Pod Point
Company

Last deal

Amount

Venture - Series Unknown

Stage

05.03.2019

Date

3

all rounds

$14.12M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Pod Point is building a network of electric vehicle chargepoints across the UK and Europe.

Industry

Sector :

Subsector :

Also Known As

POD Point, ECC Infracharge, Infracharge

founded date

01.01.2009

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

IPO status

Private

Description

Pod Point is a leading provider of electric vehicle charging solutions that has developed capabilities across all four routes to market in the EV charging ecosystem. The company has built a highly effective and agile infrastructure to support the design, out-sourced manufacture, and installation of charge points and associated systems. Pod Point has five operating segments, including UK Home, UK Commercial, Norway, Owned Assets, and Recurring. Since its formation in 2009, the company has shipped over 195,000 chargepoints and developed one of the UK's largest public networks with over 8,200 charging bays. Pod Point's goal is to ensure that travel doesn't damage the earth, and it believes that driving people away from fossil fuels and towards electric vehicles is crucial to achieving this goal. The company has a team of 531 employees and prides itself on its awesome culture that makes Pod Point an amazing place to work.
Legal Names

Legal name

POD Point Ltd.
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Acquired by

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announced date

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3

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Their latest funding was raised on 05.03.2019. Their latest investor Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman. Their latest round Venture - Series Unknown

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People

Founders
1
Erik Fairbairn
Erik Fairbairn

Erik Fairbairn

Erik founded POD Point in 2009, in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. he saw the potential of electric vehicles as the next major mode of transportation and set himself the goal of wiring up the UK with charge points to facilitate the switch to EV from internal combustion engines. Fairbairn is also a member of the UK Automotive Council Technology Group and YPO (Young President’s Organisation) and featured on the 35th episode of their podcast.

current job

Pod Point
Pod Point

organization founded

1

Erik Fairbairn

Employee Profiles
29
James McKemey

James McKemey

Head of Policy and Public Affairs

Karen Myers

Karen Myers

NED & RemCo Chair

Joe Mernagh

Joe Mernagh

CIO / CISO / DPO

Bradley Turk

Commercial projects team lead

Alex Mckinney

Head of field services

Alan Danby

Senior graphic designer

John Bromley

John Bromley

Non Executive Director

Natalia Silverstone

Senior consultant

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