Smart Energy Link

What Smart Energy Link does

Smart Energy Link AG (SEL) is a Swiss energy software company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Berne that operates an integrated smart building control platform for multi-family residential properties, commercial buildings, and entire developments. The platform combines measurement, control, and billing of solar self-consumption communities (Zusammenschluss zum Eigenverbrauch, or ZEV) — connecting PV production, building consumption, heat pumps, and EV charging stations via proprietary SEL servers and a cloud-based software layer. SEL has completed over 700 ZEV projects and manages more than 20,000 residential units, with key institutional customers including Previs Immobilien, Migros Pension Fund, and Schmid Immobilien AG, plus energy partners such as Helion Energy AG, Clevergie AG, and Solar Manager.

The company's product portfolio is modular: the core Smart Energy Link Platform is supplemented by the ZEV module for energy community management, the SEL Customer Portal for end-consumer monitoring, the Anlagenkonfigurator for installer self-service configuration, an Electric Mobility Solution for solar-optimized EV charging (integrated with KEBA and easee), and an Integral Measurement Concept that unifies electricity, heat, water, and mobility data into a single billing system. Service is delivered across three tiers — Self Service, Split Service, and Full Service — with the latter including complete billing operations, dunning, and customer support. Revenue is generated primarily through annual software licensing (paid yearly in advance), supplemented by hardware sales, support subscriptions, installation services, and managed billing operations.

SEL operates exclusively in the Swiss market, distributed through direct enterprise sales to property investors and real estate management companies, a certified installer/electrician partner channel, and self-service configuration tools. The company's strategic positioning is closely tied to Swiss energy regulation: it productized virtual ZEV (vZEV) support upon the framework's January 2025 legalization and Local Electricity Community (LEG) support upon its January 2026 legalization, positioning it at the front of a regulatory wave that is expanding the addressable market for distributed solar energy communities.

Name

Smart Energy Link

Legal name

Smart Energy Link AG

Website

https://smartenergylink.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Smart Energy Link AG is a Swiss energy software company founded in 2017 that provides an integrated measurement, control, and billing platform for solar self-consumption communities (ZEV) in multi-family buildings. It serves Swiss property investors, real estate managers, and certified solar installers, with 700+ projects completed and 20,000+ residential units managed.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smart Building Energy Management Software

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), Managed EV Charging Software (Residential, Fleet, Workplace) (EUAFAMAA)

Keywords

• Smart building energy management
• Solar self-consumption optimization
• ZEV billing platform
• EV charging load management
• Multi-family energy solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Berne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Annual Software Licensing: Annual usage fees for the Smart Energy Link software platform, paid yearly in advance. The amount is communicated at the time of purchase. This is the primary recurring revenue stream that enables all software functionality including energy management and billing.
2. Hardware Sales: Sale of Smart Energy Link hardware including servers and connected devices. Hardware remains SEL property until full payment is made (retention of title).
3. Support Subscription: Technical support services available through subscription or on a time-and-materials basis. Provided by professional support team during defined support hours.
4. Installation Services: Optional installation services by SEL or certified partners for hardware setup and system commissioning.
5. Billing/Operations Services: Full-service ZEV operations including billing, collection, customer service, and optionally heat and water billing. Offered as tiered service from self-service to full outsourcing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Smart Energy Link provides an integrated energy management and billing platform that measures, controls, and bills solar self-consumption (ZEV) in multi-family buildings, commercial properties, and entire developments in Switzerland. The system uses proprietary SEL servers to connect PV production, consumption, heat pumps, and EV charging stations, maximizing on-site solar use through intelligent load management. It supports multiple regulatory models (ZEV, vZEV, LEG) and is offered as modular subscriptions ranging from self-service software access to fully managed ZEV operations including billing and customer service.

