The company
Who are we ?
Sparklin is the only French company that develops both a charging point supervision platform and its own charging solutions, ensuring reliable integration and a seamless transition to electric mobility.
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Founded in March 2021 and based in Nantes, Sparklin now offers a comprehensive range of products and charging solutions designed to effectively meet charging needs, respect the electrical grid, and drastically reduce environmental costs.
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GNKGO: This Nantes-based group specializes in the design, engineering, and production of connected objects, serving as our trusted partner for the design and production of our charging solutions.
Trident Media Guard (TMG): Also based in Nantes, TMG specializes in data protection. Through close collaboration with their experienced teams, the Sparklin platform benefits from cutting-edge solutions in all matters related to GDPR data processing, cybersecurity, and more. TMG also hosts all our data on its own servers in France.
History
March 2021 : Sparklin creation
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Sparklin was born from the desire for more sustainable, accessible, and secure electric mobility. In 2021, Thierry Jahier, a former EDF employee and electric mobility expert, co-founded Sparklin with Laurent Stephan.
Q1 2022: Spark 1 certified by EDF R&D lab
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Thanks to a strategic partnership with EDF since our inception, our first solution, Spark 1, underwent rigorous testing by EDF's demanding R&D Lab to obtain certification.
Q2 2022 : First deployment of the Spark1 solution
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The first deployment of our charging solution in the field marks the beginning of the commercialization of our offering.
Q1 2023 : Internalization of the supervision platform.
Sparklin decided to internalize all software developments related to its supervision platform to evolve its architecture and maintain control over its roadmap.
April 2024: Sparklin joins the GNKGO group.
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Laurent Stephan becomes President and majority shareholder of Sparklin through his group, GNKGO. A new governance structure is established.
Aug. 2024: Expansion of the charging solutions range with Spark 2 and Spark 3.
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Sparklin expands its range of charging solutions with the introduction of Spark 2, a 7.4 kW single-phase charging station, and Spark 3, which offers charging capabilities of up to 22 kW in three-phase.
Areas of expertise
Our areas of expertise
SAV
Operations
Project
management
Activation
Supervision
tools
IT
security
Account
managment
International
sales
B2B
Commerce
Pre
Sales
Business
Development
Deployment
Software
API
Web & mobile
dev
Integrations
Marketing
Exhibtions
Communication
Visuals
Design
External charging stations
Advisors
Strategy
Hardware
Advise
Maintenance
HR
Production
Logistics
Stock
Would you like to be part of an entrepreneurial, human, and technological adventure?
Our job offers
Develop innovative solutions for energy optimization and ecological transition at Sparklin, under the supervision of the CTO.
Responsible for Research in Embedded Systems and AI
Identify business opportunities, manage a B2B client portfolio, renew contracts, promote our solutions at events, track orders, and ensure regular reporting.
Apprentice - Sales B2B
Design and maintain a scalable cloud infrastructure, automate deployments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), collaborate with teams to integrate CI/CD, and optimize the performance and security of cloud systems.
Apprentice- DevOps Infrastructure as Code engineer