Voi Technology(瑞典電動摩托車初創(chuàng)公司)是一家“微移動”初創(chuàng)公司,在10個歐洲國家的38個城市中提供電動滑板車服務(wù),這家公司在B輪融資中獲得8500萬美元融資。
Launched in 2018, the company is best-known for its e-scooter rentals but now pitches itself as a micro-mobility provider, offering a number of different transport devices. These include various e-scooter and e-bike models, in a bid to become a broader transport operator helping to re-shape urban transport and wean people off using cars.
這家公司成立于2018年,最出名的業(yè)務(wù)就是出租電動滑板車,但現(xiàn)在宣傳說要提供微移動服務(wù),提供多種交通工具,其中包括不同的電動滑板車和電動自行車。該公司參與了一場投標,要拓展交通工具的業(yè)務(wù)范圍,致力于重塑城市交通,讓人們放棄汽車。
To date, Voi says it has 4 million registered users and has powered 14 million rides. More recently it has launched new, more robust hardware that has been designed to sustain the rigours of commercial e-bike sharing. The idea is that more suitable hardware will help e-scooter companies improve margins since more rides can be extracted from the life-span of each vehicle.
Voi公司稱截止目前注冊用戶達400萬,騎行次數(shù)高達1400萬次。最近又推出了新的更耐用的車輛,能承受得住作為商業(yè)共享電動車的使用。他們的初衷是車輛更耐用將有助于電動滑板車公司提高利潤,因為每輛車在使用壽命內(nèi)能提供更多的騎行次數(shù)。
On that note, Voi says it will use the new funding to develop “strong profitable businesses” in the 38 cities where it is already operating, as well as increase its R&D spend to improve its technology platform and products. Earlier this year, the company announced that it is already profitable in the cities of Stockholm and Oslo.
Voi公司在記錄中說將利用新資金在38個已有業(yè)務(wù)的城市中推廣“盈利較高的業(yè)務(wù)”,還要增加研發(fā)資金用于升級技術(shù)平臺和產(chǎn)品。今年早些時候該公司宣布已經(jīng)在斯德哥爾摩和奧斯陸盈利。
“Clearly, we feel we are on track to achieve this in more of our cities and that is our aim,” Voi co-founder and CEO Fredrik Hjelm tells me. “At this point, a key focus for us is to ensure we continue to increase the lifetime of our e-scooters, forge key partnerships and continue to work in those cities which provide the best conditions for a profitable e-scooter business”.
Voi公司聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人兼首席執(zhí)行官Fredrik Hjelm對我說:“顯然,我們認為能在更多的城市中盈利,這是我們的目標。在這一點上,我們關(guān)注的重點是確保能繼續(xù)提高電動滑板車的壽命、建立關(guān)鍵合作伙伴關(guān)系并繼續(xù)在能為盈利的電動滑板車業(yè)務(wù)提供最好條件的城市發(fā)展業(yè)務(wù)”。