Road
Road provides payment and management software for EV charging stations, serving businesses and energy providers. The Netherlands-based company has 351 employees and raised $27M in a 2023 Series B led by VAROPreem.
The growth story
Road grew from 34 to 351 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $27M along the way, most recently a Series B in May 2023.
About
Road's platform handles transactions and operations for electric vehicle charging networks. Its two main products are a white-label system for energy companies and OEMs, and a turnkey solution for charge point operators.
The company has scaled to over 350 staff since its 2018 founding. Its Series B suggests active expansion, though headcount growth rates aren't disclosed. VAROPreem's lead investment indicates Nordic cleantech interest in the Dutch market.
Founders and leadership
Customer success and support is Road's largest department with 18 staff. The company shows typical startup tenure patterns, with a median employee stay of 2 years.
The Road org chart
Vincent van Vaalen (Chief Executive Officer (Co-Founder)) leads 37 mapped leaders with 6 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Operations 68 (+8% YoY), Engineering 39 (+5% YoY), Customer Success and Support 30 (+3% YoY), Military and Protective Services 21 (+17% YoY), Sales 19 (+6% YoY), Information Technology 17 (+31% YoY).
Talent flow
Road recruits heavily from local retailers like Albert Heijn and tech firms including Microsoft and TomTom. Alumni frequently move to sustainability roles at Ecochain and academic positions at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Most common previous employers of Road staff: Albert Heijn (6), VNU Media (4), Werkspot (4), Microsoft (3), Monks (3), TomTom (3). Former Road employees most often moved to Guidion (2), Ecochain | B CorpTM (2), WhisperPower (2), VluchtelingenWerk Nederland (2), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) (2), V-PowerPipe (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Road mafia
Four alumni-founded startups exist, mostly in adjacent mobility and energy tech. Examples include charging analytics firm Astra & Aether and mileage app MileEZ.
4Alex Vikner, was Web Manager until 2025Coen Stevens, was Senior Data & Machine Learning Engineer until 2023Barbora Spacilova, was Product Analytics Lead until 2023Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 64% direct, 10% search, 4% social, 18% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Road: English (40), Communication (39), Leadership (37), Microsoft Excel (34), Microsoft Office (34), Business Development (33), Teamwork (30), Sales (25).
Where the team actually sits
Road people are concentrated in North Holland, Netherlands (46), Netherlands (13), Utrecht, Netherlands (6), Amsterdam Area (5).
Search footprint
Road attracts about 22 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $0K a month if bought through ads. It gained 6 ranking keywords and lost 4 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 2.60 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 2.30 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.60 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 2.60 / 5
Frequently asked
Road has 351 employees as of September 2026.
Road has raised $27M in total, most recently a Series B round in May 2023.
Road was founded in 2018 by Vincent van Vaalen.
Vincent van Vaalen (Chief Executive Officer (Co-Founder)) sits at the top of Road's reporting structure, with 6 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Road staff are Albert Heijn (6 people), VNU Media (4 people), Werkspot (4 people).
Former Road employees most often move to Guidion (2), Ecochain | B CorpTM (2), WhisperPower (2).
At least 4 companies have a founder who previously worked at Road, including Astra & Aether, Klime, MileEZ.
Road attracts about 22 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $0K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Road staff are English, Communication, Leadership, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office.
Road staff are concentrated in North Holland, Netherlands (46), Netherlands (13), Utrecht, Netherlands (6).
Road has about 68 people in Operations, up 8% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Road has about 39 people in Engineering, up 5% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 93 current and 167 former Road profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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