Storytime by Hexa: Building Europe's Leading EV Charging Network, with Aurélien de Meaux

Aurélien de Meaux spent ten years on a photo-printing app, took Cheerz to around 50 million euros in revenue and sold it to CEWE. The day after the exit he started on ultra-fast EV charging. Five years on, Electra has raised over a billion euros, runs hundreds of stations and is aiming at 15,000 charging points by 2030.

He is at Hexa to talk about what changes when you go from software to steel, concrete and grid connections: hiring into a sector you don't know yet, what moving fast means when a single site takes months, and why he wanted to play the game again. Maxime Brousse, Partner at Hexa, moderates.

Doors 19:00, talk 19:15, open Q&A 20:00, drinks and pizza 20:30. Free, RSVP required.

Why go: hardware founders rarely get a second-time operator this specific about the switch from software. Best for anyone building something physical.