Client
EnergyTech Cypher (ETC)
Duration
Ongoing
Year
2025
Cephyron Platform: Fundraising OS for Climate-Tech Startups
EnergyTech Cypher went from concept to a fully functional, AI-powered fundraising platform, built, deployed, and scaled by Technovate Global. Cephyron now gives climate-tech founders the operational infrastructure to discover investors, manage pipelines, track communications, and close deals, all in one place.
Challenges
The Problem ETN Set Out to Solve
Fragmented Fundraising
Climate-tech founders had no unified tool to manage investor discovery, outreach, and deal tracking in one place
Manual Investor Research
Finding relevant investors required extensive manual research with no intelligent matching or data-driven recommendations
Slow Startup Onboarding
Extensive manual form-filling created friction for new users joining the platform, slowing adoption
No Communication Tracking
Investor interactions across email, LinkedIn, and internal notes were scattered with no centralised timeline
No Scalable Infrastructure
ETN needed a cloud-native platform with automated deployment pipelines to support rapid product iteration
Solution
End-to-End Platform Development: Delivered by Technovate
Technovate designed, engineered, and deployed Cephyron as a complete fundraising operating system, covering product design, frontend and backend engineering, AI features, and cloud infrastructure.
Investor Discovery Pipeline
Visual Kanban-style pipeline allowing founders to move investors through structured stages: Research → Map → Seek Introduction → Outreach → Qualification → Decision, with drag-and-drop cards, grid/kanban views, and filtering
Investor Discovery Pipeline
Visual Kanban-style pipeline allowing founders to move investors through structured stages: Research → Map → Seek Introduction → Outreach → Qualification → Decision, with drag-and-drop cards, grid/kanban views, and filtering
Investor & Startup Database
Dual data system storing detailed investor profiles (focus, funding stage, geography) and startup entity records, with powerful search and filtering to surface relevant matches quickly
Investor & Startup Database
Dual data system storing detailed investor profiles (focus, funding stage, geography) and startup entity records, with powerful search and filtering to surface relevant matches quickly
AI Investor Recommendation Engine
Weekly personalised investor recommendations powered by Recombee, analysing startup profiles and surfacing matched investors with contextual details, actionable directly from recommendation cards
AI Investor Recommendation Engine
Weekly personalised investor recommendations powered by Recombee, analysing startup profiles and surfacing matched investors with contextual details, actionable directly from recommendation cards
AI Smart Onboarding
Document-first onboarding allowing startups to upload their pitch deck; AI extracts company profile, funding stage, financials, and sector data, presented for user validation before storage
AI Smart Onboarding
Document-first onboarding allowing startups to upload their pitch deck; AI extracts company profile, funding stage, financials, and sector data, presented for user validation before storage
Communication & Interaction Tracker
Aggregated communication timeline consolidating emails, LinkedIn messages, and internal notes in chronological order, giving founders a clear, unified view of every investor relationship
Communication & Interaction Tracker
Aggregated communication timeline consolidating emails, LinkedIn messages, and internal notes in chronological order, giving founders a clear, unified view of every investor relationship
Deal Management System
Module for managing active fundraising deals including round info, target amount, pre-money valuation, and TRL, with stage tracking (Due Diligence → Legal → Wire → Funded) and visual progress indicators
Deal Management System
Module for managing active fundraising deals including round info, target amount, pre-money valuation, and TRL, with stage tracking (Due Diligence → Legal → Wire → Funded) and visual progress indicators
Authentication & User Management
Secure authentication supporting email/password, Google, Microsoft, and LinkedIn login, with role-based permissions enabling team collaboration with controlled access to sensitive deal data
Authentication & User Management
Secure authentication supporting email/password, Google, Microsoft, and LinkedIn login, with role-based permissions enabling team collaboration with controlled access to sensitive deal data
Cloud Infrastructure & CI/CD
Platform deployed on Microsoft Azure with automated GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, ensuring every code push triggers a validated deployment workflow with active production monitoring
Cloud Infrastructure & CI/CD
Platform deployed on Microsoft Azure with automated GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, ensuring every code push triggers a validated deployment workflow with active production monitoring
Transformation
Before vs. After
No unified tool for fundraising management
End-to-end Cephyron platform as a fundraising OS
Manual, unstructured investor research
AI-powered weekly investor recommendations via Recombee
Time-consuming manual onboarding forms
AI pitch deck extraction populates profile automatically
Scattered investor communications across channels
Unified chronological interaction timeline
No structured deal tracking or progress visibility
Full deal workflow with stage tracking and progress indicators
No automated deployment or cloud infrastructure
Azure-hosted platform with GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline
Results
Platform Delivered
Core platform features delivered
Investor pipeline stages
AI investor recommendations
Cloud-native deployment
Technology
Stack at a Glance
Frontend Engineering
Modern web framework, interactive dashboards & UI
Backend & APIs
Custom APIs, database integrations, core application logic
AI Recommendations
Recombee Recommendation Engine
AI Onboarding
NLP-based pitch deck extraction & data validation
Authentication
Clerk, SSO (Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn) + RBAC
Cloud Infrastructure
Microsoft Azure
CI/CD Pipeline
GitHub Actions, automated build & deployment
Design System
Figma, UI component library, typography & colour system
Outcome
What EnergyTech Cypher Gained
Beyond engineering, Technovate led the full product design architecture for Cephyron, defining the visual design system, building reusable UI components, establishing consistent typography and colour standards, and creating the main Figma design architecture. Technovate has also begun supporting the development and branding of a new product line, Celectra, including visual identity definition, brand guidelines, and marketing asset creation. EnergyTech Cypher went from concept to a fully functional, AI-powered fundraising platform, built, deployed, and scaled by Technovate Global. Cephyron now gives climate-tech founders the operational infrastructure to discover investors, manage pipelines, track communications, and close deals, all in one place.
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