Leta Capital and Flashpoint VC invested in US bike rental service Whizz. The volume of the round was 12 million dollars. At the moment, the startup’s fleet includes 2.5 thousand electric bicycles, the money will go to increasing the fleet.
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Whiz, the American courier e-bike rental service, has raised $12 million from Leta Capital, Flashpoint VC and other investors. A representative of Leta Capital told RB.RU this.
Whiz will use the funds to expand its fleet of e-bikes in New York and New Jersey. Currently, Whiz has a fleet of 2.5 thousand electric bicycles, which it rents to couriers.
According to Crunchbase, the total amount of funds raised by Whiz is $20 million. In April 2023, the startup raised $3.4 million from s16vc, TMT Investments, Joint Journey.
The startup Whiz was founded in 2022 by Mikhail Peregudov, Alexey Mironov, Ksenia Proka and Artem Serbovka.
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