| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.10.2018 | Europe’s most popular ride-hailing service is launching e-scooters | Mytaxi, the Daimler-owned Uber competitor, announced today it would launch an electric scooter pilot in Southern Europe later this year, with a full international roll-out planned for 2019.
Daimler initially took a 15 percent stake in Hambu... |
| 22.06.2017 | Daimler’s Mytaxi acquires Romanian competitor Clever Taxi | The Daimler subsidiary Mytaxi continues to expand internationally and is now buying its Romanian competitor Clever Taxi. The amount of the deal has not been disclosed. Mytaxi also acquired its Greek rival Taxibeat in February, after merging... |
| 06.03.2017 | Hailo Rebrands As Mytaxi After Merger | British taxi-hailing app Hailo is rebranding as mytaxi in Ireland and abroad, following the company’s recent merger with Daimler subsidiary mytaxi. The merger has created Europe’s largest taxi e-hailing venture.
Mytaxi is accelerating the i... |
| 16.02.2017 | Daimler’s MyTaxi acquires Greek rival Taxibeat to take on Uber in Europe | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
MyTaxi, the Germany-based etaxi company, has snapped up Greek rival Taxibeat for an undisclosed amount.
Founded in 2009, MyTaxi is an U... |
| 16.02.2017 | Daimler’s MyTaxi acquires Greece’s Taxibeat for undisclosed amount | Greek taxi hailing app Taxibeat has been acquired by German competitor MyTaxi, which is owned by Daimler. No financials have been disclosed.
Taxibeat, founded in 2011 in Athens, operates throughout Greece and has a small Latin American foot... |
| 16.02.2017 | Daimler’s MyTaxi acquires Greek rival Taxibeat to take on Uber in Europe | MyTaxi, the Germany-based etaxi company, has snapped up Greek rival Taxibeat for an undisclosed amount.
Founded in 2009, MyTaxi is an Uber-like service that connects taxis with riders. It was acquired by automotive giant Daimler in 2014 and... |
| 24.10.2016 | “Our drivers won’t unionize,” says CEO of MyTaxi, Uber’s European competitor | A new wellspring of employee organization is emerging in the so-called ‘sharing economy’, but the CEO of Daimler-backed ridesharing business MyTaxi, Uber’s main competitor in Europe, has dismissed the trend.
By Tamlin Magee
As Uber driver... |
| 08.09.2016 | Google Maps goes beyond Uber with Lyft support | The navigation app now displays nine ridesharing partners as transportation across 60 countries
Editor's note: Our 6th Annual Vator Splash LA conference is coming up on October 13 at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica. Speakers include Mark Cu... |
| 26.07.2016 | Hailo and MyTaxi | The news broke this morning that our portfolio company Hailo is combining forces with MyTaxi.
The combined company, which will operate under the MyTaxi brand, will be the dominant taxi hailing app in Western Europe.
Hailo is huge in the UK ... |
| 26.07.2016 | Hailo and Daimler-owned MyTaxi agree to merge in all-share deal to fend off Uber (and others) | Daimler, the German multinational that owns Mercedes-Benz, is making a bet that Uber will not end up dominating Europe’s taxi-booking space. Instead, the company seeks to combine the MyTaxi business it bought nearly two years ago with Hailo... |
| 26.07.2016 | Mytaxi and Union Square Ventures-backed Hailo Merge | mytaxi and Hailo, two innovative leaders in the field of taxi e-hailing, are joining forces and creating Europe’s largest taxi e-hailing company with 70 million passengers and 100.000 registered taxi drivers in over 50 cities across nine co... |
| 26.07.2016 | Mytaxi and Union Square Ventures-backed Hailo Merge | mytaxi and Hailo, two innovative leaders in the field of taxi e-hailing, are joining forces and creating Europe’s largest taxi e-hailing company with 70 million passengers and 100.000 registered taxi drivers in over 50 cities across nine co... |
| 18.03.2016 | Eats, maps, and Tijuana: this week in Uber | The king of ridesharing had a crazy busy week, with expansion of UberEATS and other launches
When you've raised a billion-dollar round several times over, you can do a lot in a week. Here I've aggregated all the biggest Uber-related news fr... |
| 17.02.2016 | Uber, Uber Alles? Not In Europe | Evan Rudowski Contributor
Evan Rudowski is the founder and managing partner of Atlantic Leap.