Product overview

Smart Energy Link is a modular smart building energy management and billing platform. The core Smart Energy Link Platform provides solar self-consumption optimization, measurement, control, and billing for multi-family buildings and developments. The system is built around the ZEV (Energy Self-Consumption Community) module, complemented by the SEL Customer Portal for resident monitoring, the SEL Anlagenkonfigurator for installation setup, an Electric Mobility Solution for EV charging integration, and an Integral Measurement Concept for combined electricity/heat/water monitoring. The platform supports three billing service models: Self Service (DIY), Split Service (tariff calculation and billing creation), and Full Service (complete ZEV operation including billing, collections, and customer service).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Smart Energy Link Platform Modular smart building control system that optimizes self-consumption of solar power in multi-family buildings, commercial properties, and entire developments. It measures, controls, and bills energy while enabling EV charging integration and heat pump optimization, and supports ZEV, vZEV, and LEG regulatory models.
• ZEV Module (Zusammenschluss zum Eigenverbrauch) Module for managing Energy Self-Consumption Communities, enabling legal formation, energy distribution, and billing within a single or multiple buildings sharing one grid connection.
• SEL Customer Portal (Kundenportal) Web-based portal allowing energy consumers within a ZEV to monitor their energy costs and consumption, and make individual settings to Smart Energy Link.
• SEL Anlagenkonfigurator Configuration tool enabling customers and partners to independently configure energy installations. Integrates with Solar Manager for seamless ZEV setup and automatic project publication to the SEL billing platform.
• Electric Mobility Solution Installation, intelligent solar-optimized load management, and comprehensive service for EV charging infrastructure, supporting KEBA and easee charging stations.
• Integral Measurement Concept Holistic energy measurement solution combining electricity, heat, water, and mobility data in a single system, enabling efficiency monitoring, cost savings up to 50%, and simplified compliance with Minergie certification requirements.
• Virtual ZEV (vZEV) Support Support for virtual ZEVs (vZEVs), the regulatory model introduced in Switzerland on January 1, 2025, allowing multiple connection points to be virtually aggregated into one billing point with house connection lines used for internal electricity distribution rather than the public distribution network.
• Local Electricity Community (LEG) Support Support for Local Electricity Communities (LEG), the regulatory model becoming legally possible in Switzerland starting January 2026, allowing electricity trading within an entire municipality over the public grid, unlike ZEV and vZEV.
• Support Subscription Technical support service provided by a professional support team available during SEL support hours via phone or email, including access to professional assistance or pay-per-use support.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 50% cost savings on heating and water billing compared to separate service providers
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Solar ManagercoreTechnology or Integration · 24 March 2026Integration partnership enabling seamless ZEV implementation. Solar Manager's energy management system transmits consumption data directly to SEL platform. The SEL Anlagenkonfigurator integrates Solar Manager measurement data, enables error-free ZEV configuration, and automatically publishes projects to the SEL billing platform. Installers benefit from a standardized configuration process that minimizes errors and ensures smooth billing.
• Clevergie AGsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner for complex ZEV projects. Clevergie brings additional expertise for technically challenging PV installations such as the project at Goldingen SG with 25 apartments.
• Helion Energy AGsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for implementing virtual ZEV (vZEV) projects with integrated charging infrastructure. Example collaboration in Grenchen where two property ownership communities implemented vZEV with EV charging.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• ABB: Swiss-headquartered industrial and building electrification major whose building automation and energy management portfolio serves commercial and residential properties. Much broader scope than SEL but comparable on building-level energy monitoring, sub-metering, and EV integration.
• SolarEdge: Global solar inverter and energy management company with PV-optimized EV charging and smart energy device ecosystem. Adjacent incumbent whose residential and commercial energy-management suite competes for some of the same hardware-plus-software workloads that SEL addresses.
• tado°: Munich-headquartered smart home climate and energy platform with smart thermostats, hot water control, and EV charging integration. Overlaps with SEL on residential energy optimization and load shifting, though tado° is consumer/retail-led rather than property-platform-led.
• Loxone: Austrian-Swiss building automation specialist whose Loxone ecosystem includes energy management for PV, batteries, and EV charging. Broader than SEL (lighting, shading, access, audio) but overlaps directly on residential and multi-party building energy optimization.
• Landis+Gyr: Swiss-headquartered global leader in smart metering and grid management infrastructure. Their smart meters and metering infrastructure underpin the same ZEV/vZEV/LEG measurement and billing workflows that SEL orchestrates at the property level.

Direct peers

• Kiwigrid: German cloud-based energy management platform for utilities, grid operators, and prosumers covering PV, storage, EV charging, and heat pumps. Like SEL, Kiwigrid offers an integrated platform for measurement, control, and billing of distributed energy resources at the residential and commercial edge.
• gridX: European energy management SaaS that connects and optimizes distributed energy assets (PV, batteries, EV chargers, heat pumps) for utilities and aggregators. Its focus on orchestrating behind-the-meter flexibility overlaps directly with SEL's solar-optimized load management for EV and heat pumps.
• Solar Manager: Swiss energy management system (EMS) for solar self-consumption and storage that integrates directly with SEL's Anlagenkonfigurator and billing platform. Although technically a partner, Solar Manager addresses the same property-owner/EMS buyer with comparable functionality for solar optimization, making it the closest direct comparable.

Regional players

• Clevergie AG: Swiss solar installation and project company that collaborates with SEL on complex ZEV roll-outs (e.g., Alterssiedlung Huttwil). Operates in the same Swiss multi-party building market with complementary project execution and consulting services.
• Helion Energy AG: Swiss energy services company partnering with SEL on virtual ZEV (vZEV) deployments with integrated EV charging infrastructure (e.g., the Grenchen project). Competes adjacent to SEL in solar energy services for multi-family real estate within Switzerland.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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