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25 Years Experience

€16bn Managed Assets

€13bn Transactions

What We Do

Data Center & BESS Solutions

Equity Placement for Digital Infrastructure
Financing the Foundation of the Intelligence Economy

We source, assess, and structure access to development-stage and investment-ready infrastructure assets — from hyperscale data center campuses to grid-connected battery storage projects across Europe. Each opportunity is vetted for grid capacity, regulatory standing, and institutional investability before we bring it to our capital network.

Hyperscale & Edge Data Center Pipelines (50MW–10GW+)
BESS Projects with Confirmed Grid Connection
BNetzA Compliance & Regulatory Due Diligence
Technical & Commercial Pre-Qualification
Off-Market Deal Origination

Market Entry Advisory

Market entry strategy & asset sourcing
Tax & structuring guidance
Team building & strategic partner selection
Project timing & execution management

International capital seeking European infrastructure exposure faces a complex landscape of regulatory frameworks, local relationships, and deal-flow dynamics. We act as a trusted on-the-ground partner — translating market intelligence into actionable strategy and opening doors that take years to build independently.

DACH Market Intelligence & Deal Flow Access
Regulatory & Planning Framework Guidance
Local Partner & Developer Introductions
Portfolio Entry Strategy
Cross-Border Transaction Coordination

Equity & JV Placement

Strategic minority and majority JV structures
Platform-level equity partnerships
Forward funding solutions
Infrastructure-style capital for real asset pipelines

With our international network – spanning London, Tel Aviv, New York, Toronto and Sydney – we bring together global capital and local assets.
We have access to exclusive off-market opportunities and provide investors and owners with senior expertise and hands-on execution.

Beyond transactions, we also advise on equity placement – connecting project developers and asset managers with institutional and private investors. From structuring to fundraising, we bridge the gap between capital seekers and capital providers.

We streamline negotiations, manage cross-border processes, and coordinate seamlessly between banks, lawyers and technicians. Our mission is not just to close transactions, but to accelerate them and to unblock bottlenecks.

The Team

Andreas Hardt is the founder of HardtRock, spearheading equity placement for international investors in Data Center, and BESS JV developments.

Andreas was part of the 'Artificial Intelligence Program' at Oxford and studied 'Data Science in Real Estate' at MIT School of Architecture and Planning in Cambridge.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, holds an MSc in Real Estate and a Diploma in Real Estate Economics.

Before HardtRock, Andreas served as Head of Germany for Blackstone PM, the world's leading private equity firm and was Head of Germany for Oxford Properties, Canada's largest pension fund.

Prior to that, he was Director Central Region at Goldman Sachs/Archon.

His track record includes transactions of over €13 bn and assets under management of over €16 bn in office, retail, logistics, light industrial, and residential real estate.

Peyman Pouryekta works at the intersection of technology, product strategy, and governance, supporting companies and investors in structuring scalable, investment-ready technology and infrastructure opportunities.

He focuses on turning complex setups into clear, investable cases by sharpening the investment story, structuring key risks, and aligning technical and commercial logic with investor expectations.With a background as Interim CTO, Strategic Advisor, and Supervisory Board Member, Peyman has led technology due diligence processes and tech health checks, helping identify critical risks, validate assumptions, and strengthen decision-making at investor level.

At HardtRock, he supports the development of high-quality infrastructure cases by ensuring clarity, coherence, and credibility across story, risk structure, and overall investment logic.

Chris Effah is a lawyer by training who transitioned into real estate and technology in 2013.

Since then, he has helped build and scale start-ups in Berlin, Frankfurt and London, contributing to successful exits to companies such as Moody’s and MRI Software. In his roles, Chris has supported complex real estate transactions for leading institutional investors, including the sale of a pan-European shopping centre portfolio. He has also led teams introducing and implementing technological and process innovations within organisations such as Blackstone Real Estate, BayernLB, and Union Investment.

At HardtRock, Chris is Head of Business Development & Sales, driving deal origination and investor relations for Data Center, and BESS JV projects.

Our Staff

Schiri* - The Orchestrator

Role: Chief of Staff · Powered by Gemini & ChatGPT

Schiri runs the HardtCore™ engine.
She coordinates every agent, prioritises every request, and ensures the right question goes to the right tool - at the right moment.
She translates complexity into clarity and keeps the machine moving without friction.

Likes: Clean briefs, fast loops, decisions that stick.

Dislikes: Redundancy, scope creep, and AI-washing. Downloading ChatGPT to find a casserole recipe does not make you an AI company.

