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emTransit B.V.
Industry Micromobility
Founded7 January 2019; 5 years ago (2019-01-07)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Founder Henri Moissinac, Maxim Romain
Headquarters Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Area served
Europe, Israel
Number of employees
ca. 300 (April 2021)
Website ridedott.com

Dott is a Dutch- French [1] micromobility company based in Amsterdam which was founded in January 2019. [2] Dott operates over 50,000 [3] shared electric scooters and electric bikes [4] in more than 35 cities in Europe and Israel. [5] [6] Dott is one of the three companies that are authorized to operate rentals of electric scooters in London during a one year trial of the use of e-scooters. [7]

History

Dott was founded in September 2019 by Henri Moissinac and Maxim Romain. It had its Series A round of funding in 2019, raising €30 million [8] led by EQT Ventures and Naspers; [9] this was followed by a Series B round in April for $85 million, led by Sofina. [10]

The company was selected along with companies TIER and Lime to participate in a year-long trial of the use of e-scooters as a method of transportation in London. It will deploy up to 6,600 scooters there during the course of the trial, [11] which will be available for rental use via an app. [12]

References

  1. ^ "Dutch-French e-scooter startup Dott raises $85 million as it plans to roll out e-bikes". Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  2. ^ "Transparency register". Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  3. ^ "Dott to roll out e-scooter expansion with extra $70 million funding". Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  4. ^ "Dott to expand beyond e-scooters with bike-sharing service". Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  5. ^ "Dott Launches E-Scooter Sharing Service In Tel Aviv, Israel". InsideEVs. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  6. ^ O'Brien, Ciara (30 June 2021). "Escooter company to use smart technology ahead of Irish launch". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. ^ O'Reilly, Gem (9 June 2021). "E-scooters 'not safe' without audible signals". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Amsterdam-based Dott raises another €30 million to roll out its safe e-bikes and scooters". 4 July 2019. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  9. ^ "Dott raises $34 million to build a sustainable scooter startup". Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  10. ^ "European e-scooter and micromobility startup Dott raises $85 million". Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  11. ^ Whitlock, Robin (10 June 2021). "Dott launches e-scooters on the streets of Londo". Renewable Energy Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-06-10.
  12. ^ "E-scooter trial launches in London, but riders may 'race against clock' with pay per minute fee". inews.co.uk. 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-07-08.

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