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elvah

App for locating electric vehicle chargepoints

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21-100 employees
  • B2C
  • Energy
  • Sustainability
  • Cars
  • Electric Vehicles
  • Mobile
Esch, Grafschaft, Germany

Company mission

To leverage live data and community feedback to help people find working and suitable charging stations for electric vehicles.

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

0% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

People around the world are beginning to switch from diesel and petrol to electric vehicles, but cutting-edge technology does have pitfalls. Charging stations can be scarce and it can be difficult to find out which stations nearby are available, which can be risky for electric vehicle owners and ultimately prevents many people from making the switch.

Elvah provides a mobile app for locating electric vehicle charge points, leveraging live data driven by community feedback to help users find suitable stations. The service is integrated within the charging stations it provides and operates based on a monthly energy subscription, also giving users the option to get e-car breakdown assistance and onward travel insurance.

While the number of electric vehicle charging points across the world is increasing rapidly every day, Elvah has been wise to identify that the problem is often not just finding one, but finding a suitable one. Its approach has clearly made an impression, as utilities giant E.ON acquired the company in 2023. Together with E.ON, so says CEO Gowrynath Sivaganeshamoorthy, Elvah will "further develop the platform and make charging e-cars even easier and more reliable."

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Benefits

  • If you would like to save additional money for your pension, we support your company pension (bAV) by doubling the amount you save into your bAV every month
  • Remote work with off-site team events around once a quarter (most often this will be in the Berlin area)
  • Take on responsibility from day one and gain a comprehensive insight into a rapidly growing start-up
  • Flexible working hours to fit your individual schedule
  • Monthly budget of 50€ for our benefits platform benefitsy that you can spend for the perk that you like most
  • Work on a product with a strong vision and the purpose of creating a more sustainable future of mobility
  • Budget for co-working spaces that you can use through the platform independesk
  • 30 days of vacation combined with time-keeping to assure that no one is working over-hours
  • State of the art hardware and a budget for further equipment you need to work from home

Funding (1 round)

Sep 2021

$3.4m

EARLY VC

Total funding: $3.4m

Leadership

Experience as Co-founder and Head of Development for Televised Revolution from 2005 to 2008. Co-founder and Managing Partner of kreait GmbH from 2011 to 2020.

Experience as Head of Development for tape.tv from 2009 to 2010. CTO and Co-founder of kreait from 2011 to 2020.

Experience as Interim Manager and Consultant for SZ Consulting from 2017 to 2018. Managing Director of kreait from 2018 to 2020.

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