Lancaster-based Miralis Data has secured £1.7m in Seed funding to accelerate the growth of its electric vehicle charging platform Fuuse, creating more than 30 jobs across the company’s Lancaster and Glasgow offices.
投资, led by Par Equity and backed by a syndicate of angel investors led by SaaS entrepreneur Kevin Beales, will support the company’s strategy to become the enterprise level charge point management system of choice for fleets, 工作场所, destinations and installers.
The funding will enable Fuuse to expand its sales and customer support operations, bolster its innovation programme, accelerate the platform’s product development roadmap and begin its planned international expansion.
迈克尔吉布森, CEO at Miralis said, “Fuuse is making phenomenal progress with charge points live on our platform from the Walkie Talkie building in London to a recycling site on the Isle of Man, and from the 工作场所 of national retailers, 国民保健服务信托 and manufacturers to over 250 public charging sites from Cumbria to Dorset.
“This investment not only gives us the financial means but also access to exceptional people with vast experience in software, energy and infrastructure to help us accelerate our growth and continue to thrive”.
阿拉斯泰尔•摩尔, Investment Manager with Par Equity said, “We are hugely excited to be partnering with Miralis at this milestone in the growth of Fuuse. The pull from all corners of the market for Fuuse is testament to the quality of the offering that the team has built.
“It has already established itself as the leading end-to-end platform for managing EV charge point assets and with 7 million EVs forecast to be on UK roads by 2030, the time for scaling up the infrastructure to serve this is now, with Fuuse perfectly placed to power this. We’re looking forward to the journey ahead”.
Launched in 2021, Fuuse enables organisations to manage their charge point infrastructure, 控制访问, 保证正常运行时间, reduce energy costs, 需要支付, generate more income through roaming and provide an excellent driver experience through their app. Scalable across sectors and hardware independent, Fuuse is proving popular with fleets, 工作场所, 国民保健服务信托, local authorities, sporting venues and with the EV charge point installer community, where over 100 companies are signed up to Fuuse’s installer programme.
感谢600英镑,000 grant funding from the Office of Zero Emission Vehicles and Transport Scotland, Fuuse is also about to launch its advanced fleet smart charging and energy management capabilities, and enable charge point booking and blocked bay alerts.
威尔·马登博士, Chief Innovation Officer and Co-Founder at Miralis said, “This investment validates not only the success we’ve had with Fuuse so far but also the strategy, potential and pipeline of work we’ve put in place to build on it”.
