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September 7, 2022

Former Revolut big cheese Alan Chang’s Tesseract raises $78m

Tesseract, a renewable energy company founded by two early Revolut employees, has raised a $78m round.


Freya Pratty and Amy O'Brien

2 min read

An early photo of the Fuse team, then known as Tesseract.

Tesseract, a renewable energy company founded by two early Revolut employees, has raised a $78m round led by Balderton and Lakestar. The team says it wants to disrupt the energy market in the way the neobanks shook up the banking sector. 

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

Amy O'Brien

Amy O'Brien is a freelance reporter covering Italian tech. She was previously Sifted's fintech reporter

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