EnergyPulse Systems

What EnergyPulse Systems does

EnergyPulse Systems, Lda is a privately held Portuguese company founded in 2011 as a spin-off of ISEL (Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa) that researches, develops, produces, and sells pulsed power modulators based on solid-state semiconductor Marx generator topologies. Its commercial product family, marketed under the EPULSUS® registered trademark, falls into two main tracks: a Si IGBT-based line (EPULSUS PM and BM series) delivering 2µs to microsecond pulses up to 24 kV and 18 kW for agro-food applications such as wine, olive oil, and fruit juice processing via Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) electroporation; and a SiC MOSFET-based line (EPULSUS FBM, FBML, and FPM series) delivering 200 ns pulses for biomedical and biotechnology electroporation use cases. A modular treatment chamber portfolio, a 40 kA solid-state modulator for magnetic forming, and a -20 kV / 100 A plasma surface treatment system round out the catalog.

The company sells custom-configured equipment via direct enterprise sales, complemented by EU-funded R&D project participation (Horizon 2020, EIT-FOOD, FCT, Portugal 2020/FEDER) that both validates the technology at industrial scale and contributes non-dilutive revenue. Named industrial reference customers include João Portugal Ramos Vinhos (wine, ~200 tons of grapes processed), Acesur / Molino de Quirós (olive oil, Spain), Lagar do Faro (olive oil, Portugal), and Gandolfo srl (olive oil, Italy). Distribution is exclusively direct, with lead generation driven by IEEE Pulsed Power Conference participation, EIT Food ecosystem membership, and consortium-driven case studies rather than channel partners or resellers.

The business is led by three partners covering technology (Luís Redondo, IEEE Senior Member and 100+ publications), industrial operations (Marcos Pereira, PhD in atomic physics), and investment strategy (Fernando Barros, former PwC Angola Country Senior Partner). The company is headquartered at the Polo Tecnológico de Lisboa in Carnide, Portugal, holds Portuguese national patent PT 106331 on its Marx generator topology, and operates with a 1-10 employee headcount, relying on EU grant cycles and reference-customer pilots as the principal commercial growth engine.

Name

EnergyPulse Systems

Legal name

Energy Pulse Systems, Lda

Website

https://energypulsesystems.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

EnergyPulse Systems designs and manufactures solid-state semiconductor Marx generator pulsed power modulators under the EPULSUS® brand, serving food processors (wine, olive oil, juice), biomedical researchers, and industrial materials clients across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Pulsed Power Equipment

NAICS

Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510), Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing (335314)

SIC

Motors & Generators (3621), Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845), Electronic & Other Electrical Equipment (No Computer Equip) (3600)

akta.pro primary industry

Power Management & Power Conversion ICs (PMIC/DC‑DC/AC‑DC/Gate Drivers) (HDAHABAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Power Modules (IGBT/MOSFET/SiC/GaN Modules) (HDAHAHAH), High-Voltage, Power Discretes & Modules (IGBT/MOSFET/SiC/GaN) (HDAHAAAK)

Keywords

• Pulsed power modulators
• Pulsed electric field equipment
• High voltage generators
• Marx generator systems
• Industrial electroporation systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Carnide

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. EPULSUS Generator Sales: Sale of high voltage pulse generators (EPULSUS® branded) for biomedical and agro-food applications. Products range from laboratory scale (200W) to industrial scale (18kW) modulators with various voltage/current specifications. Includes treatment chambers and software configuration tools.
2. R&D Project Collaboration: Participates in funded R&D projects (EIT Food, Horizon 2020, FCT) as consortium partner, providing technology expertise and receiving project funding for technology development and validation.
3. Custom Equipment & Engineering Services: Offers custom treatment chamber designs to customer needs and engineering support for system integration into existing production lines.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

EnergyPulse Systems researches, develops, produces, and sells solid-state high-voltage pulsed power modulators (EPULSUS® brand) built on semiconductor-based Marx generator topologies for industrial PEF (Pulsed Electric Field) processing. Offerings span Si IGBT-based agro-food generators (up to 24 kV and 18 kW) for wine, juice, and olive oil extraction, and SiC MOSFET-based biomedical electroporation generators (200 ns pulses, 200 W), complemented by custom treatment chambers and engineering integration services.

