86 Best Electric Vehicles Startups to Watch in 2023

86 Electric Vehicles Startups to Watch (and Work for) in 2023

Electric Vehicles's tech sector is booming. This year’s list of the best 86 Electric Vehicles tech startups is an eclectic mix of hyper-growth scaleups, small creative startups and everything in between.

Curated by @gonsanchezs

Electric Vehicles 10+ employees Fast-growing

The last update was made on March 14, 2023.


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Motorway

Motorway is an online used-car marketplace connecting people selling their car with a network of verified car dealers

London   101 to 250   $280 Million   $14 Million  

Index Ventures   Local Globe   Latitude   BMW i Ventures  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

Arrival

Arrival is a developer and manufacturer of zero-emission, public transportation vehicles.

London   1001 to 5000   $630 Million   $110 Million  

B2B  

Monta

Monta is the operating platform powering the EV charging ecosystem serving drivers, companies, cities, and the electricity grid.

Copenhagen   101 to 250   $53 Million   $810 Thousand  

Creandum   Pale Blue Dot   byFounders   Headline  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

Sono Motors

Sono Motors is a global mobility and energy service provider.

Munich   101 to 250   $130 Million   $55 Million  

Headline  

B2B   B2C  

Waat

WAAT operates fast charging stations for electric and rechargeable hybrid vehicles.

Paris   101 to 250   $31 Million   $31 Million  

B2B   B2C  

The Mobility House

The Mobility House enables the integration of vehicle batteries into the power grid via intelligent charging, energy, and storage solutions.

Munich   101 to 250   $51 Million  

Alliance  

B2B  

Volta Trucks

Volta Trucks is an automotive company offering electric trucks for sustainable cities.

Stockholm   501 to 1000   $390 Million   $5 Million  

Curitas Ventures  

B2B  

Bonnet

The most user-friendly way to charge your car anywhere

London   1 to 10   $6.6 Million  

Lightspeed Venture Partners   APX   20VC   GV   Ascension Ventures  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

Zunder

Zunder operates as an electric vehicle charging company.

Valladolid   51 to 100   $97 Million   $98 Million  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

Dance

Dance is an e-bike subscription service where users pay a monthly fee that covers their bikes and provides an all-inclusive support package.

Berlin   11 to 50   $64 Million   $4.4 Million  

HV Capital   La Famiglia VC   Planet A Ventures   Eurazeo   BlueYard Capital   Triple Point Ventures  

B2C   SAAS  

Wallbox

Wallbox designs, develops, and manufactures intelligent energy solutions.

Barcelona   501 to 1000   $170 Million   $17 Million  

Seaya Ventures  

B2B  

K-Ryole

K-Ryole is a privately held company that manufactures smart electric bike trailer.

Paris   11 to 50   $83 Thousand   $12 Million  

B2B   B2C  

Gridserve

GridServe is a renewable Energy for critical power infrastructure applications.

  11 to 50   $240 Million   $240 Million  

B2B  

Canatu

Canatu develops and manufactures innovative 3D formable and stretchable films and sensors for 3D touch surfaces and heater solutions.

Helsinki   51 to 100   $70 Million   $17 Million  

B2B  

Aniah

Aniah specializes in chip design closure and full-chip analysis at the transistor level.

Grenoble   11 to 50   $6.1 Million   $6.2 Million  

Bpifrance   BNP Paribas   Supernova Invest  

B2B  

WeVee

WeVee is a fully integrated electric vehicle price comparison and leasing platform.

London   51 to 100   $9.1 Million   $6.9 Million  

B2C  

Evum Motors

Evum Motors is a manufacturer of electric utility vehicles.

Munich   101 to 250   $34 Million   $14 Million  

Bayern Kapital  

B2B   B2C  

Knave

Knave provides a pay-per-use solution for manufacturers, deployed directly into their retail networks.

Paris   11 to 50   $16 Million   $12 Million  

B2B   SAAS  

HumanForest

HumanForest is a dockless, shared, and ad-supported e-bike service company.

