Exciting Announcement: Move Energy Fund I launch and First Closing! We are thrilled to announce the launch and first closing of our new venture capital fund, Move Energy Fund I! This marks a significant step in our mission to accelerate the energy transition in the Netherlands…
Ponooc invests in ChargeX; a modular charging solution for electric cars ChargeX, with its cutting-edge charging solution for electric cars, will revolutionize the charging infrastructure for medium-sized companies. The start-up received 11.5 million euros in a successfully completed Series B financing round. UVC Partners leads…
Ponooc invests in UNIT 1; smart bike accessories Leading investors in this funding round were Ponooc and Slingshot, two leading Dutch VCs in mobility & consumer tech, respectively. Joyned Capital, a collective of successful athletes, and angel investors also participated.…
Ponooc invests in Eco-Movement; the leading platform for EV charging stations data Eco–Movement, the leading platform for electric vehicle (EV) charging station data, announced the close of its Series A funding round. Leading investors in this funding round were Ponooc, a venture capital fund…
Ponooc invests in Laka; a unique e-mobility insurtech venture Laka, a London-based insurtech startup that started by offering a unique insurance model to cyclists in 2018, has raised a $12 million Series A round. Funding from leading e-mobility and cycling industry…
Ponooc invests in Vianova; mobility data platform for cities & mobility operators Ponooc completes Vianova’s $3 million Seed round to gear up the mobility intelligence platform for US expansion and new customer segments. With the rise of new urban mobility solutions, such as shared e-scooters and…
Ponooc invests in Bikemap: cycling maps & navigation Bikemap is the leading freemium app for creating, finding and sharing leisurely bicycle routes, as well as for navigating from A to B. The Viennese start-up was founded in 2014 by passionate cyclists…
Management and Ponooc finalize sale of Servicehouse & Windcentrale to Coolblue Management and Ponooc have sold both Servicehouse and Windcentrale to Coolblue – a leading and fast-growing ecommerce company, operating in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Since 2014, Servicehouse’ founders Dirk Koelewijn &…
Ponooc invests in Orion: business critical fleet maintenance Orion maintains business critical complex fleets of ground vehicles for large corporations and public companies such as Schiphol, Keolis, Pon, Gemeente Utrecht, Suez, Remondis and Transdev. Orion’s proprietary cloud based platform OrionGrip…
Trunkrs secures investment round by SET Ventures and Ponooc Trunkrs, specialist in Same Day and Next Day delivery, successfully secured € 2.2 million in a new round of funding, led by SET Ventures and with participation of Ponooc. This investment enables…
Ponooc welcomes Rui Li to the team! Rui has prior experience in both consulting (McKinsey) and scale-up (IBG/Fietsenwinkel.nl). He is educated in Industrial Design Engineering and holds an MBA from INSEAD where he specialized in startups. We are very…
Management and NOM conclude buy-out of Well Engineering Partners Well Engineering Partners (WEP) has been acquired by WEP’s management team and the Noordelijke Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij (NOM). Over the past years, WEP has developed itself as the undisputed market leader in geothermal energy…
Ponooc supports Yego’s growth plans Ponooc backs Yego in growing their electric vehicle sharing fleet. Yego currently offers electric moped sharing in Barcelona, Valencia and Bordeaux, where they have become famous for their lime green mopeds, easy…
Ponooc joins ZeroLight in new investment round Ponooc has joined i.a. Prime Ventures in a new investment round of ZeroLight. Zerolight has built the world’s most advanced car visualization platform that will enable the digital dealership of the future.…
Essent acquires VandeBron Essent has acquired its fellow utility company Vandebron for an undisclosed amount, the fact hat Vandebron was for sale was public information. Vandebron connects households and companies with local energy producers –…
RelyOn Nutec acquires Rider The RelyOn Nutec Group (via P-Holding RelyOn Nutec A/S) announced the acquisition of Rider International B.V. from Ponooc. Rider International B.V. is the company behind the advanced workforce performance platform called ‘Rider’. This…
