Why investors decided to invest in a young Russian taxi service TakeIt immediately $ 2 million
The Russian taxi service TakeIt raised about $ 2 million. The main investor was the ex-head of Ros.Taksi, Pavel Varzumov. According to him, the amount of $ 2 million is approximate, as it is required to carry out an assessment of the parameters of the company in order to determine finally.
Ros.Taxi is software that allows taxi companies to take orders, manage drivers and compile statistics on the results of work. On January 29, 2015, Ros.Taxi was purchased by Yandex .
Another investor in the service will be the former director of marketing for Ros.Taksi and the current head of TakeIt, Alexander Onikienko. The latter invests 10 million rubles of its own funds. In the round will participate another (besides Varzumov and Onikienko) a private investor. Until his name is revealed.
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TakeIt offers the market an “interesting formula for how to save and optimize taxi costs,” Pavel Varzumov explained the reason for his participation as an investor. TakeIt is still quite young, but now investors have decided to invest in it an unusually large amount by the standards of the Russian venture capital market. “After all, money is not invested specifically in the company, but in the people who head it. We have faith in this particular team, ”Varzumov told Rusbase.
The TakeIt service was launched on July 27, 2015. The company combines a classic taxi (its own cars, its own taxi fleet) and a taxi service (order transfer to a free driver).
The company’s fleet now has 1,200 TakeIt-owned cars and 300 attracted drivers. About a month ago, due to large debts, the Izmailovo Moscow taxi station passed under the management of the company.
According to a company representative, TakeIt differs from its competitors ( Uber , Gett , Yandex.Taxi ) in that it owns the vehicles involved and offers relatively low tariffs. The company’s website even provides a table where TakeIt fares are compared with other taxi service rates.
Now the service works mainly in Russia. According to Varzumov, TakeIt is also going to enter foreign markets. Expansion will begin with European countries. At the moment, contracts with some foreign counterparties have already been concluded - in particular, about transfers from airports in France.
The company plans to launch its own taxi booking application at the end of January.
Ros.Taxi is software that allows taxi companies to take orders, manage drivers and compile statistics on the results of work. On January 29, 2015, Ros.Taxi was purchased by Yandex .
Another investor in the service will be the former director of marketing for Ros.Taksi and the current head of TakeIt, Alexander Onikienko. The latter invests 10 million rubles of its own funds. In the round will participate another (besides Varzumov and Onikienko) a private investor. Until his name is revealed.
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TakeIt offers the market an “interesting formula for how to save and optimize taxi costs,” Pavel Varzumov explained the reason for his participation as an investor. TakeIt is still quite young, but now investors have decided to invest in it an unusually large amount by the standards of the Russian venture capital market. “After all, money is not invested specifically in the company, but in the people who head it. We have faith in this particular team, ”Varzumov told Rusbase.
The TakeIt service was launched on July 27, 2015. The company combines a classic taxi (its own cars, its own taxi fleet) and a taxi service (order transfer to a free driver).
The company’s fleet now has 1,200 TakeIt-owned cars and 300 attracted drivers. About a month ago, due to large debts, the Izmailovo Moscow taxi station passed under the management of the company.
According to a company representative, TakeIt differs from its competitors ( Uber , Gett , Yandex.Taxi ) in that it owns the vehicles involved and offers relatively low tariffs. The company’s website even provides a table where TakeIt fares are compared with other taxi service rates.
Now the service works mainly in Russia. According to Varzumov, TakeIt is also going to enter foreign markets. Expansion will begin with European countries. At the moment, contracts with some foreign counterparties have already been concluded - in particular, about transfers from airports in France.
The company plans to launch its own taxi booking application at the end of January.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/297844/
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