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Why invest in Valorem Energies Finland

Proven track record: Over €70M raised with more than 143 crowdfunding campaigns in France. 100% of repayments and interest paid on time. VALOREM has also proven its pioneering role through a successful citizen funding of €250,000 for a Finnish wind project where local communities accounted for 30% of investments.

Renewable energy pioneer: Over 30 years of experience in developing and operating renewable energy projects.  

Experience in the development of BESS: Valorem was one of the pioneers in BESS storage with its Sainte Rose Project in Guadeloupe put in operation in 2018. Valorem has also 16 MW already in operation and hundreds of MW under development all over Europe with the support of the BESS expert team.

Minna Jukola, Country Manager for Valorem Energies Finland Oy

“At Valorem, we believe in laying the foundations for a sustainable energy future. We invite all those who care about environmental impact to support this transition and contribute to the development of essential solutions. Storage projects are now a priority to strengthen the Finnish grid, stabilize the electricity market, and enable the large-scale deployment of renewable energy. Together, we can make clean energy both inclusive and accessible.” 

Minna Jukola, Country Manager for Valorem Energies Finland Oy

Investment information

Investing end:
05/12/2025
Type:
Bond
Subordinated:
no
Invested so far:
€800,000.00
Price per bond:
€250.00
Min offer:
1 Unit
Interest:
semi-annual
Repayment:
bullet
ISIN:
FI4000598065
Broker:
Oneplanetcrowd International B.V
License:
ECSPR

Overview

Introduction to the Project

This funding round supports the early-stage development of energy storage projects in Finland, with a particular focus on financing battery storage studies and technical assessments. These early-phase development steps are essential to validate site-specific performance, assess grid integration, and optimise the design prior to permitting and construction: all crucial for ensuring long-term operational success and environmental compliance.

Led by Valorem Energies Finland Oy, this project is part of the company’s broader strategy to strengthen Finland’s energy system through flexible, scalable storage solutions. Once operational, the BESS installations will stabilise the grid, absorb low-cost renewable overproduction, and release energy when demand peaks, directly supporting Finland’s renewable expansion and electricity market balance.

While construction is funded under a separate budget, your investment enables one of the most decisive phases of the development cycle. Beyond its climate impact, the project brings long-term economic value to the region through local services, infrastructure improvements, and municipal tax revenues.

Projektstatus

Status of the project: 

The project is currently in an early development phase. Valorem is conducting several environmental, technical and grid-integration studies to prepare for permitting and later construction. The loan raised through this campaign will specifically finance battery storage studies, which are required for energy yield modelling, system design, and optimisation of operational services such as frequency regulation and peak shaving.

Collateral: 

The investment is issued by Valorem Energies Finland Oy and fully guaranteed (100%) by its parent company, Valorem S.A.S. Valorem is a profitable and well-capitalised French renewable energy company with consolidated group assets exceeding €1.4 billion. The guarantee ensures investors benefit from the Group’s financial strength.

Stromproduktion

Battery energy storage systems:

Once completed, the installation will provide flexible storage capacity that supports Finland’s renewable energy expansion. The system stores electricity when production is high and releases it during demand spikes, helping stabilise the national energy system and accelerating the integration of wind and solar power.

Company Info 

Company name: Valorem Energies Finland Oy
Business ID: 3016044-3
Address:

Kaisaniemenkatu 1 C 5th Floor
00100 Helsinki
Finland
Industry: Renewable Energy
Website: https://www.valorem-energie.com/fi/
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Established European renewable energy developer with strong local presence

Valorem Energies Finland Oy is the project owner and a 100% subsidiary of Valorem S.A.S., an independent renewable energy developer founded in 1994 and headquartered in France. The Group operates in Finland, Greece, Poland, Sweden, and Italy, combining international experience with strong local expertise.

With more than 30 years of experience in developing and operating renewable energy projects, Valorem has built a long-standing track record across wind, solar, hydro, and storage. The company’s in-house capabilities span the entire value chain: from early-stage development and environmental studies to construction, asset management, and long-term operations.

