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Wheelstreet - Bike Rentals
https://www.wheelstreet.com/Last activity: 21.07.2020
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Wheelstreet is a smart mobility solution for urban commuters – solving various 2 wheeler transportation problems ranging from daily commute to long trips.
India being an upcoming millennial population, its transportation method remains outdated while facing problems such as pollution and traffic. Wheelstreet aims to change exactly that through its smart bike renting solutions by decreasing the number of wheels on the streets, with a vision to make India a 2 wheeler driven country by 2020.
Being the first ever company to launch a bike rental marketplace in India, Wheelstreet has become and remains the leader in urban commute through bikes for rent and is now the first to launch station-less bikes in the form of WS GO.
Decreasing every commuter’s travel time by half, Wheelstreet aims to make intra-city commute your easiest way to travel around the city.
India being an upcoming millennial population, its transportation method remains outdated while facing problems such as pollution and traffic. Wheelstreet aims to change exactly that through its smart bike renting solutions by decreasing the number of wheels on the streets, with a vision to make India a 2 wheeler driven country by 2020.
Being the first ever company to launch a bike rental marketplace in India, Wheelstreet has become and remains the leader in urban commute through bikes for rent and is now the first to launch station-less bikes in the form of WS GO.
Decreasing every commuter’s travel time by half, Wheelstreet aims to make intra-city commute your easiest way to travel around the city.
Overview
Location
India, Karnataka, Bangalore
Employees
11-50
Phone
+91 80884 00500
Total raised
$120K
Founded date
2014
Investors 1
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Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 5
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| Dec 18, 2017 | WheelStreet is bringing dock-less motorbikes to India’s cities | By now the world is familiar with the rise of on-demand bicycle services, which started out with Mobike and Ofo in China, but one startup is twisting the concept slightly to bring dock-less motorbikes to the streets of India. WheelStreet, a... |
| Sep 14, 2017 | Motorbike rental aggregator Wheelstreet gets $120K push from Y Combinator | Online motorbike rental aggregator Wheelstreet, which was a part of the Y Combinator Summer 2017 cohort, is reported to have raised $120K from the US-based seed accelerator. The Bengaluru-based startup will deploy the proceeds to develop it... |
| Sep 14, 2017 | Bike rental startup Wheelstreet gets $120K from Y Combinator | Bashar Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which owns and operates online bike rental platform wheelstreet.in, has received $120,000 (Rs 77 lakh) in seed funding from Silicon Valley-based startup accelerator Y Combinator. Wheelstreet was one of the 50 s... |
| Aug 22, 2017 | All the companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day (Day 2) | Y Combinator is not just the most prestigious accelerator out there, it’s also the largest. And so, as has been the case for the past several years, there were too many companies to jam them all into one day. As a result, we once again brav... |
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FAQ about Wheelstreet - Bike Rentals
When was Wheelstreet - Bike Rentals founded?
Wheelstreet - Bike Rentals was founded in 2014.
How much funding has Wheelstreet - Bike Rentals raised?
Wheelstreet - Bike Rentals has raised $120K in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Wheelstreet - Bike Rentals?
Parsers VC has collected 5 articles mentioning Wheelstreet - Bike Rentals, among them “WheelStreet is bringing dock-less motorbikes to India’s cities” (Dec 18, 2017) and “Motorbike rental aggregator Wheelstreet gets $120K push from Y Combinator” (Sep 14, 2017).
Is Wheelstreet - Bike Rentals still active?
Wheelstreet - Bike Rentals is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 21, 2020.