London   11 to 50   $7.3 Million   $2.4 Million  

B2C   SAAS  

Swytch

Instantly convert any bike into an eBike (electric bike)

London   1 to 10   $6.4 Million   $1 Million  

B2B   B2C  

VoltAero

VoltAero is a unique aircraft with parallel electric-hybrid propulsion.

  11 to 50   $36 Million   $31 Million  

B2B  

Vassla

Vassla is an E-bike company that offers a killer motor, unparalleled range, smart screen, futuristic battery, and comfy suspension.

Stockholm   11 to 50   $0   $2.5 Million  

B2B   SAAS  

Blubrake

Blubrake aims to make future mobility greener, smarter and safer thanks to its cutting-edge technologies for light electric vehicles

Milan   11 to 50   $11 Million   $6 Million  

European Investment Bank  

B2B  

Zeplug

Zeplug offers charging solutions for electric vehicles along with maintenance services.

Cambridge   51 to 100   $0   $6 Million  

B2B   B2C  

DeepDrive

Deep Drive primarily develops drives for electric vehicles.

Munich   11 to 50   $4.9 Million   $4.9 Million  

UVC Partners   Bayern Kapital  

B2B  

SeaBubbles

SeaBubbles is a flying water car ecosystem.

Paris   11 to 50   $12 Million  

B2B  

Tevva

Tevva is a technology company and truck manufacturer specializing in zero-emission Battery Electric and H2FC range-extended vehicles.

  101 to 250   $170 Million   $13 Million  

B2B  

ev.energy

Ev.energy is a smart charging software platform for electric vehicles to reduce carbon emissions and costs.

London   11 to 50   $14 Million  

Future Energy Ventures   Energy Impact Partners  

B2B   SAAS  

Magnax

Magnax develops axial flux electric motors with extreme power density for next-gen electric vehicles and aircraft

Kortrijk   11 to 50   $40 Million   $20 Million  

B2B  

Welectric

Welectric offers a haphazard selection of light electric vehicles (LEVs), including freight cycles, microcars, and e-step and fat bikes.

Amsterdam     $510 Thousand   $520 Thousand  

B2B   B2C  

Crow Bicycles

Crow Bicycles is an Ultralight Gravel eBikes company.

Madrid   1 to 10   $330 Thousand   $330 Thousand  

B2B   B2C  

Soolutions

Soolutions is an online platform that provides EV charging equipment for homeowners and EV drivers.

Amsterdam   1 to 10   $900 Thousand   $910 Thousand  

Rockstart  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

Parking Energy

Parking Energy provides an electric car charging system for real estate properties.

Helsinki   11 to 50   $6.8 Million   $1.1 Million  

B2B  

Beev

Beev is a mobility platform that offers electric vehicle solutions for everyone.

Paris   11 to 50   $1.7 Million   $1.7 Million  

B2B   B2C   SAAS   MARKETPLACE  

Reby

Reby manufactures its own vehicles, eschewing Chinese-made scooters.

Barcelona   51 to 100   $18 Million  

Caixa Capital Risc  

B2C  

RoadSTR

Peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace in France.

Paris   11 to 50   $910 Thousand   $910 Thousand  

FREEMIUM   MARKETPLACE  

Skand

Skand is a Nordic designer and producer of light electric vehicles that are suitable for all year round usage.

Helsinki   11 to 50   $2.2 Million   $1 Million  

B2B  

QEV Technologies

QEV Technologies is one of the Pioneers when it comes to electric mobility.

  101 to 250   $19 Million   $8.8 Million  

B2B  

Driveco

DRIVECO offers a charging station for electric vehicles.

Paris   11 to 50   $0  

B2B   B2C  

Diode

Electric vehicle suitability, infrastructure recommendations, and charge point procurement for businesses of all shapes and sizes.

London     $190 Thousand  

NorthInvest   Haatch  

B2B  

Leap24

Leap24 facilitates a charging network for electric vans and trucks.

