• Electra

  Participated · Series B · Jan 2024

  Electra builds and operates ultra-fast EV charging stations, offering a full-stack solution that includes in-house charger operating software, a consumer app, and a fleet management platform. The company currently runs more than 500 stations comprising over 3,000 active charging points and serves 500+ commercial fleets. Electra plans to scale its footprint to 2,200 stations and 15,000 high-power charging points by 2030, focusing on dense urban areas, transit hubs, business districts, and major traffic corridors. Each site is being developed into an intelligent energy hub that can integrate battery storage and solar generation to optimise grid load and energy costs. The company participates in the Spark Alliance, giving its users access to over 11,000 compatible chargers across Europe. Since inception Electra has raised more than €1 billion, including over €600 million in equity and the newly secured green loan facility, to fund the roughly €1.1 billion of infrastructure investment required for its roadmap. Management prioritises deep market leadership in its existing nine countries over rapid geographic overextension, while remaining open to opportunistic M&A that meets strategic and cultural fit criteria.

• Vianova

  Participated · Series A · Dec 2022

  Vianova builds a location-data platform serving shared mobility operators and local governments, acting as both a data repository and a visualization dashboard. Its SimCity-like interface offers real-time map overlays, fleet-management views, and analytics for historical reporting. The platform ingests live GPS- and cellular-connected vehicle data via APIs, aggregates and anonymizes it, and can combine operator and public datasets. Cities and operators use Vianova to optimize fleet distribution, create geofenced slow-speed zones and parking areas, and inform infrastructure planning. Vianova reports tracking 1 million connected vehicles on its platform. Customers include the cities of Zurich, Amsterdam, Stockholm and Marseille, operators such as Bolt and Voi, and infrastructure organizations including RATP and Aéroports de Paris. The company recently raised a $6.4M (€6M) Series A to support growth. Vianova operates a platform that aggregates data from shared, connected, electric, and autonomous urban transport vehicles to enable better use of city infrastructure and proactive urban planning. The company facilitates mobility data sharing between 40 cities and 50 mobility operators and processes over 5 million journeys per month. Its partners include Bird, Bolt, and Voi across cities such as Helsinki, Zürich, Milan, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Eindhoven, and Cologne. Vianova has expanded operations into Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico and plans further US expansion while bolstering European partnerships. The startup says cities use its platform to define no-parking zones, speed limits, and fleet caps, while operators use it to reduce violations and optimize deployments. To date the company has raised $5.2 million, including a recent $3 million seed round. Vianova builds a digital layer and API suite to enable data sharing and collaboration between cities and mobility operators, helping cities digest mobility data and inform urban planning and transport policy. The platform aggregates usage patterns, distribution, market evolution and popular riding areas to support enforcement, incident response and long-term transport modelling. Vianova is a third-party data platform used by 10 cities and 20 mobility operators and processes over 2 million trips per month. City partners include Brussels, Helsinki, Zurich and Stockholm, and operator partners include Bird, Voi and Bolt; the company also joined a large Paris Region curbside management project. Founded in 2018 by Thibaud Febvre and Thibault Castagne, the company says it combines its API suite with policy knowledge to enable data-driven decision making. It plans to expand its European footprint, target adjacent markets, integrate more modes such as carsharing, robot taxis and drones, and develop new use cases including connections to MaaS initiatives.

• Cityscoot

  Participated · Equity · Feb 2020

  Cityscoot, founded by Bertrand Fleurose in 2014, operates an electric moped‑sharing service in Paris, Nice, Milan and Rome. Users can book scooters through Cityscoot’s app with three clicks, and since October 2019 Paris commuters can also book and pay via the Uber app under a strategic partnership. The company has deployed a fleet of about 7,000 electric mopeds and plans to increase it to 8,000 following the recent funding. Cityscoot aims to open its service in two new European cities in 2020 and specifically planned a Barcelona debut in May 2020. The startup joined the Next40 club and described the financing as a proof of confidence in its ability to develop soft mobility in metropolitan areas. Competitive dynamics noted in the article include Coup’s exit from the market and Tier Mobility’s announced move into electric mopeds. Cityscoot operates an electric scooter-sharing service in Paris with roughly 1,600 scooters available. Users book via phone, unlock with a code, and each scooter includes a helmet in under-seat storage. The company leases its scooters and uses battery-swap cars to replace batteries before they die, making the business capital-intensive. Cityscoot reports about 70,000 clients, 7,000–9,000 rides per day, an average ride length of 15 minutes, roughly €3 revenue per ride (users pay €0.20 per minute with packs), and about 4–6 rides per scooter per day. It plans to expand to Nice and three other cities (including one in Switzerland and one in Italy) and aims to operate a fleet of 5,000 scooters by the end of 2018.

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