Netherlands-based, Park 'n Charge is quickly rolling out a network of charging stations in the country "we install them, take care of the maintenance & exploitation". The startup already boasts a network of 6,000 charging points, which it aims to double by 2024 "we can install over 75 charging stations per week week". To do so, the firm has a team of 25 people & also partners with ecotap. Keep in mind, for the Netherlands to align with the United Nations 2030 Agenda, 2m charging stations are needed; a quarter will be in public places, which is the focus of Park 'n Charge. For those public chargers, permits are required "which can easily take 6...

The global warehouse automation market was worth $19bn in 2021 & predicted to grow to $65bn by 2030. Large warehouses are driving this growth, but what about small & medium-sized ones? turns out, >10% of them are able to adopt robotic automation due to issues of high cost, complexity & long lead times. That’s where UK-based Phinxt (pronounced fin-ext) wants to step in, as the startup aims to allow 90% of SMEs to adopt robotics, by providing a cloud-based “orchestration” platform to make a variety of robots work together (e.g. integrating an AMR with a robotic picking arm). Phinxt wants to differentiate itself from e.g. Wise Robotics (UK) (€n.a.) or Waku Robotics (DE) (€2.5m) via...