The Munich-based startup Ecog has completed a Series B funding round of 16 million euros. It was led by Munich-based impact investor Get Fund. Other participants include Extantia, Bayern Kapital, BayBG, the Lindner Group, Helen Ventures, and Ananda Impact Ventures. With this funding, the company aims to further develop its operating system for fast-charging infrastructure, roll it out internationally, and establish a new test and development center in Bavaria.
Standardizing fragmented solutions via plug and play
Ecog develops a standardized operating system for electric vehicle charging stations. It enables flexible combination of different hardware components and simple integration of various software solutions. This modularity reduces costs, shortens development times, and ensures greater reliability in operation. The goal is end-to-end standardization of charging infrastructure to make e-mobility as easy to scale.
The need is great: while public charging infrastructure is growing in double digits, many systems are still being developed as proprietary solutions. This leads to long time-to-market and high operating costs. Ecog wants to overcome this fragmentation with its open platform approach and thereby accelerate the global expansion of fast-charging infrastructure.
Jörg Heuer, CEO at Ecog, explains:
“The early years of e-mobility have now been successfully completed. Now professionalization and sustainable growth are at the center of attention. An example of this is the use of electric trucks in urban logistics – this is no longer a future topic, but increasingly a real business foundation.”
The company’s customers include Siemens, ABB, Valeo, and Dover Fueling Solutions, the largest supplier of gas stations in the USA. Ecog’s technology is already in use in more than 25,000 systems worldwide and contributes to the standardization of charging infrastructure in Europe, India, and the USA.
Test center for fast-charging technologies in Bavaria
As part of its expansion, Ecog plans to establish a test and development center in Bavaria. There, the company intends to test new fast-charging technologies under real conditions together with industry and logistics partners – such as megawatt charging for electric trucks or bidirectional charging in fleets. The site will also serve as an innovation hub for research and application.
Bavaria’s economic minister Hubert Aiwanger emphasizes:
“The expansion of charging infrastructure can happen faster, more easily, and more cost-effectively when individual components are standardized. Ecog provides a basis for this standardization through its operating systems and at the same time creates future-proof jobs in the state.”
Monika Steger, managing director of Bayern Kapital, also emphasizes the importance of this commitment:
“For manufacturers and operators of charging stations, Ecog’s approach offers faster, simpler, and more cost-effective processes – a clear competitive advantage in a market that is just becoming professionalized.”
With the support of a broad consortium of cleantech and growth investors, Ecog is strengthening its position as a technology supplier in the international fast-charging market. This way, the company combines economic growth with a clear contribution to the energy transition and sustainable mobility.
