So, uh ...
'What do you mean, boss ... by beam?' I don't mean anything, Voice. And I said - Beem. 'Well, what's that?!'
I can't get the staff ...
Beem Energy raises €7 million to pursue its mission.
'A PR email! Why couldn't you say?' I didn't want to. 'Oh, you're in an awkward mood.' It's Monday morning. Leave me alone!
Anyway ...
Nantes (France), October 18th 2021 - A year after the launch of its first product, a plug-and-play, DIY solar kit, which six months later was stocked by Leroy Merlin and Boulanger, the Nantes-based start-up Beem Energy today announced it has raised funding of €7 million. Its goal is to develop an ecosystem of products and services to empower people to take control of their home energy, with an outstanding user experience.
So, uh ...
'This email is a week old, boss. Why didn't you cover it last week?' Christ! I don't know! Maybe I wasn't in the mood for it last week. You know what I'm like with my moods. 'Yeah, I know. / I can't get the boss ...' Shut up!
Anyway ...
In September 2020, Beem Energy launched the Beem kit on its website, a plug & play solar kit with a fresh, accessible design, enabling anyone to start producing her/his own energy in minutes. In March 2021, the specialist retail superstores Leroy Merlin and Boulanger began stocking the kit to launch a DIY solar energy category. Today, Beem Energy has a community of over 1500 users (known as "Beemers"), which interact with each other on a daily basis, sharing questions, photos of their panel set up and solar energy output curves. Some Beemers even want to know how they can take things further. The success of the Beem kit has shown that when you make it easy to use less and better energy and when energy management is simple and fun, customers adhere to the idea, enjoy being involved and seek to contribute even more to the energy transition.
They're repeating themselves a bit, kook(s), which I don't have a problem with. As you know, repetition makes the world go a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND. Well, our world, anyway.
Anyway ...
Beem Energy today announced that it has raised €7 million from a number of partners with complementary expertise, including 360 Capital, Alter Equity, BNP Paribas Développement and Bpifrance. Five business angels from successful companies (Nest, Dreem, Drivy, Crisp), who have been involved in the Beem project, also participated, such as David Sloo, the former User Experience Architect at Nest.
With this raising of funds, Beem Energy is entering the second phase of its mission which aims to replicate the success of the solar kit with other hardware and software products, to develop a broader home energy control and energy efficiency management ecosystem. Like with the Beem kit, providing a unique customer experience is at the core of the design of each product and service, to at last make energy efficiency a fun and accessible topic in which individuals want to play a hands-on role.
Fair enough. 'Let's hear from the voices!' Okay.
Alexandre Mordacq, 360 Capital: "We are delighted to be joining the Beem adventure. Attracted at first by the very high customer satisfaction, we were quickly convinced by the quality of the team, their vision of the world combining energy transition and an incredible customer experience, and by the substantial market opportunity."
The Beem adventure, Alexandre? Whatever!
Félix Mounier, Alter Equity: "We were seduced by the vision of the founders, who seem to be in a position to successfully deliver wide-scale growth that will help to achieve energy transition."
You were seduced, Felix?! Well, okay.
BNP Paribas Développement: "The founding team has delivered and executed the plan presented as part of its pre-seed round. This seed round is thus the opportunity to renew our support for Beem Energy. All the milestones achieved to date give credibility to the company's vision and ambition."
Er ... 'Who was that?!' I have absolutely no idea, Voice.
Ralph Feghali, CEO and co-founder Beem Energy: "The phase we are entering is extremely exciting. We have proven with the Beem kit that we are capable of creating positive emotions and an unparalleled experience to empower people to take control of their energy. The support of our new partners means that we can step up a gear to become a leading European player in home energy management."
Positive emotions? You are a man after my own heart, Ralph.
Anyway ...
ENDS
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Anything else? Music?
Uh. Uh.
I watched another video on YouTube yesterday about the music business. I really should stop doing that because it's so ooo depressing.
Listen! I'm sure I absolutely need all three major labels interested in signing me to get the best deal. I'll probably need a top manager at some point, too.
And what if I don't get that sort of interest? Er ... I'll become a songwriter for others for a while instead.
All I know is ... it's not worth starting at the bottom as a recording artist. Not these days. And certainly not at my age. Maybe if you're twenty years old and you're happy not to make any money until you're in your mid-thirties. I mean -
'Mikey! What the fuck is all this depressing crap?! You're the depressing one, man! Not the YouTube videos.' I beg your pardon, Voice? 'With the songs you've got, you're going to be the biggest star in the world.' Yeah, I suppose. 'Cheer up, for Christ's sake!'
Yeah, yeah.
Oh, he's not a bad voice, is he, dear reader(s)? I needed that. A dose of reality. Why should I fantasize about failure?
Anyway ...
And Rain Came Down ... ? I reckon it's going to be my second-best song. The new ballad version, that is.
I'm going to try working on the three lyrics I need this week.
Man, my BIG TEN is going to be crazy. 'Crazy!' You can't even imagine, dear kook(s).
Laters!
'Bye!'
