Elena Klijn

mens ex machina | HIVE

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated October 2026💼 9 investments📅 3 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2026
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Board Observer
Feb 2026
OctaiPipe is an AI-powered optimisation software solution that delivers up to 30% savings in cooling energy use with zero disruption. It reduces costs, emissions, and water usage—helping data centres improve PUE, meet sustainability goals, and comply with global standards like ISO 50001, EED and CSRD. With pricing calibrated to energy savings, typical payback is under 3 months. For a 5MW site, OctaiPipe can cut over €600,000 in annual costs, reduce PUE from 1.42 to 1.30, and avoid more than 800 tonnes of CO₂.
Board Observer
Feb 2026
Finteum addresses a critical pain point for banks: efficient intraday liquidity management. Traditional methods for handling liquidity are costly, inefficient, and often unreliable. Finteum gives banks access to intraday FX swaps and intraday repo instruments, minimising transaction and settlement times, creating new revenue streams.
Board Observer
Apr 2024
Leading the way in moisture detection 🌧️ | Formerly Woodsense, now Tector Real-time alerts, AI-powered insights & effortless integration | Trusted by contractors, architects & sustainability leaders | #BuildBetter #ProTected Tector helps construction and real estate professionals prevent costly moisture damage before it happens. Our intelligent sensors and AI-driven analysis provide real-time insights for timber structures and flat roofs, reducing material waste, CO₂-heavy repairs, and operational disruptions. Why proactive moisture monitoring matters: ✔ Prevent damage early – Detect and localise moisture issues before they escalate. ✔ Cut costs & CO₂ – Reduce material waste, dry-out expenses, and environmental impact. ✔ Extend building lifespan – Protect structural integrity and ensure long-term durability. ✔ Enhance compliance – Align with sustainability goals and ISO standards. With the Tector application, you get real-time alerts, historical data, and automated reports tailored to your project needs. Need seamless integration? Our API connects with your existing construction tech stack. Let’s build smarter, more resilient structures—together.
mid stageConstruction
Board Observer
Dec 2023
Hardware-agnostic, enterprise-grade automation, data-driven analysis and the Aibuild AM intelligence in one flexible platform. Aibuild is cloud connected for collaboration or deployable on desktop for off-grid security. Combining additive manufacturing with tailor-made CNC strategies, all accessed through one UI. Whether you’re working offline, online, or somewhere in between, Aibuild is a solution built to meet your needs. With centralised control of machine fleets to reduce lead times, cuts costs, and eliminate inefficiencies, Aibuild drives precision, speed, and quality at every production stage.
Board Observer
Dec 2023
The first Machine Unlearning Platform: remove unwanted data & behaviors from your AI models
Board Observer
Oct 2023
The Duel Brand Advocacy Platform enables brands to mobilize and manage entire communities of social affiliates, content creators and micro-influencers to acquire customers and drive revenue at scale. It also measures the true ROI of advocacy and its impact on Social Commerce, in comparison to ads. Committed to working with brands that put people and the planet over profit, Duel is Bcorp Certified and breaks a brand’s reliance on digital advertising through its Social Affiliate and Brand Ambassador programs. Founded by world-record breaking adventurer and former brand ambassador, Paul Archer, and viral games developer, Panagiotis Tsarouchis, the Duel team is made up of psychologists, brand experts and community builders from companies including Amazon and Lululemon. The platform is used by brands such as Charlotte Tilbury, Monica Vinader, Mint Velvet, NEOM Organics, ELEMIS and more, with the team having consulted with hundreds of other brands.
Board Observer
May 2023
Ankra is the only platform that abstracts away Infrastructure as Code (IaC) across critical components of your stack, including Kubernetes clusters, Helm deployments, and network configurations. By automating setup and management for clusters, load balancers, DNS, and security policies, Ankra removes the need for repetitive, manual IaC scripting. Integrated seamlessly into the SDLC, Ankra empowers teams to launch scalable environments from development to production without spending cycles on YAML configurations, Terraform scripts, or cloud-specific configurations, accelerating your entire software delivery pipeline.
Board Observer
Jan 2023
Integrated Finance helps build, expand and manage your financial infrastructure
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2026
Board Observer
Feb 2026
OctaiPipe is an AI-powered optimisation software solution that delivers up to 30% savings in cooling energy use with zero disruption. It reduces costs, emissions, and water usage—helping data centres improve PUE, meet sustainability goals, and comply with global standards like ISO 50001, EED and CSRD. With pricing calibrated to energy savings, typical payback is under 3 months. For a 5MW site, OctaiPipe can cut over €600,000 in annual costs, reduce PUE from 1.42 to 1.30, and avoid more than 800 tonnes of CO₂.
Board Observer
Feb 2026
Finteum addresses a critical pain point for banks: efficient intraday liquidity management. Traditional methods for handling liquidity are costly, inefficient, and often unreliable. Finteum gives banks access to intraday FX swaps and intraday repo instruments, minimising transaction and settlement times, creating new revenue streams.
2025
Angel Investor
Jan 2025
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2024
Board Observer
Apr 2024
Leading the way in moisture detection 🌧️ | Formerly Woodsense, now Tector Real-time alerts, AI-powered insights & effortless integration | Trusted by contractors, architects & sustainability leaders | #BuildBetter #ProTected Tector helps construction and real estate professionals prevent costly moisture damage before it happens. Our intelligent sensors and AI-driven analysis provide real-time insights for timber structures and flat roofs, reducing material waste, CO₂-heavy repairs, and operational disruptions. Why proactive moisture monitoring matters: ✔ Prevent damage early – Detect and localise moisture issues before they escalate. ✔ Cut costs & CO₂ – Reduce material waste, dry-out expenses, and environmental impact. ✔ Extend building lifespan – Protect structural integrity and ensure long-term durability. ✔ Enhance compliance – Align with sustainability goals and ISO standards. With the Tector application, you get real-time alerts, historical data, and automated reports tailored to your project needs. Need seamless integration? Our API connects with your existing construction tech stack. Let’s build smarter, more resilient structures—together.
mid stageConstruction
2023
Board Observer
Dec 2023
Hardware-agnostic, enterprise-grade automation, data-driven analysis and the Aibuild AM intelligence in one flexible platform. Aibuild is cloud connected for collaboration or deployable on desktop for off-grid security. Combining additive manufacturing with tailor-made CNC strategies, all accessed through one UI. Whether you’re working offline, online, or somewhere in between, Aibuild is a solution built to meet your needs. With centralised control of machine fleets to reduce lead times, cuts costs, and eliminate inefficiencies, Aibuild drives precision, speed, and quality at every production stage.
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