Key strengths:

  • Crowdlending pioneer with more than €70 million raised and 143 successful campaigns, all repayments and interest paid on time. Valorem has also proven its pioneering role through a successful citizen funding of €250,000 for a Finnish wind project where local communities accounted for 30% of investments.
  • 30+ years of renewable energy expertise, including strong operational experience through its international portfolio.
  • BESS development expertise, including one of Europe’s early storage projects (Sainte Rose, 2018) and 16 MW already in operation, with hundreds of MW under development across Europe.
  • Impact-driven mission, operating as a mission-led company since 2021 and committed to a fair, inclusive, and sustainable energy transition.

Valorem Energies Finland Oy has grown rapidly since its establishment, now employing more than 20 specialists across Helsinki and Oulu. The Finnish subsidiary manages over 1.5 GW of domestic renewable energy projects, including wind, solar, and storage developments.

With proven experience in project development and successful citizen funding including a previous €250,000 raise for a Finnish wind project where local communities accounted for 30% of investments, Valorem is well-positioned to lead the development of BESS projects in Finland.

Impact

From the outset, VALOREM Group has paid particular attention to the environmental and social impact of its activities, by working to promote social inclusion and the development of clean, affordable energies in local areas. VALOREM Group has therefore decided to become a mission-driven company in 2021 with the following statement: “Promoting local energies together, to pave the way for a sustainable and inclusive future”.

To fulfil its mission, the VALOREM Group has set 4 objectives aimed at its various stakeholders. Each year, a monitoring committee oversees the definition of indicators and their annual assessment. The detailed report can be found here: Mission report 2024.

In 2024, VALOREM joined the United Nations Global Compact, reaffirming its commitment to ethical and transparent governance, respect for human rights, and the fight against corruption. Through its activities and its endowment fund dedicated to an accessible energy transition, the Group actively contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

3 advantages for investors 

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Access to renewable energy financing
Your portfolio gains exposure to a real energy-infrastructure development project: an opportunity typically reserved for banks and institutional investors.

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Positive climate impact while earning interest
Your investment directly supports the build-out of energy storage capacity needed for a stable and renewable-powered Finland.

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Predictable fixed-income returns
A bond with a clear maturity and fixed interest rate provides stable, long-term returns.

Management

  

Minna Jukola, Country Manager

Minna Jukola

Chairman of the board and Country Manager

Minna Jukola has 18 years of experience in the energy sector, covering the entire value chain in leadership roles across sales, project management, construction, and operations. She holds an M.Sc. in Energy Technology from LUT and an EMBA from Aalto University & ESADE Business Schools. Over the past three years at Valorem, she has expanded the Finnish team from two project managers to a 20-person team covering project development, construction, and operations.  

  

Philippe Tavernier Member of the board / CEO of the VALOREM Group

Philippe Tavernier

Member of the board / CEO of the VALOREM Group

A graduate of EIGSI in La Rochelle, Philippe Tavernier is a general engineer. After working in the United Arab Emirates, he pursued his international career in Norway, where he managed the offshore platform installation project and took part in the tender proposals for the first Hywind floating wind turbines, for Equinor. Philippe finally joined the Valorem Group in 2022, with the aim of strengthening the operational side of the business and increasing business development and international project execution.

  

Gwenaël Jestin  Member of the board

Gwenaël Jestin

 Member of the board

Gwenaël Jestin is a graduate of the Compiègne University of Technology and has 20 years of experience in renewable energy across various international markets. He plays a key role in advancing Valorem's international ambitions. He joined the company 3 years ago. 

Company structure

The project is developed through Valorem Energies Finland Oy (VEFO), a wholly owned Finnish subsidiary of Valorem S.A.S., the parent company based in France.

  • Valorem S.A.S. is the legal guarantor of this investment and assumes full financial responsibility for the bond.

  • VEFO serves as the local project developer and funding entity for the Finnish market.

Company structure

The structure ensures that while the bond is issued through VEFO, investors benefits from the financial strength and track record of Valorem S.A.S., a group with over €1.4 billion in assets on a consolidated group level and 30 years of renewable energy experience.

