EV Digital Invest AG is expanding its offer to include investments in renewable energies

EV Digital Invest AG is expanding its offer to include investments in renewable energies

• Expanding the investment offer in response to the constantly growing interest of investors in sustainable investment solutions.

• Strategic partnership with the project developer and owner of the renewable energy installation Green FOX Energy.

• The first photovoltaic project will be available to interested investors on the investment platform from Monday, May 27, from 12:00.

Berlin, May 27, 2024. EV Digital Invest AG (ISIN: DE000A3DD6W5), operator of two online investment platforms “Engel & Völkers Digital Invest” and “Digital Invest Assets”, offers a new investment product in the sustainable growth segment with its first photovoltaic project. This expands real estate investments from the residential, office and logistics asset classes, for example, to real estate investments with a focus on renewable energies. In the future, investors will be able to invest in a wide range of sustainable real estate projects on the “Engel & Völkers Digital Invest” platform. Five energy-efficient logistics parks, in cooperation with strategic partner DFI Real Estate, have initiated sustainable investments from 2022. With a project worth approximately EUR 25 million, “Engel & Völkers Digital Invest” has already facilitated sustainable investments of approximately EUR 200 million in this way. The “Solarpark Eyendorf” project now marks the company’s entry into renewable energy real estate investments.

Expanding the range of green investments gives investors the opportunity to diversify their investments even further and participate in the transformation of energy infrastructure. In turn, EV Digital Invest AG benefits from the rapid development of renewable energies through a diversified product portfolio, while reducing its dependence on the development of other asset classes in the real estate market. For example, in the case of solar energy financing projects, in particular fixed assets, another asset class is being developed in the real estate sector. The main advantage is that EV Digital Invest AG can rely on established processes. The basis of the new offer continues to be an extensive, two-stage review process, with each project, in addition to internal analysis, reviewed by external, renowned experts.

Marc Laubenheimer, CEO of EV Digital Invest AGexplains: “Eco-investments are becoming more and more popular. We notice this, among other things, in the high demand for our sustainable logistics real estate projects. For this reason, we now want to take the next step and expand our offer with corresponding investments. I am delighted that we have gained a professional and reliable cooperation partner in this regard in Green FOX Energy. Thanks to stable framework conditions and good growth prospects, the renewable energy market offers attractive opportunities for both project developers and investors.

Strategic partnership with Green FOX Energy
Green FOX Energy develops and builds renewable power plants with the aim of maintaining or selling them, primarily in the long term. As part of the strategic cooperation currently concluded between Green FOX Energy and EV Digital Invest AG, investors will be able to invest in promising projects via the “Engel & Völkers Digital Invest” platform. The cooperation focuses on investments in photovoltaic projects in Germany, although it is certainly possible to expand the offer to other energy sources and markets. Green FOX Energy’s pipeline of projects is well-filled, with peak capacity of approximately 2 gigawatts. The output of photovoltaic systems built since the late 1990s already amounts to over 2.5 gigawatts. Green FOX Energy is part of the FOX Group, an entrepreneurial, independent Hamburg-based investment company and company builder in the areas of real estate, infrastructure, renewable energies and digital business models.

Sven Meißner, managing director of Green FOX Energy, explains the initial project: “The planned photovoltaic park near Eyendorf in Lower Saxony is an outstanding example of our efforts to create a sustainable energy infrastructure. What makes this project stand out is, among others, the technological infrastructure, the high solar radiation value of the location and the topographic features. Using approximately 25,000 solar modules, a total peak power of approximately 15 megawatts is expected to be achieved, providing approximately 4,600 households with clean energy annually and saving approximately 10,700 tons of carbon dioxide. Further information about this project is available to interested investors on the “Engel & Völkers Digital Invest” online platform.

Diversified investments in renewable energy
Projects offered on the “Engel & Völkers Digital Invest” platform are characterized by various degrees of development and investment size to offer investors the widest possible investment spectrum. To provide investors with greater access to attractive investments with a short minimum investment period, renewable energy projects with a period of approximately 12 months are to be offered on the digital platform. Further development also creates new opportunities for project developers and closes the financing gap between developer equity and bank financing.

Karl Poerschke, COO of EV Digital Invest AGadds: “We offer our customers the opportunity to participate in the energy transformation. In this way, we expand our investor base with new target groups for whom sustainability is important in addition to an attractive risk-return ratio for their investments. Investors can invest from as little as €100 and know exactly where their money is going. For example, they can find out how much CO2 emissions have been saved by specific projects. This expansion of our product portfolio is also lovely because it fits neatly into our existing analytical processes – we continue to focus on the highest quality standards through our two-step analytical process and the involvement of renowned external experts.”

Planned increase in involvement in renewable energy
Advances in key technologies and government subsidies have significantly reduced the cost of renewable energies and given them a strong boost. The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects renewable electricity production to increase by more than 60 percent by 2026. In this situation, EV Digital Invest AG is taking advantage of a market with significant growth potential by expanding its offer.

About EV Digital Invest AG
EV Digital Invest AG, licensing partner of Engel & Völkers Marken GmbH & Co. KG, offers investors a wide range of products and services on its digital investment platforms in various asset classes – from real estate investments across asset classes, on-demand cash account and ETFs to comprehensive wealth management. Thanks to a sustainable and quality-focused business strategy, the company has a strong position in attractive growth markets. Under the “Engel & Völkers Digital Invest” brand, investors have the opportunity to participate in selected real estate projects as co-investors. As a quality-leading digital real estate investment and financing platform, and part of Engel & Völkers’ global network of licensing partners, it enjoys exceptionally high brand recognition. EV Digital Invest AG has financed real estate projects with an investment value exceeding EUR 247 million.

Under the “Digital Invest Assets” brand, the company also offers non-real estate digital investment opportunities. The offer includes an on-demand payment account, effective ETF portfolios for general wealth preservation and growth, as well as individual investment solutions – tailored to the needs and goals of affluent clients/investors.

More information:
www.ev-digitalinvest.de
www.digitalinvest-assets.de

EV Digital Invest AG
License partner of Engel & Völkers Marken GmbH & Co. KG
Joachimsthaler Str. 12
10719 Berlin
www.ev-digitalinvest.de

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