Christopher Burghardt

Christopher Burghardt, Member of Advisory Network & Venture Partner 2150 at Urban Partners is an active investor based in Brussels, Belgium. This profile covers what Christopher Burghardt backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Christopher Burghardtis serves as Managing Director, Europe at ChargePoint. He serves as Advisor at MacKinnon, Bennett & Company. Mr. Burghardt serves as Venture Partner, Brussels at 2150. He has served as Chairman at Zeromission since February 26, 2021, and has held the same position at Legacy ChargePoint since November 2017. Prior to ChargePoint, He served as Head of Policy and Communications, EMEA for Uber, from September 2016 to November 2017. Mr. Burghardt served in senior management positions at First Solar, Inc., a provider of solar panels and utility-scale PV power plants in Europe, from September 2009 to September 2016, most recently as Managing Director and Vice President of Business Development and Sales from May 2014 to September 2016. He also served as Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Western Europe, among other roles, at Anheuser-Busch InBev. Mr. Burghardt has served as a founding board member for ChargeUp Europe, an EV charging industry alliance, since its inception in March 2020. He holds an MBA from Wharton, an MA from the College of Europe, and a BA from the University of Sussex and Sciences Po Aix.

Notable investments

McKinsey & CompanyEVIQEmpionUrban PartnersAnheuser-Busch InBevChargePointHill+Knowlton StrategiesSolarPower EuropeChargeUp EuropeZeroMissionIO-DynamicsWAY (IT Consulting and Outsourcing)