Our Mission

We increase talent supply and productivity in the climate trades

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The Challenge

We increase talent supply and productivity in the climate trades

The Smalt Solution

1. Train new climate heroes

2. Provide tech-enabled installation services

3. Franchise talent and technology

We hire and train the future climate heroes of Europe to install clean energy assets. You'll earn while you learn.

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We deploy upskilled, tech-enabled teams to install clean energy assets (e.g., Solar systems) in homes across Europe

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We franchise our Trade Services Platform - talent, training and technology to accelerate installation shops

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The Smalt Solution
The Smalt Solution
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We hire and train the future climate heroes of Europe to install clean energy assets. You'll earn while you learn.

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We deploy upskilled, tech-enabled teams to install clean energy assets (e.g. Solar systems) in homes across Europe

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We franchise our Trade Services Platform - talent, training and technology to accelerate installation shops

Coming soon
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The Smalt Solution
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We hire and train the future climate heroes of Europe to install clean energy assets. You'll earn while you learn.

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We deploy upskilled, tech-enabled teams to install clean energy assets (e.g. Solar systems) in homes across Europe

Partner with us
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We franchise our Trade Services Platform - talent, training and technology to accelerate installation shops

Coming soon
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Our Mission

Smalt’s mission is to be the labor supply & productivity engine driving the global energy transition by combining education, technology and operational excellence



Our vision for the next 10 years is to to educate more than 300,000 individuals towards climate jobs who install 6M additional climate products by 2033; While doing so, smalt will improve labor productivity through technology, remove cultural barriers and provide economic mobility for immigrants

Team & Company

Smalt has been co-founded by seasoned global business leaders with a deep passion for developing the next generation of leaders.

Khurram Masood

Khurram Masood

Co-Founder

Khurram has 15+ years experience in EdTech and workforce development - as a Cofounder at African Leadership University, CPO at Sharpist, and Associate Partner at McKinsey. He grew up in India, lived and worked in 17 countries before moving to Berlin in 2019. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Marius Westhoff

Marius Westhoff

Co-Founder

Marius has 12+ years in EdTech and workforce development - as an operator as founding team of upGrad, India’s leading online education company, investor at Learn Capital and Bertelsmann as well as advisor for McKinsey. He grew up in the German countryside, lived in India and the USA and holds an MBA from Harvard.

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Team & Company

Smalt has an experienced leadership team from the climate trades, technology, workforce development & education technology

Aco Kalabic

Founding Engineer

Aco has more than 6 years of experience in Software Development. He grew up in Bosnia, studied Computer Science and worked in Serbia before moving to Berlin. With a constant thirst for new challenges, he loves to be somewhere between Product Thinking and Technical Solutions.

Aco Kalabic

Founding Engineer

Aco has more than 6 years of experience in Software Development. He grew up in Bosnia, studied Computer Science and worked in Serbia before moving to Berlin. With a constant thirst for new challenges, he loves to be somewhere between Product Thinking and Technical Solutions.

Bengi Peltekoglu

Head of People

Bengi leads people topics at smalt. Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, she has led HR functions for multiple start-ups in the German ecosystem as one of the first hires. Having started her career in consulting with Accenture, her most recent role was leading HR at Getir Germany, where she built the people infrastructure to scale the team from 40 to over 800 employees.

Bengi Peltekoglu

Head of People

Bengi leads people topics at smalt. Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, she has led HR functions for multiple start-ups in the German ecosystem as one of the first hires. Having started her career in consulting with Accenture, her most recent role was leading HR at Getir Germany, where she built the people infrastructure to scale the team from 40 to over 800 employees.

Constantin Weiss

Head of Partnerships

Constantin heads Partnerships at smalt. Prior to joining smalt, he founded Fixkraft, a social start-up that matched immigrants and refugees with jobs in Germany. He also has extensive policy experience, having worked at the German Parliament as a member of senior staff. He grew up in Germany, London and Boston and holds an M.Sc from ESADE

Constantin Weiss

Head of Partnerships

Constantin heads Partnerships at smalt. Prior to joining smalt, he founded Fixkraft, a social start-up that matched immigrants and refugees with jobs in Germany. He also has extensive policy experience, having worked at the German Parliament as a member of senior staff. He grew up in Germany, London and Boston and holds an M.Sc from ESADE

Fabian Krapp

Head of Operations

Fabian is our Head of Operations, where he oversees all installation services and creates scalable, digital processes. Prior to joining smalt, Fabian worked in climate operations at Zolar leading installation teams and partner management. He started his career at Instafreight and Foodora.

