Free Soft & Tech

What Free Soft & Tech does

Free Soft & Tech S.r.l. is a privately held Italian software company founded in 2012, headquartered in Rome with an operational office in Terni, specializing in vertical software for the Italian free energy market (electricity and gas). The company employs approximately 15 people — 10 developers and 5 energy-sector technicians — combining software engineering with domain expertise in energy trading, dispatching, and sales.

Its core offering is E360, a modular, web-based application platform covering the full operational backbone of Italian energy market participants. Modules span master data management (Gestione Anagrafiche), accounting and administration including active/passive billing cycles and regulatory filings (UTF, AEEG, GSE), commercial area functions with agent commission management, dispatching with consumption curve generation and GME-compatible XML offer generation, management control with reporting, and a customer self-service portal. Proprietary forecasting routines — My Solar Meter for photovoltaic and My Wind Meter for wind — produce per-POD production predictions used for injection forecasting and exchange offers. Integrations include Enel Distribuzione EDI flows and common accounting systems.

The business model is enterprise B2B software delivered via subscription/recurring licensing. Go-to-market is direct enterprise sales driven through website inquiries, targeting Italian market operators, energy resellers, renewable producers/dispatchers, and end customers. Beyond E360, Free Soft & Tech is engaged in the VIReCo research project with Regione Umbria, an R&D effort on Vapour Injected Reciprocating Compressor technology targeting up to 20% refrigeration energy savings. The company has no disclosed VC or PE backing, no M&A activity, and operates exclusively within Italy.

Name

Free Soft & Tech

Legal name

Free Soft & Tech S.r.l.

Website

https://freesoftandtech.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Free Soft & Tech S.r.l. is an Italian software firm that builds E360, a modular web-based platform for managing electricity and gas free-market operations, serving Italian market operators, resellers, renewable energy producers, and end customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Market Management Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Customer Self-Service Portals & Digital Experience (Web/Mobile) (EUAJAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Operations Technology & OT/IT for LDCs (SCADA Ops Interfaces, OMS, Mobility) (EUAJAAAF)

Keywords

• Energy market software
• Energy management platform
• Utility billing software
• Renewable energy forecasting
• Dispatching software

Headquarters

HQ city

Rome

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. E360 Software Platform: Licensing and maintenance of the E360 modular platform for energy market management, serving market operators, resellers, producers, and end customers in the Italian energy sector.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Free Soft & Tech develops E360, a modular web-based software platform for managing the Italian free energy market (electricity and gas). The platform supports market operators, resellers, renewable energy producers, and end customers with modules covering master data management, accounting and administration, commercial operations, dispatching, management control, and customer self-service. The company also conducts R&D in refrigeration compressor technology through the VIReCo research project.

Product overview

Free Soft & Tech offers E360, a modular software platform for managing Italy's free energy market (elettricità e gas), consisting of integrated modules for master data management (Gestione Anagrafiche), accounting and administration (Amministrazione), commercial operations (Area Commerciale), dispatching (Dispacciamento), management control (Controllo di Gestione), and customer self-service (Area Clienti). The platform is designed for market operators, resellers, renewable energy producers, plant dispatchers, and end customers. Additionally, the company conducts R&D through the VIReCo project for refrigeration compressor technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• E360 E360 is a modular web-based platform of applications and systems that integrates all Free Soft & Tech solutions for managing the Italian free energy market (electricity and gas). It is used flexibly by different operators across the energy supply chain including market operators, resellers, producers, dispatchers, and end customers. The platform covers master data management, billing (advance/adjustment/correction/reversal), administrative compliance (UTF declarations, AEEG and GSE communications), dispatching (withdrawal and injection), management control, and a customer self-service portal.
• VIReCo VIReCo is a refrigeration management software system for managing refrigeration units equipped with Vapour Injected Reciprocating Compressors, enabling optimization and continuous monitoring of energy performance. The project targets up to 20% energy savings through advanced compressor technology.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 20% energy savings through VIReCo compressor technology

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Open Utility: UK energy software company building tools for renewable generators and energy communities to manage generation and trading. Adjacent comparable in serving smaller energy producers with forecasting and trading workflows.
• Sympower: Netherlands-based flexibility platform enabling industrial customers, aggregators, and balance responsible parties to monetize flexibility in European energy markets. Comparable to E360's dispatching and balancing features from a European energy-market-operator perspective.
• Origami Energy: UK-based flexibility platform serving generators, suppliers, and demand-side participants with optimization and trading workflows. Operates in adjacent European energy markets with similar trading/dispatching functionality to E360.

Direct peers

• AutoGrid (Siemens): Energy analytics and forecasting platform (acquired by Siemens) specializing in production/consumption forecasting and flexibility management for utilities and grid operators — directly comparable to Free Soft & Tech's My Solar Meter, My Wind Meter, and consumption-curve forecasting capabilities.
• Uplight: U.S.-based energy customer engagement and management platform serving utilities and energy retailers with billing, CRM, and customer-portal functionality. Highly comparable to Free Soft & Tech's E360 customer area and administration modules serving energy market operators.
• EnergyHub: Provides a software platform for utilities and energy service providers to manage distributed energy resources, customer programs, and operations. Comparable to E360's dispatching and customer-facing modules for energy operators.
• Pexapark: European energy market analytics platform providing PPA pricing, forecasting, and risk management for renewable energy producers and offtakers. Comparable to the production-forecasting and dispatching support modules of E360 serving Italian FER producers.

Broad incumbents

• Enel X (Enel): Italian energy giant with its own digital platforms serving Italian free-market customers and producers. While primarily an energy operator rather than a software vendor, it shapes the competitive context for Italian energy-market software vendors like Free Soft & Tech.
• Oracle Utilities: Large incumbent offering CIS, billing, and customer-service suites to global utilities. Overlaps with E360's billing, customer portal, and administrative modules as part of a much broader enterprise portfolio.
• SAP IS-U: Industry-leading utility billing and customer-management suite from SAP, used by large European utilities. Broad incumbent with overlapping functionality to E360's administration, billing, and management-control modules.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/free-soft-tech

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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