FREENOW | News, Hiring, Layoffs, Competitors, CEO, Fundraising Insights
FREENOW is the Mobility Super App with the largest vehicle choice for consumers across Europe, offering various mobility services...
FREENOW is the Mobility Super App with the largest vehicle choice for consumers across Europe, offering various mobility services such as taxis, Ride (PHV), Carsharing, eScooters, eBikes, eMopeds, and public transport. The company aims to make urban mobility more efficient and sustainable by aggregating numerous mobility brands. FREENOW is available in 9 markets and over 150 cities, backed by the BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz Mobility.
Website
Headquarters
Neumühlen 19, Hamburg, 22763, DE
Size
1001-5000 employees
Industry
IT Services and IT Consulting
Specialities
Information Technology, Mobility, Transport, Sustainability, Taxi
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🛍️ FREENOW Product and Pricing News
- FREENOW's platform allows taxi license owners to join the ZAP Taxi Club and lease new electric cars with full operational cost coverage and priority in the 'Green Taxi' fleet.
- FREENOW is under scrutiny in Berlin as authorities plan stricter controls and have already removed hundreds of vehicles due to licensing issues.
- The Berlin Senate removed hundreds of FREENOW vehicles last year due to missing, expired, or incorrect permits.
- FREENOW will introduce fixed-price taxi rides in Hamburg, following Munich and Berlin, eliminating the need to check the taximeter.
- FREENOW launched an Airport Pre-book feature in Dublin.
- FREENOW UK sponsored a roundtable discussion in London with Deputy Mayor for Transport Seb Dance to address the taxi trade's transition to net-zero and the upcoming Action Plan for Taxis and PHV.
- FREENOW supports taxi access to bus lanes in Athens and Thessaloniki to improve urban mobility and has joined the International Road Transport Union, leaving MOVE EU to focus on the taxi sector.
- FREENOW's UK Public Affairs lead Sam Pooke met with UK Minister Simon Lightwood and LTDA's Steve McNamara to discuss the future of the taxi industry and the importance of government support for greener taxis.
👔 FREENOW CEO, Management and Leadership Team
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⚔️ FREENOW Alternatives and Competitors
- Cabify |
- Bolt |
- Forus Taxi |
- Careem |
- Gett |
- Uber |
- Taxi Times |
- Taxi Heute |
- Taxi Berlin |
- Blox Move |
- Grab |
- Ola |
- Yubo |
- Moovit
💼 FREENOW Hiring and Layoffs
- FREENOW has appointed Lennart Zipfel as the new Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Johannes Prantl.
- FREENOW has appointed Lennart Zipfel to lead its multi-mobility strategy, leveraging his finance and strategic operations background.
- Anne Vogdt, Head of Compliance & Data Protection at FREENOW, announced her departure and the search for her successor on February 12, 2025.
- Stefan Kem has left FREENOW as Vice President of Product in Germany to join HRS Group as Director of Product Management.
- Nadja Jovanovic has been appointed as the Country Marketing Lead Greece at FREENOW after serving 7 months as an interim.
- Gianna Medina Balás has joined FREENOW as a Strategic Partnerships Manager in Spain, previously holding a position at another company.
- Nicolas Rücker, currently Head of Legal at FREENOW, will join Arqis as a partner on February 1, 2025.
- FREENOW is currently hiring a Staff Frontend Engineer, Supply in Germany.
🤖 FREENOW Developer, Integration and Automation News
- FREENOW has partnered with Taxi Zentrale Erlangen, making over 80% of taxis in Erlangen and Herzogenaurach bookable through their platform.
- FREENOW increased ride bookings by 122% and new riders by 86% through a partnership with Jampp for User Acquisition and App Retargeting.
- FREENOW has partnered with Żabka Polska to launch a taxi service in the Żappka app.
- FREENOW is collaborating with Nio to support taxi companies in selected cities.
- In 2024, FREENOW partnered with PayPal for a marketing campaign in Germany, integrated taxi services into Alipay+, launched FREENOW Plus, and joined forces with American Express, among other collaborations.
- FREENOW has partnered with travel tech firm Meili, co-founded by former CarTrawler executives, as part of Meili's expansion to 40 global partnerships.
- FREENOW partners with Techniker Krankenkasse to simplify medical transportation through their app, launching a pilot project in Hamburg in 2025.
- On December 4, FREENOW Ireland launched a partnership with the Irish Wheelchair Association, allowing passengers to round up their fares to support accessibility services.
📈 FREENOW Financials, Fundraising and Valuation News
- FREENOW reported a cumulative loss of €1.6 billion and a revenue of €56.8 million for 2024.
- FREENOW's data shows a 56% increase in taxi travel in Dublin on Valentine's Day compared to a typical February weekday, with the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre being the top date night location.
- FREENOW Greece achieved a 20% growth in 2024, with over 12,000 drivers and 1.8 million passengers.
- In 2024, FREENOW achieved nearly 20% growth in rides compared to the previous year, with December marking the most successful month in its history.
- FREENOW's General Manager Danny O'Gorman reported a 24% increase in available drivers on the platform in the first half of 2024, with Ireland now having more taxi drivers per 1,000 people than other western European countries.
- FREENOW for Business reports that business travelers spend an average of £107 (€130) per trip on ground transportation.
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