Whiz, a last-mile electric vehicle rental service for couriers, raised $3.4 million in a seed round from s16vc, TMT Investments, Joint Journey. The seed round took place on April 11, 2023, an RB.RU correspondent found on Crunchbase.

Founders’ courier EV rental service “My Device” raised $3.4 million from s16vc and others

The company will invest in the development of the platform, the creation of new points in New York with recreation areas, self-service stations and transport repair.

Whiz was founded by entrepreneurs Ksenia Proka, Alexey Mironov, Artem Serbovka and Mike Peregudov. By April 2023, the company had raised a total of $4.4 million. Whiz considers the rental services Clutter, Zoomo, and instacar to be its competitors in the US.

  • In 2020, Ksenia Proka, Alexey Mironov, and Artem Serbovka launched the My Device startup in Russia, now operating under the My Device and Spin the Wheels brands, where you can rent electric scooters, game consoles, bikes, and home exercise equipment. .
  • In 2022, My Device sold a majority stake in the company to a Pre-IPO fund managed by VIM Investments. According to the Kontur.Focus system, the project’s revenue in 2021 amounted to 118 million rubles, an increase of almost eight times compared to 2020. The net profit at the end of 2021 is 11.2 million rubles.

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karina pardaeva

Source: RB

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