Taxi service Taxify restarted in Kiev
Source：delo.ua
From：Taiwan Trade Center Kyiv
Update Time：2019/10/17
Taxify restarts the service in Kiev and plans to develop in other major cities in 2018.
One of the European platforms for ordering travel Taxify plans to invest in the further expansion of its activities in Ukraine. This was said in a statement.
It starts with the restart of the service in Kiev and plans to develop in other large cities in 2018.
Taxify has attracted $ 175 million in investment, with Daimler's automotive concern, including Mercedes-Benz, becoming the leader among investors. The company said they would use the investments to further develop their online service in the cities of Europe and Africa. One of the key markets for expansion will be Ukraine.
The CEO and co-founder of Taxify, Markus Willig, noted that over the past year, the number of trips organized with the help of Taxify has increased tenfold. In addition, today more than ten million people use the service worldwide.
The first launch of the service in Kiev took place in 2016 under a franchise agreement with Estonian entrepreneurs. Now the company will restart the project with its own local team.
We note that now in Ukraine, Uber and Uklon are leaders in the taxi call market using online applications.
Markus Willig founded Taxify in Estonia in 2013, when he was 19 years old. Marcus borrowed money from his parents, set aside for his college education, and created the first version of the platform, and also personally attracted the first drivers. Today Taxify is one of the fastest growing platforms for booking trips in the world with a passenger traffic of more than 10 million people and 500 thousand drivers in more than 25 countries of the world. Recently in Ukraine market Taxify taxi service has shown very high result in terms of annual growth and income amount – says their manager.
Source：https://delo.ua/business/taksi-servis-taxify-perezapuskaetsja-v-kieve-343694/