energy gateways, metering devices, and a SaaS energy management platform, widely deployed by housing corporations and installers. Like Watch-E, it provides independent residential energy monitoring with hardware-software integration and resident-facing insights, making it the closest direct competitor in the Dutch social-housing monitoring niche.
• Smappee: Smappee is a Belgium-headquartered smart energy monitoring company selling gateways, smart meters, and an analytics/control platform for homes, SMEs and installers. Its combined hardware-software energy monitoring model with multi-meter integration and a partner/installer channel mirrors Watch-E's go-to-market with maintenance contractors (uitvoerders).

Broad incumbents

• Brunata: Brunata is a long-established European meter and submetering supplier providing heat, water and energy allocation meters used across residential buildings. Comparable to Watch-E in metering-based monitoring for housing stock, but operating at much greater scale and across multiple countries with broader building services beyond energy.
• ista Nederland: ista is one of Europe's largest energy and water submetering and consumption-billing service providers, with a major Dutch housing-corporation customer base. It overlaps with Watch-E on residential energy data collection for housing corporations but is significantly broader, including heat-cost allocation and water submetering.
• Vabi Software: Vabi is a Dutch vendor of building performance and asset management software widely adopted by housing corporations for energy performance analysis and sustainability reporting. Comparable to Watch-E on EPV/NOM-style compliance analytics for Dutch social housing, but lacks the resident-facing app and purpose-built energy-monitoring hardware.
• Netatmo (Legrand): Netatmo, acquired by Legrand, is a major European smart home brand with energy and climate monitoring products (smart thermostats, energy, and weather stations). It competes with Watch-E for residential energy visibility but serves a mass-market consumer/prosumer audience rather than regulated EPV compliance for social housing.
• Schneider Electric Wiser Energy: Schneider Electric, through EcoStruxure and Wiser, offers residential and building energy monitoring solutions globally with embedded metering hardware and analytics. Comparable to Watch-E on integration of energy monitoring with sustainability/CO2 reporting, but operating at much larger scale across industrial and commercial buildings alongside residential offerings.

Emerging players

• Zen Ecosystems: Zen Ecosystems provides behind-the-meter energy monitoring and analytics for buildings and homes, including solar and heat-pump use cases. Comparable in integrating solar + heat-pump performance analytics, but focused on commercial and prosumer segments rather than Dutch social-housing EPV compliance.
• Tibber: Tibber is a Norwegian-Dutch digital energy retailer combining dynamic pricing with a connected smart-home/wattnode hardware stack for real-time consumption insights. Comparable to Watch-E on the resident-facing energy app layer and Dutch footprint, though its primary business is retail energy supply rather than EPV compliance monitoring for housing corporations.

Others

• Kiwa (energy services / EPV support): Kiwa is a Dutch-based TIC (testing, inspection, certification) provider active in energy performance certification, including EPV 1.0/2.0 advisory and certification services. Adjacent to Watch-E because it shapes the EPV regulatory framework and provides related verification services to housing corporations, even though it does not deliver continuous monitoring hardware/software.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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