Chargee

What Chargee does

Chargee B.V. is a privately held Dutch energy management company founded in 2023 and headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The company operates a vertical stack combining proprietary consumer hardware (the Sparky P1 meter dongle and Flint gateway), a consumer mobile application (iOS and Android), APIs, and the Footprint B2B dashboard platform. Its core technology ingests real-time data from Dutch smart meters at second-level resolution via the P1 port, integrates with over 100 smart devices across solar inverters, EV chargers, electric vehicles, HVAC systems, and home batteries, and applies predictive analytics and optimization to forecast solar generation, consumption, and dynamic energy pricing, enabling dynamic load balancing, curtailment, and grid imbalance reduction.

Chargee serves two distinct markets through a dual go-to-market motion. On the consumer side, residential users with solar panels, EVs, heat pumps, or home batteries purchase hardware through the Chargee webshop and adopt the app under a freemium model (Basic free, Standard and Premium paid subscriptions). On the professional side, energy suppliers, social housing corporations (woningcorporaties), and installers access the Footprint platform and bundled hardware through direct enterprise sales for portfolio management, curtailment, and high-resolution energy data services. Distribution spans the Chargee webshop, Apple App Store, Google Play Store, and direct B2B sales; all operations are confined to the Netherlands, with infrastructure hosted on AWS and Google Cloud (Ireland).

The company monetizes via three streams: one-time hardware sales of Sparky and Flint, recurring SaaS subscriptions (Basic, Standard, Premium) introduced around June 2025, and undisclosed B2B contracts for the Footprint platform and data services. Chargee has obtained ISO 27001 certification, EU conformity for Sparky v3, and EDSN service provider status, and is a registered Dutch private limited company with no disclosed institutional investors, no funding rounds in the input data, and a headcount in the 1-10 range.

Name

Chargee

Legal name

Chargee B.V.

Website

https://chargee.energy

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chargee is a Dutch energy management company that combines its Sparky P1 meter hardware, Flint gateway, consumer app, and Footprint B2B dashboard to deliver real-time energy monitoring, forecasting, and device control for Dutch households, housing corporations, energy suppliers, and installers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smart Energy Management

akta.pro primary industry

EV Managed Charging as Demand Response (Residential, Fleet, Workplace) (EUAFAGAL)

Keywords

• Energy management platform
• Smart meter hardware
• Household energy monitoring
• Solar generation forecasting
• Grid congestion optimization

Headquarters

HQ city

Eindhoven

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales (Sparky P1 Meter, Flint Gateway): One-time purchase of hardware devices (Sparky P1 dongle, Flint gateway) that serve as the physical infrastructure for data collection and device control. Hardware is sold through the Chargee webshop and enables the software platform usage.
2. Subscription Tiers (Chargee Basic, Standard, Premium): SaaS subscription model with three tiers: Basic (free, basic consumption insight), Standard (paid, personalized forecasts and smart notifications), and Premium (top tier, full device control including EV, charger, inverter, battery integration). Billing is monthly or annual.
3. Professional Solutions (Footprint Platform, Data Services): Enterprise-focused solutions including the Footprint energy dashboard for portfolio management, data and forecasting services, and curtailment solutions. Delivered as platform subscriptions or managed services to energy suppliers, housing corporations, and installers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Chargee develops an energy management ecosystem that combines a WiFi-enabled P1 smart meter dongle (Sparky), a smart control gateway (Flint), a consumer mobile app, and a B2B analytics platform (Footprint). The system delivers real-time, second-level electricity and gas consumption data, predictive solar generation and consumption forecasts, and dynamic control of solar inverters, EV chargers, home batteries, and heat pumps to optimize self-consumption and reduce grid imbalance.

Product overview

Chargee is an energy management platform combining hardware dongles (Sparky P1 meter) and control gateways (Flint gateway) with a consumer mobile app and a B2B analytics dashboard (Footprint). The Sparky P1 meter reads smart meter data and connects to 100+ smart devices (solar inverters, EVs, heat pumps, home batteries). The Flint gateway adds intelligent real-time control of solar inverters, EV chargers, and HVAC. The Chargee app aggregates insights and predictions for consumers. The Footprint dashboard serves B2B customers including energy suppliers, housing corporations, and installers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sparky: P1 meter that provides realtime insight into energy consumption via WiFi connection to smart meter
• Flint
• Footprint

Products and services

• Sparky P1 meter WiFi-enabled P1 meter dongle that reads Dutch smart meters in real time, providing live electricity and gas consumption data at second-level resolution. Includes a built-in P1 splitter for connecting additional devices, integrates with over 100 smart home and energy devices (solar inverters, EVs, heat pumps, home batteries), and powers dynamic load balancing for the Chargee platform.
• Flint gateway Smart control gateway that dynamically manages solar inverters, EV chargers, home batteries, and HVAC systems to optimize self-consumption, prevent feed-in costs, and reduce grid imbalance. Dims or temporarily shuts down solar installations during energy surpluses, supports Modbus RS485, MBUS, RS232, Ethernet, WiFi and optional 4G, and integrates with SolarEdge, Growatt, and Alfen.
• Chargee app Consumer-facing mobile and web application delivering real-time energy consumption and solar generation insights, personalized predictions, smart notifications, and device control. Connects to the Sparky P1 meter and integrates with over 100 smart devices, enabling users to optimize consumption based on dynamic pricing and grid conditions.
• Footprint energy dashboard