Fabian Krapp

Head of Operations

Fabian is our Head of Operations, where he oversees all installation services and creates scalable, digital processes. Prior to joining smalt, Fabian worked in climate operations at Zolar leading installation teams and partner management. He started his career at Instafreight and Foodora.

Khurram Masood

Co-Founder

Khurram has 15+ years experience in EdTech and workforce development - as a Cofounder at African Leadership University, CPO at Sharpist, and Associate Partner at McKinsey. He grew up in India, lived and worked in 17 countries before moving to Berlin in 2019. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Khurram Masood

Co-Founder

Khurram has 15+ years experience in EdTech and workforce development - as a Cofounder at African Leadership University, CPO at Sharpist, and Associate Partner at McKinsey. He grew up in India, lived and worked in 17 countries before moving to Berlin in 2019. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Lukas Eisenberg

Founders' Associate

Lukas joined smalt as Founders Associate. Prior to joining smalt, he finished his Master thesis at Stanford University and worked in the investment team of the climate tech venture capital fund Planet A. He grew up in Munich and Moscow and holds an M.Sc from TU Munich.

Lukas Eisenberg

Founders' Associate

Lukas joined smalt as Founders Associate. Prior to joining smalt, he finished his Master thesis at Stanford University and worked in the investment team of the climate tech venture capital fund Planet A. He grew up in Munich and Moscow and holds an M.Sc from TU Munich.

Marcel Reband

Technical Manager & Electronics Meister

Marcel is one of our two Elektromeisters, technical managers (technischer Betriebsleiter) and GVEFK at smalt. Born and raised in Berlin, he started his career focusing on home electronics. After receiving his accreditations as Elektromeister, he worked as an expert (Prüf- und Sachverständiger), testing electrical systems and machines. Over the last years, he exclusively focused on renewable energy and electrification of mobility infrastructure.

Marcel Reband

Technical Manager & Electronics Meister

Marcel is one of our two Elektromeisters, technical managers (technischer Betriebsleiter) and GVEFK at smalt. Born and raised in Berlin, he started his career focusing on home electronics. After receiving his accreditations as Elektromeister, he worked as an expert (Prüf- und Sachverständiger), testing electrical systems and machines. Over the last years, he exclusively focused on renewable energy and electrification of mobility infrastructure.

Marius Westhoff

Co-Founder

Marius has 12+ years in EdTech and workforce development - as an operator as founding team of upGrad, India’s leading online education company, investor at Learn Capital and Bertelsmann as well as advisor for McKinsey. He grew up in the German countryside, lived in India and the USA and holds an MBA from Harvard.

Marius Westhoff

Co-Founder

Marius has 12+ years in EdTech and workforce development - as an operator as founding team of upGrad, India’s leading online education company, investor at Learn Capital and Bertelsmann as well as advisor for McKinsey. He grew up in the German countryside, lived in India and the USA and holds an MBA from Harvard.

Tobias Sachs

Technical Manager & Electronics Meister

Tobias is one of our two Elektromeisters and technical managers at smalt. Born and raised around Berlin, Tobias has a strong passion for educating the next generation of climate heros. Prior to joining smalt, Tobias was a trainer for SPS programming and a technical operations manager for a home-installation company.

Tobias Sachs

Technical Manager & Electronics Meister

Tobias is one of our two Elektromeisters and technical managers at smalt. Born and raised around Berlin, Tobias has a strong passion for educating the next generation of climate heros. Prior to joining smalt, Tobias was a trainer for SPS programming and a technical operations manager for a home-installation company.

Smalt has installation and servicing teams that are ready to serve you

Selected portraits of field teams - all smalt teams are bilingual in German and English to serve your customers across Europe

Benni Buchinger

Electrician

Nevzat Özdogan

Electrician

Sukhjeevan Singh

DC-Solar Operations

Yazid Al-Batati

DC-Solar Operations

Ahmed Saleh

DC-Solar Operations

James Kamara

DC-Solar Operations

Henry Chipandu Chigozie

DC-Solar Operations

Nusret Özcan Ersoy

DC-Solar Operations Team-Lead

Benjamin Ehrenberg

DC-Solar Operations Team-Lead

Smalt is backed by leading venture capital funds.

LA FAMIGLIA

Europe’s leading early stage VC in B2B tech

Owl Ventures

World's largest
EdTech VC

Europe’s leading earliest-stage VC

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