This setup allows the project to be managed locally with deep market knowledge, while backed by the credibility and security of an established international energy group.

Sources and use of funds

The funds raised through this campaign will finance the development phase of Valorem’s battery energy storage project in Finland. The investment covers technical studies and development work required to validate feasibility, prepare for permitting, and optimise the design of the storage system. These steps are essential to advance the project toward construction, which will be financed separately at a later stage.

Valorem Energies Finland Oy is seeking a total of €750,000 through Invesdor. The bond has a 3-year maturity, offers a fixed annual interest rate, and is fully guaranteed by Valorem S.A.S., the profitable and well-capitalised parent company.  Interest is paid semi-annually, and the principal is repaid at maturity.

Minimum Scenario

(Minimum funding of €250,000 collected in the financing round)

  • The funds will be dedicated 100% to cover part of the project development costs, possibility of 50 MW.

Maximum Scenario

(Funding of more than €250,000 and up to €750,000 collected in the financing round)

  • The funds will be dedicated 100% to cover part of the project development costs, possibility of up to 200 MW.

Purpose of financing

The funds raised through this campaign will be used exclusively for the development of Valorem’s Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Finland. These resources enable the technical studies, modelling, and project preparation required to validate the storage system’s feasibility and performance. This includes grid connection analyses, environmental and permitting preparations, storage design optimisation, and assessments of the system’s role in providing flexibility and stability to the Finnish electricity network.

These early-phase activities are essential to bring the BESS project to the point of construction, which will be financed separately. By supporting this phase, investors help accelerate a storage project that will enhance grid stability, enable higher renewable integration, and contribute to a more resilient and low-carbon Finnish energy system.

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Risks

Investing in projects and companies involves risks. Below you can find the detailed list of risks related to this investment, as described in the Key Investment Information Sheet (KIIS). Please review this information carefully before making your investment decision.

  • Technical and industrial risks: the project owner's activity depends on industrial processes; technical, industrial, or management risks can alter the development of the energy storage projects as a whole and have an unfavourable impact on the proper repayment of this financing. For the investors, this may mean that interest payments and repayments are cancelled in whole or in part. At the time of launching the crowdlending project, all the necessary permits for the operation of storage solutions have not yet been obtained; there is no other substantial project risk to the investment. 
  • In accordance with Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Regulation), the project owner’s business activities are the production and distribution of electricity (see Classification of Section D in accordance with Annex 1 of the Regulation).
     
  • The renewable energy sector is subject to policy changes, technological advancements, and market conditions. No guarantee can be given to investors regarding the consequences of a judicial administrative decision, or a change in Finnish legislation or regulations, or in the general regulations or the interpretation generally given to them occurring after the date of this contract. Such change would potentially affect the project’s financial viability and hence also the development phase of the project. Additionally, competition from other energy sources, including new forms of renewable technology, could pose challenges. 
  • The risk that a project or the project owner or its parent company will become subject to bankruptcy or other insolvency proceedings, and other events concerning the project or the project owner that may result in the loss of the investment for investors. These risks may be caused by a variety of factors, including but not limited to a (serious) change in macroeconomic circumstances, mismanagement, lack of experience, fraud, financing not matching the business objective, an unsuccessful product launch, lack of cash flow. Other than the parent company guarantee, the project owner does not provide any security to investors. 
  • The risk that the main supplier would substantially fail in performing it’s services or would become subject to bankruptcy or other insolvency proceedings does not pose a risk to the investments, as the required technology and services can be procured from an alternative supplier if the original supplier fails.   
  • The directors of VALOREM, which manages the project owner’s business, have over 30 years of experience in the development, management and operation of renewable energy & storage solutions. Although all the directors have extensive knowledge in the field, there is a residual risk if one or more members of management were to leave the project owner.  
  • According to the information of the project owner, there are no pending lawsuits or other legal proceedings. As all necessary permits for the operation of storage solutions have not yet been obtained, there is a risk that lawsuits will be initiated against the project owner in connection with the permit process, which could have a negative impact on the project owner's business.
  • There is a risk that, as a result of all of the risks mentioned in Part C, returns may be lower than expected, delayed or no principal or interest payments may flow from the project. Furthermore, the value of the return could be reduced by inflation. If the inflation rate is higher than the interest rate on bonds, the real return on bonds will be negative. 
     