  1 to 10   $20 Million   $4.8 Million  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

full&fast

EaaS. Energy as a Service. We provide optimized energy access for transport and electric mobility companies.

Madrid   1 to 10   $450 Thousand   $450 Thousand  

B2B  

Kiri Technologies

Kiri aims to accelerate the adoption of sustainable behaviors by incentivizing individuals and brands that behave sustainably.

London   11 to 50   $800 Thousand  

B2B   MARKETPLACE  

AMSIMCEL

SaaS

  1 to 10   $5.5 Million   $540 Thousand  

Plug and Play Spain  

B2B  

OX Motorcycles

Startup that creates and develop smart retro-futuristic electric motorcycles

Madrid   1 to 10   $410 Thousand   $310 Thousand  

B2B   B2C  

Roetz

Roetz is an Amsterdam-based circular bicycle brand.

Amsterdam     $1.9 Million   $1.9 Million  

B2C  

Stark Future

electric motorcycle manufacturer company

  51 to 100   $0   $5.5 Million  

B2C  

Cargatucoche

Cargatucoche is a platform that accompanies the user of electromobility offering all the services they need in their day to day.

Madrid   1 to 10   $0   $430 Thousand  

B2C  

Connected Energy

A pioneer of 2nd life electric vehicle battery based energy storage systems.

Newcastle   11 to 50   $31 Million   $820 Thousand  

B2B  

Pure Electric

Pure Electric develops category defining and award winning e-scooters from its in-house engineering team. Based in Bristol, UK

Bristol   101 to 250   $2.6 Million   $1.9 Million  

B2B   B2C  

Miloo

Personal electric vehicles that boldly takes on the challenge of enabling people to do more with their commute and throughout their day.

Geneva     $2.7 Million   $2.7 Million  

B2B   B2C  

Radinn

Radinn offers wakeboarders, kiteboarders, and surfers with water sport products.

Lund   101 to 250   $5.1 Million   $2.2 Million  

B2C  

eMabler

API-First EV Charging Platform integrates payment, business systems, data and electricity management with EV charging service

Helsinki   1 to 10   $770 Thousand   $770 Thousand  

Nidoco  

B2B   SAAS  

Onto

Onto is an electric vehicle subscription startup that provides an all-inclusive, hassle-free solution for driving an electric car.

  101 to 250   $250 Million  

Alfvén & Didrikson   TotalEnergies Ventures  

B2B   B2C  

Sharebox

Sharebox simplifies your key handover by offering a service completely managed by your phone.

Kristiansand   11 to 50   $3.5 Million   $990 Thousand  

FREEMIUM   SAAS  

Rabot Charge

Rabot Charge offers intelligent charging management solutions for customers to charge their electric cars at home.

Hamburg   11 to 50   $2.1 Million   $2.1 Million  

Yabeo Capital  

B2B   B2C  

Phoenix Mobility

Phoenix Mobility is an e-mobility company developing and manufacturing modular powertrains and vehicle conversion platforms.

Grenoble   11 to 50   $0   $2.3 Million  

B2B  

Trojan Energy

Trojan Energy is a charge point operator supplying revolutionary 'flat and flush' on-street EV charging points.

  11 to 50   $19 Million   $1.3 Million  

B2C  

elvah

elvah helps find working and suitable EV charging stations, thanks to live data and community feedback.

  11 to 50   $3.7 Million   $3.7 Million  

B2C   FREEMIUM   SAAS  

Brudeli Green Mobility

BRUDELI Green Mobility offers electrified commercial vehicles for fleet owners.

  1 to 10   $0   $1 Million  

B2B  

Rocsys

ROCSYS is the charging automation company.

Delft   1 to 10   $6.6 Million  

Superangel   FORWARD.one  

B2B  

Neomouv

NEOMOUV specializes in the design and marketing of electrically assisted bicycles.

  11 to 50   $0   $690 Thousand  

B2C  

Uniti Sweden

Uniti is an electric city car that aims for holistic sustainability, a futuristic user experience and is developed in an open source manner.