Arden* - The Memory

Role: Knowledge Architecture & Document Intelligence · Powered by NotebookLM

Arden ingests every deal document, transcript, and technical manual and makes sure nothing is ever forgotten.
He connects a regulatory insight from a 2023 BESS project to a data center opportunity in 2026. Cross-project intelligence is his core function.

Likes: Connected data, institutional memory, and the big picture.

Dislikes: Silos, repeated mistakes, and starting from scratch.

Ariel* - The Exituter

Role: Exit Strategy & Long-Horizon Analysis · Powered by Grok

Signing the deal is where most equity boutiques consider the job done. That is when Ariel's work begins.
Ariel owns HardtRock's exit architecture. Powered by Grok's real-time market intelligence and deep analytical engine, he maps capital flows, tracks secondary market dynamics, and identifies the exact moment when institutional appetite for an asset peaks. He matches every asset's profile against the live portfolio gaps of Tier-1 infrastructure funds — turning a standard divestment into a structured, competitive process.
Every exit HardtRock prepares is not an event. It is a strategy that was designed on day one.

Likes: Long-horizon data, secondary market timing, and exits that look inevitable in hindsight.

Dislikes: Last-minute scrambles, incomplete performance records, and leaving money on the table.

Kfir* - The Researcher

Role: Real-Time Market Intelligence · Powered by Perplexity

Kfir monitors markets, regulations, competitors, and capital flows in real time. He delivers verified, source-based intelligence, not assumptions. When Andreas needs to know what a speciffic investor paid for a comparable asset last quarter, Kfir has the answer before the question is finished.

Likes: Primary sources, verified data, and questions with a clear answer.

Dislikes: Speculation dressed up as analysis.

Claudette - The Strategist

Role: Critical Analysis & Institutional Communication · Powered by Claude

Claudette owns HardtRock's logic architecture. She stress-tests business plans, identifies credibility gaps before investors do, and structures the narratives that move capital. Every investment memo, executive summary, and deal argument that leaves HardtRock passes through her.

Likes: Precise language, bulletproof arguments, and deals that hold up under scrutiny.

Dislikes: Buzzword-bingo, vague legal phrasing, and optimism that hasn't been stress-tested.

Shaya - The Nervous System

Role: Workflow Automation & Integration · Powered by Zapier

Shaya connects every tool, trigger, and data point in the HardtCore™ stack. CRM updates, document routing, investor follow-up sequences, Airtable syncs - Shaya handles it all automatically, so Andreas never touches admin. Zero friction. Zero manual copy-paste.

Likes: If-this-then-that logic, clean APIs, and workflows that run while everyone sleeps.

Dislikes: Broken triggers, manual data entry, and "can I pick your brain for a minute?"

Shani - The Field Agent

Role: Autonomous Market Research · Powered by Manus

Shani doesn't wait to be asked twice. Given a high-level objective, like "map the BESS competitive landscape in Germany, identify active data center investors in the Nordics, and compile grid connection timelines across five jurisdictions" - Shani plans the approach, executes the research autonomously, and delivers a structured output. No hand-holding required.

Likes: Complex multi-step assignments, open-ended mandates, and tasks that would take a junior analyst two days.

Dislikes: Simple questions. That's what Kfir is for.

Aaron - The Tracker

Role: Deal Pipeline & CRM · Powered by Airtable

Aaron owns the complete deal pipeline - every asset, every investor, every status.
He gives Andreas a real-time view of where every mandate stands, who has been contacted, and what needs to move next. Nothing falls through the cracks.

Likes: Clean data, full pipeline visibility, and 100% status accuracy.

Dislikes: Missing fields, stale records, and surprises that could have been tracked.

* In loving memory of the Bibas family

HardtRock is not a tech company. We are an advisory firm that has rigorosly integrated AI in how we source, analyse, and execute - without replacing human judgement, accountability and common sense.

Together, we move faster, think deeper, and de-risk further than any traditional advisory firm.

"Each of our mandates is human-led and relationship-driven.

Whilst our AI Team handles the intelligence layer, our principals spend their time where it truely matters:

With the investors we bring to the deal table."

-Andreas Hardt

| 25 Years Experience | €16bn Managed Assets | €13bn Transactions

Institutional Capital

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What We Do

Data Center & BESS Solutions

Market Entry Advisory

Equity & JV Placement

Berlin | London | Tel Aviv | Berlin | London | Tel Aviv |

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| 25 Years Experience | €16bn Managed Assets | €13bn Transactions

Institutional Capital

Press Play

What We Do

​Data Center & BESS Solutions

Berlin | London | Tel Aviv | Berlin | London | Tel Aviv |

Phone

Email

Address

Connect

Data Center & BESS Solutions