Bonnet
EV charging app & infrastructure
Company mission
Bonnet’s mission is to fight climate change by accelerating the uptake of sustainable transport.
Employees
21-100
HQ Location
Holborn, London, UK
OTTA INSIGHTS
Otta's take on Bonnet
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
There are many different charging point companies out there and each requires a separate app, card, account, etc. It's a difficult and confusing landscape. This is the issue Bonnet wants to tackle - a network of all EV charge points that drivers can access through one application.
The business provides benefits for multiple parties: drivers looking for access to all charging points through a single monthly subscription, businesses thinking of electrifying their fleet, and owners of charging infrastructure wanting to increase the visibility.
With similar apps already on the market, Bonnet hopes to provide one that unifies all the features that drivers need, and has concentrated funds on expanding the platform's chargepoint offering and partnerships with network operators. Fresh funding will be used to accelerate growth off the back of strong traction throughout 2022, with Bonnet now boasting over 200,000 chargers on its network.
Total funding - $10.3m
Last 2 fundraises
Mar 2022
$5.5m
EARLY VC
Mar 2023
$3.7m
EARLY VC
This company has top investors
Company benefits
- 30 days of annual leave per calendar year, on top of local bank holidays, plus an extra day off on your birthday!
- Seed-stage stock options and annual bonus (5%-12.5%)
- Generous parental, child loss and compassionate leave
- Mental Health support via Oliva
- Dog friendly office in the middle of Covent Garden
- Regular socials and team events
- Hybrid options
- Equipment
- Choice between Bupa Private Medical Insurance or Bupa health cash plan
🌍 Company-wide benefits
🇬🇧 UK benefits
Company values
- Time doesn't grow on trees: The planet can’t wait and neither can we. When it’s time to get things done, we get them done.
- Anything but grey: Standing out is never a bad thing, both in the team and the industry.
- The big picture is just bunch of small details: We focus on the little things to bring our users the best charging experience possible.
- Give me energy, don't take: The first law of thermodynamics.
- What lives in your head, deserves to live outside: Crazy idea? Let’s make it happen.
- Grit is gold: Crazy idea? Let’s make it happen.
Founders
Patrick Reich
(CEO)Studied Electrical & Electronic Engineering at Imperial College London and has experience in consulting and investing
Eliot Makabu
(CTO)Studied Electrical & Electronic Engineering at Imperial College London
Diversity & Inclusion at Bonnet
Eltje Lange (VP People)
- Building a diverse and inclusive team is at the heart of everything we do both in the people team, and the wider Bonnet team. We are aware that diversity & inclusion efforts are ongoing, and that we will never have it all figured out and ‘done’. This means we need to constantly learn and iterate. We will also make mistakes, but the important thing is that we learn from them and act with positive intent.
- 12 weeks fully paid parental leave, regardless of gender. Additional 14 weeks maternity leave on 50%.
- We extended our bereavement policy to include pregnancy and child loss for both parents, with no questions asked and 2 weeks of paid leave.
- Actively track and working to improve gender balance (currently 37% female) and gender pay gap.
- We built points around Neurodiversity and care responsibilities into our management training.
