HeyCharge · Mar 2026
Launches MagicBox, a retrofit adapter that brings SecureCharge to existing OCPP-compatible wallboxes and explains the company’s offline-first architecture, including Bluetooth and local mesh coordination.
Low-cost, high-scale EV charging platform for apartments (and more).
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
HeyCharge is a Munich-based EV charging company building offline-first charging hardware and software for apartment buildings, parking garages, and other low-connectivity sites. Its core platform, SecureCharge, uses local Bluetooth-based authentication and management, and the company also sells retrofit hardware like MagicBox plus SDK/API and CPMS products for CPOs and OEMs.
Primary product
SecureCharge offline-first EV charging platform and MagicBox retrofit adapter
Founded
2020
Headquarters
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Team size
10-20
Industry
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
Sub-industry
EV charging infrastructure / smart charging software
Offices
Steinheilstr. 18, 80333 Munich, Germany (HQ)
169 Madison Ave STE 2105, New York, NY 10016, USA
Kyiv, Ukraine
San Francisco, California, USA (team presence)
Business model
hardware sales
B2B SaaS/platform licensing
managed CPO operations
SDK/API licensing
OEM / white-label integration
Funding
Stage
seed / grant
Total raised
$7.5M
Latest round
Grant · Feb 2026
Latest amount
$2.7M
People & investors
Leadership
Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & Chief Business Development Officer
Head of Commercial Operations
Executive Director, Business Development
Work & culture
Mission-driven and hands-on, with an engineering-first, automation-first, transparent-by-default culture. Public culture language emphasizes results over optics, scrappiness, climate leadership, and minimal bureaucracy.
Compensation
No public salary bands were found. Public job posts emphasize full-time Munich-based roles, some hybrid roles, and high-leverage startup responsibilities rather than published compensation.
Benefits
dog-friendly Munich office
team dinners
hands-on work with real hardware
international team meetups across Europe
close proximity to product installation and field testing
Product & market
Pricing
B2B hardware + software platform, with turnkey CPO services in Germany and white-label / SDK-based integration for partners
Differentiators
- —offline-first charging without internet at the charger
- —Bluetooth-based local authentication
- —hardware-agnostic 'HeyCharge inside' integration
- —retrofit adapter (MagicBox) for existing OCPP-compatible wallboxes
- —claimed 40%+ lower installation costs by removing communications infrastructure
- —works in underground garages and low-connectivity environments
- —local mesh-based load management and energy coordination
- —combines charger hardware, CPMS, SDK/API, and managed services
Technology
Bluetooth Low Energy
Zigbee
Thread
OCPP
REST API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
Stripe
React
Angular
TypeScript
Python
Google Cloud Platform
Firebase
Flutter
Home Assistant / HACS
Matter
HubSpot
Silicon Labs EFR32
ESP32-S3
Customers
Vonovia
property managers
real estate asset managers
utilities
charging point operators (CPOs)
OEMs
mobility service providers
installers
parking operators
apartment residents
Competitors
ChargePoint
Wallbox
EVBox
Virta
Monta
Driivz
Easee
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
~$5.5M-$6M ARR (third-party estimates)
Estimated monthly visits
187
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
HeyCharge · Feb 2026
Announces an EIC Accelerator grant, says HeyCharge has raised €6.3M in private funding to date, and cites 130+ sites, 2,500 parking spaces, and a 123,000+ space pipeline.
HeyCharge · Jun 2025
A technical blog arguing that cloud outages can break connected chargers and explaining why HeyCharge’s offline-first architecture keeps charging working when cloud services fail.
HeyCharge · Jan 2025
Announces a partnership with Vonovia to pilot and scale offline-capable EV charging for renters and apartment dwellers across Germany.
PR Newswire · Feb 2024
Describes HeyCharge’s offline EV charging approach, its Munich HQ, and offices in the United States and Ukraine, plus its hardware-agnostic 'HeyCharge inside' offering.
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