Quantifiable outcome

• Prevents solar panel shutdowns by monitoring voltage per phase and alerting users before inverter cutoff at 253V
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration16 records

AI capability4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• EDSN (Energy Data Services Netherlands)coreTechnology or IntegrationChargee is a certified service provider at EDSN, enabling access to the network for requesting meter readings from grid operators. This partnership allows Chargee to retrieve historical consumption data (past 13 months) from netbeheerders for users who grant permission.
• Kiwa NederlandcoreTechnology or IntegrationIndependent certification body that assessed Chargee's information security practices and issued the ISO 27001 certification. Kiwa evaluates compliance with information security standards and procedures.
• SolarEdgecoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership enabling Sparky P1 meter and Flint gateway to read data from and control SolarEdge solar inverters. Allows users to monitor solar generation and optimize self-consumption.
• GrowattcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership for Growatt solar inverters, enabling energy monitoring and smart control through Chargee platform.
• EnphasecoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Enphase home batteries and microinverters, enabling Chargee users to monitor and optimize energy storage and solar generation.
• TeslacoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Tesla electric vehicles and Powerwall home batteries, allowing Chargee users to monitor EV charging and battery storage through the platform.
• AlfencoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Alfen EV charging stations, enabling smart charging control and load balancing through the Chargee ecosystem.
• EaseecoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Easee EV chargers, allowing Chargee users to monitor and control electric vehicle charging through the platform.
• WallboxcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Wallbox EV chargers, enabling Chargee users to manage home EV charging and access load balancing features.
• Amazon AWScoreTechnology or IntegrationCloud infrastructure provider for operational matters, hosting Chargee's platform services and data processing. Data processing agreement in place; servers located in Ireland.
• Google CloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationCloud platform for collection and processing of consumption and generation data. Part of Chargee's data infrastructure for energy analytics, with servers in Ireland.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Plugwise: Dutch smart energy gateway (Lisa/Adam) and cloud platform combining real-time consumption, solar/heat pump orchestration, and B2B portfolio dashboards for housing corporations — a near-identical product/market positioning to Chargee in the Netherlands.
• Tibber: Norwegian-headquartered energy app and dynamic-pricing retailer with strong Netherlands presence. Directly competes with Chargee on residential energy apps, smart home device integrations, and dynamic pricing optimization — both target consumers with solar/EVs looking to time usage around spot prices.
• Smappee: Belgian smart energy management company combining P1/CT smart meter hardware with cloud analytics, solar/EV charging control, and an installer/B2B channel. Closely comparable product/market overlap to Chargee's Sparky + Flint + Footprint stack.
• HomeWizard: Dutch smart home energy monitoring company offering the Wi-Fi P1 meter and Energy+ app for real-time consumption and solar insight. Targets the same Dutch households with solar panels and EVs and competes head-to-head on Plug-and-play smart meter connectivity.
• Enode: Amsterdam-based platform unifying EV, solar, battery, and heat pump devices through APIs for energy suppliers and mobility providers. Overlaps significantly with Chargee's Footprint B2B offering in the Dutch market as an energy data and orchestration layer.

Broad incumbents

• SolarEdge (Designer/Energy Bank): Solar inverter manufacturer with its own monitoring platform and growing home battery/EV charger ecosystem. Comparable integration partner and potential competitor for solar orchestration and curtailment functionality that Flint provides.
• Tesla Energy (Powerwall/Tesla App): Tesla's residential energy ecosystem (Powerwall, Wall Connector, Tesla app) provides integrated solar/battery/EV monitoring and control. Overlaps with Chargee's premium tier functionalities, especially for households already invested in Tesla hardware.
• Eneco (Toon): Dutch energy utility with the Toon smart thermostat ecosystem bundling energy monitoring, device control, and dynamic pricing. Larger incumbent with overlapping consumer smart-energy functionality, bundled with energy supply.
• Schneider Electric (EcoStruxure Home): Global electrical equipment and energy management company with EcoStruxure residential and C&I offerings spanning solar, EV charging, and building energy management — a broad incumbent whose portfolio overlaps with Chargee's hardware + platform model.

Emerging players

• AMPECO: EV charging management software platform (CPMS) for charge point operators — focuses on EV charging network management and billing, an adjacent/partial overlap with Chargee's EV managed charging and Footprint analytics capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chargee_energy
• Facebookfacebook.com/chargee.energy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chargee-energy
• Instagraminstagram.com/chargee.energy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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