An end-of-year interview reflecting on 2025, its defining moments, and what comes next.
2025 was a defining year for Bisly. A year of crossing thresholds, earning trust across new markets, and proving that scalable, AI driven building automation can create real climate impact. We sat down with Bisly’s CEO Ants Vill to reflect on the moments that shaped the year and what lies ahead.
Looking back at 2025, what was the most defining moment or achievement for Bisly?
For me, the defining moment of 2025 was realizing that Bisly had crossed a real threshold.
We were no longer simply a Baltic success story growing two times year over year. This was the year Bisly started clearly shaping how buildings operate across Europe. Our expansion into Poland, continued deliveries in the DACH region, and the opening of early opportunities in the UK and Ireland were strong signals that we can scale not only our product, but also our culture of execution.
At the same time, launching our AI and machine learning driven building intelligence features showed that Bisly is ready to lead the next era of smart building automation, not follow it. 2025 was the year when ambition met reality, and reality proved we are ready for much more.
Which project, partnership, or customer win are you personally most proud of this year and why?
I am especially proud of the partners who chose to build the future of smart buildings with us.
ATEA, Hansab, BK Grupp, Onninen, and more than 40 partners who joined our ecosystem this year did not just deploy Bisly. They committed to long term collaboration across the Baltics, Nordics, Poland, the UK and Ireland, and emerging DACH opportunities.
The moment it really clicked for me was when partners started asking not only how to use Bisly, but how to co create with us. This included joint work around AI driven maintenance, energy intelligence, and new go to market strategies. That level of trust is the strongest signal that Bisly’s mission resonates far beyond our own walls.
What changed the most in 2025, and what was the biggest lesson for you?
The biggest shift was how quickly AI became a real, practical expectation in building automation.
It stopped being a future promise or a marketing buzzword. Customers began asking specifically for predictive diagnostics, self adjusting energy systems, and data driven facility insights, and they expected these capabilities to be native to the platform.
This pushed us to move faster, sharpen our technical focus, and align the entire company around a more data centric future. The lesson for me was simple but powerful. Speed matters. Vision matters. And the companies that can truly combine both will define the next decade of this industry.
2025 also brought strong external recognition. What did those milestones mean for Bisly?
They mattered, not as trophies, but as clear signals that what we are building truly stands out.
One recognition that felt especially meaningful was being added to the EstoniaMafia Wall of Fame at LIFT99. It highlights companies that have managed to turn ambition into real, scalable impact. Seeing a cleantech and building automation company represented there sends a strong message that energy efficiency, digital twins, and smart buildings belong at the heart of Europe’s technology success stories.
Being part of the Mastercard Lighthouse Partnership Program and winning the Impact Potential Award further reinforced that message. It validated that Bisly’s work in reducing energy use and CO₂ emissions at scale is not only technologically strong, but genuinely impactful.
We also received recognition at a national and international level through shortlisting for the Tallinn Entrepreneurship Awards in the Job Creator category and reaching the finals of the KPMG Global Tech Innovator Estonia competition. Together, these moments confirmed something important for our team. We are not just growing fast. We are growing in the right direction.
Funding was another major milestone this year. How does it shape the road ahead?
In 2025, we raised 4.3 million euros in funding, led by 2C Ventures with participation from SmartCap, Aconterra, Pinorena, and the founders of Foxway.
This funding supports the rollout of our AI powered building automation platform across Central and Western Europe. With buildings responsible for around 40 percent of Europe’s energy consumption, scalable and intelligent solutions are no longer optional.
Bisly’s digital twin powered platform reduces CO₂ more cost effectively than many alternatives while helping developers and property managers save energy and costs without compromising on reliability. That is the kind of impact we are here to scale.
And looking ahead, what should partners, customers, and future Bisly team members expect from 2026?
2026 will be a year of bold scaling.
Our partners can expect deeper AI and machine learning functionality that makes buildings increasingly autonomous, efficient, and intuitive to manage. We will strengthen our presence in Poland, intensify our activities in the DACH region, and build on our first engagements in the UK and Ireland, while continuing to expand our partner ecosystem.
For future Bisly team members, 2026 offers something rare. The opportunity to help shape a European technology company that is not just growing quickly, but actively redefining what the built environment can be.