The British equivalent of Yandex.Transport allocated $ 1 million to enter the Russian market
A British startup of Lithuanian origin will compete with the Yandex.Transport project in Russia. Yandex.Transport operates in more than 18 cities and uses official open data for its work. TRAFI launches its application for tracking public transport in four Russian cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don and Chelyabinsk.
“There are many big cities in Russia with a rather complicated public transport system. Therefore, we see great potential here, despite the fact that we already have competitors here, ”said Martinez Gudonavicius, Director General of TRAFI.
TRAFI will spend about $ 1 million to launch in Russia. The funds will go to the localization and promotion of the product.
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Trafi allows users to track the movement of vehicles and build the most optimal routes, taking into account the movement of buses, trolley buses, trams and subways - including without connecting to the Internet.
In each city, TRAFI requests access to public transport statistics from city authorities, as well as real-time data from users. The application analyzes the information obtained using Data Science and machine learning algorithms. This scheme of work allows you to determine the best time route to your destination.
Martinez Gudonavichus, in the commentary of Rusbase, confirmed that the company managed to establish cooperation with the officials responsible for public transport in the mentioned Russian cities.
“[Everything] depends on the city. In general, we help them with our data analysis solutions, and they are quite open to cooperation, since we have a common mission - to attract people to the use of public transport. And while the values ​​are common - everything is fine, ”he noted.
“We decided to launch in Russia when we saw that we were actively downloading here, although we didn’t even announce the launch, but only tested the technology. We see great potential here, despite the fact that we already have competitors here, ”explained Gudonavicius.
Now the company is looking for a regional manager to work in the Russian market. TRAFI has no office in Russia yet.
The application also works in Turkey, Brazil and the Baltic countries. According to the company, TRAFI has over a million active users worldwide. The company is headquartered in London and the R & D division is in Vilnius.
TRAFI was launched in 2013. In May 2015, in the framework of Round A, the company attracted investments of $ 6.5 million from Octopus Ventures , the investment division of the EBRD , BaltCap and Practica Capital .
“There are many big cities in Russia with a rather complicated public transport system. Therefore, we see great potential here, despite the fact that we already have competitors here, ”said Martinez Gudonavicius, Director General of TRAFI.
TRAFI will spend about $ 1 million to launch in Russia. The funds will go to the localization and promotion of the product.
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Trafi allows users to track the movement of vehicles and build the most optimal routes, taking into account the movement of buses, trolley buses, trams and subways - including without connecting to the Internet.
In each city, TRAFI requests access to public transport statistics from city authorities, as well as real-time data from users. The application analyzes the information obtained using Data Science and machine learning algorithms. This scheme of work allows you to determine the best time route to your destination.
Martinez Gudonavichus, in the commentary of Rusbase, confirmed that the company managed to establish cooperation with the officials responsible for public transport in the mentioned Russian cities.
“[Everything] depends on the city. In general, we help them with our data analysis solutions, and they are quite open to cooperation, since we have a common mission - to attract people to the use of public transport. And while the values ​​are common - everything is fine, ”he noted.
“We decided to launch in Russia when we saw that we were actively downloading here, although we didn’t even announce the launch, but only tested the technology. We see great potential here, despite the fact that we already have competitors here, ”explained Gudonavicius.
Now the company is looking for a regional manager to work in the Russian market. TRAFI has no office in Russia yet.
The application also works in Turkey, Brazil and the Baltic countries. According to the company, TRAFI has over a million active users worldwide. The company is headquartered in London and the R & D division is in Vilnius.
TRAFI was launched in 2013. In May 2015, in the framework of Round A, the company attracted investments of $ 6.5 million from Octopus Ventures , the investment division of the EBRD , BaltCap and Practica Capital .
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/295536/
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