About
FIC Aristae Partners is a specialist investment advisory firm focused on sustainable energy, climate technology, and green infrastructure. We support mission-driven companies and project developers across Europe and emerging markets in accessing capital to scale impactful solutions aligned with the EU Green Deal and Horizon Europe Missions.
With deep expertise in private markets, project finance, and ESG integration, our team delivers strategic advice and execution support across the full capital structure—equity, debt, and blended finance. We work closely with family offices, institutional investors, credit funds, and public financiers to structure and syndicate funding for complex, high-impact projects.
Our track record includes over €2.5 billion in completed transactions across renewable energy, clean transport, energy storage, circular economy, and climate adaptation infrastructure. As trusted advisors, we bring a rigorous, analytical approach combined with strong investor relationships to unlock scalable, finance-ready solutions that accelerate the green transition.
FIC Aristae Partners actively participates in EU climate and energy initiatives and is committed to supporting the realisation of net-zero, resilient, and climate-smart economies.
Destination 1. Climate sciences and responses for the transformation towards climate neutrality
HORIZON-CL5-2026-07-D1-01: Next generation climate monitoring and related capabilitiesHORIZON-CL5-2026-07-D1-02: Advancing European climate risk assessmentsHORIZON-CL5-2026-07-D1-03: Economics of climate change and cost of inactionHORIZON-CL5-2026-07-D1-04: Fighting disinformation and effectively communicating on climate change
Destination 2. Cross-sectoral solutions for the climate transition
HORIZON-CL5-2026-09-D2-01: Producing battery-grade materials for electrodes through sustainable processing and refining of raw materials or developing bio-based materials (BATT4EU Partnership)HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D2-02: Development of direct recycling processes (BATT4EU Partnership)HORIZON-CL5-2026-10-D2-03: Integrated Production and Product Development for Next-Generation Lithium-based Batteries for Mobility (BATT4EU and Made in Europe Partnerships)HORIZON-CL5-2026-09-D2-04: Coordinated topic with India on recycling of EV batteries
Destination 3. Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply
HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-01: Targeting key value chain components for increasing the competitiveness of renewable energy technologies in EuropeHORIZON-CL5-2026-04-Two-Stage-D3-02: Next generation of renewable energy technologiesHORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-03: Innovative technologies and solutions to improve wind energy systems supporting the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan on windHORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-04: De-risking renewable fuel technologies through transnational pre-commercial procurement of renewable fuel industrial value chainsHORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-05: Demonstration of solid biofuel supply and conversion to high efficiency large scale CHP from fully sustainable regional value chainsHORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-12: Long-lifetime and optimised use of materials in recyclable Ag and In-free Si PV modules (EUPI-PV Partnership)HORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-14: Improved system design for innovative PV applications (EUPI-PV Partnership)HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-18: Grid-forming capabilities for more resilient and RES-based electricity gridsHORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-19: Affordable and sustainable primary equipment for Future-Ready multi-terminal HVDC SystemsHORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-20: Hybrid AI-Control Framework for a next-generation grid-scale energy storage and system integrationHORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-21: Novel solutions for off-grid storage of renewable energy for critical infrastructuresHORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-22: AI-driven forecasting algorithms for Grid and Consumer friendly Energy Sharing – Societal Readiness pilotHORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-29: Pre-commercial appraisal for CO2 aquifer storage
Destination 6. Safe, Resilient Transport and Smart Mobility services for passengers and goods
HORIZON-CL5-2026-10-D6-01: Flagship-pilot: large-scale demonstrations of CCAM (CCAM Partnership)HORIZON-CL5-2026-10-D6-03: Generative AI for smarter CCAM: enhancing perception, decision-making, and validation (CCAM Partnership)HORIZON-CL5-2026-10-D6-06: Increasing competitiveness and resilience of multimodal freight transport and logistics for competitive supply chainsHORIZON-CL5-2026-10-D6-07: Supporting sustainable and smart urban mobility in Europe (CIVITAS)HORIZON-CL5-2026-10-D6-09: Road Safety and resilience of rural areasHORIZON-CL5-2026-10-D6-10: Enhanced resilience in multimodal passenger transport through digital technologies and generative and discriminative AI
Destination 4. Efficient, sustainable and inclusive energy use
HORIZON-CL5-2026-09-D4-01: Researching the technical, social & economic factors impacting the energy performance of Smart Buildings (Built4People Partnership)HORIZON-CL5-2026-09-D4-03: Advanced data platforms to integrate whole life carbon in building information tools, assessments, and certification (Built4People Partnership)HORIZON-CL5-2026-09-D4-04: Validating policies and business models for affordable and sustainable housing (Built4People Partnership)
Destination 5. Clean and competitive solutions for all transport modes
HORIZON-CL5-2026-05-D5-01: Large-scale demonstration of Heavy-Duty Battery Electric Vehicles (HD BEV) towards long-haul logistics operations (2ZERO Partnership)HORIZON-CL5-2026-05-D5-02: Energy-efficient software-defined EVs (2ZERO Partnership)HORIZON-CL5-2026-05-D5-07: AI-assisted digital aircraft design, manufacturing and MRO, towards a competitive aviationHORIZON-CL5-2026-06-Two-Stage-D5-10: Disruptive Technologies and Innovative Concepts for Energy Saving Onboard of long-distance ships (ZEWT Partnership)HORIZON-CL5-2026-05-D5-11: Ports of the future (ZEWT Partnership)HORIZON-CL5-2026-05-D5-13: Safety of renewable low and zero-carbon waterborne fuels in port areas: risk assessment, regulatory framework, and guidelines for safe bunkering, handling and storage (ZEWT partnership)HORIZON-CL5-2026-06-Two-Stage-D5-20: Non-exhaust emissions in road and railway transport