  • The bonds will be issued in Euro and the interest payable on the bonds will also be calculated and paid in Euro. For this reason, investors who have earned income or assets in a currency other than Euro or who do not require the income from the investment in the bonds to be denominated in Euro are exposed to a currency risk because they are exposed to exchange rate fluctuations which may reduce the yield of the bonds. Furthermore, in the event of a necessary sale of the bonds for the bondholder, additional costs (transaction costs such as consultancy fees) may arise which reduce the return.  
     
  • The individual return of the respective investor may vary in individual cases and depends on the individual tax situation in each case, which may lead to a reduction in the return.  
  • A temporary or permanent failure of the crowdfunding service provider's platform may result in the crowdfunding service provider being unable to provide its services. This may result in investors being unable to subscribe to the bonds offered or in delays in payment transactions, for example in the transfer of invested funds to the project owner or in the repayment of investors' funds as a result of a revocation or a condition precedent. Since the invested funds are held in a blocked account and the crowdfunding service provider does not have access to the funds at any time, a loss of the invested capital solely as a result of a failure of the platform of the crowdfunding service provider is unlikely. 
  • The bonds have a fixed contractual term. The transfer of the bonds is also technically restricted in that a transfer is only possible to digital safe deposit boxes registered with the project owner or the registrar. The "Registrar" that maintains the crypto securities register is Smart Registry GmbH, registered in the commercial register of the Charlottenburg District Court in Berlin under registration number HRB 234468 B. "Digital safe deposit box" is an IT application used to store public keys and private keys and to interact with blockchain technology, the functionalities of which make it possible to hold and transfer e-securities. The securities are currently not tradable on a stock exchange, nor is there a liquid secondary market. Even if the securities are included in trading on one or more trading platforms for securities, it is uncertain whether trading of the bonds will actually develop. The risk that the bondholder is unable to find a buyer for the bonds or can only sell them for a price that he considers to be too low is borne solely by the bondholder. The bonds may also turn out to be completely illiquid. A sale of the bonds by the bondholder may therefore only be possible to a limited extent. There is a risk that the bonds cannot be sold or can only be sold at a financial loss. For bondholders with short-term capital requirements, this means that they may not be able to dispose of the capital invested at the desired time, especially as bondholders do not have an ordinary right of cancellation during the term. Furthermore, if the bonds are transferred to a third party, the restrictions described in Part F (b and c) of this Key Investment Information Sheet will apply and the costs also described therein will be incurred. 
  • Technology and blockchain risks  
    • Rapid advancements in technology could render existing equipment obsolete. Newer, more efficient technologies might emerge, potentially affecting the competitive position of the project.  
       
  • Blockchain technology and all related technological components and regulated services (e.g. crypto custody, crypto securities register management) are still at an early stage of technical development. There is a risk for bondholders that this technology may be subject to technical difficulties or that its functionality may be impaired by external influences. A partial or complete collapse of the blockchain relevant to the securities (hereinafter "e-securities") could make it temporarily and permanently impossible for bondholders to access their e-securities. There is a risk of attacks against the network or the blockchain used. Various types of attacks are conceivable. These attacks could render the network or blockchain unusable, making it impossible for bondholders to transfer the e-securities. If the network or blockchain becomes completely unusable, there is a risk that bondholders will no longer have access to their digital safe deposit boxes. In the worst case scenario, this could lead to the irretrievable loss of the e-securities. The project owner offers the bondholders a technical solution via an authorised crypto custodian that serves to hold, store and dispose of e-securities. There is a risk that this solution is flawed and/or particularly vulnerable to possible hacker attacks. As a result, bondholders may be temporarily or permanently unable to access their e-securities, which in the worst case could lead to the irretrievable loss of the e-securities. Neither the crypto custodian nor the project owner will take over the administration in the sense of the ongoing exercise of the rights and obligations arising from the E-securities.  

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