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 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 in Poland allows users to donate the rounded-up fare of each ride to a national flood relief fund organized by Fundacja SiePomaga until the end of the year, as stated by Krzysztof Urban, managing director of FREENOW in Poland.
- FREENOW has completed over one million taxi journeys to and from Dublin Airport in 2024, with a significant increase in new taxi drivers joining in major Irish cities.
- FREENOW will exit the rental car business by January 31, 2025, and focus on strengthening partnerships with taxi centers, according to Alexander Mönch, FREENOW's Head of Germany & Austria.
- FREENOW sponsored the POLIS Award 2024, which was won by Stockholm for its contributions to sustainable transport.
👔 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
- Liliana C. has been appointed as Head of Quality for the Service Operations team at FREENOW.
- Florian Myrau has left FREENOW, where he served as VP Engineering in the Greater Hamburg Area, to join Xentral ERP Software as VP Technology.
- FREENOW is hiring a Head of Legal to lead its international legal team in Europe, based in Hamburg or Berlin.
- David Yaghmaei has left FREENOW as Head Of Procurement in Germany to join Numa as Director Procurement & Strategic Negotiations.
- Alvar Sans has joined FREENOW as Director, User Experience in the Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area, previously serving as Head of Product Design, Real Estate at Adevinta.
- FREENOW is currently hiring a Staff Frontend Engineer, Supply in Germany.
- FREENOW is hiring a Director of Central Operations in Lisbon to lead the Supply Operations and Quality of Service teams across all markets.
- FREENOW is currently hiring an Engineering Manager DevEx - Core Tech in Germany.
🤖 FREENOW Developer, Integration and Automation News
- 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 Ireland has partnered with SumUp to offer taxi drivers exclusive deals on card readers with a 65% discount until December 21st.
- FREENOW has launched a partnership with Taxi-Auto-Zentrale Stuttgart to digitally streamline taxi bookings in Stuttgart and nearby areas, reducing wait times to an average of three minutes.
- FREENOW automates announcements for data asset migrations and deprecations by integrating the OpenMetadata API in Slack.
- FREENOW uses real-time data streaming with technologies like Apache Flink and Kafka to implement dynamic surge pricing, optimizing driver incentives and service availability during peak demand.
📈 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 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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