SparkCharge
Energy Management · Energy Storage
$45.8Mtotal raised · 6 rounds on record
1open role
$13.3Mlatest round · Venture round · Sep 2024 · 2 yr ago
3backers · Techstars, Cleveland Avenue
Overview
SparkCharge deploys Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), PowerHub generation, and electric vehicle (EV) charging in days, not years. Zero upfront cost. 99.9% uptime. Operational from day one.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$45.8M
6 rounds on record
Latest round
$13.3M
Venture round · Sep 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
24
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +4% in a year
Hiring now
3
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
3
Techstars, Cleveland Avenue
The money's age
Long since its last round
25 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
13/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 11
Expanded SparkCharge Launches in the United Kingdom, Bringing AI-Optimized Energy Infrastructure to Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Operations Without the Wait · markets.businessinsider.com
May 20, 2025
Took on debt financing $30.5M · TechCrunch
Sep 13, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $13.3M · SEC Form D
May 18, 2023
Took on debt financing $7M · SEC Form D
Nov 9, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $29M · SEC Form D
Nov 17, 2020
Raised a round Venture round $1M · SEC Form D
Sep 5, 2019
Raised a round Venture round $2.4M · SEC Form D
2017
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
1
best: 2 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt Financing | May 2025 | $30.5M | — | TechCrunch |
| Venture round | Sep 2024 | $13.3M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | May 2023 | $7M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Nov 2021 | $29M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Nov 2020 | $1M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Sep 2019 | $2.4M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | SparkCharge, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Joshua AvivExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Richard WhitneyExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Michael CummingsExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Christopher EllisExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
David PipernoExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Techstars 
Cleveland Avenue 
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Jobs
≈ $41k – $92k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · High School Diploma · Somerville
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
51/100
Stable
Open positions
3
1 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Field & Service
100% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Incident Management to stack
Oct 2026
Added 1C to stack
Sep 2026
Financials
Total raised
$83.3M
Latest round
Debt Financing
Funding rounds
6
People
Joshua Aviv
Executive Officer, Director
Richard Whitney
Executive Officer
Michael Cummings
Executive Officer
Christopher Ellis
Executive Officer
David Piperno
Executive Officer
Zaid Ashai
Director
Edward Jean-Louis
Director
Elbert Robinson Jr.
Director
Mingu Lee
Director
James Floyd
Director
Ben Stoddard
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at SparkCharge over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
5
Postings analysed
3
Stack modernity
73/100AI adopter
Languages
1C
Cloud & platforms
Anthropic
Developer tools
Microsoft Excel
AI & ML
ChatGPT
Practices & domains
Incident Management
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News
SparkCharge Launches in the United Kingdom, Bringing AI-Optimized Energy Infrastructure to Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Operations Without the Wait
SOMERVILLE, Mass., Aug. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SparkCharge, the nation
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Exclusive: SparkCharge raises $30M to help fleets electrify without commitments
SparkCharge raised $15.5 million in equity and secured a $15 million loan to expand its fleet charging operations.
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This Mark Cuban-backed $110 million startup wants to make charging EVs like ordering takeout
SparkCharge CEO Josh Aviv came up with his idea for portable batteries to charge electric vehicles as college student. Now, his startup is worth $110 million, he says.
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SparkCharge To Offer Mobile EV Charging Service For Only $25 Per Month
Sparkcharge, the company that brought us the Roadie system, a mobile DC fast charger is hosting its second annual SparkDay, Wednesday, June 3rd.
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SparkCharge Introduces
SparkCharge a startup developing a portable electric vehicle DC fast charge system has introduced its latest product, the Roadie, as well as a new app.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Somerville
Somerville
United States
HQ
3 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Finance, Management, Field & Service