Paua Tech Limited

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

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

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.