Startup · $6m raised

Chargefox

Investors

Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Chargefox raised.

Investor	Rounds	Invested
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)	Grant	-

Who bought Chargefox

The transaction that ended Chargefox's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.

Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
AMS	Acquisition	20 Sep 2022	$56m	Techboard, Startup Daily

What Chargefox bought

Companies Chargefox acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.

Company	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
Chargefox is not recorded as having acquired anything.

Coverage

Stories naming Chargefox. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

32 deals

FUNDED July 2022 Anniversary Edition

Techboard's anniversary roundup catalogues a month of Australian startup funding: megadeals, three acquisitions, large debt deals, grants, accelerator intakes, and fund news including Archangel Ventures' committed capital.

Techboard Tue 20 Sep 2022 Adviser Ratings Aeona Allegro Energy Andromeda Anility Applied EV AppSec Fasttrack Aquila Archangel Ventures Audience Republic Beston Global Food Company Biotome Pty Ltd Butter Insurance Camp Connect Carbon Ag Solutions Chemcloud Cipher Sports Technology Citizen Wolf CleanSubSea Click Brick Colleagues Matrixx Earnd NOW Finance Stacked Farm Xpansiv AMS Chargefox Clean Energy Finance Corporation Dainton Beer Ellerston Capital Essity Farmers Pick Five V Capital Future Magic Brewing Co Immutable Lotterywest Made By Cow Minderoo Foundation Modibodi New Industries Fund Quasar Satellite Technologies Queensland Government Rapid Response Revival SBE Australia Screencoach Spacecubed SVG Ventures The Tech Council of Australia Woolworths Artesian Ventures Birchal Blackstone Canberra Innovation Network (CBRIN)Dovetail Ventures EVP Startmate WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund WA Government

Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Forbes Australia·Business News Australia

8 deals

Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: Venture capital is down, but a long way from out

Ignition Lane's weekly wrap reports falling Australian venture funding, lists several startup raises and fund raises, covers Chargefox's acquisition, Volt's closure, the Zip-Sezzle merger termination, and global tech news.

Also Women's Agenda·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Techboard·SmartCompany

Unnamed stage $15m

Motoring associations combine to nab EV charging startup Chargefox at $56 million valuation

Australia's motoring clubs, via Australian Motoring Services and led by the NRMA, have taken full ownership of EV charging network Chargefox in a deal reportedly worth nearly $30 million, valuing the business at $56 million.

Startup Daily Mon 4 Jul 2022 Chargefox Carsales NRMA RAA RAC RACQ RACV Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)Victorian Government Greg Roebuck Rohan Lund

Grant $469.4k

Helping fleets to switch to electric vehicles

The government agency announces a grant to an EV software firm launching a program helping Australian vehicle fleets and electricity networks plan their transition to electric vehicles.

ARENA Thu 12 May 2022 EVenergi Ausgrid Australian Government Chargefox Charles Sturt University Clean Energy Finance Corporation Electric Vehicle Council Evie Networks NRMA NSW Government South Australian Government ARENA Dan Hilson Darren Miller

5 deals

Future Fuels Fund revved up to provide EV charging nationally

ARENA announced $24.55 million in grants to five companies including Evie Networks, Ampol and Chargefox to build over 400 public EV fast charging stations across Australia under Round 1 of the Future Fuels Fund.

ARENA Fri 30 Jul 2021 Ampol Chargefox Engie Evie Networks Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)Darren Miller

Also @AuManufacturing

2 deals

Electricity networks gear up to manage electric vehicle demands on the grid

ARENA grants Jemena $1.6 million for a residential EV smart charging trial with four electricity networks, and recalls earlier support for EV charging projects by Origin, AGL, ActewAGL, Chargefox and Evie Networks.

ARENA Fri 5 Feb 2021 AGL Jemena ActewAGL Ausnet Australian Government Chargefox Evie Networks Evoenergy Jet Charge Origin Energy United Energy Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)Darren Miller Shaun Reardon

Also ARENA·ARENA·ARENA·@AuManufacturing·RenewEconomy·RenewEconomy

Grant $983.8k

Free electric vehicle charging network trial in Adelaide

The renewable energy agency grants JOLT Charge nearly a million dollars to trial an advertiser-funded free EV fast-charging network across Adelaide, alongside earlier backing of other charging and managed-charging projects.

ARENA Fri 11 Dec 2020 Jolt ActewAGL AGL Chargefox Evie Networks Origin Energy Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)Darren Miller Doug McNamee

Grant $2.9m

Test driving electric vehicle home charging technologies

ARENA is putting $2.9 million into AGL's $8.25 million trial of managed home electric-vehicle charging across four states, testing vehicle-to-grid technology with 300 households and partners JET Charge, Chargefox and FlexCharging.

ARENA Wed 18 Nov 2020 AGL ActewAGL Australian Government Chargefox Evie Networks Jet Charge Origin Energy Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)Darren Miller Dominique Van Den Berg

2 deals

Ultra fast highway charging network for electric vehicles

The renewable energy agency grants $15 million to an EV charging startup for a 42-site highway network, and recalls $6 million previously committed to another charging network operator.

ARENA Mon 26 Aug 2019 Chargefox Evie Networks Clean Energy Finance Corporation Tritium Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)Chris Mills Darren Miller

Also RenewEconomy·Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing

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