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 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 updated its business travel solutions to include a self-guided platform tour and expanded services for business trips, meetings, and client bookings.
- FREENOW launched a mini-program within Alipay+ partner apps to enhance its digital services.
- FREENOW launched an interactive product demo tool in five countries, allowing prospects to explore the platform independently and create business accounts without sales touchpoints.
- FREENOW has integrated public transport into its app in Germany and plans to expand this feature to more cities.
- FREENOW increased black taxi drivers' commission to fund private hire vehicles for key opinion leaders.
- FREENOW launched new services in Ireland on September 1st, including an Airport Prebook Promise with compensation for delays or cancellations, a national taxi booking phone line, and a free Taxi Marketplace to connect drivers with vehicle owners.
- FREENOW is integrating NIO vehicles into their European fleet.
👔 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.
- Julian Zingg will lead FREENOW's French business and operations while continuing as Program Manager in the Central Operations team.
- Jana Schwesig has left FREENOW, where she served as Director Of Communications in Hamburg, Germany, to join Shell as Director of Corporate Communications.
- FREENOW has appointed Danny O'Gorman as the new General Manager for Ireland.
🤖 FREENOW Developer, Integration and Automation News
- 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 partnered with OVO Energy to support EV taxi drivers in the UK with competitive charging offers.
- 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 is one of the leading German startups using Stripe to grow online.
- FREENOW plans to collaborate with hotels to reduce high cancellation rates and improve the experience for taxi drivers.
📈 FREENOW Financials, Fundraising and Valuation News
- FREENOW's Irish arm increased its profits by 10% to €5.4 million last year, paid a €7 million dividend to its parent company, and partnered with Moby for bike sharing in Ireland.
- During the summer season, FREENOW saw taxi ride requests double in Italy and Europe compared to summer 2023.
- FREENOW reported a significant increase in summer travel activity in Greece and Europe for 2024, with notable rises in airport transfer requests in Athens, Thessaloniki, and Heraklion.
- FREENOW, the top taxi app in Greece and Europe, saw a significant increase in ride requests to major airports and ports in Greece, doubling compared to the previous year.
- FREENOW saw a 40% increase in transfer requests to Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos Airport during the summer months of 2024 compared to the previous year.
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