Business Wire India | 29 Aug, 2017
Drivezy, a self-drive peer-to-peer car and bike sharing startup, today announced the expansion of its bike rental services to Mysore. Building on the bike-rental model success in Bangalore, Drivezy aims to resonate the success across Karnataka, by organizing the largely unorganized bike rental market.
The core element that has led Drivezyâs success in bike-rental market is the companyâs strategy to make a transition from an aggregator to a marketplace model and become a peer-to-peer car and bike sharing platform. Drivezy launched bike sharing operations in Bangalore in June this year, by featuring 250 bikes, and in the short period scaled up to 365.
âBikes are easy to manoeuvre and is a preferred mode to commute within cities. With increasing traffic congestions in cities, commuters often opt to travel by bike as it is both time-saving and pocket-friendly. In Mysore, a commuter can rent a bike in less than INR 300 a day. Addressing this, Drivezyâs innovative peer-to-peer sharing model allows customers to list cars and bikes on the platform when idle and earn on an otherwise, depreciating asset. While car rentals market is huge, Drivezy believes that there is a tremendous untapped potential in the bike rental space. We are confident that by the end of this year we shall be well past 1,500 bikes across India," said Ashwarya Singh, CEO and Co-Founder, Drivezy.
Drivezy features a varied choice of gear and non-gear bikes on the platforms and connects interested customers to list and rent bikes of their choice. High-end bikes like Royal Enfield (Classic) and Dominor are most popular and get instantly sold out. Sensing the huge potential for high-end bikes, Drivezy plans to feature super bikes by the end of 2017.
The revenues from Indian rental market is expected to reach US$12 billion by 2019 according to Ken Research. With increasing internet penetration in the country, Drivezy is working towards building a model that will change the way India purchases, uses and sells, cars and bikes.
Founded in April 2015, Drivezy has raised approximately, $6 million through seed and pre-series A funding, from, Kima Ventures, Susa Ventures, Axan Ventures and IT-Farm based in Japan. The startup is backed by notable entrepreneurs and investors from Silicon Valley, including, Justin Kan and Paul Buccheit. Drivezy was one among the few startups to be selected by the prestigious American startup accelerator Y Combinator for the 2016 summer batch.
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