Enera, an AI platform built to improve the reliability of electric vehicle charging, has raised $2M in a funding round led by Lakehouse Ventures. Divergent Capital, Masia, and a group of angel investors from the mobility and technology sectors also participated.
The capital will support the expansion of Enera’s real-time AI tools for charging network operators.
Addressing The Market Opportunity
Electric vehicle adoption is rising, but reliable charging remains one of the sector’s most persistent problems. Charging operators regularly report high uptime figures, yet drivers continue to encounter failed sessions at the point of charge. Enera has identified the gap between reported network performance and actual driver experience as the central challenge it is working to solve.
The company argues that operators currently lack the visibility needed to understand where their networks are failing at the user level, and that drivers absorb the cost of breakdowns that go undetected.
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How The Technology Works
Enera’s platform detects and resolves charging session failures in real time. When a session encounters a problem, the system intervenes automatically to restore service without requiring manual operator action.
The company has also developed a product called Control Room, which gives charge point operators a consolidated view of charger performance across their network. Operators can monitor issues, track patterns, and act on data from a single interface.
Enera describes its broader approach as building an AI recovery layer for distributed, connected hardware infrastructure, starting with EV charging and designed to expand into other asset-heavy sectors over time.
Growth And Market Traction
Founded in 2025, Enera is in the early stage of commercialization. The company is entering a space where AI investment has historically concentrated on software-intensive industries, leaving physical infrastructure with limited coverage.
Lakehouse Ventures made its first investment outside the United States through this deal. The firm cited the technical complexity and market scale of applying AI to asset-heavy infrastructure as the primary factors behind its decision.
Expansion Plans
The $2M raise gives Enera the resources to deepen its presence in EV charging networks and validate its commercial model. The company has indicated that EV charging represents the entry point into a broader infrastructure category where the same AI recovery approach can be applied at scale.
Looking Ahead
Nicholas Marquardt, Co-Founder and CEO of Enera, described the company’s positioning: “EV charging is the sharpest example of a much bigger problem: the world increasingly runs on distributed, connected hardware, but when something goes wrong the person standing in front of it isn’t an engineer. Operators can’t see where their experience is breaking down, and users carry the cost. We are building the AI recovery layer for that entire category of infrastructure, starting where the pain is sharpest and the market is growing fastest.”
John Neamonitis, Founder and GP at Lakehouse Ventures, commented on the investment: “AI customer support has been one of the most well-funded categories of the last two years, but almost all of that capital has gone into asset-light industries. Enera is one of the first teams we have seen credibly take this technology into asset-heavy infrastructure, where the stakes are higher and the integrations are harder. We are excited to back Nicholas, Arnaldo, and the team as they prove it out in EV charging and open up a much larger opportunity from there.”
About Enera
Enera is an AI platform built to improve the reliability of electric vehicle charging networks. Founded in 2025, the company develops real-time tools that detect and resolve charging session failures and provides charge point operators with a network monitoring product called Control Room. Enera is focused on bringing AI-powered recovery technology to asset-heavy infrastructure, beginning with EV charging.