Ponooc invests in Movelo Ponooc has acquired a significant stake in Bad Reichenhall based Movelo, a provider of e-bike sharing solutions for the b2b market. The investment will be used to accelerate the commercial roll-out of…
Ponooc acquires stake in the Tranzer mobility platform Ponooc has acquired a significant stake in Tranzer. The scale-up that was established three years ago offers travelers the possibility to plan, book and pay for traveling by public transport, taxi and…
PDENH third investor in battery supplier EST-Floattech PDENH (Participatiefonds Duurzame Economie Noord-Holland) invests in EST-Floattech, a Dutch technology firm that develops energy storage systems for fully electric and hybrid maritime application and mobile energy applications. A vital role for…
EST-Floattech on board Battery Hybrid Passenger Vessel in Potsdam Weisse Flotte Potsdam has commissioned Schiffswerft Bolle to build a battery-hybrid inland passenger excursion vessel. EST-Floattech will provide the lithium battery packs for the ship, which is expected to be launched early…
New milestone achieved: Swapfiets has 100,000 customers Swapfiets has had a good year. At he end of 2017 they had 20,000 bicycle subscriptions and at the end of 2018 this was five times as many with 100,000. The company…
First battery hybrid inland barge sails emission-free Sendo Liner will sail through Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and Friesland using EST-Floattech lithium batteries. It will be the first inland barge that can sail without emissions for longer periods of time, thanks to…
EnWave signs commercial license and equipment purchase agreements with Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. EnWave Corporation announced it had signed Commercial License and Equipment Purchase Agreements with Milkubator, an incubator for innovation programme within global dairy company Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. The Agreements enable the innovation subsidiary…
Pon Hybrid Event On Wednesday January 23rd the Pon companies, Energy Solutions Center, Pon Power and EST Floattech organised a joined event at the headquarter of Pon Power in Papendrecht. The reason for this event…
Green energy from your own windturbine Do you want to turn on your lights with electricity from your own wind turbine? Winddelen® are the fastest and easiest way to generate energy yourself. How it works? A windturbine is divided…
Trunkrs kicks off 2019 with growth in client base Trunkrs kicked off 2019 with a boost for their sales team. An uptake in companies looking to provide same day delivery to their customers in 2019 did not go to waste on the Vianen based logistics provider. Over the first two…
The Dylan Amsterdam: Swapfiets for new catering staff The Dylan Amsterdam: Swapfiets for new catering staffHotel The Dylan Amsterdam gives a Swapfiets to all new employees and starts a special instagram account ‘werkbij.thedylan’.General Manager René Bornmann of The Dylan motivates the free bike and the insta-account as follows: “As…
WEP has won a contract with Nagra WEP has won a contract with Nagra, Switzerland, for the drilling supervision of a number of Exploration Wells to a depth of approximately 1,500 meters. The work scope includes the provision of…
EST-Floattech moves to new location and doubles production capacity On 13 December, EST-Floattech will move into a spacious, modern building at the De Hoek Business Park in Hoofddorp. “EST-Floattech was founded in Medemblik in 2009, but since then the company has…
Ponooc present at Web Summit 2018 in Lisbon From monday 5/11 until wednesday 7/11, the Ponooc investment team will be present at Websummit in Lisbon to connect with both investors and founders. Events are an important part of the deal…
Swapfiets’ blue front tyres conquer Denmark You can no longer ignore them, the bicycles with blue front tyres. The Dutch company that offers bicycles as a subscription, Swapfiets, is expanding to Denmark. The blue front tyres can now…
Successful launch of second MPV 30 Waddenstroom for Rijkswaterstaat A year ago, Rijkswaterstaat awarded an international tender to the Bijlsma Wartena shipyard for the construction of three sustainable multi-purpose vessels. The Frisian shipyard’s innovative ideas satisfied most of Rijkswaterstaat’s requests, especially those…
Bicycle subscription is gaining ground in the city A guaranteed new bike for a fixed price per month. The concept is emerging, but what does the market notice? Chances are you’ve seen a Swapfiets if you saw a bike with…
