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| Mar 30, 2018 | Uber’s next battleground: Latin America | Another chapter in Uber’s global ambitions closed this week with the news that the ride-hailing giant was folding its Southeast Asia business into Grab, retaining a 27.5 percent stake in the new business that spans Malaysia, Indonesia, Sing... |
| Jun 22, 2017 | Cabify e Easy anunciam fusão para concorrer com Uber no Brasil | Os concorrentes do Uber estão ganhando mais espaço no Brasil, e dois deles acabam de unir forças: Cabify e Easy (antes Easy Taxi) se tornaram uma empresa só.
Segundo a Exame, as duas startups tratam o acordo como uma fusão mas, na prática, ... |
| May 5, 2017 | How China’s meshing ride-sharing data with smart traffic lights to ease road congestion | Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing is lending its data to authorities as part of a new initiative to ease traffic congestion.
Earlier this year, Didi partnered with the traffic police department of Jinan, the capital of Eastern China’s... |
| May 5, 2017 | How China’s meshing ride-sharing data with smart traffic lights to ease road congestion | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing is lending its data to authorities as part of a new initiative to ease traffic congestion.
Earl... |
| Mar 27, 2017 | Toyota partners with Japanese telecom giant NTT to harness connected car data | Toyota has announced a partnership with Japanese telecom giant NTT to collaborate on the development, verification, and standardization of technology across the connected car realm.
The deal represents one of many in recent months, as Japan... |
| Mar 27, 2017 | Toyota partners with Japanese telecom giant NTT to harness connected car data | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Toyota has announced a partnership with Japanese telecom giant NTT to collaborate on the development, verification, and standardization... |
| Dec 21, 2016 | How GPS data derived from e-taxi platforms could improve road conditions in developing countries | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
A new initiative that uses GPS data derived from drivers on a number of e-taxi services has launched this week with a long-term view of... |
| Dec 21, 2016 | How GPS data derived from e-taxi platforms could improve road conditions in developing countries | A new initiative that uses GPS data derived from drivers on a number of e-taxi services has launched this week with a long-term view of improving transport services and easing traffic congestion around the world.
The Open Transport Partners... |
| Feb 29, 2016 | Tripda shutting down its ridesharing service this week | Rocket Internet-backed company based in Brazil closing a year after its $11 million Series A
Another ridesharing company bites the dust.
Tripda, headquartered in Brazil’s financial center São Paulo, announced today that it is shutting down ... |
| Feb 29, 2016 | Tripda, Rocket Internet’s Carpooling Business, To Shut Down March 4 | Another transportation startup has run out of gas while larger companies continue refuelling to tap into economies of scale. Tripda — a carpooling startup operating in 13 countries including the U.S. and backed by the Berlin-based incubator... |
| Feb 9, 2016 | Easy Taxi Kenya announces US$9.8 million asset financing plan for its drivers | Easy Taxi Kenya has announced a Sh1 billion (US$ 9.8 million) asset financing plan that will enable taxi drivers who operate using the company’s hailing app to improve their service delivery.
The deal, dubbed ‘1 Billion for 1,000 drivers’ w... |
| Jan 13, 2016 | Vem aí o Google Campus! Saiba mais detalhes sobre o novo espaço para empreendedores que será inaugurado em fevereiro | Em todo o país, diversas startups estão criando novos produtos, gerando vagas de trabalho e transformando a experiência dos usuários na internet e em plataformas móveis, muitas vezes, em escala global. Percebemos também o número de iniciati... |
| Jan 9, 2016 | Rocket Internet-Backed Easy Taxi Confirms Asia Exit, Doubles Down On Latin America | Easy Taxi, the Uber and GrabTaxi rival backed by Rocket Internet and among other investors, has confirmed that it has exited Asia in order to focus on the ride on-demand market in its native South America.
The writing had been on the wall f... |
| Dec 15, 2015 | Easy Taxi And Tappsi Merge To Try To Run Uber Off The Road In LatAm | Rocket Internet-backed Easy Taxi is joining forces with Colombian taxi app startup Tappsi in a merger the pair will be hoping helps them keep accelerating ahead of Uber, which only has a limited presence in the region.
Easy Taxi started 201... |
| Sep 7, 2015 | WeChat really wants you to understand what it’s all about | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Connie Chan, a partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, took a deep-dive into China’s mobile messaging platform WeChat in e... |
| Sep 7, 2015 | WeChat really wants you to understand what it’s all about | Connie Chan, a partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, took a deep-dive into China’s mobile messaging platform WeChat in early August. The longish blog posting attempts to peel back the layers, to dissect the internals, of the ... |
| Jul 8, 2015 | Sharing economy driving Nigeria | Share this:
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| Jun 2, 2015 | Can Uber really work in Lagos, Nigeria? | Share this:
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| May 4, 2015 | Interview with Uber Nigeria’s Ebi Atawodi | Share this:
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| Mar 25, 2015 | Kenya’s Easy Taxi finally introduces cashless payment method | Since Uber made inroads into Africa’s market two years ago, alternative taxi startups have been trying to find new ways to compete with the major multinational company. In addition to cash and M-pesa, Easy Taxi passengers in Kenya can now u... |
| Mar 25, 2015 | Kenya’s Easy Taxi finally introduces cashless payment method | Since Uber made inroads into Africa’s market two years ago, alternative taxi startups have been trying to find new ways to compete with the major multinational company. In addition to cash and M-pesa, Easy Taxi passengers in Kenya can now u... |
| Mar 24, 2015 | Look out Uber! Easy Taxi launches cashless payment option | Share this article:
Rocket Internet’s transport service, Easy Taxi, is about to launch an in-app cashless payment option – Easy Taxi Pay (ET Pay).
