Heizma: Vienna-based heat pump startup expects €23 million in revenue in 2026 after a record month of October.

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• The Vienna-based EnergyTech company Heizma reports €2.6 million revenue in October 2026, its highest monthly figure since its founding in March 2024. It forecasts €23 million revenue for 2026 and says it aims for around €100 million in a few years; the team has about 90 employees.
• Higher energy prices are driving conversions away from fossil heating: Statistics Austria reports heating oil rose 63.1 percent year over year, while the Austrian Energy Agency’s energy price index was 15.1 percent higher in September than a year earlier. In October, 58 percent of customers converted from gas heating and 33 percent from oil heating.
• Among October customers, 48 percent chose a heat pump, 30 percent a photovoltaic system, and 22 percent both. Heizma currently retrofits more than 80 homes each month.
• Demand is growing fastest in Lower Austria, where installations rose about 132 percent in the first half of the year; growth across Austria was about 82 percent. In Carinthia, two-thirds of Heizma’s new heat pumps replace old oil heating.
• Heizma positions itself as a digital installer with digital consultations, integrated subsidy processing, and proprietary energy-management software. The article cautions that its expected annual sales are not directly comparable with fonio.ai’s annualized recurring revenue; it also notes competition, market volatility, and a planned €500 million federal renovation initiative for 2027.