Evie Networks

🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #180, 4th October 2026

Weekly roundup reporting Australian startup funding rounds and government grants, a venture fund close, agreed acquisitions, an IPO pricing, a collapse, plus executive hires and AI policy developments.

Ampol to buy EV charging scaleup Evie Networks for $225 million

Fuel retailer Ampol has proposed acquiring EV charging network Evie Networks for $225 million, pending regulator approval, while the article recalls the charging company's seed, Series A, government grant and debt funding history.

Ampol powers up its EV strategy with $225m acquisition of Evie Networks' national charging platform

Fuel retailer Ampol is buying EV charging network Evie Networks, via holding company Fast Cities Australia, for $225 million funded from debt, with completion expected in first-half 2027 pending ACCC approval.

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Evie Networks secures $50 million debt for EV charging infrastructure

Evie's own announcement says the EV charging firm has closed a 50 million dollar debt facility, which it bills as an Australian first, and reflects on shifting from venture to infrastructure funding.

Evie Networks in milestone partnership with RACQ

StB Capital Partners' blog announces a tie-up between Evie Networks and RACQ giving members discounted EV charging, with the partners expecting Queensland bay numbers to rise 28% by May 2025.

Australian flow battery pioneer put into administration after failing to find backers

Brisbane flow battery maker Redflow has entered voluntary administration after failing to attract matching private investment, with Deloitte appointed; the article also recalls Tritium's sale to Exicom and a small earlier Redflow equity raise.

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St Baker seeks $200 million in new fund focused on EVs, flying cars and energy

Trevor St Baker is launching a second investment fund seeking $200 million from outside backers, after his first vehicle backed Tritium, Novonix, Evie Networks and other energy and mobility companies.

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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