# Quentin Scrimshire

> Quentin 'Q' Scrimshire is the co-founder and CEO of Modo Energy, a London-based B2B SaaS platform that benchmarks and forecasts the performance of grid-scale battery energy storage assets. A Manchester-trained electrical engineer who cut his teeth on offshore wind and gas-fired plants at Centrica before running Kiwi Power's European storage business, he now leads a roughly 80-person team building what he describes as the 'benchmarking and valuation operating system for global electrification.' In December 2025 Modo closed a $33M Series B led by Molten Ventures.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Modo Energy
- **Organizations:** Modo Energy, Kiwi Power (former), Centrica plc (former)
- **From:** Birmingham, United Kingdom
- **Nationality:** British
- **Education:** MEng, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Modo Energy to ~80 employees, Raised a $33M Series B in December 2025 (total funding around $54M), Built a platform used by an estimated 80%+ of GB battery energy storage owners

## Career timeline

- **early 2010s** — Graduate power systems engineer at Centrica plc; rotations across offshore wind, oil & gas, thermal and peaking plants
- **mid 2010s** — Engineer on Roocoat, then Europe's largest battery storage site (~50MW)
- **pre-2019** — Led European energy storage business at Kiwi Power (later acquired by ENGIE)
- **2019** — Co-founded Modo Energy in London
- **2023** — Closed earlier growth round; Modo expands into GB battery benchmarking
- **2024** — Modo Energy turns 5; team crosses 50+ employees
- **2025-12** — Modo raises $33M Series B led by Molten Ventures, with ETF Partners, MMC Ventures and Fred. Olsen Limited

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Modo Energy to ~80 employees
- Raised a $33M Series B in December 2025 (total funding around $54M)
- Built a platform used by an estimated 80%+ of GB battery energy storage owners
- Positioned Modo as the benchmark data provider for grid-scale storage revenues

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Announced $33M Series B led by Molten Ventures with ETF Partners, MMC Ventures and Fred. Olsen Limited; laid out AI roadmap for explainable valuation workflows.

## Links

- Website: https://quentin.world
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/quentinscrimshire
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/scrimshireq

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Last updated: 2026-07-08