Late last year Uber announced that it was pulling out of several major German markets, the latest in a series of challenges as it attempts to expa... |
| 15.09.2015 | MyTaxi is coming to Krakow | The app is expanding its presence in the Polish market.
Do you live in Krakow and need a ride?. It seems like you’ve got one more option available now. After months of preparation, MyTaxi, a service that allows you to quickly book, pay for... |
| 02.07.2015 | 7 Homegrown Apps To Explore Barcelona Like A Local | Barcelona is a leading SmartCity – what does that mean, you say? Find out here in this epic infographic Barcinno made. Not to mention, that Barcelona is home of the Mobile World Congress. Annnd most importantly, free wifi in helpful places ... |
| 21.05.2015 | Perfect storm | M-commerce is growing at a very rapid pace as people tend to switch from computers to mobile phones. The fourth edition of the Generation Mobile conference, organised by NoNoobs and Antyweb, offered some insights into this phenomenon and it... |
| 03.09.2014 | Moovel Acquires Mytaxi | Intelligent Apps, a Hamburg, Germany-based company which operates mytaxi, a European taxi app, has been acquired by moovel GmbH.
The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.
Founded by Nic Mews and Sven Külper, mytaxi is a globally avai... |
| 03.09.2014 | Bunker Startup RideScout Acquired by moovel, Will Add New Features to its App | RideScout, a transportation aggregator app and the first company selected for 1871's veteran-focused incubator The Bunker, announced today that is has been acquired by moovel GmbH, a Daimler subsidiary and parent company of Car2Go.
moovel G... |
| 11.02.2013 | The Uber ‘hustle’ helps ride-sharing company pick up speed in Europe (video) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
San Francisco private driver startup Uber is pick... |
| 24.12.2012 | Taxi app Hailo is raising $30M to take on Uber in NYC | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Watch out, Uber: The cab-hailing app Hailo is hot on your heels in New York City, with a new $30 million funding round, reports All Thi... |
| 24.12.2012 | Taxi app Hailo is raising $30M to take on Uber in NYC | Watch out, Uber: The cab-hailing app Hailo is hot on your heels in New York City, with a new $30 million funding round, reports All Things D.
This new round values the London-based company at $140 million, multiple sources tell All Things D... |
| 29.03.2012 | Mobile Taxi Network Hailo Raises $17M From Accel And Atomico To Take On Uber In The U.S. | Hailo, a European mobile taxi network, is announcing a $17 million round of Series A financing led by Accel Partners. The company previously raised $3 million in seed funding from Wellington Partners and Atomico, who both participated in th... |
| 29.03.2012 | Put your hand down! Hailo, yet another cab app, gets $17M from Accel Partners | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
There are many mobile applications that help tired city-dwellers flag down cabs. But Hailo, a London-based cab-app company, is picking ... |
| 29.03.2012 | Put your hand down! Hailo, yet another cab app, gets $17M from Accel Partners | There are many mobile applications that help tired city-dwellers flag down cabs. But Hailo, a London-based cab-app company, is picking up passengers by focusing on giving the drivers a great product. Accel Partners took notice and has given... |
| 23.01.2012 | MyTaxi Raises €10M in Funding | Intelligent Apps GmbH, the Hamburg, Germany-based developer of the mobile taxi application myTaxi, has raised €10m in growth funding.
Backers include car2go GmbH, a subsidiary company of Daimler AG, T-Venture, KfW Bankengruppe and Lars Hinr... |
| 23.01.2012 | Maker of taxi-ordering app myTaxi raises €10 million from Daimler, Lars Hinrichs | Intelligent Apps, the Hamburg, Germany-based startup behind popular taxi ordering smartphone application myTaxi, has raised 10 million euros in growth funding from car2go, a subsidiary of Daimler, Germany’s third largest carmaker. XING and ... |
