“Our role is simple. We will bring about a sustainable global energy system faster and cheaper through technology”
10 businesses in 14 countries across 4 continents. We serve more than 5 million domestic customers, over 40,000 business customers, with 30 million contracted accounts for our entech platform, Kraken.
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Launched by ecommerce entrepreneurs with a vision of using technology and data to bring affordable green energy to the world
Reached 100,000 retail customers & launched Octopus Electric Vehicles
The only energy supplier awarded Which? Recommended status. Launched Octopus Energy Services
Surpassed 1 million UK retail customers, announced licensing agreements for Kraken technlogy platform, and launched Octopus Energy Hatchery
Valued at over $2 billion after closing two investment rounds in nine months, launching Octopus Energy Generation, Kraken Flex & Octopus Centre for Net Zero
Octopus Energy Group is valued at approximately $5 billion following investments from Generation Investment Management and Canada Pensions Plan Investments Board. The company also launched retail business in Spain, France and Italy, and signed a deal to look after 5 million accounts through a license with EDF Energy.
Octopus Energy in the UK grows to the country's second largest supplier, after weathering the energy crisis and signing agreements to save 2.1 million customers from failed suppliers Bulb and Avro. The company launches Kraken for Utilities and signs renewables investment deals across Europe.
With over 5 million retail customers across the world and 30 million accounts managed via Kraken, Octopus announces investments to develop tech hubs across France, USA, Japan and New Zealand. The company is well on the way to reach its global mission of 100 million customers by 2027.
Founding team. Previously:
Serial technology entrepeneur, NED at Zopa & Consultant Connext. Cambridge, Economics.
Founding team. Previously:
Co-founder & Director OBI Strategy, Director Barclaycard UK. Cambridge, Economics.
Founding team. Previously:
Architect of global technology systems for SAP, Carlsberg & Borders. Cambridge, Engineering.
Joined 2016. Previously:
Extensive experience in energy operations incl. Bulb (UK), Simply Energy (Australia) and Alinta (Australia). MBA, La Trobe.
Joined 2016. Previously:
Marketing & product at British Gas, Hive & Ogilvy. Nottingham University, Business School.
Founding team. Previously:
Creative Director at Tangent, Head of Design at C360UK. MASc, Swinburne University.
From day 1, our journey has been powered by our eponymous backers, Octopus Group, who are still our majority shareholder today. We've since welcomed four more investors to the Octopus Energy family: Origin Energy, Tokyo Gas, Generation IM and CIPPB who join all full-time Octopus Energy Group employees as shareholders of Octopus Energy Group.
Octopus Group, a financial services and energy firm, which manages more than £9.2bn of funds. Octopus has invested more than £3bn in renewable assets across Europe, while its ventures arm has backed UK success stories like Zoopla, Depop, Secret Escapes and SwiftKey.
Origin Energy is a leading Australian energy company with approximately 4.2 million customer accounts, more than 7,000 MW of owned and contracted generation capacity including 1,200 MW of wind and solar energy. Alongside their investment, Origin are using Kraken to transform their retail business.
Tokyo Gas was founded in 1885 and is one of the most established and successful utilities in Japan. Alongside investment, Tokyo Gas and Octopus Energy Group have a joint venture to introduce the Octopus Energy brand to Japan: the world's largest deregulated energy market.
Visit the Tokyo Gas website
Generation is a pure-play sustainable investment manager, co-founded by Al Gore. Since its founding in 2004, Generation has played a pioneering role in the development of sustainable and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing.
Visit the Generation website
CPPIB, one of the largest Global Pension Funds, manages c.$500b of funds contributed and held by the Canadian Pension Plan. CPPIB invests across public and private companies, real estate and infrastructure.
Visit the CPPIB website