The way the ET Pay works, is reminiscent of the payment option used in competitor transport s... |
| Mar 10, 2015 | Rocket Internet Babies’ Home [PHOTOS] | Share this article:
We broke the news of African Internet Holdings entry into Yaba neighbourhood earlier this year. The building, which is an extension of the E-Centre, houses Kaymu, Jovago, Lamudi, Carmudi, Easy Taxi and Hello Food. The of... |
| Jan 27, 2015 | Bankole Cardoso steps down as Easy Taxi CEO | Share this article:
The Co-founder and former CEO of Easy Taxi Nigeria, Bankole Cardoso will be stepping down and as the CEO of the company. Bankole who has over the years built the Taxi company in Nigeria to grow from Lagos to Abuja.
I sen... |
| Oct 25, 2014 | Sharing economy series: 5 metrics management teams focus on | As marketplaces within the sharing economy continue to emerge all over the globe — Bridj and Kinnek are a couple of the most recent — their management teams will find themselves consistently challenged by a handful of key performance indica... |
| Aug 25, 2014 | Easy Taxi to help drive Ebola Awareness Campaign with Dettol partnership | The Ebola virus has been responsible for over a thousand deaths since it started spreading across West Africa early this year. Some of the countries afflicted include Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria.
With this in mind, Nigerian ba... |
| Aug 25, 2014 | Easy Taxi to help drive Ebola Awareness Campaign with Dettol partnership | The Ebola virus has been responsible for over a thousand deaths since it started spreading across West Africa early this year. Some of the countries afflicted include Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria.
With this in mind, Nigerian b... |
| Aug 7, 2014 | PLDT Invests $445M In Rocket Internet To Develop Online Payment Services For Emerging Markets | Rocket Internet and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), a telecom operator, announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership to develop online and mobile payment products. PLDT will invest €333 million (abo... |
| Jul 29, 2014 | Easy Taxi Secures $40M in Series D Funding | Easy Taxi, a mobile taxi app in Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Asia, secured $40m in Series D funding.
The round was led by the Russian Phenomen Ventures with participation from Tengelmann Ventures.
The company intends to use the fu... |
| Jul 28, 2014 | Global startup Easy Taxi bags $40-million in funding | Transport app, Easy Taxi, has secured US$40-million led by the Russian Phenomen Ventures and German Tengelmann Ventures. Backed by Rocket Internet, the startup operates in Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Asia and is often dubbed the ... |
| Jul 28, 2014 | Global startup Easy Taxi bags $40-million in funding | Transport app, Easy Taxi, has secured US$40-million led by the Russian Phenomen Ventures and German Tengelmann Ventures. Backed by Rocket Internet, the startup operates in Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Asia and is often dubbed the ... |
| Jul 26, 2014 | Rocket Internet’s Easy Taxi Raises $40M Series D To Expand In Asia, Latin America | Easy Taxi, Rocket Internet’s taxi calling app, announced today that it has raised a Series D round of $40 million, led by Phenomen Ventures with participation from Tengelmann Ventures, the investment arm of German retail giant Tengelmann Gr... |
| May 28, 2014 | GrabTaxi Raises $15M Series B Led By GGV Capital | GrabTaxi, the taxi-calling app that claims to be the largest in Southeast Asia, said today that it has raised a $15 million Series B led by GGV Capital with participation from Qunar and returning investor Vertex Venture Holdings. The latter... |
| May 23, 2014 | Mobile start-up Tranzit moving Lagos | Share this:
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| Apr 22, 2014 | Rocket Internet’s Carmudi, A Car Classifieds Site, Grabs $10M In New Funding To Expand In Asia | Carmudi, a car classified ads site backed by Rocket Internet, has raised $10 million to expand its operations in Asia. Investors include Tengelmann Ventures, the investment arm of the German retail giant. The site’s network currently operat... |
| Apr 7, 2014 | GrabTaxi Raises Series A, Prepares To Expand In Southeast Asia | GrabTaxi, which claims to be the largest taxi app in Southeast Asia, has raised its Series A round from Vertex Ventures, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek, an investment company owned by Singapore’s government. The startup’s CEO and foun... |
| Jan 18, 2014 | Conveyance Problem? Order an Easy Taxi! | The message beeps on my phone had accelerated and with each beep, the panic grew. My team members were on the venue, waiting and here I was still stuck at home. Commitment is perhaps one of the most important attributes that you have to pos... |
