Smalt, a Berlin-based talent development and services platform for the green trades sector, has recently raised $4.39 million (€4.1 million) in pre-seed financing to accelerate Europe’s green energy transition by leveraging untapped immigrant labour potential.

Smalt’s aim, which began in 2023, is to be the labour supply and productivity engine driving the global energy transition by combining education, technology, and operational excellence. The platform’s innovative education programme begins with intensive two- to six-week academies. It continues to train participants using digital learning technologies to become certified solar and heat pump installation specialists.

The startup develops talent through specialized clean energy training and certification programmes, and it transforms service fulfilment using smart dispatching, AI-driven workflow guidance, and dedicated customer analytics.

Khurram Masood, one of Smalt’s Co-Founders, stated about the platform:

Smalt is purpose-built to bridge the gap between talent shortage and demand surplus. Our training platform will provide economic opportunity for tens of thousands of workers.

Smalt’s services are already being delivered to large B2B customers such as solar and heat pump OEMs, energy companies, and large green energy asset retailers who have a centralized demand for homes that require installation services. The most significant value proposition for these customers is the ability to access high-quality installation services at scale from a pool of experienced and recently trained workers. The firm vision for the future is to expand through a continent-wide network of installation and service stores led by experienced leaders from its workforce, local entrepreneurs, and experienced trades workers.

Adding about the company, Co-founder of Smalt, Marius Westhoff, said:

By digitizing the predominantly pen-and-paper process of procuring, installing, and maintaining renewable energy solutions, Smalt will empower this new talent to become the engine Europe needs to secure our environmental future.

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