Dr. Evan Petkov is Co-Founder and CEO at Optiml, an AI-powered PropTech platform pioneering Real Estate Decision Intelligence to accelerate cost-effective Net Zero transitions for the built environment.

Evan completed his PhD at ETH Zurich focusing on transforming building stock towards climate targets, with an interdisciplinary background spanning energy engineering, product development, and policy consulting. He previously worked at SunPower in California and Sunlabob Renewable Energy in Myanmar developing renewable energy projects.

Optiml has won 8 awards in 2024 including the ULI PropTech Innovation Challenge European Final and ZIA PropTech of the Year Award. The platform is built on over 10 years of research and leverages sophisticated optimization algorithms developed during Evan's PhD.

Optiml raised $5.57M across 3 rounds from investors including Innovation Endeavors (Eric Schmidt's VC firm), Planet A Ventures, BitStone Capital, and KOMPAS VC. The company completed over 30 pilot projects with major players like AXA, Credit Suisse, and Grosvenor.

Optiml has assessed over 2 billion EUR in assets, potentially reducing CO2 emissions by 588,000 tons, cutting capital expenditure by over 25%, and accelerating planning by more than 80%.