| Jan 14, 2014 | Uber Will Focus On Southeast Asia Launches Over The Next Two Months | Uber is preparing to launch in several Southeast Asian cities over the next few weeks, said its head of Asian expansion in an interview last week. The well-funded startup’s decision to focus there is a sign of the many opportunities for con... |
| Oct 23, 2013 | Rocket Internet moving EasyTaxi to the Middle East | Right now, there is no investment group or incubator more aggressive in terms of growth and expansion than Rocket Internet. The company has announced that it will be taking Brazilian taxi app, Easy Taxi, into the middle with a US$7-million ... |
| Oct 23, 2013 | Rocket Internet moving EasyTaxi to the Middle East | Right now, there is no investment group or incubator more aggressive in terms of growth and expansion than Rocket Internet. The company has announced that it will be taking Brazilian taxi app, Easy Taxi, into the middle with a US$7-million ... |
| Oct 23, 2013 | Rocket Internet’s Easy Taxi Lands $7M From iMENA To Expand In The Middle East | Rocket Internet and iMENA Holding have announced that they will partner together to launch mobile app Easy Taxi in the Middle East and North Africa. iMENA will invest $7 million into the app’s regional rollout, which started today in Saudi ... |
| Jul 24, 2013 | Easy Taxi, Rocket Internet’s Latin American Hailo, Comes To Africa With Another $10M In Funding | Easy Taxi, a Brazil-based Hailo-like app incubated by the Samwer brothers’ Rocket Internet, is today announcing a $10 million round of funding and plans to tackle a whole new market: Africa, along with more expansion also in Asia and the Mi... |
| Jun 24, 2013 | Rocket Internet Revs Up Easy Taxi, Its Latin American Hailo, With $15M In Funding | Rocket Internet, the Samwer Brothers’ Berlin-based e-commerce startup incubator, is taking its Latin American ambitions up to the next gear. Easy Taxi, a Hailo-like app for calling up taxicabs, is today announcing a $15 million round of inv... |
| Startups vencem desafio e criam soluções inovadoras para Mobilidade Urbana | Com o objetivo de incentivar empreendedores a desenvolverem produtos inovadores para solucionar um dos maiores problemas das grandes cidades, aconteceu no último final de semana em São Paulo, o Startup Weekend Mobilidade Urbana .
A ideia in... |
| Summer Labs, experiência de verão para empreendedores | A aceleradora Startup Farm promove em janeiro o Summer Labs, programa de verão voltado a empreendedores. Em parceria com o Grêmio Politécnico da USP e patrocinado pela IBM, o programa oferecerá aos participantes cursos e workshops que trarã... |
| Uber, WillGo, Cabify, Televo ou EasyGo: qual é mais vantajoso em SP? | Depois de muita polêmica, a Prefeitura de São Paulo regulamentou os serviços de transporte por meio de carros particulares. Os aplicativos estão autorizados a funcionar na cidade, desde que sigam certas regras, como o pagamento de taxa por ... |
| 34 startups latino-americanas para ficar de olho em 2017 | A América Latina está rapidamente se tornando um importante polo de empreendedorismo e startups. Não só impulsionadas por uma vasta população jovem, as economias latino-americanas estão crescendo a um ritmo acelerado. Isso tornou o empreend... |
| Conheça o empreendedor que trouxe bicicletas para o mundo das entregas | A EcoBike Courier está desde 2011 no mercado de entregas verdes. Cristian Trentin, 30, é o idealizador da ideia que trouxe para o Brasil o delivery por bicicletas. O empreendedor é um dos presentes na lista da edição nacional da revista For... |
| Easy Taxi recebe aporte de US$ 7 milhões para expansão no Oriente Médio | A Rocket Internet, que investiu na startup brasileira Easy Taxi recentemente, anunciou o investimento de US$ 7 milhões (R$ 15 milhões) para expansão do aplicativo no Oriente Médio e no norte da África. O aporte vem da Rocket Internet e da i... |
| ABSTARTUPS anuncia seu primeiro evento nacional, o CASE | A Associação Brasileira de Startups (ABStartups) terá sua conferência nos dias 3 e 4 de novembro, a primeira edição da Case, a Conferência Anual de Startups e Empreendedorismo, em São Paulo. O evento pretende ser o maior do setor no Brasil ... |
| Vem aí o Google Campus! Saiba mais detalhes sobre o novo espaço para empreendedores que será inaugurado em fevereiro | Em todo o país, diversas startups estão criando novos produtos, gerando vagas de trabalho e transformando a experiência dos usuários na internet e em plataformas móveis, muitas vezes, em escala global. Percebemos também o número de iniciati... |
| Tallis Gomes dá dicas sobre erros no empreendedorismo | Tallis Gomes, o fundador da Easy Taxi, divulgou a primeira parte de uma série de três vídeos sobre os sete erros comuns no empreendedorismo.
São eles:
1 – Confiar no próprio taco e não validar sua hipótese
2 – Demorar para lançar o produto
... |