Tvilight introduces a state-of-the-art asset management suite TVILIGHT, a market leader in smart city lighting solutions, today announced the addition of a new comprehensive asset management suite to its CityManager platform, aiming to help cities optimize management and maintenance of…
Rider International Moves Into New Office to Accommodate Further Growth After two exciting years in Amsterdam, Rider moves to a new office in Hoofddorp. The new office will accommodate the rapid growth of the business and will be an inspiring environment to collaborate,…
Lansingerland Doublet delivery Huisman LOC-400 “Heracles” rig was rigged up over LSL-GT-01 in August and this production well was completed in October. Well was successfully drilled and completed; In particular, the intermediate section was challenging,…
Rabobank stimulates switching to sustainable energy through Vandebron As of today Rabobank has began cooperating with Vandebron. Whoever’s a customer of Rabobank can switch to the sustainable power supplier without having to pay any extra costs. The potential price surplus…
Swapfiets is Marketing Start Up of the Year 2018 AMSTERDAM – During the presentation of the Dutch Marketing Awards, Swapfiets was declared the winner in the Marketing Start Up of the Year 2018 category. The finalists were the The Avocado show…
Rotterdam Port Fund invests in EST‐Floattech Investor Rotterdam Port Fund has acquired an interest in EST-Floattech, a Dutch technology firm that develops energy storage systems for fully electric and hybrid maritime applications, as well as mobile land-based applications.…
EST-Floattech receives DNV-GL Type Approval for Energy Storage Systems Press Release EST-Floattech announced today that it has received the DNV-GL type approval certificate for its Green Orca® High Energy batteries. This system is unique in that it is intrinsically safe, with…
Swapfiets goes International Do you know those bikes with blue front tires? Those are Swapfiets’ bikes. The concept: you have a subscription, you get a bike. If it’s broken, they repair it or you get…
Highest NMA approval for the EST-Floattech’s Green Orca® As of today, EST-Floattech’s Green Orca Energy High Energy has been approved by the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) by passing the high demanding Propagation Test Type 1 with a fully passive protection…
Strategic Partnership Enercon – Lagerwey The Dutch windmill manufacturer Lagerwey is being taken over by the German windturbine manufacturer Enercon. Both companies announced on thursday night that Enercon is opting for a strategic partnership with the company…
Energieflex outsources backoffice to Servicehouse Energy supplier Energieflex stands to lose its supply permit if it doesn’t get her backoffice up to speed, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) announced on Wednesday. The energy supplier has…
Never riding a scrap metal bicycle again Paying a monthly fee for music and films has become common, so the founders of Swapfiets have now adopted the subscriptionmodel to the bicycle market. Don’t call it a shared bike. The…
Lagerwey and Novawind set up joint venture Red Wind NovaWind, the subsidiary of RosAtom responsible for its renewable energy programs, and its technology partner, the Dutch windturbine manufacturere Lagerwey, have set up a joint venture under the name Red Wind. The…
EST-Floattech provides battery power for hybrid Multi Purpose Vessels The Netherlands’ infrastructure agency Rijkswaterstaat has awarded Bijlsma Wartena a contract to build its three new multi-functional hybrid vessels for its national fleet. The Netherlands’ first battery-powered Multi-Purpose Vessel will be delivered…
Swapfiets conquers Rotterdam The Swapfiets is conquering Rotterdam. Since the introduction in March of this year there are over 2000 citizens of Rotterdam who’ve subscribed to such a rental bike, to be recognized by its…
Lagerwey tests its Climbing Crane Lagerwey is currently testing the first climbing crane in the world for the installation of wind turbines in the Eemshaven. After extensive testing on the ground, it is now time to test…
UIT-participants are making use of the striking Swapfiets There are now so many that they are starting to be noticed: students on a Swapfiets. A subscription bike with a striking blue fron tyre, invented by a group of now former-students…
EST-Floattech opens new Nordic office in Oslo, Norway Next step in serving the Norwegian market which is leading the energy revolution in the maritime industry. The Oslo office will be a full branch of EST-Floattech BV, a Netherlands based company…