Lund   11 to 50   $4.3 Million   $1.8 Million  

B2B   B2C  

Nerve Smart Systems

We develop a highly capable battery management system that allow for dynamic cell stack reconfiguration and micromanagement of battery cells

Roskilde   11 to 50   $2.9 Million  

B2B  

Munro Vehicles

Innovative startup based in the UK developing 4x4 electric vehicles.

Glasgow   1 to 10   $980 Thousand   $980 Thousand  

B2B  

Tiler

Tiler manufactures a wireless charger for e-cargo bikes, e-scooters, e-mopeds, and autonomous cargo vehicles.

Delft   1 to 10   $1.6 Million   $280 Thousand  

B2B   B2C  

Aampere

Aampere runs an Online-Shop for selling and buying used electric cars.

  1 to 10   $99 Thousand  

B2B  

Smafo

The easiest access to e-bike mobility.

Paderborn   11 to 50   $840 Thousand   $830 Thousand  

B2C  

Akkurate

Akkurate is an agile battery consulting and engineering company.

  1 to 10   $2.1 Million  

Lifeline Ventures  

B2B  

Byqee

Byqee is an e-mobility product developer company.

Istanbul   1 to 10   $370 Thousand   $160 Thousand  

B2B   B2C  

Core Sensing

Core Sensing specialises in the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of measurement data and smart sensors inside mechanical components.

Frankfurt   11 to 50   $4.3 Million  

B2B  

NEXT Electric Motors

NEXT Electric Motors develops electric motorbikes that are the real alternative to combustion motorbikes.

Valencia   1 to 10   $6.1 Thousand   $590 Thousand  

Kereon Partners  

B2B   B2C  

Pluginvest

​​PlugInvest​, in Antwerpen, Belgium, ​supplies and installs charging stations for ​​​electric ​vehicles at home and at work.

Antwerp     $0   $390 Thousand  

B2B  

WATT Mobility

WATT Mobility is an urban e-bike brand to develop minimalist fixie-style e-bikes at an attractive price for a broad urban audience.

Breda   1 to 10   $1.7 Million   $1.7 Million  

B2C  

Leopard Technology

Leopard provides digital connection and data insights to the bicycle and micromobility industry via the IoT solution and service.

  1 to 10   $980 Thousand   $790 Thousand  

B2B   B2C  

Paua

Power your electric vehicle everywhere

  1 to 10   $0  

Seedcamp   Speedinvest   Octopus Ventures  

B2C  

Dynamo Taxi

Dynamo Taxi manufactures fully electric London Black Cabs.

  11 to 50   $2.1 Million  

B2B  

Ossby

Folding bikes & ebikes

  1 to 10   $330 Thousand   $350 Thousand  

B2C  

Numbat

The most sustainable High-Power Charging station with integrated battery storage. HPC: anywhere & anytime!

  11 to 50   $0  

B2B  

Sigo

Sigo operates a service for e-cargo bike-sharing and provides software solutions for electric bicycle rentals.

Frankfurt   11 to 50   $0  

B2C   SAAS   MARKETPLACE  

Urban Connect

Smart mobility platform for companies, offering their employees access to multiple low-carbon, shared vehicles (e-bikes, e-scooter, e-cars)

Zürich   11 to 50   $11 Thousand  

B2B  

Hopper Mobility

Hopper Mobility provides innovative environmentally conscious mobility solutions for the city.

Augsburg   1 to 10   $0  

B2B   B2C  

EVA Global

A professional services company that creates new value and opportunities for businesses in eMobility

Tampere   251 to 500   $0  

B2B   B2C  

Ebusco

Ebusco is dedicated to developing, manufacturing, and bringing to market fully electric city and regional buses.

  101 to 250   $0  

B2B  

Brekr

Brekr is an electric moped manufacturing company.

  11 to 50   $0  

B2B   B2C  

Robusta Cognitive Automation

Robusta Cognitive Automation provides robotic process automation solutions.

  11 to 50   $0  

B2B   SAAS  

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