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.
- The Berlin Senate removed hundreds of FREENOW vehicles last year due to missing, expired, or incorrect permits.
- FREENOW is under scrutiny in Berlin as authorities plan stricter controls and have already removed hundreds of vehicles due to licensing issues.
- 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'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 has exited the private hire market in Germany to focus solely on taxis.
- 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 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
- 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.
- 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 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.
- Adeel Ahmad, Senior Platform Engineer at FREENOW, announced obtaining a new mandatory AI certification from FREENOW ACADEMY.
🤖 FREENOW Developer, Integration and Automation News
- 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 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 Financials, Fundraising and Valuation News
- FREENOW reported a cumulative loss of €1.6 billion and a revenue of €56.8 million for 2024.
- 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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