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Paua Tech Limited

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Paua Tech Limited, "Paua", is an electric vehicle charging network aggregator based in the UK.

Paua started in April 2022 with a network of 10,000 aggregated EV chargepoints[1] and all electricity provided to customers is renewable energy.

Activities[edit]

The aggregation of charge point networks into a single mobile application and EV Charge card is an electric vehicle solution similar to traditional fuel cards. The company services business customers and provides a white label solution for customers such as cinch, part of the Constellation Automotive Group, in the form of cinchCharge.[2]

Paua is the largest roaming network in the UK claiming 43,000 connectors[3] at February 2024. Charging network partners include IONITY, GRIDSERVE,[4] Osprey,[5] Fastned,[6] Applegreen electric,[7] Instavolt[8] and others. Paua is the first and only company to have integrated the Scottish network, ChargePlace Scotland.[9]

Paua won Start-up of the Year at the Electric Vehicle Innovation and Excellence awards (EVIES) 2023.[10]

Paua is venture capital backed by Seedcamp, SpeedInvest and Octopus Ventures.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ de Prez, Matt (2022-04-26). ""Paua creates EV charging business network"". Fleet News. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  2. ^ ""cinchCharge electric car charging"". cinch. 2024-02-15. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  3. ^ "Paua | Making EV charging easier". 2024-02-15. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  4. ^ Middleton, Natalie (2023-06-21). ""Paua adds Gridserve to EV charge card network"". Fleet World. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  5. ^ ""Paua partners Osprey EV charging network."". Osprey EV Charging. 2021-08-21. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  6. ^ Grundy, Alice (2021-09-09). "Paua adds Fastned to its electric fuel card solution". Current news. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  7. ^ Middleton, Natalie (2024-02-14). ""Applegreen Electric joins Paua EV charge card network"". Fleet World. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  8. ^ Peachey, Alec (2023-09-08). ""InstaVolt and Paua join forces to expand rapid charging solutions"". Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  9. ^ ""ChargePlace Scotland joins Paua EV charge card 30/06/2022"". ChargePlace Scotland. 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  10. ^ ""Osprey Charging secures quadruple at EVIEs 2023"". Current News. 2023-11-22. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  11. ^ ""Paua announced closing a pre-seed round led by Seedcamp."". Nordic 9. 2022-01-26. Retrieved 2024-02-15.