Active AFG mandate
Smart energy storage · distributed flexibilityPut flexible energy storage where the load already lives.
Eliot Energy is an early-stage, capital-efficient clean-energy venture developing smart storage and load-shifting solutions for commercial and distributed applications.
The energy problem
Commercial cooling, workstations and distributed equipment create loads that can be expensive, inflexible and poorly aligned with energy availability.
- Peak demand and tariff exposure
- Resilience requirements at the point of use
- Under-served applications between portable batteries and large BESS
Product and validation
Eliot is developing plug-and-play storage concepts designed around specific operating loads and deployment environments.
- Application-led product design
- External validation and pilot pathways
- Long-life design objective
- Further commercial evidence required before scale
Commercial pathway
Priority use cases include commercial cooling, beverage and food environments, workstation energy, apartments and selected remote applications.
- Customer-specific deployments
- Potential channel and reseller models
- Asset-backed deployment structures
- Data-led validation of aggregated grid value
Capital strategy
AFG separates company-building capital from the funding of deployed customer assets, allowing dilution and asset risk to be assessed independently.
- Corporate capital for product and commercial readiness
- Asset or project finance for customer deployments
- Grant and program receipts treated transparently
- Financial classifications and use of funds prepared for diligence
What diligence should test
The key question is whether product readiness, customer demand and deployment economics can converge into a repeatable financeable model.
- Product certification and performance
- Pilot contracts and customer contribution
- Gross margin and working-capital requirements
- Battery supply, warranty and lifecycle risk
- Deployment financing and recurring revenue model
Controlled diligence
Go beyond the public profile.
Suitable funders may request the detailed investor pack, financial information, technical materials and a management discussion. Access is subject to qualification and, where appropriate, confidentiality arrangements.
Eliot Energy
- Investor or information memorandum
- Technical and commercial evidence
- Capital pathway and use of funds
- Management introduction