Product overview

EnergyPulse Systems offers the EPULSUS® family of high-voltage pulse generators based on semiconductor Marx generator topologies. The product line includes two main categories: (1) Biomedical/biotechnological generators using SiC MOSFET technology (FBM and FPM series) delivering 200ns pulses for electroporation applications; (2) Agro-food generators using Si IGBT technology delivering pulses from 2µs up to 24 kV and 18 kW for juice extraction, wine processing, and olive oil extraction. Associated PEF treatment chambers (batch, colinear, parallel electrodes) and transportation systems complement the generators. The company also develops application-specific projects like PureWine for wine processing and participates in PHENOILS for olive oil extraction research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EPULSUS®: EPULSUS® is a registered trademark of EnergyPulse Systems, Lda, for high performance pulse generators based on semiconductor Marx generator topologies. Includes generators for biomedical/biotechnological applications (EPULSUS-FBM, EPULSUS-FBML, EPULSUS-FPM series) and agro-food applications (PM and BM series with various power and voltage specifications up to 24 kV and 18 kW).

Products and services

• EPULSUS-FBM1-5 Standard 10 kV / 50 A, 200 W SiC MOSFET-based electroporation generator for biomedical applications, delivering symmetric monopolar and bipolar square pulses to biological type loads, with flexible burst frequency and programmed overcurrent protection.
• EPULSUS-FBML1-5 Standard 5 kV / 50 A, 200 W SiC MOSFET-based electroporation generator for biomedical applications, delivering asymmetric monopolar and bipolar pulses with multilevel operation for biological type loads.
• EPULSUS-FPM4-10 Standard 10 kV / 50 A, 100 W SiC MOSFET-based electroporation generator with four positive pulse generators, 200 ns minimum pulse duration and 2.5 MHz burst capability, intended for biomedical and biotechnology applications.
• EPULSUS-FPM4-7 SiC MOSFET-based pulsed modulator for electroporation applications with four independent channels delivering 7 kV / 65 A per channel.
• EPULSUS PM1A-12 / PM1B-12 / BM1A-12 / BM1B-12 Laboratory and pilot plant Si IGBT Marx modulator generators for agro-food applications with specifications up to 12 kV and 3 kW, CE marked, intended for PEF treatment of fruit juices, wines, and other liquid food matrices.
• EPULSUS PM3B-12 / PM3B-24 / BM3B-12 / BM3B-24 Industrial-scale Si IGBT Marx modulator generators for agro-food applications with specifications up to 24 kV and 9 kW, CE marked, designed for integration into industrial PEF processing lines for fruit juices, wine, and olive oil.
• PEF Treatment Chambers Custom-configured treatment chambers that complement EPULSUS® generators, including batch chambers (1 L), colinear and parallel electrode configurations for liquids (10–100 mm), chambers for crushed fruit, vegetables, musts, olives, and microalgae (40–120 mm), and transportation systems for solid foods such as potatoes.
• Custom PEF System Integration and Engineering Services Engineering services offering custom treatment chamber designs and integration support for embedding EPULSUS® PEF systems into customers' existing production lines, including on-site trials and configuration assistance.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% reduction in maceration time for red wine production
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major, strategic and minor.

