Loophole #3 - Jacob van Zonneveld, CEO & Co-Founder of Deftpower

Arjen Robben of EV charging

Meet the heads behind Mobility 4.0

Our founder Thomas Daiber and his long-time companion in EV charging entrepreneurship, Jacob van Zonneveld, sat down to discuss their journeys from rural villages to mobility entrepreneurs in Berlin. Jacob was the co-founder and CEO of Plugsurfing, a two-person garage startup that became one of the largest e-mobility service providers in Europe. The company was acquired by the Finnish energy company Fortum in 2018. 

For the last year, he’s been working as the co-founder and managing director of DeftPower, an AI-supported SaaS platform for EV charging. The conversation with Jacob followed his path from rural sports star to concerned global citizen, and finally founding, running, and selling one of Europe’s most successful EV charging companies.

Topics: 

💡 The importance of electric mobility in making the world more sustainable 

💡 Using history and politics as a framework for analyzing business 

💡 Fighting for market share against bigger, better-funded competitors 

💡 The shortcomings of investors in analyzing new mobility opportunities 

💡 Why software (SaaS) is eating the world 

💡 Personal stories that highlight the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial journey  

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