About Liliane Ableitner:

Liliane is the co-founder and CEO of the climate tech startup exnaton. In 2019, she graduated with a PhD in information systems from one of Europe’s most renowned universities ETH Zurich. In 2020, she co-founded a startup with her two fellow PhD colleagues and was listed on the Forbes 30 under 30 list for young entrepreneurs. Until today, the startup has received Venture Capital from Silicon Valley based True Ventures, Germany’s largest VC GFC, and the Zurich climate tech fund übermorgen. The startup has won numerous awards such as the SAP Innovation Awards 2022 and Liliane was a speaker at TEDxZurich in 2022. Among others, the following media has covered Liliane, her two co-founders and the climate tech startup Exnaton: Handelsblatt, NZZ, SRF, Handelszeitung, VSE, Blick, Energate and PV Magazine.

About Exnaton:

exnaton is a multi-award-winning spin-off company from ETH Zurich, founded by three former PhD students and colleagues with a shared vision for a sustainable energy future. Building on their research in the software and energy sectors, they developed an AI-powered white-label billing platform designed to accelerate the transition to renewable energy. Today, exnaton supports more than 50 utilities across five countries. The platform enables utilities to launch and scale Distributed Energy Resources (DER) offerings by transforming complex energy data into clear customer invoices and delivering actionable insights. Exnaton powers use cases such as energy sharing, dynamic tariffs, EV smart charging, and more – empowering utilities and their customers to actively participate in the energy transition.

Social links:

Liliane Ableitner on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilianeableitner/
Exnaton on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/exnaton/
Exnaton website: https://www.exnaton.ai/en

About Hyperion Search:

At Hyperion Search, we specialize in building world-class teams for the cleantech and energy transition sectors. We focus on leadership roles but also recruit strategically critical individual contributors who drive business growth. Whether you’re a founder scaling a startup, a board member guiding a scaleup, a VC/PE investor, or a corporation committed to energy and mobility transitions, we find the talent that will deliver impactful, sustainable results.

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Website: www.hyperionsearch.com

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