• EIT FoodcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 April 2020European leading food innovation initiative. EnergyPulse Systems is a proud member and RisingFoodStars Association member, participating in EIT Food PHENOILS project for healthier olive oil extraction. Provides access to innovation network, consortium partnerships, and funding opportunities.
• AcesurcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpanish olive oil producer leading the PHENOILS consortium. Industrial trials of PEF technology conducted at Acesur facilities (Molino de Quirós). Project focuses on extracting healthier extra virgin olive oils with higher polyphenols content.
• Instituto de la Grasa (CSIC)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpanish National Research Council center specializing in fat and olive oil research. Partner in PHENOILS project conducting high pilot scale trials and scientific analysis of extraction results.
• Fraunhofer Technology CentermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman technological research center. Partner in PHENOILS consortium contributing to development and validation of extraction technologies for extra virgin olive oil.
• University of TurinmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerItalian university partner in PHENOILS project conducting pilot scale trials and educational programs on PEF and ultrasound technologies for olive oil extraction.
• CERNstrategicTechnology or IntegrationEuropean Organization for Nuclear Research. Collaboration agreement signed with ISEL and EPS for R&D on solid-state Marx generator for CLIC RF cavity electrical breakdown studies (Reference KE2891/TE).
• ISEL (Lisbon Engineering Superior Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founding institution of EnergyPulse Systems. Professor Luís Redondo is Coordinator Professor at ISEL. Multiple collaborations on R&D including PEFPlateletValue project and CERN partnership. Source of technology and talent.
• BioFoodPack ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean research project developing sustainable biocomposite food packaging materials with antimicrobial properties, using PEF for in-pack sterilization. Partners include universities and research institutions.
• FieldFOOD Consortium (Horizon 2020)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHorizon 2020 project (Grant No. 635632) focused on integration of pulsed electric field technology in food processing for improving food quality, safety and competitiveness. EPS participated in trade shows like Anuga Food Tec under this project.
• PEFPlateletValue Consortium (FCT)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPortuguese Foundation for Science and Technology funded project. Partners: ISEL (coordinator), iBET, IPST (Portuguese Institute of Blood and Transplant), EPS. Applies PEF technology to valorize platelets with no therapeutic value for biomedical applications.
• PureWine Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner€757,611 project (CENTRO-01-0247-FEDER-041392, LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-041392) funded by Portugal 2020. Lead by EPS. Pilot-plant winery installation planned in Gouveia, Dão wine region. Demonstrates PEF technology for wine production efficiency improvements.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Heat and Control: Heat and Control is a US/Australian manufacturer of food processing and packaging equipment for snacks, prepared foods, and related industries. As a broad industrial incumbent, it serves overlapping food-processing customers and could integrate or partner with PEF technologies in its equipment lines.
• Bühler Group: Bühler is a large Swiss industrial equipment supplier to food and feed processors that has commercialized its own PEF-based Pulsed Electric Field system (CellA) for wet-milling and other applications. It is a broad incumbent offering PEF as part of a much wider processing equipment portfolio that competes with EPS in similar customer accounts.

Direct peers

• Pulsemaster: Pulsemaster is a Dutch equipment manufacturer focused on industrial-scale PEF systems for food and beverage processing, including wine, juice, and vegetable applications. It competes head-to-head with EPS on PEF treatment chambers and pulsed-power generator technology, targeting the same European agro-food customers.
• Scandinova Systems: Scandinova is a Swedish manufacturer of pulsed power modulators, including solid-state Marx-type topologies, primarily serving medical (radiotherapy), industrial, and science accelerator markets. It competes with EPS in the design of high-voltage semiconductor-based pulse generators for biomedical and physics customers.
• Diversified Technologies Inc. (DTI): DTI is a US-based manufacturer of solid-state pulsed power modulators and high-voltage power supplies serving defense, medical, industrial, and food-research applications. It is a direct competitor in semiconductor-based pulsed-power systems and high-voltage Marx/modulator architectures that EPS also designs.
• Eagle Harbor Technologies: Eagle Harbor Technologies is a US company developing solid-state pulsed-power systems and high-voltage modulator technologies for fusion, plasma physics, and industrial applications. It is a direct competitor to EPS in solid-state Marx generator design and pulsed-power engineering services.
• ELE Technology (Elea): ELE is a German specialist in industrial PEF systems for the food industry (potato processing, juice, fruit, vegetables). It is the most direct competitor to EnergyPulse's EPULSUS-Food line, serving overlapping winemaking, juice, and produce customers with similar pulsed-electric-field cell permeabilization technology.

Others

• Bucher Unipektin: Bucher Unipektin supplies juice and beverage processing equipment, including pressing and filtration systems for fruit and vegetable processors. It is adjacent to EPS because it serves the same downstream fruit/wine processing customers where EPS's PEF pretreatment is integrated.

Emerging players

• ITP (Idaho Technical Products / Impedans): Impedans (formerly associated with pulsed-power instrumentation work) supplies RF and pulsed-plasma measurement instrumentation used in semiconductor and pulsed-power environments. It is an adjacent instrumentation provider to EPS's pulsed-power development efforts rather than a direct system competitor.
• Stangengrün Pulsed Power: Stangengrün is a German specialist in pulsed power and high-voltage engineering serving industrial and research applications. As a niche engineering firm, it overlaps with EPS on custom pulsed-power modulator design but is smaller and more regionally focused.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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