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EV charging funding rounds in Europe

Desk data for 2026.

Every European EV charging round Sesamers has verified. 50 rounds carry the tag, all historical – imported when company records were created rather than freshly announced – so this desk is ranked by amount rather than recency. It is led by a debt facility nearly four times the size of any equity round tracked.

8 rows 20 Sep 2026
InstaVolt £250M Debt May 2026 Basingstoke, UK Societe Generale, NatWest, National Wealth Fund
Connected Kerb £65M Growth Feb 2025 London, UK Aviva Investors, National Wealth Fund
char.gy £35M Growth Jun 2024 London, UK Zouk Capital
myenergi £34.7M Growth Oct 2023 Stallingborough, UK Energy Impact Partners
Electra €15M Seed Jun 2021 France Serena
ev.energy £8.1M Grant Jul 2025 London, UK UK Government
V2C €5M Venture Round Oct 2024 Xirivella, ES Repsol Corporate Venturing fund (Suma Capital)
Veltium Smart Chargers €1.5M Venture Round Apr 2023 Zubieta, ES Capital Energy Quantum, Basque FCR
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Eight rounds shown of 50 tracked, ranked by amount rather than recency since no fresh round has landed on this desk recently. Notice the split: British charge-point operators (InstaVolt, Connected Kerb, char.gy, myenergi) dominate by size, backed heavily by debt and by UK public investment institutions like the National Wealth Fund – infrastructure finance more than venture capital. Spanish and French hardware makers (V2C, Veltium, Electra) raised smaller equity rounds. Repsol’s corporate venture arm backing V2C is a rare instance of an oil major investing directly in charging infrastructure.

Common questions

What is the largest EV charging round in Europe?
InstaVolt's £250M debt facility from Societe Generale, NatWest and the UK's National Wealth Fund in May 2026 – nearly four times the size of the next largest round tracked.
Why is debt so prominent in EV charging finance?
Charge-point rollout is capital-intensive, predictable infrastructure – closer to a utility than a typical venture bet – which makes it well suited to debt and public infrastructure finance rather than pure equity.
Why do UK companies dominate this desk?
The largest rounds tracked happen to be British charge-point operators. This may reflect UK National Wealth Fund activity in the sector as much as underlying market size – not a claim that the UK leads European EV charging overall.
Does Sesamers take payment for placement on this list?
No. Rounds are listed because they are verified in the Sesamers database.

Methodology

Counts are drawn from published Sesamers records tagged to this vertical in 2026. Funding totals use EUR-converted desk rates.

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