Manuel Heckmann

Investor | Founder | Board Director

📍 Germany🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 4 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2024
VC🌍 Germany
3
Total investments
1
Early stage
1
Mid stage
1
Late stage
4y
Years active

Portfolio

3 investments · sorted by recency
All investments
Early stage
Mid stage
Late stage
Board Member & Investor
Jun 2024
With éXō Fleets, fleets turn insight into measurable savings by transforming operational data into improved performance and a lower total cost to operate. Fleets today are managing more complexity than ever. Mixed fuels. Mixed vehicle classes. Multiple depots. Rising costs. Increasing pressure to decarbonise while still delivering reliable, cost-effective operations. Too often, critical data sits in silos, making it difficult to understand true performance, cost-per-mile, and where inefficiencies are creeping in. éXō Fleets acts as the outer layer and control tower for modern fleet operations. We unify fleet master data across vehicles, fuels, depots, routes and infrastructure, giving operators, finance teams and leadership one clear, shared view of what’s really happening on the ground. Built for mixed-fuel, mixed-class, multi-site fleets, éXō Fleets works with what’s in the yard today and what’s coming next. By bringing operational, energy and cost data together, fleets gain the insight needed to measure performance, understand true cost-per-mile, and make confident day-to-day and long-term decisions. Our customers use éXō Fleets to identify inefficiencies, reduce operating costs, optimise energy and infrastructure investments, and track real savings over time. The result is clearer decisions, better performance, and measurable financial outcomes. At éXō Fleets, customers are at the heart of everything we do. Our role is to remove complexity, bring clarity, and deliver real-world value, helping fleets move forward leaner, smarter and more profitable.
Board Member & Investor
Jan 2024
FLEXECHARGE provides advanced Load, Energy & Grid Management solutions for commercial EV charging operators. Our open and hardware-agnostic platform, HARMON-E, enables Charge Point Operators (CPOs) to integrate charge points, battery storage, solar PV, and more — all in one centralised system. The result? Automated energy control, reduced operational costs, and scalable growth through Virtual Power Plant (VPP) participation. With FLEXECHARGE, CPOs can: • Avoid costly grid upgrades by managing peak loads • Gain real-time visibility across distributed infrastructure • Cut operational costs with data-driven load balancing • Enable new revenue streams with VPP aggregation Optimise EV charging with the FLEXECHARGE GATEWAY Built for reliability, the GATEWAY combines robust hardware and advanced connectivity to ensure uninterrupted operations — even in offline or poor network conditions. • Local fallback and network redundancy • Seamless cloud integration and OCPP compliance • Quick deployment and streamlined hardware onboarding FLEXECHARGE empowers EV charging professionals to improve profitability, ensure energy resilience, and future-proof their infrastructure for a rapidly electrifying world.
Founder & Shareholder
Jun 2022
EcoG is a global IP and tech company working on the rapid expansion of sustainable charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. With our charge controllers, reference designs and software, we enable companies to get products & services to market quickly and scale profitably.
Experience · 10 entries
All (10)
Investments (2)
Founder (2)
Board (2)
2024
Associate Partner
Aug 2024
Venture capital for the most impactful digital-first green transition startups in Europe
Board Member & Investor
Jun 2024
With éXō Fleets, fleets turn insight into measurable savings by transforming operational data into improved performance and a lower total cost to operate. Fleets today are managing more complexity than ever. Mixed fuels. Mixed vehicle classes. Multiple depots. Rising costs. Increasing pressure to decarbonise while still delivering reliable, cost-effective operations. Too often, critical data sits in silos, making it difficult to understand true performance, cost-per-mile, and where inefficiencies are creeping in. éXō Fleets acts as the outer layer and control tower for modern fleet operations. We unify fleet master data across vehicles, fuels, depots, routes and infrastructure, giving operators, finance teams and leadership one clear, shared view of what’s really happening on the ground. Built for mixed-fuel, mixed-class, multi-site fleets, éXō Fleets works with what’s in the yard today and what’s coming next. By bringing operational, energy and cost data together, fleets gain the insight needed to measure performance, understand true cost-per-mile, and make confident day-to-day and long-term decisions. Our customers use éXō Fleets to identify inefficiencies, reduce operating costs, optimise energy and infrastructure investments, and track real savings over time. The result is clearer decisions, better performance, and measurable financial outcomes. At éXō Fleets, customers are at the heart of everything we do. Our role is to remove complexity, bring clarity, and deliver real-world value, helping fleets move forward leaner, smarter and more profitable.
Board Member & Investor
Jan 2024
FLEXECHARGE provides advanced Load, Energy & Grid Management solutions for commercial EV charging operators. Our open and hardware-agnostic platform, HARMON-E, enables Charge Point Operators (CPOs) to integrate charge points, battery storage, solar PV, and more — all in one centralised system. The result? Automated energy control, reduced operational costs, and scalable growth through Virtual Power Plant (VPP) participation. With FLEXECHARGE, CPOs can: • Avoid costly grid upgrades by managing peak loads • Gain real-time visibility across distributed infrastructure • Cut operational costs with data-driven load balancing • Enable new revenue streams with VPP aggregation Optimise EV charging with the FLEXECHARGE GATEWAY Built for reliability, the GATEWAY combines robust hardware and advanced connectivity to ensure uninterrupted operations — even in offline or poor network conditions. • Local fallback and network redundancy • Seamless cloud integration and OCPP compliance • Quick deployment and streamlined hardware onboarding FLEXECHARGE empowers EV charging professionals to improve profitability, ensure energy resilience, and future-proof their infrastructure for a rapidly electrifying world.
2022
Head of Venture Operations
Sep 2022
Spacewalk is a VC fund with its own established R&D company: Motius R&D. By having Motius R&D, Spacewalk will create real value for its portfolio: tangible insights on DeepTech Markets, getting renowned customers, and a technological edge. Spacewalk will invest in start-ups on the market as well as proprietary dealflow generated by Motius R&D.
Founder & Shareholder
Jun 2022
EcoG is a global IP and tech company working on the rapid expansion of sustainable charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. With our charge controllers, reference designs and software, we enable companies to get products & services to market quickly and scale profitably.
Show all 10 entries ↓
Investment activity
2022–2024 · 3 investments
2022120242
Recent (last 2 years)Earlier