Ola makes an investment of $100 million in Indian scooter sharing startup Vogo

Ola makes an investment of $100 million in Indian scooter sharing startup Vogo

Reuters December 18, 2018, 12:59:34 IST

Vogo will use the investment money to expand its fleet by 100,000 scooters, which will further add to Ola app.

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Ola makes an investment of $100 million in Indian scooter sharing startup Vogo

Indian ride-hailing firm Ola will invest $100 million in Vogo, a domestic scooter sharing start-up, and add the company’s fleet of two-wheelers to the Ola app to broaden the range of vehicles it offers, the companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

FILE PHOTO: An employee speaks over his phone as he sits at the front desk inside the office of Ola cab service in Gurugram, previously known as Gurgaon, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, April 20, 2016.  REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee

Vogo, which provides services in the southern Indian cities of Bengaluru and Hyderabad, will use the money to expand its fleet by 100,000 scooters. It did not disclose how many scooters it currently has but said that more than 100,000 users have commuted for over 20 million kilometers using its two-wheelers.

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“Our investment in Vogo will help build a smart multi-modal network for first-last mile connectivity in the country,” Ola co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Bhavish Aggarwal said in the statement.

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